I am 41. Married to my High School sweetheart. 2 great kids (16 and 12) Moved from Las Vegas NV to Knoxville TN about 5 years ago. Quit smoking almost 3 years ago... My overall goal is to lose 50 lbs. My goal for this summer is to wear SHORTS in public for the first time in YEARS! MFP is very eye opening when logging in the food diary. I dont even want to know how many calories I was shoveling in my mouth in the past. Also giving exercise a go (first time since high school). I look forward to every session so far, and feel fantastic afterward. I am using various Wii games (EA Sports Active 2/ Zumba 2 / Just Dance).
I log in MFP everyday and would love to get and give as much support as possible.
Feel free to add me.
Tracy

Hello there all you fabulous forty somethings :-)

I'm Dianne 45, been a big girl all my life, not for much longer hey! 2012 is going to be my year.

I live in Merseyside with my 3 cats and 5 rescue chickens, I have 2 children 19 & 22 who would love to see their Mum finally get healthy, I know they worry about me and want me to be happy but it's always been down to me and only me.

I've only been dieting for 1 week today, so still finding my feet. Back in 93/94 I lost 51/2 stone to get married, at that time I started aerobics at home in front of the tv, in my nighty lol, I was soooo unfit but little by little I got fitter and fitter and began to LOVE keeping fit. I could kick myself now for not keeping it up. I was at my happiest back then and its been pretty much downhill since. I want my old self back, and am determined to find her, she's in there somewhere :-)

Good luck everyone xxx

Hey there,

What a great idea for a group!

I am 48 (wha?!), live in Virginia - small town - with husband and two teenage girls. Mostly have felt Just OK for so long and instead want to feel fabulous - exactly. I joined a new-to-me gym last month and have been LOVING the crowd there and changing my horizons of what I can and can't do physically. I want to drop about 30 pounds (would make me 5'8"ish and about 135?) and get a new wardrobe. Mostly i want to continue to push and grow and feel excited by life. I have the happy feeling i am not alone here in believing that a new wardrobe could in fact be part of that.

gotta go get kids up and moving.
thanks for starting this group!

Hey Everyone! I just saw this group and had to join as I entered the 40-something club just last week! My name is Carol - I am 40 yrs old, single and have 2 kids. After my divorce 5 years ago, I lost about 30 lbs and weighed around 135 lbs however after a while I seemed to settle in around 140 - 142 and was okay with that. Then I got into a relationship and was happy/in love and gained a little more. Now that relationship has ended after 3 years so I'm really taking time to focus on myself. For a while now I've been hovering anywhere from 150 - 153 and just can't seem to get back where I was.

I've been doing MFP app on my phone but just last week discovered the website and love it. I'm hoping its going to give me the inspiration, motivation and tools I need to lose those pesky 10 lbs!!

Even though I basically watch my calories, I tend to not do well on weekends and I'm only getting to gym 2-3 times week. So I know if I work on those 2 areas, I would most likely see improvements. Any help & suggestions you have would be great!

Hello I'm Katherine,

I'm 48 years old and happily married with a 20 year old son.

as a teenager I was hopelessly skinny and very self conscious about what I wore, I used to take this stuff called Wate on which was supposed to make you gain... it didn't work! I stayed thin until I went on the pill... disaster! I put on loads of weight and was grumpy miserable and uninterested in sex too... which sort of defeated the object... so I gave it up at 23 and have been enjoying comic situations with my diapraghm ever since..:laugh:

my weight has been no problem until recently... the menopause.. eekkk! I started to feel out of control again... so need to get organised and get a grip! 50 is looming next year and I want to feel fabulous at 50 too!

the main reason for using MFP is not just to lose a bit but also to track exactly what I'm eating (cut out the rubbish) and reduce my alcohol consumption.

I don't want and can't afford to buy a whole lot of new clothes! I like my old ones! (no fashion victim me...;)

I also need to watch my weight as I have some knee and ankle problems and am a dance teacher... not a good combination...

So, I committed myself to losing the last 16 pounds on December 11, 2011

Here's what I do

Log all my food
Have a 1,000 cal deficit on my body media fit(missed a few)
journal

In December I biked 221.32 miles, 436 minutes on the trampoline, 65 minutes on the gazelle, 20 minutes on the elliptical, 5 minutes rowing, walked 1.5 miles.

In January, I biked 160 miles, 608 minutes on the trampoline and did the six pack DVD once

This got me to lose about 6 pounds

Hello!

I am Janice .. AKA IaRookie. I can hardly call my self a rookie here anymore. I have lived in IOWA for more than 10 years! I am 45 well I will be 46 in a few weeks. I am married - 20 years. I have 2 teens. A daughter that is very fit and active and a son that....isnt. I have gained weight consistantly every year and am not staying on this path!

I have a QUESTION and comments!

What is a RESCUE CHICKEN?

I looked up a stone -
5 stone = 70 pounds = 31.751 kilograms
6 stone = 84 pounds = 38.102 kilograms
So that was AMAZING!


Where is Wisconsin is your Ranch? My In-laws are from Madison.

Hey!
I'm Karen, I'm 43 and trying to get healthy. Last year, I lost 25 lbs before going on a mission trip to Romania (amazing!). On the way home, I got sick (bacterial meningitis - I don't recommend it) and lost an additional 14 lbs in the hospital. Since then, I have put those 14 lbs back on, and I'm determined to lose those and about 15-20 more.

I work at a company that is very health conscious, and provides a complete gym facility for us to use. I'm in there at least 3 times a week, sometimes 5 times a week, and I'm having a blast!

Hello!

I'm Sandy, married, mom to three kids (ages from 17-22), and turned 48 last Sept. I've been struggling these last few years with perimenopause, and for the last 10 years, thyroid issues (which lead to frustration, semi-depression, and eating everything in sight).

In 2010 I took my health into my own hands, and started the weight loss process. Along the way I got a little frustrated at the slow loss, and tried a program that's very low calorie. Well it did what it was supposed to do, but for me it was noticeably slower than most. I did get to glimpse into onederland 9/2010 and wearing size 14's (from a 24). Then it just crept back up... and up... and up. Six months of powdered food down the toilet.

My low was when I had to pull out the single pair (I gave all others away) of those size 24's again because that's all I could fit (reasonably). What I didn't know at the time was my thyroid had actually gone out of whack again. Not to mention the double whammy of the menopause.

I changed doctors because the one I had quit listening to me. Last September I went to my new doc, and in November my new thyroid doc. I was switched to a much higher dose of meds that will actually help my thyroid. That was the beginning of my turn around. My "low" happened shortly therafter in December, so during that month I made my decision to take my health into my own hands again and quit ignoring the obvious.

I studied on how I was going to approach weight loss - settled with simply counting calories, lower carb, higher proteins and healthy fats. Oh, also - to keep a check on my thyroid levels. I will not ignore unexplained weight gains again (because they become the "I give up and eat everything" weight gains).

Since it was so close to the new year, I decided to wait the few days and declare a "new year, new me" challenge to myself. I'm loving it so far, and actually am very amazed at how sensibly I can eat and not feel hungry as long as I have a healthy amount of protein and healthy fats at each meal.

Question....I mainly interact with MFP using my DROID phone...do we need to 'friend' each other to see each other's progress and message one another. I have one friend that i've been using MFP with and it's been pretty cool and motivational....just wondering. Hope everyone has a great day!!!!

Hi Fabulous 40s!
I'm Shelly, 44, common law with one grown daughter (27), one dog, and four cats (not my idea!). I lost 30 pounds about 10 years ago and maintained fairly well until I started at a new company about four years ago. As you can probably tell from my profile picture (I couldn't find a non work one), I lived at work, high stress, and bad food. I started my own company this past year and work from home. A much better live a work situation

Now I want my body energy to be back matching my head energy and the extra 40 pounds are definitely slowing my down. I'm totally addicted to starchy carbs (I am wheat intolerance, so double whammy) and am very out of shape. So I was very happy to stumble on MFP to help keep my on track and find people to chat to who aren't going to say "just have one cupcake, it won't hurt"!

So here's to getting to fab fit and 40 :happy:

Question....I mainly interact with MFP using my DROID phone...do we need to 'friend' each other to see each other's progress and message one another. I have one friend that i've been using MFP with and it's been pretty cool and motivational....just wondering. Hope everyone has a great day!!!!

I think to really track other folks' progress, you have to "friend" them.

Hello, my name is Kathy and I live in Iowa. I'm 42, married with three awesome kids ages 16, 12, and 10. My goal is to lose 40 lbs...Here are my current stats:

SW: 182
CW: 175
GW: 140
Height: 5'7

When I read the post about getting rid of the granny clothes, I knew this was the group for me! My kids tell me all the time that I need to update my wardrobe, but I haven't felt like shopping because 1. I always was saying I wanted to lose some weight first (which of course wasn't happening), and 2. I hate trying on clothes, not having them fit etc. But I'm looking forward to losing this weight, and getting that new wardrobe

Please add me as a friend...I'd love any encouragement, and would love to give some back in return !
Kathy

53 Year Old grandmother from Kettering, but dont feel it on the inside, used to be as skinny as anything and was so happy, then not sure what happened but it all went pear shaped now feel like a fat frumpy freak and hate it, wont look at myself in a mirror, hate it if I think my hubby is looking at me or feels my fat, cant stand it if I catch sight of myself in windows as I walk past. Worst of all cant get into my leather anymore to ride my bike and cos my legs have got fat, its made it so i cant touch the floor on my bike properly anymore

Was always just 7st and was soooooo happy, if I get down to 8st 7lb I'll be happy again.

Hi, I'll be 42 in April, am married and a mom to a wonderful little 3.5 year old girl. I'm fairly new to MFP (used another product on my phone to track calories/exercise), but I like MFP so much better (better database). I am on the HMR (meal replacement) program again. It worked for me in the past, but I put it all back on trying to get pregnant and during pregnancy.

So far I have lost nearly 43 lbs, 2 pants sizes, and I have been able to "go shopping" in my own closet and wear items that I haven't worn since before I was pregnant!