A lot to lose & over 40? Lets start a group(20 memebers max

Hey All....I am also excited that we are getting this small group up and going; and some of you are so organized already
I don't get on the site much during the day at work, if I do it is just to log food and check my feed. I usually only make the boards at night. I am way behind tonight as I did not get home until 9pm. Just read thru most the posts and look forward to getting to know everyone better. I will do my best to check in everyday. I promise to give everyone an update tomorrow and make sure I am friends with all. It is going on midnight so need to wrap things up for the night...I did meet up with a friend after work for a beer but then I went to the gym after so the elliptical and treadmill could torture me some...was a good day overall.

Pleasant Dreams All

I'd love to join, who knew being in your 40s the weight takes so slow to disappear!!!

Hi everyone.......my goals for this week....are to drink 8 glasses of water a day, and to be active for 1 hour after work every day, to be able to log some sort of activity...any activity, be it walking or cleaning house or whatever...just to get off my a** every night! This is a challenge for me, because Im a nurse, so its run run run all day long, and the last thing I want to do when I get off..is run some more. Im tired, but Im going to do this!

Wow....everyone has been really busy on here today. Last I looked in this morning, we were near the top of page 3. You'd never guess we were only 20 of us. Amazing! So I just finished catching up on your posts.....looks like we have a great group here.let me first say that I rather like our member list in alphabetical order.....LOL...that way I'm near the top of the list......hahaha.

I'm glad to se we're starting off sharing a little about ourselves. It's nice to get to know each other.
About me: I'm 59, married going on 20 years. I'm Mom to a 42 yr old son. And Grandma to a beautiful 1yr old BabyGirl. I also claim an "almost" daughter in law and her other 3 kids who call me their "Aunt". I know it's confusing.....but it works.
I've been a dog groomer for the last 32yrs now in Souther California. But I've moved to Oregon 10 years ago and have traveled back and forth every month for the last 4yrs to go to work. I'm actually trying to be semi retired...but that's not working too well.
And grooming jobs in SoOregon don't exist. So that's why I go south for a week to ten days each month.

My weight problem probably started when I was pregnant with my son. You know, that last 20lbs of "baby weight" that ya don't lose after giving birth. It hadn't been a problem until I was almost 40. And that 20lbs has escalated to what it is now. I did lose 80lbs several yrs ago, but I've since gained that back and a bunch more. So I am here to finally get down to business and lose this weight. I have "issues"...like menopause, chronic pain from scoliosis, also a multitude of aches & pains from a 32yr grooming career. Being overweight just adds to all the problems. I'm tired of being overwight and in pain.

So now that I've written a book here......like JoJo.....I am typing this from my cell phone.....not the computer. Small screen makes my eyes fuzzy. I'm glad we're all in this together.....Yaaay Group!
I'm outa here.....going to sleep now. Cya all in the morning! B-)

Just want to pop in and say Happy Hump day!!!:flowerforyou:

I am off to the gym and it is approx. 5:15 am here in Chicago. I do my workouts most week days before work because it will not get done otherwise. When the weather permits I go for lunch time walks 2 to 3 days a week in addition to AM workouts. I do LS DVD's and Ellpitcal and stationery bike at the gym along with weight training. I try to go to the gym 3 times a week and I do the LS dvd's the other days. I suffere with knee pain so I try not to over do it.

As I explained last night my calories goal for now is to be under 2000 calories and I am on a high protien regime for life.

Have a good day!

With all of this said if any of you would like the key to my diary email me and I will be happy to share. I usually do not review people diaries because of time but from time to time I will loo k at them for new ideas or if asked. I use to have it open to all friends until I got a few unwarrented comments. I don't think the peeps meant any harm they just did not know my goals.

My diary is open to friends only. The caveat being that I just changed the meals around so it looks funky I don't mind people looking and posting suggestions on how I can do better, sodium is my bugaboo.

Weekly weigh In: I don't wanna talk about it *sigh* I have not lost any weight for 5 weeks or more. It's so disappointing. I gain and lose a couple of pounds depending on the day, but that is all. I've tried everything I know to do. Eat more, eat less, exercise more, exercise less, etc. I am considering seeing a doctor to have my thyroid checked. It runs in my family. I had such great success to begin with I didn't think I had a problem, but now I dunno...
Exercise: 30-40 mins of cardio in the morning, then bike riding with my husband, who is diabetic in the afternoons. I've been alternating the treadmill 3.5 with an incline of 3%, with the elliptical machine. I like both equally well.

Good morning friends (or afternoon or evening)!!
Wow! I'm behind already! I just got caught up reading the posts and it was great to learn more about all of you.
My name is Cathy, I'm 47 and I live in Kansas, USA. I have been married and have a wonderful husband and 7 FABULOUS grandkids (thanks to hubby) who range in age from 5 months to 18 years. I work for a health insurance company so very sedentary and I work from home which means I don't even get exercise walking to the bathroom :blushing:

There has only been one time in my life that I lost a significant amount of weight. Most of the time I have been on the "I don't care and going to eat anything and everything I want diet". About 12 years ago I went from 340 to just under 200. It was so NOT a healthy weight loss and obviously I didn't make the needed mental changes during that time. I ate a combination of celery and carrots and fast/junk food and would starve myself in between. At the time my favorite uncle had just passed away and I was going through a divorce. Anyway, within 5-6 years I gained back 100 pounds!! My goal this time is to learn to eat healthy and change the way I think about food. I would LOVE to one day be a person who eats to live instead of live to eat. At 47, I am completely re-learning to cook and eat.

My reason for finally deciding it was time to not only lose weight but get healthy was because of an off-hand comment my doctor made. I have severe arthritis in one of my ankles along with the normal knee/back pain that comes along with weighing 300 pounds. I had a lot of swelling in that leg and my doctor said it was due to poor circulation :noway: and he didn't want me walking on a treadmill due to my ankle but some exercise and "losing a few pounds" might be helpful. That comment struck me like no other because my mom had both of her legs amputated due to poor circulation and died at 54!!! When I was told I was diabetic - Awww, it is just a little high blood sugar...heart disease runs in my family - It is in my genes and doesn't matter what I eat anyway...Need surgery to have my ankle fused which means non-weight bearing on crutches 6-8 weeks - Nope, I can live with the pain....poor circulation (which in my mind leads directly to living like my mom did) - OH MY GOSH I have to make a change and make it starting today!!!! So, this is a lifestyle change for me and I want it to be a mental change about the way I look at food and continue for the rest of my two-legged life!

Sorry this got so long winded!!
Cathy

Ok, keeping in mind that I have been following this diet for just one week and weighing daily and recording my weight here every few days , my loss for this initial week has been 9lbs. ,I've dropped in total 12.5lbs since my pre op at the hospital the week before.
I know I shouldn't weigh daily but this kind off diet is alien to me, 15% carbs, 35%protein and 50% fat, total calories 1300. Normally I'm low fating everything (and hungry all the time!) This one I'm actually just having to deal with no sugar treats, bread, pasta, rice. Yesterday was the first crave day, I really wanted sugar in the evening, I was under calories for the day and got creative with ricotta , cocoa and spenda.
Exercise, just gentle at the mo as my knee is healing, ordering a static bike today though.
Have a lovely day everyone x Joanna

Jo,
Congrats on your weight loss!:flowerforyou: You may have posted it already but did you have a knee surgery? Regarding your comment on weighing daily, there are many reports out that say weighing daily is good if you can take the fluations of the scale an use it effectively as a tool.

My WLS team recommended I start to weigh myself daily right away. Because I weighed so much I did not want to purchase a special scale and the director of my program insisted on it so I took their recommendation and I brought a scale about 6 months before my surgery. Not doing much at at all I learned so much from just weighing daily. I learned that more than 4 pcs. of fried chicken packed on a pound at least depending on how much I ate over 4 pcs. Now to put in prespective I could eat a whole chicken easily. and that was 2 pounds gained. I learned ribs and pork was another automatic gain. So needless to say I lost 31 pounds before I had surgery just from weighing daily and cutting back on all the fast foods I was eating because I could see they added pounds quickly and with no mercy and right away too. Sweets and other junk in moderation did not have the same affect as fast foods did.

When I digress it is when I stop weighing myself daily. For me and being a binge and compulsive overeater I have to weigh daily to make sure one bad day does not turn into a week. I know if I see that number on the scale going up I will stop myself.

Hello everyone, I have been doing this for about 2 weeks, and Ive lost 5 pounds. I have been walking, but not enough yet, and that is one of my goals, to be more active. I feel better already. amazing what just 5 pounds can do!

Happy Wednesday, everyone!

I just got in from my walk! 2.6 miles in 51 minutes and burned 423 calories!!

I have plans to go out this evening and where I'm going is a good little hike from the subway, so I'll have a few more calories to add to the above.

I hope everyone is having a great week!
katzpawz

Wow Cathy, you're doing so well. Can I ask what type of exercise bike you have? I am going to order one today off Amazon?

Regards Joanna x

Wednesday Weigh-In/Exercise

I've basically been stuck for the last 3-4 weeks gaining/losing the same pound. It's frustrating that I've plateaued but it's happened before & I know it's just a matter of time before my body adjusts then the scale will start moving again.

I am one of those people who have to weigh every morning. I understand about fluctations in water weight so I don't get freaked out easily. Wednesday is my weigh in day so it's the only day that I really worry about. On the other days, I use the scale to keep me honest. I've found that it keeps me focused & if I don't, I tend to over eat & not make good choices.

I go to the gym at least 3 days a week to Group Personal Training. I really look forward to this. I learned that I need the structure of a program to keep pushing myself or I become complacent. I try to get to the gym on the other 2 days for the yoga class or to walk on the treadmill. I'm completely lazy on the weekends. I just can't seem to find the self motivation needed on Sat/Sun to get my butt moving. It's an area I need to work on!

Christy

WEDNESDAY WEIGH IN: I usually do my weigh in on Monday. My theory is thatif I have to weigh on Monday, then I am less likely to go overboard on calories during the weekend. Makes sense to me. But I'm gonna do Wednesdays and see how it goes. I have to confess here.....I haven't had a scale now for a couple months. I have been logging and keeping up with my home page. Most days I can stay within my calories......some days ....not so good. The only weigh in I've been able to record was when I used my sister's scale several weeks ago. Needless to say, I've just been kinda floundering here. GOOD NEWS is last night I finally bought me a new scale. BETTER NEWS is that I have lost 1lb since my last weigh in. So basically I'v not done much of anything in the last several weeks. So now that I have a new scale I can get back to business

As far as exercise goes......gee, what's that? LOL. I hate it, I hate to sweat.......exercise is painful. I am going to try to do some kind of exercise at least 4 times a week or more. This is a MAJOR BIG challenge for me. So yesterday I went shopping....not a big shopper here because of pain.....but I dragged my butt around Walmart and Grocery Outlet. Hubby & I were out for about 3hrs......and I forgot to mention Petco. So after about 3hrs walking slow.....I'm thinking I am gonna start logging some exercise. So I logged it as 1hour walking slow. So was I surprised that it gave me extra calories to eat that I don't want. I'll have to work on that one.

So I'm happy to see so many of us chatting away on here. Congrats to our "losers" here. Everyone keep up the good work.
@Hopeful....I like our members list in alphabetical order....LOL.....it puts me near the top of the list.
On the subject of our group being closed......it seems to me I have seen little locks on the topic lines to some of the posts when you first open the message boards. Has anyone else seen these locks? Maybe there IS a way to lock our group.....or how are we responding to more requests to join?

Anyway...gotta go plug in before the phone dies.

Wednesday weigh in --- Like many people in the group my weigh in day is Monday. I put on weight last week but didn't enter it so I actually weigh more than my profile says at the moment :ohwell: , I am hoping that by next week the figures will be correct.

I have many medical issues but as everyone is introducing themselves at the moment and it is a lot to have to read, I wont go into them yet. I am going to be here for a long time yet so you will all have plenty of time to get to know me.

I hate exercise but know that it has to be done, it just isn't that easy when you are in constant pain. :huh: I am having difficulty getting the correct medication for all my conditions as I have been found to be allergic to so many of them.


The last series of the biggest loser shown in the UK the contestants had to do a challenge on their first day which involved them each cycling a half marathon, the first couple to finish got immunity and the last couple were put up for eviction. This week I have decided to bite the bullet and exercise through the pain, if they can do it so can I. I am going to try to do a half marathon on my exercise bike for every day in Lent but I only started doing it on Monday so I will try and do it twice on some days to make up the days I missed. So far I have done 1 Mon, 2 Tues, and 1 today making a total of 52 miles so far this week, I'm feeling so proud of myself :happy:

I look forward to getting to know you all and wish you all every success :flowerforyou:

p.s. for anyone who doesn't know my name is Sara