Hi there! I started again a week ago too - first weigh in tomorrow to see how much I've lost. I'm in Melbourne but lived in QLD many years back (Gold Coast).
I'm also in my 40s and wanting to get healthier. I put on about 15kgs the past 18 months through stress eating so want to remove it asap (and maybe a few extra kgs on top!)
I'll send you a friend request. Hope others reply to your thread too and we can get a bit of support happening.

Hi, I'm 40, in NSW, tomorrow will be 1 week weigh-in for me. (Yeah: new year's resolution to get fit and lose weight). I've joined one of the other groups which runs a monthly challenge, tracking weight loss etc, though most people being based in the US I have to convert everything to lbs (yuck!). Happy to keep you company

I have a lot to lose - this year weighed in the heaviest I’ve ever been (119.5kg), I dropped 1 kg before officially starting my new diet/exercise plan, and this past week I’ve lost 2.9kg, so now sitting at 115.6kg. Am looking to get down to at least under 70kg so I am no longer obese or overweight, really aiming for 65kgs which is middle of the healthy range for my height. In 2011 I was my fittest and got down to 58kgs, but I find maintenance hard, and weight just stacks on the minute I am not being really anal about calorie counting and working out every day (and life has a way of throwing a spanner in things - other things pop up to take focus off health).

How are you going?

Hi Spacegirlley and welcome! Hope you and everyone here has had a great week and are ready to tackle another one starting tomorrow!

That sounds lovely Nancy. I hope the wild weather in QLD hasn't affected you?

Last week I attended a Bushtucker Workshop, learning more about native edible foods, which I've been wanting to do for years but not had the opportunity previously. One interesting thing I learned was how Aboriginal totems helped manage sustainability in their region. In a region where a plant or animal was rare, it would be someone's totem, and they were a custodian - looking after it and ensuring it didn't get eaten or damaged (and others would not want to harm it, as it was like harming the custodian), but in areas where the plant or animal was plentiful no one would have that as a totem and it would be fair game. It's fascinating how they found an equilibrium in how they lived in the world, and tragic that their knowledge was ignored, overridden, and at times lost during colonisation.

This week my weigh in is 114.4kg; a 1.2kg loss. Still on track!

I'm glad to hear everyone is doing well too. That sounds like a good technique - to break it down into small goals. (I'm not very good at that!). But I guess the weekly weigh in kind of is my small goal, because it focuses me on reflecting not just how much I've lost (or potentially gained, as happens sometimes), but makes me think about how the last week went, did I stick to my plan, what do I intend to do this week, is there room for improvement, etc.

I am trying to create a daily exercise habit (even if it's just a walk), and I haven't mastered this yet, so that is my 'room-for-improvement' goal that I want to work on this week.