Pleased to report that I have maintained again despite a week in Scotland...I did put on but have managed to lose the 2 pounds...I seem to be doing that alot recently......too many mini holidays......haha - going down to Devon for three nights tomorrow so no doubt will be the same again this coming week ... that is what I am aiming for this week.....

Hope everyone has had a good week and raring to go again for th next seven days.... looking forward to reading your posts

Jean

Everything OK - weight maintained, but feel tighter. Have upped things at the gym, very challenging routine now, drains me though and sends me off to bed early!! Stops me thinking about food.:bigsmile:
Jen

Two pounds lost this week for a total of 20,2.(Yeah!)

This week had lots of exercise built in without trying --walking visiting Granddog, clearing a house for painting. Will try to sustain that level of exercise, even though not required.

May go somewhat vegetarian this week -- enjoying farmer's market produce.

Have been eating within a range of 100 calories under to 200 over goal calories.

Good luck to everybody this week,

"The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new." ~Socrates
Wow! I like this one. How true! I did a lot of walking this week and had fun measuring my walks with fitbit. Today I was down 1.5lbs since my last weight post. Thanks to everyone for the help!

Good Morning! :flowerforyou: It sounds like everyone is doing pretty good again this week. Reading your posts always inspires me to keep working at it.

I'm checking in today in a better frame of mind than when I last posted. I got thru last week's vacation. And, for the first time in a looong time, I've actually lost 1 pound!!!! I know that's not much for most of you, but it's huge for me. My scale has been stuck so long that I thought something was wrong with it (it couldn't be me )

As far as vacation, I decided to keep up my daily exercise as usual. But I decided to only log my breakfast, which was the one meal I prepared. Since we ate out for every other meal, I just tried to make reasonable choices and to not stress having to keep track of everything. I'm feeling renewed and ready to get back on track. Who knows, maybe I just needed a break.

Hope you all have a great week. Keep up the good work and remember "Keep moving forward" :happy:

Rose

Wow, losses and maintenance! Not a gain in sight for anyone. Yea, 60and+'s!

I finally saw a loss of 1.5 pounds this a.m. Was stuck for 3 weeks at 174.5. Was 173 today. Don't think I'll see an 8 pound loss for August, but it is still downward, so that is good.

I have been trying some new exercises. Tried a little elliptical. Don't like it so much, but is good to switch off and on. Have tried upper and lower body strength training machines. Like the lower. Will try to incorporate every other day. I have gotten pretty good about doing the resistance bands (thanks Marian and Wanda!). I don't like the upper body machines as well, but my thought is, on the off days for the lower body, if I don't do the bands, I will try to redeem myself in the afternoon and do the upper body machines. Problem with them, is even at the best setting, they seem to be made for people taller and with longer arms! I do want to make it to the driving range. Haven't picked up a golf club in a couple of years. I've been itching to though.

Next three weeks will be more challenging because the fitness center is closed 3 days next week. The following week I will be at my son's dog sitting so won't be going to my gym. They do have some great walking paths throughout their neighborhood, so I'm hoping for nice weather. Week after that, I'll be on vacation. I will take my bands with me so I can at least get some strength training in. I will be walking a lot sight seeing. And I will try to be reasonable with food. Light breakfast. And then either a light lunch or dinner. I will allow one meal to be bigger. As I say, if you can stick close to maintenance on vacation, you are doing good!

This coming week: I will try another form of exercise (I keep thinking about gramanana's hula hoop, but I wish there was somewhere I could try it for a while. My fitness center doesn't have any. I do want to make it to the driving range. Haven't picked up a golf club in a couple of years. I've been itching to though. Will really concentrate on the food intake so I can try to have the maximum loss before vacation.

I see my rheumatologist next week! She will be pleased with the loss and she is always so enthusiastic anyway. Love her. Shouldn't be any change there. I'm in remission with the RA and I don't want to change my meds as everything is working so well. I finally see the cardiologist on the 28th (he cancelled last time). I really think we need to cut the beta blocker because of the weight loss. I have just been so terribly tired. Beta blocker kind of tired. I'm at maximum dosage, hopefully he thinks that is it. I do.

Haven't been on MFP as much in last week or so. Just have been really busy. But I do read everything every day!

Keep on, keeping on! You all inspire me.
Charlie

What a terrific week everyone has had! Congratulations to one and all :flowerforyou:

Scale is down a bit more than 2 pounds for me, so I'm happy. The biggest change for me, though, is that last Friday i decided to set my minimum walking goal to 5 miles a day. Well, FitBit was already set at 5 miles a day; unfortunately my brain was set at 3.5 miles. Friday I did exactly 5 miles; I've exceeded that every day since then (by quite a bit on a couple of the days) with an hour of the daily routine being 'very active'. The only downside is that it's HOT here :devil: . I'm trying to get started on my walk(s) earlier in the morning, but no longer balk at shopping. I've put on miles and miles at Walmart, Target, and Sam's Club this week - it's air conditioned in there!!:bigsmile:

So may next week be just terrific for all of us!
-ker

Good Afternoon Everyone!!

I'm feeling inspired and looking at new reciepes. I will be starting a weight loss group next week and am excited about that. It is through my Wellness Program @ the hospital I am employed at. I am located in Upstate NY and work in a major University Hospital. From what i understand this program is for 6 months and you meet with a specialist 1 on 1 every week then as a group every other week. From what I understand folks have great success with the program. The good part is that they use MFP!!!!
So I won't lose touch with you all. I think it will be a great success. AS LONG AS I WORK THE PROGRAM :drinker:

I wish everyone a great evening and I will catch up tomorrow~~~~

Hi I am new to MFP and happy to have found this group cause the word out there is that it is very very hard to lose weight when you are older. Reading your posts has put that lie to rest and given me HOPE. I needed to shed 200 to restore my health. Looking only at the short term goal now the month of august and working for a 5lb lost. Reading your posts helps me stay committed. Thank You :flowerforyou:

Welcome Newbies. This is the place to be.

I have nothing uplifting to report. Unfortunately, I have not lost any weight this week, maybe 1/4-1/2 pound, hard to tell with the scale fluctuating. Um, Yes, I am disappointed because, I gave up wine on week nights for the last two weeks (not tonight though), it is still my favorite fruit!

I'm thinking perhaps, I should cut back of some fresh fruit, I eat a lot of fresh fruits in the Summer 3-4 servings a day. I've already cut out most gluten products from my day.

On the Plus side, I have increased my exercise at physical therapy and working with weights at the gym, so far twice a week. Super boring but hoping it will help speed up my metabolism.

Maybe I'll see a change on the scale tomorrow or the next day.

I look forward to reading your posts this week.

Happy Trails,

Claudine

Claudine,

As a friend of mine recently sent to me: "L'alcool ne résout pas les problèmes...mais le lait et l'eau non plus." Or translated: Alcohol doesn't solve problems...but milk and water don't either. :laugh:

Charlie

+1 :drinker:

thanks for the welcome. I agree with you completely, Pamela, without the group, I know I won't be able to stick with the correct choices. In fact, that's why I chose the picture that I did - symbolizing our group holding hands, working together, being there for encouragement and congrats . And Charlie, what a great quote! wine also happens to be one of my favorite fruit groups - I'm trying to abstain most of the time (again a choice that I need to make) but when I do have it, I enjoy it.

Hi everyone!!

I know I am a day late & yes probably a dollar short, also!!

Welcome to all of our newbies!! This is a SUPER GREAT bunch that take care of each other.

I did have a loss this week = 2.2 lb.
But, I know I must really watch myself.

I haven't been walking but today I feel better than I have in a couple of weeks, so hopefully I can walk this evening when it cools off.

I am so totally proud of our 60'S GROUP!! :flowerforyou:

Onward and downward we go! :happy:

Hi All... Happy Friday!

Wooken - I love your new duck photo. I could use that duck. It's been pouring out here for days!

Pam - Welcome! You and I started MFP about the same time. We've both hung in this long, so I know we can make progress with support from this group. They're awesome!

ukaryote - Thanks for the book recommendation. I'm going to check that out. It sounds like something I'd really like.

Hope everyone has a great weekend. :happy:

Rose

Checking in - down a little which is much better than up a little bit. I am very happy cause I felt like I was stuck. Will be working a little harder but happy to see any lost.