Women over 45 Support/Motivation for 2017-Happy New Year!

46 and haven't had problems with weight loss. Sorry.

I'm in. After years of abusing my back in the nursing field, I can not move as well as I would like. I am starting with some physical therapy for knee pain. My goal is to get back into gentle yoga a few times a week and walking and hiking again. And yes, It does get more difficult to maintain after 45.

I am here for support. Weight loss difficulties after 40 are often plagued with many issues (hormones just to name one!). Please send a request if you want an accountability partner! I struggle with hypothyroidism and type 2 diabetes. This year my health is my #1 priority. I plan to lose #30 lbs by summer. I will be using Atkins and alternate day fasting as recommended by my Endocrinologist along with moderate exercise 4-5 times weekly (minimum).

I'm 48 and feeling stuck after a challenging 2016. I'm looking to give and receive support in my journey to improved health. Trying to make it less about the number on the scale and even appearance. I just need to feel lighter and better.

I may just quietly lurk but I am in. Just turned 48 and find myself watching the scale go the wrong way. I am tired and need to get some #s off in order to regain some energy. I know I have used food as a crutch in the last couple years, undoing that is going to be empowering.

I am definitely in. I have been struggling the last few years. My weight isn't budging much at all. I tried it alone and that didn't work so now I am trying to do it with friends. I need to get my cholesterol down now. Hoping that will happen once I lose about 40 pounds.

Count me in, turn 49 next week and need some help to restart my weightloss after injuries and surgeries (2 knee replacements)..

I want in. I have 10 weeks until my 50th birthday & a goal to lose 10 more pounds & tone up so I look good in a bikini.

I never had a problem with my weight. I was about 125 my whole life until I hit 40, then the pounds started creeping up. My 45 I was pushing 160 & miserable. I hadn't changed my lifestyle too much so the weight gain was maddening. It really is different after 40.

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I'm 59 and need to lose over a hundred lbs. The healthy eating part I understand and know what to do. What I a having struggles with is the exercise. I have arthritis in my back, hips and knees so movement can be a problem. Does anyone know of a gentle exercise cd or website that I can start slowly with?

Do you have access to a pool? Anything done in water would be ideal.

Also try yoga focus on the breathing & the stretching.

If not, can you walk, even a little? Small steps on a flat surface will help. Gentle impacts not harsh stomping.

I used to do chair exercises with my mom when she was in her 80s. Sit in a straight hard chair. March -- lift your legs like your walking but don't get up. Do leg lifts-- Swing your legs up so they are straight in front of you & back down. Do ankle circles. Bend from side to side. Twist to look behind you. Raise your hands over your head in all directions. Add weights if you are able, even two cans one in each hand adds some resistance.

Im interested. At age 48 I find myself to be a yo-yo exerciser. Its been a couple of months since i gave up and here I am again. Gained 15 lbs that have me moving feeling slugish. Looking for support and motivation. Add me if you want support and motivation...Id like the same.

I'm in!! Just turned 60... On a mission to lose a good bit of weight.. My son is getting married in Aug and hoping for my first grandchild in 2018!!

I'd like to be in! I just turned 50 last June. I have an arm injury and had to stop lifting in August. Also have gained a couple of pounds during the holidays! Would love to get back to normal. I'm also trying to change some habits.

I will be 47 next month. It took me all of 2016 to lose almost 20#'s. I'm finding myself in an emotional place right now and where I was doing well with not eating emotionally, I am struggling again. I'm going to pick Beck's book back up (The Beck Diet Solution) and go through it again, but it's frustrating to find myself back in this spot. And yes, it IS more difficult to lose after 40. I am hypothyroid, have primary pituitary damage (which means less hormones produced), PCOS, massive insulin resistance, and peri menopausal hormones. Yep. It's frustrating. My goal for 2017 is to lose 40#'s. In the end, it will take me 3yrs to lose what I need to total (about 90#'s from the beginning). I keep telling myself as long as I'm going down, then I'm not staying in the same place I'm in right now. If I can keep brainwashing that into myself I might make my goal this year. Maintaining a tight deficit is absolutely critical for me, even with a lot to lose, because of the hormone issues. I find I have to be about 300 calories lower then MFP states for me. That puts me at 1200 if I stick to the minimum. That is sooooo hard to hold. I lift heavy which helps, but it's not a perfect fix.