Anyone in or near 40's?

Hi there!! I am 48 and feel better than ever!! I am comfortable in my own skin now...and I wouldn't change that for ANYTHING! I can do more physically now than I could do when I was younger...and that just makes me happy! Feel free to add me if you would like....I am always happy to make new interactive friends!!

I'm 41 trying to quit smoking as well as lose weight at the same time. I have a somewhat physical job that just seems to keep getting more and more difficult. I need support as well. Thanks

Allen Hunt

I got the same issue. Want to lose weight and wanting to quit the smoking. Good luck with that

I just turned 40 this December. I really want this to be my year of change physical, mental and financial. I feel so motivated right now....I just hope that I can stay that way.

Feel free to add me, just turned 40 last week and have been in a plateau for a bit now. But still working on it, not giving up!

If people around us would understand that it isn't what they are eating, just the frequency and portion sizes are their undoing. Well, a combo meal from McDonald's does take some serious adjustments on the rest of your day, even in Maintanance, but it isn't completely off limits, but a Big Mac for lunch, then Gumbo and Rice for dinner definately is. What I don't like is the assumptions. Either the "You probable can't eat this" or the "Oh, go ahead, just eat it". Others don't know what you had to eat that day. You may have had a low cal day, and need the calories, or you treated yourself to something you waited for at lunch time, and you feel full and want something lite. I am past worrying about insulting people who have bad eating habits and feel the need to push them on me.

Hi guys, im new to this, im gonna be 40 in a year or so and I really dont want to be fat and forty so im embarking on this journey with the help of tnt-ffitness instructors.

Im sure we can all encourage each other too.

Audrey :-)

My 40s will see me in the best shape of my life, I am determined!!

Hi! I am in my early 40's and I feel awful too! I notice that many parts of my body are dropping to the ground...gravity has struck and taken its toll! I just started myfitnesspal.com again today. My husband has lost lots of weight through tracking his calories on fitness pal so I am excited to be starting! Good luck and let's keep in touch!

I'm 45. I've made several changes in my lifestyle. Both with exercise and food. I've never felt younger!

I am totally with you! As I've gotten older I've learned that I can't do the same things I did 20 years ago and maintain a healthy weight! I want to look good, feel good and live long! New here so please add me! I need inspiration!

I'm 41 and looking for friends in their 40's. I think recovery is much harder the older you get but that's no excuse!

44 here, and every setback I have is basically due to something I did and not my age. I've been too sedentary for too long and when I'm doing everything right, the weight starts falling off (so exercise 4 times a week, an hour each time, drink all my water and less soda, eat within calories and eat back around 1/2 of my exercise calories). When I fall back on bad habits then my weight loss slows down or even attempts to creep back up.

You can do it! Any can add me. I'm doing this with the help of my MFP friends and I try to help them in their journeys too!

My 40s will see me in the best shape of my life, I am determined!!

Turned 44 six days ago. About eight years ago, I lost the weight I gained with the babies and an emotionally destructive marriage, about 65 or 70 pounds, but since then slowly (as the marriage was ending and now getting used to being on my own) I gained most (but not all!) of it back. I don't think age has much to do with it, I just don't think we realize how sedentary we get at work, and then in the off hours how busy, which can also add to eating crappy.

That said, I was never healthy, and never athletic, and I doubt I could have run a 5K when I was 16 even though I was thin. I'm in better shape now, and emotionally much happier... so that's all good. The trouble I find is that I lose about half of what I need to because once you drop 15 or 20 pounds, you look so much better... and I become complacent... and slowly give up the diligence.

This year No More. By the time I turn 45 I will look and feel exactly how I want to, and I will stay there. I intend to act my age and remember that there's no magic, that portions do count... that you can't cheat yourself, and that I will probably just have to pray each morning for help to not act like an idiot around food!

Also, I normally think I can do this stuff on my own, but I think this time around, I'd like to have some friends.

I'm 45 and have been at this for almost 3 years.