55 and needing friends

luvfurbabies
luvfurbabies Posts: 2 Member
edited January 11 in Introduce Yourself
Hi I am back again and today I step on the scale and weight the same as I did back in 97 when I was expecting!!! and yes over the years it been a struggle but seeing that number :o :#I felt so defeated and told myself I have to do something to change so here I am looking for anyone who wants to join me on this journey to support each other,share ideas etc <3:) thanks

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  • totameafox
    totameafox Posts: 60 Member
    welcome. I'm 52 and on day 9 myself. don't feel defeated. you are empowering yourself to change. that is awesome.
  • luvfurbabies
    luvfurbabies Posts: 2 Member
    thanks for the kind words starting to feel better since it about taking that first step and today I shocked myself for it was 1146 and I somehow manage to keep jogging to reach 8000 steps lol I was 400 steps away .
    I had the watch for months and never felt like wearing it ,are you doing any exercises? how your meal planning going?I hope it is ok to ask Deb :)
  • totameafox
    totameafox Posts: 60 Member
    edited January 15
    it's great to ask!. I even started a group since the last post.
    https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/147555-speak-friend-and-enter
    i would love if you joined.
    Sadly I don't exercise. I find it difficult to stand more than 10 minutes without being in tremendous pain. I did walk for exercise back in 2008 when I did my first weight loss and it was awesome. So I definitely recommend it. I have a treadmill that i was using a year ago but but I never got over 5 minutes. The place I live now is a bit small to have it. Plus if i am going to try again I would like to be under 200 pounds so maybe i can stand longer. But yesterday i did to a lot of wiggling in my chair. Eventually i will build some chair exercises into my routine but i am trying to establish one habit at a time. When I lose 10 pounds I will start stretching. Maybe another 10 pounds and come chair workout videos :)
    my meal plans are not real varied. For breakfast, I eat 1/2 cup of cottage cheese, two eggs, 1 tbsp of chia seeds with a little strawberry jello powder to cut the sourness of the cottage cheese. it keeps my carbs low and has about 28 g of protein.
    right after a grocery run I will do a salad with lettuce, spinach, cucumber, zucchini, bell pepper, onion, cheese and tuna for lunch. I use a walden's salad dressing that is 0 calories. The salad is huge and takes forever to eat.
    so dinner is usually a flavored rice, chicken, cheese and frozen mixed veggies that i eat kinda like popcorn.
    once the fresh stuff is gone I will eat the same thing for lunch and dinner. the carbs go up but still low enough to be considered low.
    I do plan on making stuffed peppers the next time I go to the grocery store. So i am looking forward to that.

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