Women in their 40s!

My why today is feeling good and balanced emotionally. Life throws up loads of stresses. I often respond by eating and my body gets very sick with stress. The over eating and not exercising adds to stress and life becomes a tightly wound unenjoyable tense grind !
If I avoid the bad ways of dealing with stress then I don't add to it , and life becomes easier.
So I guess my why is an easy life.
I also have medical conditions that get worse with overeating and prevent a full life. So I need to manage those
A healthy full life with an easy mind!
Today my goals are a yoga or gym session, easy on the bread again , no whole milk again and to go to shop and buy veg because I'm out of veg ! And eat it !
Go well everyone 😀

I am 44 looking to lose- 50-60 lbs. Had first and "Only" child at 40, need to get this weight off. It has been just hangin on. Really would like to partner with someone- this is a hard road. Also became Vegetarian in the last 9 months. Helps alot.

I love the daily accountability @wearefab!

I called the doctor’s office a found they had a cancellation for tomorrow. I am so happy about that. Hopefully, she will tell me it’s ok to exercise.

I have been a little high on my calories the past 2 days due to Birthday cake a lasagne. Today, I will refrain and try and stay under. Got a bunch of plans this weekend with my sister coming to town. Going to be honest here ... I will be going over my 1200 calories. I am going to enjoy myself and not worry about being perfect. It’s a marathon not a race.

wearefab wrote: »

My why today is feeling good and balanced emotionally. Life throws up loads of stresses. I often respond by eating and my body gets very sick with stress. The over eating and not exercising adds to stress and life becomes a tightly wound unenjoyable tense grind !
If I avoid the bad ways of dealing with stress then I don't add to it , and life becomes easier.
So I guess my why is an easy life.
I also have medical conditions that get worse with overeating and prevent a full life. So I need to manage those
A healthy full life with an easy mind!
Today my goals are a yoga or gym session, easy on the bread again , no whole milk again and to go to shop and buy veg because I'm out of veg ! And eat it !
Go well everyone 😀

I am with you, stress has led me to put the fat on and stressful days keep me from losing it . My "why" is to be healthier overall, to keep the stress from affecting me so much so that I am well and happy with my amazing little family.
I went a bit to the the gym today, I'll try to make the time for myself to do this at least every other day.

@ azkunk: good luck for your appointment

Hello. I'm Erin Maelyn. I'm 41. I don't have a lot of female friends in life. Just looking for a bit of support. My weight has been an issue for most of my life. It is coming off now, bit by bit. I am aiming to do this the right way and ignoring the pro-ana stuff that I am more familiar with due to my eating disorder history.

Well, I have a unique issue. My new card hasn't arrived yet AND I'm running low on food. I may have to do something I don't want to do, pull into reserves I was saving for later in the month. I got behind on bills and been attempting to get caught up on them. Hopefully, next month will be better. I get paid once a month. I'll head to the store tomorrow and pick up a couple of really cheap items to help.

I’m 48. I yo-yo with my weight. Menopause approaches and I need to look about 40% of my body weight and keep it off. I cannot carry on being the Goodyear Blimp. So here I am, not quite at my heaviest but definitely exceeding maximum density and needing to lose 40kg (88lb). I want to keep it off this time. Any and all motivation and support gratefully received. I’m back in the pool daily, and I’m aiming to get to 5 miles a week which allows me to have a couple of off days! Please feel free to add me. Lisa

Hi, everyone! I just turned 43. I’ve been using My Fitness Pal on and off for a few years now. I would like to be more consistent in tracking. I would like to lose 30 lbs. I really do believe that having accountability partners working on similar goals helps us all find success! Please feel free to add me. More power to us all

I would like to be healthy, weigh less, be fit and sporty... immediately! This is not going to happen obviously so I will have to learn to be patient and consistent. I want to lose 25-30kg and firm up as much as possible at 47. One goal to reach is doing a headstand before turning 50 - I had meant to reach that goal at 40 but was super pregnant at that time so that had to be postponed. Just came back from a week of holidays and feel super motivated and super lazy at the same time, yeah!

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I would like to be healthy, weigh less, be fit and sporty... immediately! This is not going to happen obviously so I will have to learn to be patient and consistent. I want to lose 25-30kg and firm up as much as possible at 47. One goal to reach is doing a headstand before turning 50 - I had meant to reach that goal at 40 but was super pregnant at that time so that had to be postponed. Just came back from a week of holidays and feel super motivated and super lazy at the same time, yeah!

We have an ongoing handstand challenge going on in the challenges board. But any inversions are welcome! It helps to participate on that thread to motivate you to practice every day.

Hi! 41 and hitting workout goals but eating crappy foods. Some days I’m great some days I’m completely off and it’s making me so angry at my lack of self control. It’s complete self sabotage and so conscious doing it. I just can’t identify which wire I tripped up in my brain to give in to eating such bad foods. At this rate I’ll gain the twenty that I lost over the course of last year.... through healthy eating. Ugh.

Hey Ladies! So I have been wanting to lose about 15 pounds and decided to go ahead and go for it. I recently purchased an Incline Trainer and am loving it so far. Could definitely use some friends for accountability and motivation on this journey.