50+ with 50+ To Lose Group

Keri:

Thank you so much. That is probably the most helpful advice I have ever gotten about maintenance. I had never heard that before. Thank you!

~Joni

Thanks for the welcome, Joni! Actually I have been fortunate enough to have no health problems so far, but I want to keep it that way.

Congratulations to you on getting to a good healthy weight! I agree with you, Keri's advice on maintaining was very good, and I want to remember that for myself.

Well, day one is off to a not-so-great start, but we have to live in the real world, right? I got up this morning and was chugging my first big mug of water and trying to decide what to eat for a healthy breakfast when my daughter asked if I wanted to go thrift store shopping. I did want to go, so I decided to postpone eating anything. We shopped for a long time, and then she wanted to grab something at Del Taco, and I ended up getting a burrito since I was so hungry by then. Just drank water, though.

I guess while I'm new at this I'll just be happy if I stay within my calories; and really, I very rarely eat fast food, so I'm not too worried.

Now I'm finally home for the evening and need to get caught up with the supplements and the exercise.

Keri, you mentioned my goal of putting my feet up-- LOL-- it's not so much to just put my feet up (although that helps my circulation), but more to be sure I get some deep breathing. I've found that the heavier I've gotten, the more shallow my breathing is, and I feel like I don't get enough oxygen in my system. Of course, I want to get to the point like some of you where I can start doing some more aggressive exercise, and that will improve my lung capcity. For now, I'm just starting with little short blips of exercise 3 or more times a day, because I don't think I could do more than a few minutes at a time! If I went out for a walk I'm not sure I'd make it back! Sad, huh.

That picture that I used for my profile picture is a photo from "the old days" of a woman using one of those vibrating belt machines. Remember those? :laugh:

Hope everyone's having a good day.

Brynn

I should have been checking in here every now and then, I think. Short-term goal setting: something I've never been much good at, or really tried, as far as that goes. So, I'll start VERY short-term: my first goal is to set some end-of-November goals, and to do so by this time tomorrow. Now, to go and scratch my head a little ... OUCH! When you're as bald as I am, you have to be pretty careful about that head-scratching!

James, don't hurt yourself with all that thinking and scratching your head! : ) ha ha

When I was trying to think of goals for the rest of the month, my first list was much more ambitious. Then I started making it shorter and more realistic. Figured I'd be more likely to succeed that way.

If today is any indication, even keeping up with the short and simple list will be quite a challenge.

Brynn

Brynn, I see seven very specific, well-thought-out goals there. I saw the seventh one on your profile as well, and it got me to thinking about a November goal. My first thought was the obvious one: there's three weeks left in the month, so lose, say, 6 lb by month's end. But then, having seen your #7, I thought: I know I'm not sleeping even nearly as much as I should, and that's seriously not good. If I'm concerned here about "fitness," as opposed to just weight loss, that has to include adequate sleep. Besides, they're not unrelated: late-night snacking is one of my weaknesses, and if I'm not up so late, the opportunities decrease. I'm not even sure how much sleep I'm getting. So here are my November goals, three in number:

1. Every day, log my bedtime: defined as I'm in bed, my book (or Nook) set aside, and the light out, and my subsequent getting-up time, defined as the time at which I hit OFF instead of SNOOZE and don't lie back down. And also log the difference between those two times, which is my sleep time.

2. On Wednesday of every week, report the results of that logging right here: accountability.

3. Make the average sleep time for each week come out to at least 6.5 hours/day. (I know that's less than the eight hours everyone's supposed to need, but it's an initial compromise goal: I suspect it's at least an hour more than I'm averaging now; and I have an old man's back that complains bitterly to me if I'm in bed longer than about 7 hours at a stretch.

So, there's my goals. Thanks, Brynn, for the inspiration; and thanks, Keri, for the time, effort, and caring you're devoting to this group.

Yep, I don't know how successful I'll be with bedtime reform, either. Weekday mornings, I need to be up at 4 to take care of my before-work exercise. So, if I want to sleep 6.5 hr, that means, what, a 9:30 bedtime? That's right. That may be a bit of a culture shock for me!

I don't know much about it, but whatever you all decide is fine with me.

I wish there was a Smiley doing thumbs up.....
Wouldn't that be cute :flowerforyou:
Oh, I mean sure that would be fine..... I am looking for UTAH people too.... anyone know any???
Have a great day!!!!!

Without knowing the advantages and disadvantages to group status (also public vs. private), I have no opinion that's worth anything. I'll cheerfully support whatever recommendation or decision Keri has to make.

I put this info in the home page roll as well. You can click on groups after first clicking on your profile or community. There will be a tab at the top for it.

It appears that when you select a particular group, the threads, or topics, appear. One person can start a topic and others can reply. If you click on that topic you will see the initial posting and all the replies. If you want to see anything else, you will have to click on another topic. I assume some topics could be ongoing, so if you wanted to keep up with an old thread you would have to look back at it. I think it's pretty different than our current set-up.

I would suggest that we all go to groups and try reading posts in an already established group in order to decide on our preference. If we wanted to be an official group in order to attract members, I wonder if it would be possible or desirable to just have one long thread which is like an ongoing conversation. Or maybe more organization is good. What does everyone think?