The middle agers group. (Upper 30s,40s & 50ish folks)
Replies
-
TechieTrev wrote: »50 here... feel free to add me.
Added! I'm 48 and a tech guy too 👍1 -
AliNouveau wrote: »DecreasingDuchess wrote: »AliNouveau wrote: »DecreasingDuchess wrote: »AliNouveau wrote: »wagmtcocom_pb wrote: »Gods of motivation HELP me...My fat shirts don't even fit anymore
Was Thanksgiving too delicious? I made a Canadian American Thanksgiving. I love turkey and stuffing. If it were socially acceptable I'd drink mugs of gravy
Aw @AliNouveau you celebrate Thanksgiving twice, it looks yummy & it's nice to see you, again!
Hey @DecreasingDuchess how are you my lovely friend?
I'm doing better & enjoying the season, thank you for asking! I am happy to read that your recovering well, via your surgery! :flowerforyou:
Yes I am thanks. I figured out a way to sleep without a lot of pain. Yay. The 1 pound weight though...haha. It's amazing how your muscles go so quickly
You're very much welcome! The 1st goal's being as painless, as plausible! When I had a pinched nerve within my left arm, I had to learn to sleep upon my back {I am typically, a side sleeper}. I understand, the weakness. For every 2 weeks that I was unable to exercise it, I lost a level of progress.0 -
DecreasingDuchess wrote: »AliNouveau wrote: »DecreasingDuchess wrote: »AliNouveau wrote: »DecreasingDuchess wrote: »AliNouveau wrote: »wagmtcocom_pb wrote: »Gods of motivation HELP me...My fat shirts don't even fit anymore
Was Thanksgiving too delicious? I made a Canadian American Thanksgiving. I love turkey and stuffing. If it were socially acceptable I'd drink mugs of gravy
Aw @AliNouveau you celebrate Thanksgiving twice, it looks yummy & it's nice to see you, again!
Hey @DecreasingDuchess how are you my lovely friend?
I'm doing better & enjoying the season, thank you for asking! I am happy to read that your recovering well, via your surgery! :flowerforyou:
Yes I am thanks. I figured out a way to sleep without a lot of pain. Yay. The 1 pound weight though...haha. It's amazing how your muscles go so quickly
You're very much welcome! The 1st goal's being as painless, as plausible! When I had a pinched nerve within my left arm, I had to learn to sleep upon my back {I am typically, a side sleeper}. I understand, the weakness. For every 2 weeks that I was unable to exercise it, I lost a level of progress.
It's really frustrating isn't it. I had to sleep sitting up at first. Since starting the strengthening phase I've noticed new aches because the muscles are waking up. I figure temporary pain for long term results.
Hope you are fairly healthy right now and enjoying the festive season seems to start earlier and earlier1 -
AliNouveau wrote: »DecreasingDuchess wrote: »AliNouveau wrote: »DecreasingDuchess wrote: »AliNouveau wrote: »DecreasingDuchess wrote: »AliNouveau wrote: »wagmtcocom_pb wrote: »Gods of motivation HELP me...My fat shirts don't even fit anymore
Was Thanksgiving too delicious? I made a Canadian American Thanksgiving. I love turkey and stuffing. If it were socially acceptable I'd drink mugs of gravy
Aw @AliNouveau you celebrate Thanksgiving twice, it looks yummy & it's nice to see you, again!
Hey @DecreasingDuchess how are you my lovely friend?
I'm doing better & enjoying the season, thank you for asking! I am happy to read that your recovering well, via your surgery! :flowerforyou:
Yes I am thanks. I figured out a way to sleep without a lot of pain. Yay. The 1 pound weight though...haha. It's amazing how your muscles go so quickly
You're very much welcome! The 1st goal's being as painless, as plausible! When I had a pinched nerve within my left arm, I had to learn to sleep upon my back {I am typically, a side sleeper}. I understand, the weakness. For every 2 weeks that I was unable to exercise it, I lost a level of progress.
It's really frustrating isn't it. I had to sleep sitting up at first. Since starting the strengthening phase I've noticed new aches because the muscles are waking up. I figure temporary pain for long term results.
Hope you are fairly healthy right now and enjoying the festive season seems to start earlier and earlier
For me it was sitting that'd aggravate it, so I'd just stand or've to lay somewhere. I surmise that pain might be because your still healing via the surgery, whist also exercising it.
My arm's been fine since February, my Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/CFS's better than when I was younger & thinner! I chose to start the eating & drinking as soon as the items were available, so that I'd be able to resume my weight riddance without stalling between events. I'd like to celebrate my 40th birthday this coming April by at least being my highest healthiest weight, which's only 11.7 pounds via what I am now!0 -
DecreasingDuchess wrote: »AliNouveau wrote: »DecreasingDuchess wrote: »AliNouveau wrote: »DecreasingDuchess wrote: »AliNouveau wrote: »DecreasingDuchess wrote: »AliNouveau wrote: »wagmtcocom_pb wrote: »Gods of motivation HELP me...My fat shirts don't even fit anymore
Was Thanksgiving too delicious? I made a Canadian American Thanksgiving. I love turkey and stuffing. If it were socially acceptable I'd drink mugs of gravy
Aw @AliNouveau you celebrate Thanksgiving twice, it looks yummy & it's nice to see you, again!
Hey @DecreasingDuchess how are you my lovely friend?
I'm doing better & enjoying the season, thank you for asking! I am happy to read that your recovering well, via your surgery! :flowerforyou:
Yes I am thanks. I figured out a way to sleep without a lot of pain. Yay. The 1 pound weight though...haha. It's amazing how your muscles go so quickly
You're very much welcome! The 1st goal's being as painless, as plausible! When I had a pinched nerve within my left arm, I had to learn to sleep upon my back {I am typically, a side sleeper}. I understand, the weakness. For every 2 weeks that I was unable to exercise it, I lost a level of progress.
It's really frustrating isn't it. I had to sleep sitting up at first. Since starting the strengthening phase I've noticed new aches because the muscles are waking up. I figure temporary pain for long term results.
Hope you are fairly healthy right now and enjoying the festive season seems to start earlier and earlier
For me it was sitting that'd aggravate it, so I'd just stand or've to lay somewhere. I surmise that pain might be because your still healing via the surgery, whist also exercising it.
My arm's been fine since February, my Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/CFS's better than when I was younger & thinner! I chose to start the eating & drinking as soon as the items were available, so that I'd be able to resume my weight riddance without stalling between events. I'd like to celebrate my 40th birthday this coming April by at least being my highest healthiest weight, which's only 11.7 pounds via what I am now!
Hey that's awesome!!!!1 -
AliNouveau wrote: »DecreasingDuchess wrote: »AliNouveau wrote: »DecreasingDuchess wrote: »AliNouveau wrote: »DecreasingDuchess wrote: »AliNouveau wrote: »DecreasingDuchess wrote: »AliNouveau wrote: »wagmtcocom_pb wrote: »Gods of motivation HELP me...My fat shirts don't even fit anymore
Was Thanksgiving too delicious? I made a Canadian American Thanksgiving. I love turkey and stuffing. If it were socially acceptable I'd drink mugs of gravy
Aw @AliNouveau you celebrate Thanksgiving twice, it looks yummy & it's nice to see you, again!
Hey @DecreasingDuchess how are you my lovely friend?
I'm doing better & enjoying the season, thank you for asking! I am happy to read that your recovering well, via your surgery! :flowerforyou:
Yes I am thanks. I figured out a way to sleep without a lot of pain. Yay. The 1 pound weight though...haha. It's amazing how your muscles go so quickly
You're very much welcome! The 1st goal's being as painless, as plausible! When I had a pinched nerve within my left arm, I had to learn to sleep upon my back {I am typically, a side sleeper}. I understand, the weakness. For every 2 weeks that I was unable to exercise it, I lost a level of progress.
It's really frustrating isn't it. I had to sleep sitting up at first. Since starting the strengthening phase I've noticed new aches because the muscles are waking up. I figure temporary pain for long term results.
Hope you are fairly healthy right now and enjoying the festive season seems to start earlier and earlier
For me it was sitting that'd aggravate it, so I'd just stand or've to lay somewhere. I surmise that pain might be because your still healing via the surgery, whist also exercising it.
My arm's been fine since February, my Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/CFS's better than when I was younger & thinner! I chose to start the eating & drinking as soon as the items were available, so that I'd be able to resume my weight riddance without stalling between events. I'd like to celebrate my 40th birthday this coming April by at least being my highest healthiest weight, which's only 11.7 pounds via what I am now!
Hey that's awesome!!!!
Thank you bunches, Ali!0 -
Does anyone feel like a "dietary reboot" is in order after this week ?3
-
Happy weekend middle agers.
We are bracing for a winter storm forecasted for tomorrow. Freezing rain and snow....joy. It's been a great day otherwise. Gotta love good karma....I'm organizing a bonspiel and traditionally the organizers spent a good chunk of the organizing budget on getting someone to pipe the curlers onto the ice. I decided to forego this so we could have better prizes....well just got offered a bagpiper who will be there to curl and wants to do it for free. Yay. Means I have to do a shot of whisky. Eek2 -
Do peeps really get through this together or are we just saying it? I need REAL motivation, encouragement, and praise when I get it dun son! A good few peeps to keep me accountable; and maybe making some long term good habits
...whose one? 1 -
Happy Sunday!!!
Regarding the question above I think a lot of people benefit from feeling part of a community and feeling as if they have friends who are going through the same struggles so yes friends are good. Sometimes you even find awesome people who become actual real life friends. It's pretty cool2 -
IslandGal3 wrote: »Good morning everyone.
I agree Ali. Some of my pals have been with me for years. They've been a huge support system, and we've had a lot of laughs along the way. One has become a great friend. We did a 10k together last year.
I had a friend come and stay with me a couple of years ago it was so much fun. I've also met a couple who were passing through town, another lives locally and lives skating so she came for lunch and made her daughter very jealous telling her who she was watching skate. I even met a friend on our summer trip to California. My whole family did! Sometimes you're lucky and find a fitness family.
1 -
seximama2017 wrote: »Do peeps really get through this together or are we just saying it? I need REAL motivation, encouragement, and praise when I get it dun son! A good few peeps to keep me accountable; and maybe making some long term good habits...whose one?
I find the encouragement from my friends here keeps me on track. Reading their success stories has made me realize that I can do this, too. That keeps me from getting discouraged and giving up.3 -
IslandGal3 wrote: »kenthepainter2 wrote: »Does anyone feel like a "dietary reboot" is in order after this week ?
All the leftovers go out of this house today.
We have a family Christmas party next Saturday. Oh boy...
Yeah. Thanksgiving is over. Here comes party season. My goal is to enjoy it while staying in Onederland. Cheers!3 -
48 and working on a handful of personal health goals. Been using MFP for about a year now to track food intake. I purposefully only brought 1 plate of leftovers home from the Thanksgiving gathering. Just what I'd eat the following day.4
-
48 and working on a handful of personal health goals. Been using MFP for about a year now to track food intake. I purposefully only brought 1 plate of leftovers home from the Thanksgiving gathering. Just what I'd eat the following day.
Smart thinking. Those leftovers are the devil but so delicious2 -
Hi there! Full disclosure I lurked a little. What a nice, supportive bunch of peeps! I'm digging in now so that the holidays don't get completely out of hand. Monday is my" heavy weights" day and judging by this ice storm out side it might end up being a little different than I planned. Hope everyone is safe and warm tonight.4
-
Well, I'm officially 40. So far so good. Lol4
-
LisaHeb1979 wrote: »Well, I'm officially 40. So far so good. Lol
It's not bad. Best years are in front of you if you choose not to get "old"4 -
Happy Monday, hope everyone survived the weekend without blowing their calories like I did. Have a great week!2
-
Happy Monday, hope everyone survived the weekend without blowing their calories like I did. Have a great week!
nope, I blew it big time from Thursday through yesterday. Definitely over maintenance. Dinner was at my house and left overs are a killer, not to mention having a house guest seems to also destroy my resolve and weaken my willpower.
So the scale will be back up on Thursday when i weigh in, but I'm hoping I can get back on the wagon seat today and keep it down. Leftovers are gone except for turkey, and that's a good, low cal source of protein, so I ate it for breakfast
This is exactly why the mindful eating concept will not work for me at all. I can easily eat way over what my maintenance levels are and still be hungry. For me, its a mind game much more than an actual hunger game - I know that many times that I feel hungry its in my head and not my body really wanting to eat. But that's an extremely hard battle to win, especially in the evenings!2 -
Happy snowy Monday! Did you know it's virtually impossible to shovel snow with a bad shoulder? Even just pushing it in a big shovel was hard. Oh well hubs got some exercise and we got a perfect excuse for skipping an appointment. Have a fun day4
-
I'm 45 pills up to my eyeballs, I work hard, 6 kids 3 are grown and left home 3 still at school and my handsome grandson lives with us, carpool everyone here and there, school baking, assignments and projects. I just feel I need to breathe, I've put myself on the back burner for so long, I know I need to lose weight and need to find myself again.5
-
stated 11/5 227lbs. today 12/2 217.8lbs. MyNutrition helps track. Tracking helps identify3
-
Getting a jumpstart on new years. I have been on and off here for a few years. Starting new again. Not where I want to be bit not where I started either. Time for a reset. I am going to log everything this week without making any changes to my normal and then evaluate my nutrition and see what all I need to adjust. With any luck I hope to still be here and maintaining by summer.3
-
I had a great thanksgiving. But I am burned out on turkey since I went 4 dinners a thanksgiving week. All turkeyed
out.3 -
Happy giving Tuesday everyone!!!! Today's the day to be nice and smile or hold a door open just give a little bit of yourself to others. I try to live every day like this.
So....it's been more than 6 weeks since I had my shoulder repaired. The surgeon said after 6 weeks I could go skate laps. Do I go to the local outdoor rink down the street and attempt my first skating since surgery???? I'm very tempted to do this3 -
Evenings are the killer for me too. I’m running around all day like a mad woman and when I’m in for the night my good intentions evaporate like the bottle of red wine I just opened 😂9
-
therealmarceline wrote: »Evenings are the killer for me too. I’m running around all day like a mad woman and when I’m in for the night my good intentions evaporate like the bottle of red wine I just opened 😂
Haha I love this. Wine does have a short life span so you don't want to waste it.
You can do like I did last night and get super stressed that would furnace is about to die and lose your appetite3 -
AliNouveau wrote: »Happy giving Tuesday everyone!!!! Today's the day to be nice and smile or hold a door open just give a little bit of yourself to others. I try to live every day like this.
So....it's been more than 6 weeks since I had my shoulder repaired. The surgeon said after 6 weeks I could go skate laps. Do I go to the local outdoor rink down the street and attempt my first skating since surgery???? I'm very tempted to do this
Stay safe Ali! Did you quit the fun & games thread?
0 -
Good snowy morning!
At least, at my house. It really is amazing the difference that elevation makes. I live in one of the larger counties in WV. On the western end, where I live, we had around 5" snow and a thin layer of ice this morning. The eastern end, where I work, however, had nothing more than the slightest dusting in shadowed areas. You don't realize there is such an elevation difference when driving from one end to the other until winter time!
Meanwhile, I have a busy week ahead of me. I have to package soaps for a craft show this weekend tonight; tomorrow night is church, Thursday night is choir Christmas cantata practice, and Friday and Saturday are the craft show. I've got my Christmas tree up and decorated, but I don't know if I'll find the time to get the outside lights up, since I typically don't get home until after 6 pm of an evening.2
Categories
- All Categories
- 1.4M Health, Wellness and Goals
- 393.3K Introduce Yourself
- 43.8K Getting Started
- 260.2K Health and Weight Loss
- 175.9K Food and Nutrition
- 47.4K Recipes
- 232.5K Fitness and Exercise
- 423 Sleep, Mindfulness and Overall Wellness
- 6.5K Goal: Maintaining Weight
- 8.5K Goal: Gaining Weight and Body Building
- 153K Motivation and Support
- 8K Challenges
- 1.3K Debate Club
- 96.3K Chit-Chat
- 2.5K Fun and Games
- 3.7K MyFitnessPal Information
- 24 News and Announcements
- 1.1K Feature Suggestions and Ideas
- 2.6K MyFitnessPal Tech Support Questions