WOMEN AGES 50+ for MAY

I started the 17 Day Diet today. The diet tells you to start the day with 1 C of hot water and 1/2 lemon to start your metabolism. I did - my metabolism started with a gurgling tummy!:laugh: I have to thank MFP and especially Grabbit, for introducing me to 17DD. You can have coffee on the diet. However, you MUST have the water with lemon upon awakening, green tea with each meal, plus an additional 7/8 glasses of water. I am excited about the diet.

Hello I am 4 days into it and find it very easy to stick to. I lost 3 pounds in 3 days. I hope you have an easy time of it.
Good luck.
Carol

GOOD LUCK Carol, Hope you do good!!
I played bridge this afternoon, took my BIG SALAD, for lunch, then had some fruit before 2 pm at the house we were at.. worked out just fine...
natalie

rjadams--Love your dog!!!!

Kackie - I am sorry to hear about your uncle. May you find comfort in your precious memories.

Welcome to all newbies! We are glad you are here!

I have to get onto my to do list - the clock is ticking and Sunday evening will be here soon. I am concerned now, as it is an outdoor party, and they just changed the forecast to a high of 60 with wind gusts to 25 mph. I have a friend who will have it at her house if we can't be outside, but darn it, I wanted to play outdoors!! I feel like someone just brought Kryptonite into the room! Oh, well, back to work - Superwoman signing off

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I had a good eating day today. :happy: Feels wonderful! I’m loving all the fresh fruits and veggies that are coming in.

I stopped by a local produce stand this morning and bought a half flat of sweet, tender, delicious strawberries. They’re the type that don’t keep well because they are so tender. No problem with that, though…

My daughter and granddaughter stopped by shortly after I got home. Then I picked up my grandson at school and another granddaughter at the bus stop. (I feel as though I’ve been running in place all day!) The grandkids needed a snack when they got here, of course, and my other granddaughter came back down for more strawberries. Needless to say, the shelf life of those strawberries is not an issue. They are all gone – every one of them (and, trust me, I did my share)! :laugh:

Mary, wow, 2.8 pounds is amazing. You are superwoman! :flowerforyou:

A big congrats to everyone who has lost weight this week. :flowerforyou: You’re awesome! All those who are maintaining, are pretty awesome too. :flowerforyou: And, for the rest of us, we’ll get right back on track!

That’s the wonderful thing about MFP and all the support we get here, we can always get back on track with the next meal or next day. For me, that’s a huge, huge change from every other weight loss attempt (and there were many of them – often “successful” until – the big until – I got off track and immediately, and quickly, gained back all the weight I’d lost plus some.)

Welcome to everyone who’s new. You’ve come across an incredible bunch of ladies with lots of wisdom to share. I love the way we support each other without judging.

Jane, I relate to your situation. I’ve lost 70 or so pounds over the last year and a half. (I’ve lost 120 from my all-time horrible high 10 years ago! (and proud of it, can you tell .)) I still want to lose about 35 pounds but keep seesawing - losing, then gaining about 5 pounds. I've been getting closer to where I need to be mentally and eating-wise. We can do this! We are doing this!!

Maxy, hope you have a great vacation. Vacations are the hardest test I think. Here’s to enjoying everything, including the food, and making good choices.

Kackie, my mom got a chuckle out of “healthful” vs “healthy”. She still maintained she was right. I am so sorry to hear about your uncle. :brokenheart: I can tell he was much loved and he had to feel that. I can’t think of a better feeling. Sending hugs and prayers.

Cherub, try not to stress. If you are eating less than your body needs and exercising to boot (both of which I know you’re doing), your body HAS to lose weight. I think fluids and so on adjust and that throws off the scale. On the other hand (funny how there’s always an “other” hand), I have seen many people say that if you eat too little, you go into “starvation” mode and your body does its best to conserve calories. If that’s the case, upping the calories to at least 1200 per day might do the trick.

Lorri, you made me smile with your analogy between the scale and an IRS auditor. :laugh:

Barbie, you are an amazingly wise and balanced woman, particularly considering the crazy-making mixed messages you got from your mom. Sometimes, in their attempts to be caring, parents can do so much harm. I always felt undermined by my parents’ worrying. They were still worrying about whether I’d find/keep a job after I’d been working 40 years! :laugh: Thank goodness for retirement, although last weekend my dad asked again about my financial plans for the future. :ohwell: The worry habit rubbed off on me and I constantly fight it.

I was talking to a wonderful friend about my consternation over gaining weight every time I visit family in the Bay Area. My friend is also very balanced and wise so I had to laugh when she said that any comment about her eating would immediately lead to a childish tantrum. My friend was fortunate; her mom and dad would not have dreamed of commenting about her eating or weight. Those were a huge focus in my family. It’s not terribly surprising I do better when I’m in my own home, especially considering my rebellious nature.

Colly, my best advice is to eat plenty of fruits and veggies *before* you eat anything else. The willpower that results is amazing!

For all of you who are affected by the crazy weather we’ve had the last few months, my heart goes out to you. Stay safe please.

p.s. Barbie, what a heart-warming photo. The grandkids are adorable.

Jane, there must be something else going on. Maybe fluid retention? It would be worthwhile to check your sodium intake. If your BP is up, that could indicate increased fluid retention.

Math is not my strong suit, but I know it takes 3500 calories to gain a pound. 3500 x 12 is 42,000 calories. You've only eaten 36,000 calories over 30 days. So, even if every calorie went into fat, it's just not possible to gain that much fat.

I hope this makes you feel better. I know how worrisome it is to see the scale creep up when you've lost so much weight.

Be patient, maybe the scale will get back in line. It's sure to if all you've gained is fluid. If sodium is not the culprit, it would be good to figure out what is.

Good luck

Good morning everyone,

Have been reading the posts and welcome to everyone who is new here.

Sally: I've been dealing with having a period every 3 months for about a year now. I keep hoping that each one will be the last. It's been about 3 months so I'm waiting to see if TOM comes back around.

My daughter came over yesterday. She needed some gal time with Mama. I was happy for her to come but I went over my calories by a wee bit and didn't get in the exercise I was planning on. Also got a phone call from my husband's aunt telling us about his other aunt who had fallen and broken a hip. We probably talked for an hour so that cut into my exercise time too.

I'm reading a really good book. "Made to Crave" Oh my, it is really helping me to rethink my food issues. You can check it out on Amazon.

Daughter ended up spending the night with us so I'd better get some healthy food prepared for breakfast. I've got strawberries and cantaloupe. Thankfully she is into healthy eating so we will probably have some kind of cereal with the fruit.

Have a wonderful day.

I'm off to get a little exercise while they are still sleeping.

Cindy

Good morning ladies,
How wonderful to get up on a weekend and find so many posts to read. We had 4 of grandkids last night. emma, rhea, byron, and regan. we took them to chick fil a for supper and play time then went to mall to walk around. Byron is walking now and that is a tradtion we have that when they can walk well we take them to local mall to walk around. he loved the freedom a little too much LOL. we then came home and got baths and they played for a while and then went to bed. Byron who has been having an ear infection woke up about 1 am crying. Kenneth had to go to his house and get his drops. He settled down about 230 and slept peacefully rest of night. Had to get them up about 745 cause the girls have practice for their dance recital today. the house is quiet now so I am reading posts, then eat breakfast and then then then I am headed to the gym. I wrote it down and told you so now I have to go. have a good saturday ladies.
vicki M

Thanks for the EXCELLENT IDEA of eating fruit before anything else, Mimi7grands! I was just reviewing my Nutrition Log and realized that I have been "short" on fiber every day! Your idea of adding fruit first will curb my appetite AND add the fiber too! I love it!!!!!

Hello, I'm 60 yrs old so I guess I qualify for 50+. I've only been on MFP for about 10 days so I'm still getting in the swing of things. I've lost 3 lbs so far and I'm happy with that. I measured myself and have lost several inches. In 1982 I had my stomach stappled which worked for over five years but personal issues and stressors came up and I used all the wrong food to deal with it. I gained all the weight back plus some. My health also took a beating. In 2006 I was diagnosed with diabetis. My father had died from diabetis and my cousin was disabled from his diabetis so I took the diagnosis seriously. At the time I weighed 233 lbs. and was 4'11" tall. I went on the American Diabetis Assoc diet and loss 130 lbs. My doctor told me on one of my check ups that my diabtis was stable and I could just control it with diet and took me off the meds. Within several months I had gained back 20 lbs. I absolutely paniced. Why do I eat over everything good or bad? I started to watch my food and with a friend started exercising and using the internet for support. I know 20 lbs is not that much but I've been here before and I don't dare let myself continue to gain. So I need all the support and motivation I can get. My goal is to log every crumb I eat, try to increase my intake of water (Ireally hate water) and exercise 6 days a week. I also will report in here dailey.

I would love to join this group. I am 64 and find that I too have problems losing after 50. I would like to hear from other women, so please tell me how I get started. Thanks

bpatti: Welcome! You just joined by posting on this thread....come back often and good luck on this journey!

Jeanne: Welcome too...this is a great, supportive group of women. You sound like you know what you need to do and how to do it. This site is a great help for sure!

collican: Mini is right...lots of fruit AND veggies will help on this journey!!! Good luck!

Thanks for the kind words of sympathy from all of you about my uncle. He was just the right number of years older than me that he was kind of a "hero" to me growing up. He always told me how nice I looked, asked what I was doing at school, etc., and it meant a lot to me. I think he did that to everyone because he has a huge group of friends and everyone in the family has always adored him. You DO reap what you sew, don't you? (Do you use the same word "sew" for sewing fabric or sewing seeds? Looks funny)

Thanks, Kackie

I am diabetic and partly disabled due to ankolising spondilitis and spina bifida.
I am finding it very difficult to maintain my diet at the moment as I am in such a lot of pain 85% of the time.
I do take various paimkillers that have been prescribed for me but the first thing in the morning is always really bad and I have noe developed pains in my arms as well restricting me even more as to what I can acheive.
I get so frustrated with it.