Ladies Over 40 Holla at me PLEASE

Hi & welcome!!

I'm another one determined to get back to fit and toned...not that easy at 42, I WILL get there:bigsmile:

Hi - I'm 43 - all of my older cousins told me to lose weight before I turned 40. Wish I would have listened to them! I'm a firm believer in accountability! You will really watch what you eat, and how you exercise if you are accountable to someone! I totally agree with "skinnymeinaz." I decided that I will continue with MFP even when I reach my weight goal!
Good luck, and feel free to add me too!
40 is NOT the new 20, it's better!!

Holla!!!!!! I'll be 41 in a few days and you are so right about that flipped switch! I'd be happy to join you on your journey to healthy! Friend me if you'd like!

Good luck with your trainer!! :flowerforyou:

To be honest, MFP is the only thing that started working for me! I'd already been doing bootcamp and running for a year, and the weight wasn't budging. I have PCOS, and have gone through two pregnancies where I was over 200#. I vowed to take control of my life, and enter the 40's in the best shape of my life (tomorrow is my 40th!). I love reading these forums, and getting support and reading success stories.... so motivating for me! Cutting calories and portion size has been KEY! I still indulge, go over on calories occasionally, reward myself, have the foods I love, but am so much more mindful of everything I consume. Sometimes the scale doesn't budge, sometimes it goes up (hello, 4th of July weekend!), but then I shake things up, zig-zag calories, mess with my numbers, get back on the train and keep chugging forward. I am so much healthier than when I was in my 20's!!! Thanks for the post!

You sound EXACTLY like I did 4 years ago. Not just weight and fitness, but EVERYTHING changed. My hair, skin, and nails went dry and brittle. My period went from a minor inconvenience to a debilitating hell-week. Aches, pains, soreness, and bruises from any little thing! It was like aliens stole my real body and gave me this wreck with too many miles on it!

I'm not really complaining about getting older. I was prepared for this to happen. I just didn't expect it to be so SUDDEN!

There is good news, tho. It isn't as easy to lose weight or gain muscle as when we were in our teens and twenties. That's GOOD because it will mean more to us and we will strive harder to maintain our successes. We took too much for granted. I guess this is where the wisdom part of getting older really begins, huh?

I am 49, so I can relate for almost 10 years now! I have this "last 10 lbs" that will NOT move using the old tricks I used to know, hence my joining MFP.

Just some input: one thing that became absolutely taboo in my home has been any food that has the level of processing that stuff like rice-a-roni does. The food preservatives and sodium in those products is a real diet killer! If I eat anything like that these days, even with my extra weight, I blow up like a puffer-fish. Instead, I have to make homemade wild rice pilaf, or mac and cheese from scratch - my husband, who is a normal, trim weight, even says that he can "taste the chemicals" in processed foods now, and that he feels so much better since we moved away from those types of foods.

We also never use table salt - only sea salt.....

I really think it's important for us to consider moving away from processed anything! I even make my own salad dressings, which actually save a lot of calories in the end - even my ranch dressing recipe!!



As far as time, if you think "outside the box" there are lots of foods that are natural and easy to prepare....the internet is a blessing for that....

I'm 47 and MFP has been an eye opener! I'm losing slooooowly, but it's coming off. Feel free to add me.

Maybe we need a little group for "over 40's" !!!!

My ranch recipe and some others are on my blog page : www.redneckfengshui.blogspot.com -- this is not an ad, just an easy place to see the recipe -- there is also a classic vinagerette recipe that is outstanding!

Is there an "over 40s" support thread? I, too, need encouragement as well as any tips to help with that dry skin thing as well. I don't like to use petroleum based lotions, so any advice is welcome!!

There was a 40's thread, if I can find it i'll bump it.

First off good for you for taking your bodies needs seriously. I am a 44 yr old mom. I have trying to get in shape also. Whew did my body change right at 40: I am 9 lbs from my goal and it is crazy how I have to work I did find lots of water and lots of sleep I usually get 5-6 hrs but I try to get 7-8 a few days a week. Hubby does kids on sat and I sleep in. Cellulite is just a fact of life, but I don't want to be in a bikini either (teenage sons-not cool) I take fatburners it has totally Helped watch the fat and I have gotten awesome results. I am trying to be patient with the last bit but now I really want the muscles and I realize that the weight may not drop as I put the muscle on. Hope this helps hang in there

Me too I'm 44 and it seems like one day of not eating perfectly sets me back a few weeks now. I've never been one to lose weight well but I always exercised a ton and maintained a decent weight. This year some surgery really set me back and within 6 months I realized I was up 15 or more pounds

Not only did the weight loss get harder I have more negative effects from being hungry, headaches especially. No fun! I'm super excited to be starting theis plan, I'm wondering if I'll get my shape back . I've always had a really boyish figure, even when overweight. Now I found myself having to look for curvy fit. Strange!

uh, yeah, same here. I visualize it like "shaving a block of ice with a razor" SLOW!!! I'm 48, and you CAN do it!!!! Being conscious of what you are eating is amazing for starters (how many calories in that tiny little cinnamon candy? holy cow, you're kidding)!!! B:happy:

Welcome! I turned 41 in May and I couldn't agree with you more. My body just stopped working the way it used to when I was younger. It's so much harder to get results now-a-days. Working out with a trainer should help you BIG time. My trainer is Youtube....lol. It has tons of workout 'how-to's' that I use for strength training. I do my legs and arms twice a week and let me tell you the weight training is what made a difference with my body. My celulite is disappearing. My butt is getting higher and taking a nice shape. I have definition in my arms and my thighs are thinning out. Having said all that, the scale doesn't move too quickly so I'm trying to be patient. I have learned it's not all about the scale. Good luck!

It doesn't get any easier at 50 either!!!! But its not impossible. It takes more cardio workouts, more tracking your food intake and definetely DEFINETELY strength training to get that metabolism moving again!! After fighting this tendancy (after the age of 40) to gain weight around my MIDDLE despite the fact that I worked daily--- I was just about to throw in the towel and go for the Golden Girls look. My middle section just kept getting pudgier and pudgier. I even told my husband it looked like he was going to have to learn to "embrace" plump! But then I stumbled across MFP. I've been doing the program for 3 weeks and I've lost 9 lbs!!! That is more weight than I've been able to get that scale to budge for 6 years!!! I'm already half way to my goal weight. So keep it up...eat your calorie allottment and NO more, do your exercise and it will happen. I am in menopause now and let me tell you, it ain't a picnic. If I can lose weight, so can you. It just might take a little bit longer. But dont' give up!
Saw a quote the other day and it really stuck with me.

"No matter how slow you go, you are still lapping everybody on the couch!" - Unknown

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