WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR DECEMBER 2018

I am new to trying a community. Have used MFP to record my food for over 420 days now. I am 63 and lost 50# since Dec. 2017, have 20 to go. I have the exercise thing down but the eating is daily work....little emotional eating there. Fighting a cold that my sweet 3 yr old granddaughter passed on. Ha. Look forward to getting to know new friends on this journey together as we head into 2019. I live in Springfield, MO.

Prayers and hugs to those who need them. I am sending out positive vibes to you.



Michele: I had to click on the individual pictures to view. You do like Christmas, lol! Love the collection of lighted buildings. (Later) Found your later post! You're getting there!
Heather: Love your retro look. I aspire to that, but hubster is much more trad!
Rebecca: Love the scooter. We call those figures 'Action Man' in UK.
Barbie: Hope that cold doesn't stick around to long.

Traditionally in the UK, we put our decorations up on Christmas Eve and take them down on Twelfth Night. (6 Jan). I have one of those colour wheel fibre optic trees which I keep up all year round.

Still trying to choose a word for 2019. Perhaps I should just DECIDE 😂😂😂

☘️IRISH TERRI ☘️

Morning, afternoon and evening, everyone,

Kylia - so good to see you back!

Mary - good to see you, too, and I'm so sorry for your losses. You've been missed! And Shep is just beautiful.

Rori - glad you're taking advantage of what's near you. I think of you often.

Michele in NC - the pics were beautiful.

Allie - I hope the new year brings peace and joy, to you and to all of us.

To all who are new - welcome! In a few days, Barbie will start another thread, as we start a clean slate each month. She'll post the link on December 31. Look forward to seeing you here and in the new year! Tell us what name you prefer to be known as, and where we can place you... and step into the conversation wherever you choose.

I have been reading all along, not posting the last few days, as I went into my own limited form of hibernation, I guess. A three-hour nap yesterday afternoon seems to have finally topped me up on my sleeping tank, whatever that means.

Enjoyed the time with family who came in on Sunday, stayed until Christmas morning, very low key, no special celebrations, just pleasant and undemanding. Sat down and played Cards Against Humanity with them both evenings and laughed until our faces hurt. It was fast, furious, but don't play it if you can't handle a dirty word, 'cause it uses all of them. A lot.

Our 25-year-old son purchased his nonrefundable ticket yesterday to go to Coos Bay, OR, for school. He leaves March 24. He chose where to go, he chose what field he wants to study, he's building his own future instead of letting anyone say, "Go here, go there." He chose to start at community college level, which I think is a good idea--he was a "barely got by" student in high school, and I think a slightly less demanding introduction to the next phase of education is a very good idea. From there, he plans to go to Oregon State University in Corvallis for fermentation sciences. He's going back on the GI Bill, so everything paid for, and Oregon schools don't differentiate between in-state and out-of-state tuition, one reason for his choice. Plus, he graduated from high school there, and still has friends there. His divorce will also be final the first week of January, and I think he feels as if he's shedding his burdens, one by one, to go into the next phase free of old baggage. Proud of him--it was barely a year ago that I was on the phone trying to talk him out of the dark place he'd fallen into, and was scared we'd lose him.

Don't think I'm a saint about all this, though. My patience is thinning rapidly, and I swear, if I hear his detailed plan one more time for how he's going to do all this, I may run from the house screaming and clutch the nearest fencepost to keep from strangling him. As positive as everything he's doing is, and as much as I love him, I'm ready for him to go... And I'll miss him, too. It's possible that the essence of being a parent (or just a grown-up) is being able to have two completely opposing ideas in your head and only expressing one of them.

Gained the same five pounds back that I've been battling for months, and just got my eating back under control these last two days, and took one back off. Just trying to get to the new year without going up a size at this point. Remembering once more that control starts now, not the next meal, not Monday, not January 1. Now.

Love y'all!
Lisa in AR

I was doing weight watchers but got nowhere and my three months where up. Didn’t want to waste more money. Joining Tops. Good support a lot cheaper. Will be my weigh in accountability once a week. I starting tracking with my plate. They don’t have a group like this for woman fifty and over. I think I will try this app. For health reasons I really have to get serious about eating healthier!