Over 50 Group - Recruiting New Members

Welcome Elizabeth - looking forward to see your posts in our 90+ discussion threads.

We're pushing past 425 active members!

Keeping the faith - a new motivational thread by Camblin one of our members - check it out.

To join our group, all you need to do is click on this link or paste it in your address bar:
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/100593-over-50-group

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Feel free to check my profile or send me a message with any thoughts.

Please post below if you join or have any comments or questions.

I'm looking forward to meeting you.

Looking to hit 450 active members this week! - check it out

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Great to have you on board Diane. We look forward to getting to know you!

If your age is between 40 - 80 and your looking for friends, check us out!

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1000 Posts / 100 Pounds Lost

So here I am on the day I just hit the 100 pound lost mark. I'm contemplating what the key items are that continue to help me be successful with my fitness. I am a firm believer in paying it forward to share whatever works for me so perhaps it can help others that may be where I started last year. Here's my thoughts:

Focus, Track, Move - that's it!

Focus - I'm a numbers nerd and it hit me as ironic that on this day, I also tallied my 1000th post on MFP. If last year someone told me, just start posting comments, questions, suggestions, encouragement, and positive feedback on a fitness website and for every 10 posts, you'll lose a pound, I would have laughed at them. However that's exactly what happened to me. Plugging myself into the social circle here on MFP is what keeps me focused daily on my own goals. It keeps my priorities in line. My health & fitness is something I need to pay attention to every day!

Track - Just do it and do it honestly. My mind can get very creative when lying to myself and tracking my calorie intake needs constant vigilance. It's really almost second nature now that I've been doing it for 419 days. I can recite the calories and macro nutrients on 80% of my diary. Eyeballing portion sizes I'm good at, as long as I want to be, but I find measuring needs to be a pretty regular thing to make sure I stay honest. I need to track everything, everyday.

Move - It doesn't matter if you're only up to picking up one arm and waving it in the air or dancing the chicken dance - do whatever you can do. Last year I struggled to even walk, but I did. Now, I'm riding my bike, lifting weights, gardening, and wrestling on the ground with my grandsons. It means so much to your health to just move!

My initial plan started as just - Track. Then after a couple months it changed to - Track, Move. The last element of adding Focus really happened by accident and has turned into the best thing that could have happened to me. I've made many friends, gotten a great education, and helped others. I'm truly blessed to have the opportunity to learn about how others deal with their health and fitness issues. It's made me more open-minded. I feel like I finally have a mature plan for my continuing good health.

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Today's "Just Fun Stuff" addition:



To join our group, all you need to do is click on this link or paste it in your address bar:
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/100593-over-50-group

If you aren't yet familiar with groups, they are very similar to this general forum but specifically tailored for the members.

Our group is public which means you can view it before deciding to join.
If you decide to join, make sure to hit the green 'join this group' button.
Once you join, the group will always appear at the bottom of your 'Community' page.

Feel free to check my profile or send me a message with any thoughts.

Please post below if you join or have any comments or questions.

I'm looking forward to meeting you.

Check out our thread "What do we want to achieve today?" and set some daily targets for yourself.

Glad to have you on board Dave! We look forward to getting to know you!

We're making the push to hit 500 active members - check us out!

To join our group, all you need to do is click on this link or paste it in your address bar:
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/100593-over-50-group

If you aren't yet familiar with groups, they are very similar to this general forum but specifically tailored for the members.

Our group is public which means you can view it before deciding to join.
If you decide to join, make sure to hit the green 'join this group' button.
Once you join, the group will always appear at the bottom of your 'Community' page.

Feel free to check my profile or send me a message with any thoughts.

Please post below if you join or have any comments or questions.

I'm looking forward to meeting you.

Hi Lori, welcome to the group! We look forward to getting to know you.