I am 38 looking to lose about 20 pounds by June. So far I am on the 17 day diet - Day 8 - with about a 3lb loss but 21/2 inches lost around my belly ...so I am pleased with the progress so far and the diet has been relatively easy for me to follow.

Hello everyone! My name is Teresa. I have been with my husband for 20 years and have been married for 14 years. We have two daughters and one dog. Our girls are 17 and 13. I work full time at a desk job. I was always at a really good weight in high school but when I met my husband I started gaining weight. I had my children and it all went downhill from there. I joined MFP last year and just rededicated myself to it this month. I am finding it much easier this time around. Mentally I think I am in a much better place. I am hoping that this will be the last time that I yo-yo up and down!!! Hope that we can all encourage each other to get through this journey.

Hello I'm 31 and j have a very supportive husband and a supportive 10 year old. I went to the Dr a little over two weeks ago to learn that I am 40% body fat and that another 2 pounds would have made me classified as morbid obese. I knew I was overweight but I thought to be morbid obese I would have to weigh a lot more. I lost 5 poulds in two weeks at 1200 Cal per day and the gym as often as I can. I just want to be healthy and I want my child to learn to make healthy choices. He doesn't need to lose weight by an means. But if we canlearn healthy habits now maybe be won't have problems when he's older. Growing up my father kept us motivated in a gym every morning before school. After I hadmy son I gotta way from that. Much motivation needed please.

Hi, I'm Aoife from London.. Ive just turned 31. No children (but would love some oneday), but do have a nice new fella.


Ive been doing this for a few weeks now, and I am feeling better all the time. I also find that I am not craving chocolate as much (yay me).

I was so pleased when I saw this sight as it seems most members are older or younger then me (as in not in their 30's).

Please feel free to friend me. I would love to hear from you all.

Aoife xx

A big welcome to all of you newbies to 30 Somethings!

Hello! I am 37 years old and have been using MFP since January 9th. I'm down 8 pounds so far!! Yay Me!! I am a single parent with a 8 year old son. I am a snacker, I am fine during the day at work but when I get home, I tend to gravitate towards snacks that are chocolate and salty... I am gradually replacing them with healthier options.

Good Day all-

I am a 37 mother of 3 girls ( 9 yr, 18 mo & 5 mo)
so needless to say i was close to my goal weight when # 2 & 3 surprised us LOL

So I am starting from scratch but now being a sahm I find I need support .

please feel free to add me as a friend- we can do this !!!

Thanks

Hi! Im soon to be 34, and am engaged to a wonderful man. I work as a mail lady in Beautiful British Columbia, Canada! I have a dog, cat and a lovebird. My weight has seemed to increase due to being comfortable, Time for a change, time for some real effort to live a healthy life. I'd like to have kids so im going to get in better shape to help that along:)

35 year old married Mom to 4 yr old boy. I work FT and run after my little one and also work FT as a maid for my husband:grumble: So who here is enjoying their thirties as opposed to their twenties?

I am!!

Hello! So happy to find an age-related group!

I'm a 33 year old graduate student working on a PhD in chemistry. Between school hours and everything else I do with my life, I am trying to lose ~60 pounds and get healthy and fit long before becoming a 40 something! I'm from Binghamton, NY. Live with my BF and our baby, the cat.
Just trying to get back to the basics and find a great support system!

I am 32 from Wisconsin. I am just got married in September. We do not have any kids yet, hopefully within the next couple of years. We do have quite a few cats who are our babies for now. I am a medical coder and a Miche Representative. I am here to lose the pounds I have put on!

Hi everyone - I'm new to MFP and new to the team but not new to weight loss...my whole life has been a struggle and now that I'm getting older the struggle is becoming even harder.

I have a very demanding job where I work long hours and I often make poor choices when I get home at night because I'm stressed out or tired. I'd love to have a fitness buddy or group to help keep me accountable. The last time I lost a big chunk of weight I was a member of another fitness website and I found the support was what kept me going (and maybe a little friendly competition).

I will be 31 on the 27th of this month and I am currently 178ish? I'm afraid to get on the scale so I don't even know what I am anymore. I'd love to get back down to 150, I was feeling really good about myself then. Now that I'm seeing thats almost 30 pounds away I can't believe that I let myself slide back so much.

If anyone can relate please feel free to add me, I'd love to get this weight off and feel better about myself.

Welcome to the group! We are doing a 3 month self challenge if you care to join us. Check out the 3 month self challenge thread.

Jo

Hi. I'm Nicole.Today is my 31st birthday and I am so happy to be on week 1 day 2 of the C25K running program. I am a reporter and wife of 7 years with a 2 and 6 year old. I live in rural NC and look forward to being as active as I was before marriage, kids and crazy work schedule.

Hello, I am 32 years old, and a single mother of a handsome 9 year old son. I have always been coaching for him in baseball and basketball and keeping up but in the last year I have lost all 3 of my grandparents and have two more deaths ahead of me of closee family that hasn't been given a year to live. I decided to come back to MFP after being gone for a extended time because I need to make certain I don't put a lot of weight back on and feel good about me.
I am an emotional eater and have started back to eating just that way. I have goals to reach while I am here and hope to do just that.I am really hoping that by getting back to taking care of me my son will see he needs to do the same and possibly start eating healthier than I have been letting him. I am not worried about the active side of him, but more on what he eats. They say what we do reflects on our children and I truly believe it. I hope to make a positive impact on myself as well as him. Wish me luck!

Hi! I'm a 35 year old mom to five (that's right FIVE) kids:) They range in age from 17 years to 9 months! Needless to say my weight has fluctuated a lot over the last 17 years! I've been working out hard core since July when my baby was only six weeks old and have had very limited success. I was watching calories and working out up to seven hours per week...and getting REALLY discouraged. Everyone I talked to would say, "You're just gaining lots of muscle" or "You're just at an age where it's harder to lose weight". I even went to my doctor to have my thyroid checked and my doctor gave me the same lines - you're getting older (since when is 35 old??), you're at a healthy weight, you have an unrealistic goal weight.

I should qualify all this by saying I'm not technically overweight. I'm 5' 7" and I currently weigh 156 pounds...this is within my "healthy" weight range. My goal is 135.

This is my fifth day using mfp and I've already learned so much. For instance, I've learned that I've been starving myself all these months. Limiting my calories to 1200 per day, regardless of my workouts. Some days I do two or even three hour-long circuit and cardio workouts....burning up to 1500 calories or more....leaving myself such a huge deficit that my body has clung to every single fat cell. In the five days I've been using this and eating all those calories back I've lost two pounds...and have eaten more than I have in months!

I'm so happy to have found this site. I can now workout less AND eat more and see greater results than ever before.

Would love to make friends and offer and receive encouragement and support!