older people trying to lose

I'm 57 and welcome I have also lost 25 pounds

I am 50, with over a hundred to loose. I need motivation as well, we can support each other . Feel free to add me

Hello to all,

I'm 55 and am trying to get healthier!! I quite smoking, am excersizing and am eating healthier!! I say healthier because I can't diet to save my soul!! Healthier is good right now. I weighed myself to start but haven't gotten on the scale for over three weeks.

I couldn't even do a sit up or a chin up!! Actually I still can't do a chin up...... YET!!! My goal is to feel better, be more active and love the way I look. I have found that when I turned 40 things started changing and it got harder to loose weight. When I turned 50 I started gaining in the middle and it isn't going away. I'm tired of trying to find loose shirts and bigger pants.

I'm looking for people my age that can motivate me to stay on track and trade some yummy recipes.

Since this is very new for me, please let me know if I do something that I'm not suppose to. I tend to type before I think!!

You know what they say......... "If I had known I was going to live this long I would have taken better care of myself." I started walking on a treadmill and got very bored fast. So now I do my excersize and the treadmill. I'm still walking with little jogs between but I'm in a better place than I was last week and I'm good with taking it slow and easy. I don't want to hurt myself and have to wait to get going again. Once you start, you don't want to stop.

I tried yoga this morning and I'm either doing it wrong or I'm just not cut out for it. I've also found that my muscles don't stretch well in the a.m.. It's on one of the cd's of my program but I know I'm not the only one out there that isn't real fond of that cd.

Four mile??? Wow, I've never RAN that far in my life. I tried to run a couple of times but I never made it past a half block. I always went back and got my bike out!! Telling isn't it??

Good luck to all of us and I would love to keep in touch.

Are you Nelly or did you just watch her on t.v.???

I found that it was kinda hard to get started. When I quite smoking I started going to Curves and that was good for about a year.

I tried going to the gym and didn't really care for all the people and having to wait in line for machines. It is the way to go for some people but I decided it was better for ME to excercize at home and get the equipment that I needed a little at a time. I found that good old fashion excersize can get you fit with out spending a dime!!!

I get up at 4:00 in the morning to excersize because I feel energized for the rest of the day. It starts my day off in a good positive way and it helps me get through the frustrations and stress of the rest of day in a much better way. I found that I tended to put off doing my routine if I had to run errands or stop at the store after work, fix dinner and water plants. It just works better for me in the a.m.. It's been hard dragging my butt out of bed so early but I ALWAYS end up smiling when my routine is over. That and I walk funny because my leggs aren't used to the routine yet!! smile!!

I remember the first time I tried to do my routine. I actually almost fell on my face because my legs didn't want to move. I moved but my legs just laughed at me!! I can actually do half of that routine now and it's only been a month.

Anyway, I'm here if you want to talk or if you want to laugh!!

hi all, its good to meet older people. Im 64 and feel like the oldest person here.

If I fell off a high rise I could probably float to the bottom on arm skin alone. Those flying squirrels have nothing on me!! I know how you feel and am trying to work on them myself.