40+, WITH 40+ TO LOSE!

Hi! I've been looking for people similar in age to me and with similar weight loss goals. I'm 48 and my current goal is to lose 2 pounds per week (avg.) and get down to 158 by June 10. I weigh 198 now. I used MFP for a while last year, lost about 7 lbs. and then quit. I do t know why....just got lazy or discouraged or....(?) Over the holidays I overdid it and tried to make myself think I didn't care but I realized I have to lose weight and exercise more to be healthy and feel better about myself. I'm tired of being afraid of cameras, getting nervous about work presentations , not because of having to speak but because I don't want people to look at me, and most of all, I'm tired of hearing people ask me when I'm due or make what they think are friendly comments about me being pregnant when I'm not. My belly is where I hold most of my weight. I have 2 kids--a 16 yr old son and 12 year old daughter, and a husband. Despite probably sounding down, I'm actually quite a positive thinker and happy with my life! I'm just really struggling with body image and weight loss. It's hard to talk to family and friends because I feel like the thin ones don't understand and others might get tired of hearing about it or think, 'she's been down this road before...what's different this time?" I really want this time to be different and will try hard to reach my goal. I would love to find a few online MFP friends to join forces and support each other!

thanks Sparkymel! Sorry but I'm kinda clueless how the group's on here work! Do we just add to this post or join a specific group?

I turned 40 in June and I'm just starting on this adventure. I'm new to MFP and grateful for any pointers I can pick up. Weight Watchers worked well for me over a decade ago but I never found success in that "groove" again after the first time. I have 45-50 lbs to lose this time around.

Add me, I turn 40 next month and have about 89 to lose. Let's do it together.

Sparkymel wrote: »

@CindyWitter I am so glad to have this group, to help motivate each other. I am sorry to hear about your job. That is always hard. When one door closes....

Thanks @Sparkymel, it's all good and I know this was the path for me! Now on to losing weight!!

....same boat! I'm 43 with a 19,18, and 2 year old. I have a very stressful job, but I love it and a marriage on the rocks. I need to lose 30 more pounds with 6 of it being pounds I gained back over the holidays. I was doing so good and lost 34 lbs before the holidays. I just seem to have lost my gumption or groove. I've started back walking and logging calories, but I still need to find my drive . I find I'm just try to even out instead of losing since the holidays.

I hadn't thought about upcoming events and mini goals for those. Thanks @9bars! My niece gets hitched in CA in May. Vacation to New Orleans in July. Good timeframes for goal setting. 1-2 lb/week is what I am shooting for. @Sparkymel are you shooting for 1300 or less regardless of activity? Or when you add activity, will you eat some of the calories earned back?

Hello!! 42 as well and a single mom of a beautiful 16-yr old. She's been hearing me complaining for years about needing to lose weight and I've done nothing about it. I wasn't at all over weight until she was around 2 and I got a car (didn't have 1 for 3-years). Then the weight piled on. I sat comfortably at a size 14 for many years with my waist line slowly expanding to a 16. I adjusted my clothes, instead of my mind. I've tried WW & had success - dropped back to a 14, but I don't want to count points. A couple years ago I tried meal replacement supplement drinks... That was a bust! Then I lost my job in 2013 and went into a deep depression. My waistline expanded to a size 18. I've ignored it for a couple of years until recently... We had a family reunion and I saw myself with my cousins and was completely disgusted with myself. The maternity shirt I was wearing (yup, I haven't been pregos in 17-years and bought a maternity shirt) looked absolutely horrifying on me!!! I looked awful and barely recognized myself. Then a month later my Dr told me, what I was suspecting... I was boarderline diabetic! I had a feeling it was going that route cause of how carbs and food made me feel after I ate.

I decided then that I MUST do something! It was Do or Die!!!!

I waited a couple weeks after New Years to avoid the "New Year, New You" bandwagon, as I believe the is just "Starting New"... Today is the end of week 1 and I feel great!!! I'm changing my eating habits, logging everything and exercising. It feels great too!!!

My journey will include about 80+/- lbs. I've decided that when I get to a size 8, I'll be satisfied. That was my pre- baby size. I don't think I can go much smaller, as the last time I was smaller than a 8 was Jr High. Our bodies run a bit thicker and denser in my family. So initially it will be about weight loss, but the end result will be about health, body image and how I look in clothes!!!

Look forward to encouraging interchange!!!

I'm 44, and have about 40 lbs. to lose. I've always struggled with weight. I have several medical conditions that make it difficult to lose weight but oh-so-easy to gain it! Ugh! I am starting my 3rd week of exercise (4 times a week for at least 30 minutes AND striving to get 10,000 steps per day, which is not easy with a desk job!) and have been eating better and logging what I eat for the past two weeks as well. The scale has not moved, except for the cruel game of up 1, down 1, up 1 again, but I am starting to see a difference in my shape, so I'm happy with that. It's a long, hard struggle and we all need to support each other! Feel free to add me! The more the merrier!