Women Fit For Forties

Hi Ladies! This sounds like a wonderful group and a good fit for me. I'm 40 and have at least 60 to loose. Is it too late to join? I'm new to this site and excited about finally getting this weight under control.

Its never too late to join us! Welcome! :flowerforyou:

As for where is everyone?? I guess they are all busy getting last minute things done for the summer! I've been going to the fair here all week long & thankfully tomorrow night is the last concert. It was very hard this week with work & then heading straight to the fair, so I didn't get much of a workout in all week. Last night I went out with friends & drank my dinner. :grumble: But hey, I had fun! :laugh:

Tomorrow its supposed to be another hot one - humidity is coming back & it supposed to be upper 90s. :grumble: I should have done my yardwork today, as it was beautiful outside. :ohwell:

Guess this topic has died off....miss it!!!!!

Good morning ladies... I have been gone for a little while now and thought I would pop back in this morning for a quick update.

Life has been crazy busy and will continue to be so for the next couple weeks. Kids have school registrations, school photos, yet this week. Hubby went to Sturgis and should be back Wed. We helped my brother and sister in law unload their moving truck yesterday and will help again tonight with the final load. I am so glad they are like 20 mins away now instead of 3 hours!

My sister is bringing her boyfriend over on Thursday evening for dinner and they are spending the night. So, that should be interesting. She seems so happy!

Saturday we are having a bbq with a few friends and some family for my 40th.. Oh dear.. where did the time go?
Monday is my daughters 1st day of high school and Tuesday is my son's 1st day of the last year of high school as well as my actual birthday. So, my husband and I are taking a motorcycle ride up to Estes Park, CO (where we got married) and spending the day.

With all that said I am going to try and start counting calories and logging my food again. I have not given any thought to anything I have put in my mouth. Ironically I have not gained any weight so, I am pretty happy about that.

As far as exercise goes, I am really not sure when or what I am going to do something a I am still dealing with that stupid plantar fasciitis. it is really not much fun. Any suggestions would be great. (although, I am allergic to chlorine so, no swimming for this girl)

Well, I will try and get back in the swing of thing... Thank you for all your support through my time off and I hope you have a great day ladies! You inspire me!

Thanks for being my weight loss sisters!

"As far as exercise goes, I am really not sure when or what I am going to do something a I am still dealing with that stupid plantar fasciitis. it is really not much fun. Any suggestions would be great"......
I have this as well and the thing that has seemed to help it the most is soaking it in ice baths, hurts like hell but it really does work. As for exercise biking is great, low impact and also streches the foot while giving you a workout!

Hi ladies,

I was bummed I didn't have a loss last week, but I did lose 3 inches. I'm happy about that. I'm off to work tomorrow for training and meetings. I have mixed feelings because I want to get back to work, but my 2 yr personal leave seems too short. I've enjoyed staying home with my little girl and boys, but it has been so stressful with the financial aspect of it. I have my outfit picked out and I can wear most of my work clothes. I'm glad I lost the 10 lbs before going back, but have a long way to go. I'm looking forward to the journey. Have a great week.

I was wondering if anyone could tell me how to get the weight loss bar under my post like most of you have....kinda confused.

Click on TOOLS then click on WEIGHT LOSS TICKERS. I think it tells you what to do from there. Good luck! :happy:

OK - weighed in this morning! Here's my stats:

7-01-10 229.8
7-05-10 229.4
7-12-10 227.6
7-19-10 225.4
7-28-10 223.6
7-31-10 220.6
8-07-10 222.0 :grumble: (but it is Fair week & TOM)
8-10-10 219.8

Went dress shopping with the neices yesterday for our cruise. I ended up with 2 more dresses myself! One is a 12 and it FITS! YAHOO! :bigsmile: Also ran into a coworker when we went to dinner. Her hubby hasn't seen me for quite awhile & was instantly like WOW :smokin: - you look amazing - like drastic change & so great! :bigsmile: He was just full of compliments, yet practically speechless if that makes any sense! Really made my day - AGAIN! (after the size 12 dress!) :happy:

Good morning ladies.....physically under the weather today....going to take it easy....no SSC for me today....will talk to you all later!!

Me too...have a summer cold coming on! UGH! :sick: :mad: I did a quick walk on my break - its SO HUMID & MISERABLE! Everyone be careful out there today if you are in this heatwave!

Well I put the vicks vapor rub on last night & it seemed to help, however I'm sneezing a LOT today! My nose looks like Rudolph! :laugh: I hate colds! I'm hoping it goes away today....going to sit in the heat at the Cubs/Cards game in St Louis tomorrow & don't want to have a miserable cold on top of it!

On a good note....I hopped on the scale this morning & YAHOO! I blew 30 lbs away! lost another 1.8 lbs so I'm currently sitting at 31 lbs lost in total! YAY!

When I started this journey the end of April I had wanted to lose 30 lbs by my cruise in October. Well...now I'm shooting for 50! I know that will be hard, but hey we gotta have goals, right?

My best friend called me last night & of course I was still sitting at 29 lbs lost & she said "that seems like so little from what you look like!" :happy: I truly can't believe the inches that are just burning away! She has been very supportive of me thru all of this & I'm hoping she will join us here soon. She did ask me what the website was. If she does join, I will make sure she jumps into this thread with us all. She is 41 & has a prosthetic hip that was replaced about 8 years ago so it will be hard for her to do activities, but I know she can at least start watching what she eats & moving a bit more. She is the reason I do the water aerobics classes thru the fall-winter-spring as its not hard on her hip (we start again next week!)

Well gotta get some work done! Have a great weekend all & I'll check in when I get back from St Louis! GO CUBS! :bigsmile:

I am so happy to be sharing with other women who have simular situations. I was a bit apprehensive about doing this because I haven't lost any weight or inches for that matte. But as i read the blogs i noticed it didnt necessarly only about weight loss; but life. I am a mother of 3 children one college aged and two still in secondary school. I work full time like most mothers now days and have little if no time for me. I am so tired and worn out most of the time and feel like my body doesnt love me anymore; but i asked my self how much do you love your body! So i am trying day by day to be selective of what i put in my body and trying to most of all stay positive. I lost my mother 2 years ago due to breast cancer; she was only 54. He birthday is 8/18 and i have so many emotions about this process that i think i have just eaten them and gain weight in the process. My journey starts now!

This week has been 7 days worth of ups and downs for me. I have struggled most of the week and questioned my efforts for a day or two, but thankfully I got through it with a decent loss, and a better attitude. For all of you, that sent encouraging words during my whiney week, THANKS. I hope that everyone has had a good week and that you all enjoy a happy and safe weekend.

Chris :flowerforyou:

good morning ladies, I've been gone for 4 days, brought my daughter back to school. Then went down to see my oldest son and sister and nephew. It was hot and humid and we work really hard to get ny daughters apartment set up. We got a lot of exercise and went shopping so we could eat in! That was the best thing to do, we ate lite and fairly health. All in all it was a great trip and I lost 2# this week so yay me!:happy: Glad to be back home and my vacation is truely over I go back to work tonight, after 3 weeks off that's gonna be hard! But I feel I have gotten into a better place with my eatting and exercise( well ok still working on the exercise part) but I am willing to commit to all of you that I will exercise 5 days this week! So looking forward to another great week of weight loss!!!!!!!!!!! P.S. still looking for more friends, friends = support!

Hello ladies,

I'm stuck. I'm logging what I eat when I can but I'm not losing anything. What do you do when you need inspiration? I saw a recent picture of myself and I realized that I'm way too big. I found out this weekend that I weigh more than my mother.

Hi Ladies...I made it ...my first full work week. My daughter started preschool, her birthday this week, and football continues for my twins. Next week, my boys start school...it will be crazy. I'm so happy I have been able to continue to log my food and get exercise in this week. I'm hoping to do more next week. The first few days I was so tired when I came home that I didn't do my video, but today I had more energy and did Biggest Loser Video and the Elliptical. I'm scared to weigh this week and don't know why. I might cheat and weigh tomorrow!!! I've stayed under my calories all week, but worried that I haven't done my normal exercise for the week. I want that loss ( as we all do) as long as I keep losing...I'm happy!!! I just want to continue this journey and make it to the end. My motivation comes from how far I've come...11 lbs in 9 weeks. It might seem pretty slow, but I don't care. I'm 11 lbs lighter than I was 9 weeks ago. I'm just going to continue to stay under calories, zig zag calories, get stronger, and make my workouts count. Hope everyone has a great Friday!!!

Hi everyone! Its been a busy week for me & I haven't had time to catch up much on the boards! Hope all are doing well!

Yesterday I got off work early to go walk in the parade with my family for our Dad's business & pass out candy. Its a big parade & took about an hour & a half to go thru it. It was hot! However it was awesome that so many people saw me that haven't seen me since I started my whole new lifestyle! Wow did I get the comments! My mom said a few people told her they didn't even recognize me at first!

Tomorrow I'm doing another road race! This won't be as challenging as my last 7 miles of hills....this one is only 2 miles & flat ground! My brother, neice, 2 nephews, cousin & his son are all doing it with me! YAY! :bigsmile: Should be a fun one!

After the race I have GOT to do my yard work! I've got tons (litterally) of dirt to move still! :laugh: PLUS....tomorrow is my weigh in day! Hopefully it will be in my favor!