40 and older with 10lbs or less to lose

Good Morning! Kids have mid-winter break so I've been sleeping in and loving it. This morning I'm at 138 my waist is still 29.5 but husband commented on seeing some muscles in my abs this morning so I'm feeling pretty happy.

Dinner out last night I was a really good girl. I selected the MahiMahi in tomato basil sauce (at a steakhouse) and was rewarded with one of the best fish meals I've ever received at a restaurant. I still have enough left for another meal today. Husband and kids feasted on red meat but I really feel like the gods were watching out for me.

Sorry to hear about the possible stress fracture. Let me say it may or may not be one. When I was training for my marathon last fall. I had a horrible pinch in the top of my foot. It was beyond painful and ever indication was stress fracture. I took a week off of running (this was 3 weeks till race) and I was fine when I returned so obviously it wasn't a fracture. Can you switch to low impact exercise for a week or so? Eleptical instead of treadmill or water running? You can also wrap the foot (I researched that on the internet when I was having my foot problem).

Happy Friday! Today I'm doing Power 90. I still haven't researched the zig zag but plan to look into it when family is back to school and work.

Morning! I weighed in at 130.7 this morning, and my waist is 27". I completed Day 3 yesterday with no crap food!

I have a dinner to go to tonight, so this will be a test for me. I have a feeling I will gain weight tomorrow just based on sodium alone. I'm going to try to drink as much water as I can today to see if that helps.

I'm actually doing Cathe Friedrich's new STS system for my workouts these days. For those who don't know, it's similar to P90X in terms of how the weight lifting portions of the program are established. It is set up as either a three month system or a six month system. I've opted for the six month system, and am on week two (out of eight) of the first part which is focused on muscle endurance. Today I get to workout my legs for an hour (and my abs for about 20 minutes). I'm one of those people who actually likes to do aerobics most everyday, even on days when I'm lifting weights. But with this system I'm really trying to focus on just doing weight lifting on the days that I'm supposed to be doing weight lifting so am only doing aerobics three days a week right now. The one benefit I can see from that right now is that I actually have alot more energy for my aerobics when doing them just every other day. It's obviously too early to see any results from this program, but I'm enjoying it so far.

alf, I'm so sorry to hear about your foot. With all of my injuries, that is NOT one I've experienced (knock on wood). I would suggest, at the very least, that you rest it for a few days. Hope it feels better soon!

I'll post a pic shortly...

Hello Everyone......Nothing new to report on my weigh in. Oh well.....Maybe next week.:indifferent:
I've really bumped up my work out to burn around 600 on my cardio days. I feel good!
Do you notice when you dine out that you are way puffy later on and the next day too. That's gotta be all the sodium, right?
Keep on keeping on. :ohwell:

StiringWendel and Duffy, we are in about the same range. How tall are you? I am 5'5"...SW and Singfree, show yourselves!!! :laugh: I need to upload some new pictures.

We are definitely about the same range. I like to say I'm 5 '5 1/2" but as I age I'm probably closer to 5'5" That is why I was questioning my goal weight. I set it at 135 but am now considering 128 and making 135 my oh no weight. I had my oh no weight set at 140 in the past but that only works if you are actually weighing yourself:laugh: I guess that is how I ended up at 150.:blushing:

Friday night I was not a good girl. Like you Alf - I like a drink every now and again. Maybe we could challenge each other to a limited number per week or just on weekend? I had to Vodka tonics and am trying to remind myself that at least I used diet tonic so they were less than 90 calories a piece but still I should not be wasting calories on alcohol. Oh well my husband and I had a nice evening watching the Sex in the City movie and relaxing so I guess I should just focus on the that and not the calories wasted. I'm going to count Friday as my crap day since I also had a soft pretzel at the movie (Slumdog a must see!!!!) Don't you love mid-winter break movies and fun for everyone! Although our family of 4 saw 3 different movies and everyone was happy.

Hang in there, Wolfena!! I know I'm really struggling with motivation right now. I'm really happy about what I'm doing when I step on the scale, when I try on some of my clothes, and when I actually think about the fact that I'm doing something good for myself. But boy do I struggle with things like....last night.

My husband and I had a catered event to go to, so I knew exactly what was going to be served (down to the chocolate fudge cake). And I knew there was wine of the table. And all day yesterday, I just kept thinking 'Everybody else at the table will be eating cake and drinking wine except me! Wah!' Yes, I'm good at throwing myself a pity party.

So we get to the dinner, and I'm seated next to a gentleman I've never met. We had a great conversation, and he must have noticed my eating habits during dinner. I ate the salad with vinaigrette dressing (after this gentleman had first tried to give me ranch). I ate the vegetables of the main dinner first, and then ate some of the chicken (but avoided the gravy-covered beef and mashed potatoes sitting on the same plate). And then the dessert came and was presented by the waiter with 'I hope you like chocolate.' Boy, he has no idea. :bigsmile: But I picked up the plate....and set it aside. And this gentleman and my husband started remarking about that with my husband jokingly saying that he would probably end up eating my cake since I wouldn't. And this gentleman remarked 'Well, it's obvious she's doing what the rest of us SHOULD be doing'.

I didn't really say anything to the gentleman about that comment....but it made my night. I no longer felt like a victim of my own diet, which was a good feeling. Today, I have no doubts I'll struggle through many moments, but this guy was right. This is what I SHOULD be doing because ti really is the right thing. So.......

And after all that, I made it through yesterday without crap! And I lost .7lbs yesterday, bringing my weight down to a solid 130.0. I can't believe I'm poised on the edge of the 120s again after three long years of serious injuries and long moves and such! Finally!

alf and duzzy, I'm 5'2". My goal weight is 120, which I know is as low as I can possibly go before I have to start taking off muscle. Where I ultimately end up in this next stage of weight loss I think will be determined as much by my body measurements as my actual weight. If I end up at 125 with the measurements I want, then I might be happy to settle at 125. I'll just have to seen when I get there.

No workout for me today. :happy:

Friday night -- yes I had red wine but was visiting an long time friend I had not seen for a while - so good excuse - and I was still in my limits - so no wine tonight and back on track. I am not a sweets person but salty goodies and wine are my temptations. I had a good workout this morning so overall feeling pretty positive

Hoamai: Because of all the heart benefits from red wine, I include that in my eating right strategy. I just make sure I'm within my calories for the day and try try try to keep it to one glass (even if it is a generous poor )

I guess my weigh in was "weigh off" yesterday, because today I am down 3 pounds to 151.5... and I know I did not lose 3 "real" pounds overnight! Still up a pound from 2 weeks ago, but that's much better than 4!!

Are we going to continue in this thread endlessly or start a new one each week?

Well with all the lack of motivation and depression pigouts I'm up. 147.2. Serves me right. It's the evenings that kill me! Today is a new day, ho hum. :indifferent:

Well with all the lack of motivation and depression pigouts I'm up. 147.2. Serves me right. It's the evenings that kill me! Today is a new day, ho hum. :indifferent:

Hey Hotmom - "Let's watch the red carpet today and pick a hot dress to wear!" That always cheers me up!

I am in my mid 50's and have 15 pounds to loose. I have been at this since the first of January and haven't lost a pound. I would like to be able to join your group. I feel I am swimming upstream with no end in sight. What do you think?