100+ lbs to lose in my forties!

atruckerswife
atruckerswife Posts: 28 Member
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Hello everyone!
I am a single mom to 3 busy teens with my oldest going to university next month. I began on MFP at the beginning of the month. It was the day before my visit to the doctor. I am borderline in both thyroid and sugar, and I have managed hypertension already. When I creeped up over 200lbs 5 years ago, my heart broke, but then it got worse when I started university and added another 50. Well, school is done and it's time to get healthy... Maybe for the first time in 30 years! I have lost 20 lbs since I started here already, and I have another 80 to go.
I count calories, and have found ways to still eat a lot of food by sticking to fresh veggies and low-cal lean meats. I have stuck to buying and making everything on my own as much as possible. It was tough not eating a lot of bread and butter and rice at first, but it has been so rewarding seeing the outcome, it doesn't seem to bother me much anymore.
I am hoping to meet up with some folks in the same sort of place in life to help support and inspire each other.
I have enjoyed reading a lot of posts here and find everyone to be fabulous and fun!

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  • atiana19
    atiana19 Posts: 94 Member
    I am 37 two children and have been over 200 myself lost it same way you have..way to go feel free to friend me lets keep up the great work
  • ms_smartypants
    ms_smartypants Posts: 8,278 Member
    I am 44 ....single mom of a beautiful 9 year old daughter .....I lost 78lbs back in 09/2010 with this site life and tragedy got in my way ...I gained it back and then some I even deleted my old account UGH....I took a few years off to get myself together and I came back in Jan of this year ...was doing great had lost 36lbs then bam more tragedy came my way (lost 4 people from May June and July) I lost myself once again ...I was in a funk and I didn't know how to get out of it ....but I didn't leave MFP this time granted I didn't log my food for 3 months or maybe longer but I still came on here to talk to friends and what not ....in that 3 months time I gained 30lbs back ...One day I finally said to myself the 4 people I lost would not want me to give up on myself ...somehow I pulled out of my funk and having been doing good ....I have lost 10lbs ...I carb cycle and I workout 6 days a week ...Please feel free to add me ....Wishing you much success :)
  • Abqnurse
    Abqnurse Posts: 2 Member
    Hello! Today is my first "committed" day on MFP, although I have had the app on my phone for over a year and have logged an occasional day here and there. I turn 41 next week, and am almost 300 pounds. (That was harder to type than I would have imagined....)

    I am successful in every area of my life except weight loss. My goal for today is to log everything that I eat or drink. I am really going to have to take this one day at a time in order not to feel completely overwhelmed.

    I would love to stay in touch with others for support. I also have been motivated by reading about the success of others. It is great to know that others have succeeded where I have failed. Gives me hope ;)

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