Any like-minded ladies in their 40s?

Mid 40s here too. Down 181 lbs!

Hello everyone my name is Cindy and I recently let myself gain 30 lbs. but than I lost 10 lbs. and I have 20 to go to get to my pre middle aged I have given up weight, but I figure why stop there! I enjoy food, as a matter of fact there isn’t a food I’ve found that I haven’t enjoyed, although like most people I have my favorites. So I figure if I have to learn to discipline myself for achieving a goal I badly want I might as well go balls to the wall and try to achieve the body of my 20’s instead of my 30’s. I figure I may as well go hard or go home, so I’m actually shooting for about 106 lbs. I’m 5’1’’ or 61 cm. For reference, and I have always had a muscular but hourglass shape, I have a lot of strengths for my size and stature and gaining muscle is the easier part of my healthy lifestyle, staying away from sugar is the downfall. I grew up from birth to age 13 very restrictive household due to my mothers beliefs about children with severe ADHD and eating sugar, so I always planned to eat what ever I wanted when I grew up, and that’s precisely what I’ve done. (Not the growing up part the gorging on sugar, and doing whatever I got comfort from! Unfortunately, I learned the hard way, that although gelato is Deeeeeelucoius it doesn’t make me like being naked, and personally I like feeling comfortable naked. I can see now that what I put in is what I get out. And my body has served me well in my life so I don’t want to mistreat it. It’s not always beautiful but it’s sturdy and quite healthy despite all the things I’ve put it through. So I’m happy to find this group! Personally it’s always been hard for me to make friends. I’ve had the same little group of friends for my entire life almost and it’s hard for me to want to try to make more when it’s just not my comfort zone, but I have also learned in life that usually the things that are worth something ain’t comfortable. I also learned how boring comfortable is at times and why it’s better to have some balls and self discipline than comfort. It’s very sneaky and overrated that damn comfort! So hello there everyone, I’m sorry I think i already started to rattle on, and on and on. I apologize, I can be very verbal at times so please excuse my awkwardness. I wish everyone the best of self discipline since I don’t believe in luck! I think that we can do anything as long as we know what to do and are CONSISTENT no matter what! Nice to meet all of you! [

Good morning, everyone. @WorkingonME80 how are you going so far?

This appears to be a great thread, I have read all the comments and this seems like a group for me. I am very nervous typing this message but I NEED accountability. Accountability needs to be my best friend, I am very envious of people who once they put their mind to something (like weight loss) they are determined and achieve their outcome.

I am in my mid 40s, tired, sore, overweight, not confident and stiff from a lack of flexibility. Hmmm reading that sounds awful . I enrolled in MFP premium a few days ago and find it very helpful so far.

Anyway, please let me know if we can help each other