Over 50 woman

Minus the, um, salty language , you sound just like me. 51 years old, been trying to lose forever, and weight just keeps creeping up. Workout 3 times a week, walk the dog daily, and have a little sugar addiction. Can't eat gluten, dairy, soy, nuts, and eggs, so that keeps me away from a lot of bad foods. I want to lose 30 pounds.

I see you are from Boston: if you don't mind the Montreal Canadiens tattoo above my ankle, can we be MFP friends? I'm soon to be 54 and it seems that my metabolism has left me for a younger woman. The weight keeps creeping up ... anyhow, I only re-started MFP around Labour Day and I'm only down 5 lbs, not counting what damage I may have done over this past weekend (Thanksgiving [in Canada, eh!]). I'm very active but love to cook and love to drink (often but not to excess), esp. wine with meals .... My husband and I are celebrating a recently-empty nest (yay) so I can't blame the stress of our only child (daughter) any more. My husband is a lifetime member of WW and irritatingly loses weight very easily ... I sometimes think he doesn't appreciate the effort I put into losing weight ... I didn't want to count WW points so I figured re-joining MFP was a better approach for me (I love that I can scan barcodes on my mobile devices, I'm more techie than he is). We too love to ski and hike, we love to dance, I ride my bicycle a lot and walk the dog almost every day ... so we are not exactly couch potatoes but I was definitely taking on a "potato-like" shape. (It irks me when jean shopping that you can find all these different fits except for a "menopause" fit ... where all the fat that used to be on your thighs and butt has migrated to your belly!) I've tried low-carb but I've come to the conclusion that the mathematical approach (calories in/calories out/daily activity) seems to work best, but I do try to avoid eating a lot of carbs, esp. white/processed junk. If I can't pronounce the ingredients, do I really want to eat it? Sugar isn't my down-fall but rather greasy, salty things (salted peanuts = heaven). So far I've only lurked on the discussion boards but finding women age 50+ with similar challenges sounds good to me!

Would love to stick together with all of you for support! I am 58 and have been struggling to lose weight over the last 25 years, but it has kept creeping up and I now need to lose 70 lbs. A huge health scare this summer ( I was diagnosed with bladder cancer, but further testing determined it was benign) has really kicked my butt into achieving a healthy weight and becoming more active.
My other goal is to look good for my daughter's wedding, which will be June 21st in Spain!

Come join us here in this group! Such a fantastic group of upbeat and positive ladies!! Fifty, Female and Fun!