62 y.o single female starting 10kg weight loss challenge April 1 - need support

oops!!! By the way, my name is Glenn

Hi, I'm Cherie Anna. I'm just turning 62 on Sunday. Lesley, I can commiserate. I too am an up and down person with periodic episodes of bingeing. Unfortunately, I have also just been diagnosed with diabetes. It's one point over the norm and the doctor feels I could lower it to normal if I lost weight. That did not stop her from putting me on medication. I weigh 114 kgs. Not good. It seems that everyone thinks I'd benefit from a gastric bypass (including family, friends and MDs). I REALLY want to avoid it. I got all gun ho and joined a water aerobics class twice a week and a cross training class once a week. Both at the local park district. After I signed up I immediately broke 3 toes. Now I'm getting no meaningful exercise. I like your idea for a 12 week plan. It seems ideal, not so much pressure. I just downloaded the Skinnytaste cookbook and I'm going to try her recipes and sensible approach, which includes making a meal plan at the beginning of the week and sticking to it. And of course logging all food and exercise. We'll see about that. I would really like to share your journeys. I need support and will gladly lend my support. 10 kg seems like an attainable goal. Count me in!

Hi, Leslie, I can so relate. I can really be 'good' all day and then after dinner I graze. I am trying to break that habit. It's really difficult. I can do a stationary bike at the local park district gym, an excellent suggestion. Looking for a water aerobics class is a fantastic idea. I love it. Not only do you benefit from the cardio but you get back some of that balance and flexibility we used to take for granted. I am excited to start this journey with all of you. I have tracked my food intake for the last 7 days and I feel like maybe this time I can "Go the distance" My goal is now to lose 20 lbs. before August. I will amp up the exercise this week and stick to a 1200 calories a day. Seven days at a time is my new motto.
Wish me luck.

Hi All, You are welcome to add me. I have lost 7 kg in past 90 days (slow and steady), and continuing onwards to lose another 18. I am sorry to hear about all the pain you are experiencing. More importantly to your thread, I had an evening snacking problem after I put my kids to bed. And I can now say that I have managed to get rid off it. Completely. I do not even crave it. I have read a few books about habit formation, I don't have the reference now but I can dig it out of you are interested. Habits (bad or good) follow the same pattern: cue, routine behavior, reward. Once you do the same thing following a cue many times, neural pathways develop and they make you crave the reward. My cue was putting kids to bed after a tiring work day and craving something nice for myself. So to cut this behavior, I replaced snacks with fruit or yogurt at the beginning. I was allowed one piece of fruit or a greek yogurt and I accounted for it in advance in my food log. I made sure I chose really nice juicy fruit to feel like a reward for my hard day. The first 3 days were so awful. I think I had physical symptoms, and my brain kept craving the sugar. Then, a week was ok, and after about 3 weeks, I stopped thinking about it. I now don't even take the fruit or yogurt b/c I am usually full and this was just a psychological thing. So you can do it. And it removed probably 500-600 calories from my day to cut this bad habit.

Please add me....i'd love to give/receive support!

63 and here everyday for mutual support