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maryschwartzroby
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I'm new to this group so here goes. I'm 74 yrs. young and weigh 250.At one time I lost 100 lbs. using MFP .My sister and I were each others support but we fizzled out. We both gained it back. I'm ready to have another chance to lose . I hope I can inspire others as you inspire me. My goal is to drink more water and track my food everyday.
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Hi, Everyone. New here, too! 56, married, no children. Spend my days with full-time eldercare for both parents! Tiring - but honored, grateful, and blessed to do it. Finally reached decades-long goal of reaching 115 lbs this year - losing about 30 lbs. Maintaining and working out daily now - I make sure I get 1.5 hrs to myself before my “children” wake up - and after that all bets are off! Started rowing this week and love it!7
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@CeeBeeSlim i admire your commitment to your parents. My mom had Alzheimer's disease and my siblings and I tried our best to keep her at home for a couple of years. Even a few days of 24/7 care is exhausting.
Take care of yourself while you care for them. Rowing is fun. Enjoy!
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Hello everybody. I have been a member of MFP for a long time but not terribly active up until now. I got down to 142 at one point a few years ago but life got stressful and have found it difficult to focus on my health. I would love to get down to a healthy weight and hope to both contribute and be inspired in this group.6
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Hello all! I'm not new to MFP but have never really been active in the groups. I'm 51 and want to lose the 20 lbs I lost 3.5 years ago but slowly re-gained. Would love to lose another 10 lbs or so on top of that as well. My goal is to not to get totally de-railed when I make a mistake and just keep trying. Not let perfect get in the way for good, so to speak. Feeling a bit isolated after all these months of quarantine and really looking forward to some friendship from this group!5
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I'm 55. I've gone from 215 to 184 so far. My age seems to have killed my metabolism so it's taking forever.2
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I lost my husband almost 4 years ago. I also lost myself. In June I weighed 166 lbs and decided I was going to recreate myself. I’m now 136 lbs and wanting to lose another 5-10 lbs. I’m eating better and I feel better, physically. I now need to work on my mental state. I’m starting yoga this weekend. I think it will help in all areas as I need to tone up. Nice to meet all of you7
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new to group. 59, 5’3, 181. Determined to dedicate 2021 to me. excited to be inspired by all your stories4
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Hi, all. I'm Ann, age 65, lost 50+ pounds back in 2015, now mostly maintaining (but have been super-slowly (re-) losing a few vanity pounds in maintenance for about a year, at around a pound a month +/-. Now around 125 pounds, at 5'5".
I'm a widow (since 1998), vegetarian (since 1974), stage 3 (advanced) breast cancer survivor (since 2000), hypothyroid (also since 2000), retired (since 2006) from an IT career at a university, and live alone, no longer any pets (but lots of houseplants). No children, siblings, parents.
I'm an on-water rower (reluctant machine rower in Winter), do some visual journaling and other misbegotten no-rules mixed media stuff, make jewelry, and am fruitlessly trying (in fits and starts) to teach myself to play bluegrass banjo in my old age.5 -
I've been on MFP for while, inconsistent with tracking that I need to work on. I'm 57 and would like to lose about 25 lbs. Last year I did the Fast Metabolism Diet and lost 10 lbs in 6 weeks but right around the holidays, I went a little crazy and gained it all back.
It is a very unsustainable way to eat although I did learn some things. What I did like about it was I just had to eat a certain way and did'nt have to track. I would like to just get to eating what I want in order to finally lose these 25 lbs so tracking is necessary. I'm currently doing a combo of IF and carb cycling.
I'm also on meds that affect my hunger signals by making me feel hungry all the time which doesn't help. I also think I have a sugar/chocolate addiction. I do workout at least 3-5 times a week, spin, kickboxing, body pump and yoga once a week.
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Edit to the above - it took me 6 months to lose 10 pounds, not 6 weeks. If only it would have been that easy!4
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littleone742 wrote: »I lost my husband almost 4 years ago. I also lost myself. In June I weighed 166 lbs and decided I was going to recreate myself. I’m now 136 lbs and wanting to lose another 5-10 lbs. I’m eating better and I feel better, physically. I now need to work on my mental state. I’m starting yoga this weekend. I think it will help in all areas as I need to tone up. Nice to meet all of you
I'm so sorry for your loss.
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Hi, all. I'm Ann, age 65, lost 50+ pounds back in 2015, now mostly maintaining (but have been super-slowly (re-) losing a few vanity pounds in maintenance for about a year, at around a pound a month +/-. Now around 125 pounds, at 5'5".
I'm a widow (since 1998), vegetarian (since 1974), stage 3 (advanced) breast cancer survivor (since 2000), hypothyroid (also since 2000), retired (since 2006) from an IT career at a university, and live alone, no longer any pets (but lots of houseplants). No children, siblings, parents.
I'm an on-water rower (reluctant machine rower in Winter), do some visual journaling and other misbegotten no-rules mixed media stuff, make jewelry, and am fruitlessly trying (in fits and starts) to teach myself to play bluegrass banjo in my old age.
I live in Telluride, Co and we have a great bluegrass festival every year- except 2020 of course. Congrats on trying to learn an instrument. I took up piano about 10 years ago, but don't make enough time to play. Here is to great things in 2021!
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I'm 62, mother of two grown sons and recently divorced (March 3rd) after 30 years of marriage. I gained a good bit of weight going through that process and currently have about 45 pounds to lose to get to goal weight. (I was previously about 10 to 15 pounds from goal weight.)
My focus for losing the weight is re-developing the healthy habits that I had before and focusing a bit more on myself now and things that I enjoy.5 -
SavageMrsMoose wrote: »Hi, all. I'm Ann, age 65, lost 50+ pounds back in 2015, now mostly maintaining (but have been super-slowly (re-) losing a few vanity pounds in maintenance for about a year, at around a pound a month +/-. Now around 125 pounds, at 5'5".
I'm a widow (since 1998), vegetarian (since 1974), stage 3 (advanced) breast cancer survivor (since 2000), hypothyroid (also since 2000), retired (since 2006) from an IT career at a university, and live alone, no longer any pets (but lots of houseplants). No children, siblings, parents.
I'm an on-water rower (reluctant machine rower in Winter), do some visual journaling and other misbegotten no-rules mixed media stuff, make jewelry, and am fruitlessly trying (in fits and starts) to teach myself to play bluegrass banjo in my old age.
I live in Telluride, Co and we have a great bluegrass festival every year- except 2020 of course. Congrats on trying to learn an instrument. I took up piano about 10 years ago, but don't make enough time to play. Here is to great things in 2021!
With apologies to other readers for the digression: I'm a newgrass-type bluegrass fan. The Telluride festival is kind of the pinnacle for that sort of thing! Sadly, I've never been, but I have several recordings from there, as well as seeing videos. I hear you on the "time to play": It's one of the reasons for my poor banjo progress. Well, in my case more like not giving it the priority, because strictly speaking I probably have time, I'm just spending it juggling multiple fun hobbies, not mastering any. 😆2 -
I’m from Washington State, 69 years old, two grandkids 10 years old and 5 years old. January 2 I’ll be married 18 years.
During this past year I’ve gain 25 pounds, looking to lose it.5 -
I am from Toronto, Canada, am 54 years old, and live here with my husband and two boys, ages 14 and 10.
I reached my goal of a 30 lbs weight loss a month ago, and am looking to maintain in around a 10 lbs range. I have yo-yo’d over the past 15 years or so. This time I am determined to maintain, and that is what 2021 will be about for me. I switched from CICO to IF and some lower carb eating, and that really worked for me. I am doing a maintenance variation of this type of eating now. I am a runner, slowly getting back to it after a year long injury, so that is another 2021 goal. Looking forward to getting to know everyone!6 -
Obviously, I am from New Jersey :-), 59, grown married children, two grand children and need to lose 30 pounds!!!
Covid added curves to my already curvy body.
I walk 4 miles a day, every day and try to do my weights every other day.
Before Covid, I was at the gym every day for an hour. I miss my gym so much!!!
As a grandmother to two children, I am active, but my weight is too high for my height. Hopefully, this time I will get down to my goal weight. I would be happy with even 10 pounds down in the New Year!5 -
New to group! 56. I have lost 15 pounds since April, but it's been harder than heck. I still have at least 50 to go. I was becoming an old lady before my time and knew I had to do something. I have found many fun things along this journey: I love blueberries now, for instance! But complicating things is that I have health anxiety where I worry about everything, and nothing seems to go right sometimes. And I also worry that I have some sort of undiagnosed blood sugar problem, and that it's too late to fix it. (All tests look normal, but I have all the symptoms!) Looking forward to walking this road with you!5
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Hello my friends
I'm 61 (Yikes! How did that happen!?!). I lost 90 pounds and reached goal three years ago. I did it at a slow and steady pace and was surprised how, once I put my mind to it, it wasn't that difficult. My kids had all left home and I basically made my health a part time job. I read everything I could, prepped my lunches for the week on Sundays, exercised every day, and just generally did all the right stuff. Since reaching goal I've gradually seen the scale creep up and I need to do a reset to get my mind back where it was before. I retired last year and love that I can now exercise whenever I want, but I'm finding it hard to be at home around food all the time. And like alot of people, I miss the structure of attending things like a spin class or deep water running class (boooo COVID!).
So here I am...looking to get my head back in the game and lose about 15 pounds 6 -
Hello everyone! New to the group!!! I'm 52 and married with 3 children, 32, 29 and 17. After losing my dad almost 10 years ago, I gained about 25lbs...it was a devastating loss and now a devastating weight gain! I'm down 11lbs since last December mostly because I started WW in April. Although a good program, it did not motivate me. I'm so happy to be a part of MFP and have set a goal of losing 30lbs by the end of March. It's a lofty goal and although30 is my gaol, I honestly will be happy with 20lbs by then. My daughter graduates in June so NEED to reach my goal by then! You know...there will be lots of family photos taken lol!! Thanks all and I look forward to being a part of the group and learning from others!!!7
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Hi everyone,
I used to belong to a women over 40s group and got a lot of MFP friends that way but quite a few have become inactive so I am looking to refresh my friends feed.
I’m 50, with two kids (3 if you count the husband 😂): 13, 16 and 51! I live in Montreal, Canada.
I’m fairly active between lifting, Zumba and running (live my IFit treadmill).
I am looking forward to new friends so if you are looking to connect feel free to add me 😊6 -
ScoobaChick wrote: »Hi everyone,
I used to belong to a women over 40s group and got a lot of MFP friends that way but quite a few have become inactive so I am looking to refresh my friends feed.
I’m 50, with two kids (3 if you count the husband 😂): 13, 16 and 51! I live in Montreal, Canada.
I’m fairly active between lifting, Zumba and running (live my IFit treadmill).
I am looking forward to new friends so if you are looking to connect feel free to add me 😊
Lmao, I have a kid that’s 68....4 -
Hello, Everyone! It's great to meet all of you. I live in Grand Junction, Colorado--not too far from Telluride, but a world away culturally. We don't play Bluegrass, but my husband and I love it for sure.
Sorry for starting my own introductory thread before I saw this one. (I am working on patience along with fitness!)
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Hey all, nice to meet you all and excited for a new group. I am 59, grandmother to one (11 months now), and my “kids” are 33 (son), and 29 (both DD and SIL). Been married 37 years. Met hubby in 8th grade math class where we competed with each other and I annoyed the heck out of him.
Growing up, I was labeled chunky at 5’5” and 125 lb. I do wonder the impact of those labels for a kid. I am a big time yo-yo-er, which is something that really needs to end. My high was “only” 168, but if you add up all those repeated losses and gains over the years, I would solidly fall into the obese category. Gave up CS career to raise first child, spent 7 years heavily involved in community volunteering, then added “volunteering” as an employee at Weightwatchers (I say volunteering because the pay was so bad). Hubby retired at 46, and I left WW at 52. Got to an all time post-30-year-old weight in 2017 of 124 and was 126 for daughter’s wedding (dress ended up too big
), three days later the trainer that I was working with 4 days a week was fired, and the struggle with my habits, weight and fitness returned. Most recently, COVID added to all that. I returned to MFP in earnest Sept 14 at 153 lbs, started tracking and joined a few accountability groups. This morning I was 132, and for the first time ever, am exercising in some fashion every single day on my own. Maybe something good came of COVID ie forcing me out of in-person group setting and requiring independence. I am expecting that an independent style will also be beneficial with another factor that I struggle with, my nomadic lifestyle. I live in Massachusetts, Maine and the Florida Keys (plus mainland visits with MIL). This jumping around is not conducive to depending upon a single meeting room, trainer, or the like.
Looking forward to getting to know you all.
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Hello all. Nice to meet everyone.
Little one 742 and AnnPT77: I’m sorry for your loss.
Cafelelia: I’m in the GTA. Thornhill. South of 7 and west of Yonge.
I’m 53. 4 kids (25, 22, 20, and 17). Married for 29 years (just like ridiculous59 I say “ Yikes! How did that happen!?”)
I’m 5’5” and 130. Before kids I was 115. After the first three I got to 125. After the fourth I got to 135 and stayed there until about 5 years ago. Then started gaining until I was 145 and said “whoa, that’s not good”. So, I made some changes, started tracking what I eat and exercising. Since then I’ve gotten down to 125. My goal for COVID was to not gain. I was doing pretty well until October, when my 20 year old started baking. She’s been baking bread at least once a week. I have virtually no self control, So, now I’m about 130.
I look at all of this as a journey not a destination and as a lifestyle not a diet.
Merry Christmas everyone!
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Hello! Thanks for creating this group!
I just turned 50 and am still trying to wrap my head around that number. My husband and I both want to lose weight, but haven’t yet committed to doing a particular program. We’re leaning toward something low-carb (had some success with South Beach and Zone about 15 years ago), and I’m considering the Whole Life Challenge. My weight has crept up, particularly in the last 5 years, and I’m now 5’1” and 166 pounds. I’d like to get back around 120-130.
We have a 15 yo son and fraternal twin daughters who are 11. Two of the kids have Aspergers and are very picky eaters as a result. I’ve gone back to grad school and am working on my master’s degree. My husband, who is a great cook, has taken over fixing dinner. We grocery shop together — it’s like a Saturday morning “date” every weekend.
I’m looking forward to getting to know everyone and helping each other!5 -
Hi everyone. I started MFP yesterday and the app is so easy to use! I am 55 and live in Apex, NC., and would like to lose 60#. I have been less active for the last 1.5 years. I need a new hip and that has really slowed me down. I cycle 3 times a week at home.
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Hi, everyone. I'm 58 and new to the group. I am committed to losing 50 pounds in a reasonable way.I like to walk in the park and do free weights. My problem is I eat when I"m down so working on it. Looking forward to gving and getting support9
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Hello, New to the group!!! I'm 55, a single mom of 2 grown daughters, and Gram to 7 precious little souls. I decided in March when Covid began to return back to school for medical coding and billing. I started school for a certification program that started May 8th, 2020, and also joined WW on May 3rd, 2020. I had no issues with school and I kept a 4.0-grade average, when I graduated on Nov 10, 2020, I started out great with my starting weight being 327 Lbs. I had lost 10 lbs in the first month then another 5 in June in July things started going downhill... In July 2020 my mom was diagnosed with common bile duct cancer and pancreatic cancer. this hit me hard and my emotions were all over the place, she lives in Arkansas and I live in western Oklahoma. she is about 9 hours from me. I started visiting her and staying with her every few weeks and helped my brother with her visits to little rock. being in the nursing profession I helped her with questions for the doctor and understanding the process of her diagnosis and what to expect. well needless to say I lost interest in myself and started focusing on others around me especially my mom... she will begin treatment for chemo and radiation this week coming. I also have a lidocaine block procedure on the 6th of January due to a back injury I received when assisting a patient in a local hospital I work for On October 5th, 2019. I am looking to start and make my health and weight a priority, I plan on beginning a low carb eating plan. My first goal is to lose the first 20 lbs. by March. Setting smaller goals won't be so overwhelming for me. my year goal is to lose 75 to 100 lbs. by end of Dec. 2021.8
