Female over 50 needs to lose 40 lbs

I am well over 50, actually knocking on the door of 70. I really need to lose about 40 lbs too. I started on my diet on Jan 24th and set it to lose 1lb a week . I am now at week 12 and have lost 11lbs. It was very hard to begin with as I was weighing several times a week and was in tears several times when I had gained back 1 1/2 to 2 lbs. I did not weigh again for over two weeks but stuck with the diet. I am well into it now, I am no longer starving and seem to be losing consistently. It is very slow but going in the right direction. I like using this app because it keeps me honest and I weigh or measure everything. I will admit I am fooling the system a little because I am supposed to be able to have 1250 calories a day and mostly I am now keeping it to about 900 per day. The app does not like you to log less than1000 and so I just round up with some quick calories. I am not recommending you do this but as I was already eating a very healthy diet and it was just not shifting the lbs. I am a vegetarian, and do not like sweets and so I don't think I was going much above the 1250 calories even before the diet.
I know it is hard when other people seem to be able to lose 5 lbs just by cutting out the evening dish of ice cream but there are others like us and you can do it if you can look to the long term. I set my first goal to lose 10lbs and now I have reached that goal I am working to lose the next ten by the time I go on vacation in mid-june. I hope to have lost the full 40 by the end of the year.
Good Luck and don't lose your resolve.

Hi! I'm Nancy. I just re-joined today after many years and many pounds. I'm 57 and have a lot of weight to lose. Could use some friends for motivation too!