Women 20s/30s/40s support group

renaegry wrote: »

Morning all. Turning 45 this year in august and my goal is to hit 140. Currently 163. Have a few extra Xmas lbs there. Lowest weight last year was 156. Have 2 kids boy 16 (just got his liscense) and girl 13 (14 in March)

Back at it today. New year reset. Going to be slow at it. Did this last week. Was stepping backwards off of our back step clearing snow in the -35C coming from a warm vehicle and I seriously pulled my calf. So I couldnt walk for a few days. Then Started limping around. Went shopping yesterday and obviously over did it cause my leg is aching today. So will do some stuff. But don’t think I will be able to hit the treadmill. Was hoping to do a slow walk on it.

I found some great seated exercises on youtube when I sprained my ankle. You can check those out!

@MrsHermit I agree about prolonged fasts—my body really likes them too and I have so much energy during—but they are not sustainable, and it’s hard to not binge all those calories back. Fasting was a fun experiment to try.

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Hi ladies! My name is Sam, I'm happily married and a proud mom. I'm 39.9836 years old (birthday month!) and just starting to use MFP again. I've been using other tracking methods but really enjoy the community here (once you find it). I'm 5'1" and 142 lbs. And hoping to lose enough to not be overweight and basically just be comfortable in my skin, whatever weight that might be. I work out almost daily with Beachbody and have been for the past year. I have my routine down, I just need to get a handle on my emotional and boredom eating.
I'm working on my profile- I'm far from tech savvy and don't necessarily feel that MFP is super user friendly! Anyway, I'm looking for friends and support! Send me a request!

@jonsek I'm 5'1" and 140ish lbs. MFP also recommended about the same caloric intake as you. I ended up changing my goals around. I'm all for weight loss, but I don't necessarily feel like 2 lbs per week is sustainable or healthy. When I switched around to 1 lb loss per week, MFP boosted me up to almost 1500 calories. I'm highly active as well so I still keep my deficit (intake vs calorie burn) going. I've been tracking this way for a couple weeks but really haven't stuck to it until this week, so I'm unfortunately not able to give a lot of info on how this approach is working (especially when my intake has been over 2- 3k calories daily with the passing holidays). I will say though, that this week with regulating myself back to an actual eating plan, since Sunday I've lost 4 lbs. I certainly don't anticipate this to keep up at this rate and will slow down pretty soon since my calories have been cut in half!

@JustSomeEm My apologies, that was not my intention

Hi everyone.
I’m 29 5’4.5 and currently 150lb.
Unfortunately I fell on Monday and sprained my ankle 😅
So I am hammering down on my food. 1700 calories a day with 20lb lost by my 30th!

Turning 34 looking to lose 25lbs by April would love to join

@Taytaylynn92 ouch! Hope you feel better soon!
@brisingr86 Balance is something I regularly struggle with. I'm trying to work my goals into my routine, and make the habit goals really small. So it's small, specific, and attached to something I'm already doing. Maybe you use 5 minutes to log when you have your tea/coffee sometime midday?

@nay0meh @npatel160 It is a lifestyle change not a fast sprint. Choosing smaller, specific, sustainable changes is better. Try drinking a glass of water first thing in the morning, or go for a walk before dinner.
One step at a time!

This is great!

I'm 33 years old and gave birth to twins in September. All but 10 pounds of my pregnancy weight fell off pretty easily. Life has been hectic and exhausting but it is time to start working on my fitness and health.

I'm focusing on diet and doing what I can, when I can, when it comes to working out, but realistically, I'm not sure how consistent that will be, other than daily walks with my boys.

My goal is to lose 30 pounds. I'm currently 5'3 and 160 pounds. I'm looking for friends, for accountability and motivation, everyone is welcome to add me.

Had a false start with my diet/ got covid. So I'm starting over today. Up 14 pounds from last spring when I think I last weighed. Went to the gym with a friend today and it felt good to workout again... Eating within calories not so much. 😅 working on fighting the good fight. Good luck with your efforts everyone.

@makattack220 Great tips - swapping for healthier ingredients, making exercise fun, different mindset : )

@MamaNessa228 @Katebook309yahoocom940 @TwinMama91521 Hello!

@brisingr86 Weekend went okay. Over calorie lower goal but still tried to keep moderation. I'm still unable to exercise because there's no room (boxes everywhere for packing). Did a lot of lifting weight for packing today so that's okay. Another day tomorrow of packing!!

Hello! Happy to be here - I've used MFP before, mostly for maintenance, but I'm here for weight loss this time 29 yo, 5'3", 140 lbs right now... 15ish lbs gained just in the past year, so I'm here to reverse that unfortunate trend! Nice and slow though, only -0.5lbs/week

I had a weird sort of motivational moment the other day... I've been back at MFP for about 2 weeks, and my husband told me the other day that my breath had recently been noticeably worse. Not normally a compliment, except I had just learned that weight loss and changing your diet can cause bad breath so maybe I'm doing something right?

In my past MFP tries, I didn't participate in the community much at all - I'm hoping that participating in a group like this will give me a bit of staying power

brisingr86 wrote: »

Welcome @TwinMama91521 . Are you nursing or weaned (or did not BF)? I struggle enough with one so I can only imagine the challenges of twins. As others have said in general, definitely focus on the little things (and walks with your littles are great!). I failed, but you could also do squats with your little guys; natural weight progression
How was everyone's weekend? Weekends are always hardest for me not to snack and eat too much.

Thanks! They get about 75% breastmilk, the rest formula. I'm definitely not looking at anything to aggressive, just cleaning out the bad habits that have developed during pregnancy and the survival period of the early infancy.

@samdner Total solidarity. I know exactly what you mean on rabbit holes. I think focusing on CICO and eating veggies sounds like a great place to focus. Maybe add getting some movement (whatever you enjoy, without worrying about which kind).

I think a lot of those discussions become more different things to try if you need a different way to make things sustainable and/or if you have VERY specific goals around body composition beyond get to goal/healthy weight. I think our bodies all work a little differently and what's "best" seems to change constantly, not to mention, what works best for one person (or for men), is not necessarily best or sustainable for someone else. Keep it simple with what works for you. You got this!

@roz0810 , lovely to hear from YOU. How are you doing?
@TwinMama91521 , Sounds like you're taking a great approach. I really struggled before weaning because it seemed when I tried even just eating at maintenance, the act of logging, I would end up under calories and my supply dropped. Hope littles are sleeping and you're getting your routine (and not just in survival mode, at least most days). How is everything going?
@MrsHermit , how is packing/move going? How's logging/staying under calorie goals going?
@LaurenMargott , How are you doing? Understand the remote time being good for some work/life balance (no commute is nice), but can also feel a little isolating sometimes. Hope all is well.
@MamaNessa228 , Welcome back. You've got this! (Losing 100 lbs is an amazing feat so thanks for the inspiration!) What are your goals and anything you are trying to do different to make it more sustainable for your lifestyle (although obviously lifestyle has undergone some changes in the last few years!)?
@Katebook309yahoocom940, How are you doing? Have you been able to get to the gym or workout at home/outside more? Any particular challenges you can identify that are tripping you up staying within calories? Maybe folks have tips/tricks that have helped.
@makattack220 , Your approach sounds amazing. How has it been going? What's your "fun" exercise? This is something I've really struggled with. The mantra stuff sounds really interesting. I've been seeing more and more how those things really work, but haven't been able to implement. Hearing your story gives me another push in that direction.

General question: Do folks like this as discussion thread or would folks like an actual "group" (could be public or private)?