Hi, I'm Andrea. I will be 48 years old (OMG) in about 3 weeks. I am the mother of 3 children (22, 19, 14) and have been married for 26 years. My weight history is very odd, to say the least. I was overweight until my mom took me to a place called Kelly Lynn Figure Spa in like 1976. I worked out daily and lost a significant amount of weight. This was between my 6th and 7th grade year of school. I continued to be thin throughout high school and into college. When I got married, I weighed only 110 pounds (I'm 5'4"). Well, I tried to get pregnant with my first child for 4 years. The doctor finally told me I needed to gain weight to get my body ready for conception. Got myself up to 118 pounds and conceived. I have NEVER been back to 118 or less! Steadily gained weight with each child and each year of marriage! This winter I visited my mother in Florida. She is only about 5'2 and shrinking, not only in height but she had also lost a significant amount of weight. I thought to myself... if mom can do this at 76 years old, I can too. I was tired of hiding under big clothes. All my friends where nice outfits - I wear t-shirts (untucked) or sweatshirts and blue jeans. It was time. January 3 of this year my husband and I took a 3 mile walk on the beach. It felt great. It was then that I verbally let it be known that I am going to get myself back into shape. I have not told him how much I had gotten up to - which is about 152 because I'm a little embarrassed I managed to gain 42 pounds from the time we met!! Anyway, started cutting my portion size down, eliminated sugar, cokes, etc. and began walking and exercising daily. I lost 10 pounds between Jan/Feb of this year and then found MFP. Wow, what a great resource!!!! I love MFP. Since joining, I've lost another 4.5 pounds so my current weight is about 137. My short term goal (April 5) is to be at 135. My mid-term goal (May 5) is to be between 130-132 and my long term goal is to be between 123-125 (June 9). I KNOW that I can do it with the support from friends on MFP. Please friend me because I could sure use you and hopefully you can use me! Accountability is a great motivator. Keep up the good work.

Good luck to you!

I'm Tracey. Well I joined about 10 months early. I hope you guys don't mind. For the last few years i've had it in my head that when I turn 40, I want to be fit and fabulous:) So I actually began making changes in my diet about 4 months ago. So far i'm done about 27lbs. and I feel great.

Looking forward to hanging with you all.

Hi! I am 42. Married 20yrs, have 2 teenage girls (17 and 14). I live in New Zealand and I teach 5 year olds. I have wanted to loose my excess weight for a very looong time. I even did it once! When my youngest child started kindergarten I thought right, no excuses, it's time to get rid of this 'pregnancy' weight, So I did! I felt fabulous. I loved wearing nice clothes and feeling fit and healthy. Then, I thought yippee, I have my life all under control so I will finally get that degree I have been talking about. Why not? Both my children were now at school. Well I got my degree and piled 30kg of flab on at the same time. In 2009 I vowed that I don't care how long it takes I am going to change my life style and live in a way that is healthy (emotionally and physically). Three years later I have created a lot of good, healthy eating habits that have still allowed me to enjoy all the foods I want to eat and I've lost 15kg. In February 2012 I decided to kick it up a notch and increase my physical activty too! MFP has been a wonderful motivator, I am addicted:happy: i can't wait to see the new me in the mirror this coming Xmas!!
Good luck every body:flowerforyou:

Hello guys!

I'm Nicola, recently turned 40, I live in Nottingham UK, with my two girls aged 9 and 7 and our recently rehomed mini schnauzer who is 6 and a half!
I'm divorced since my ex left me literaly holding the baby some years ago, as a consequence, we live in a pokey little crumbling down victorian house that we like to call home but we're making the very best of it !

I'm on a mission to improve my health, starting with my weight and fitness, the area we live in is considered to be a less affluent one, and so we tend to see a lot of people who look (to me) kind of like they've just given up, on health and weight and appearence etc.... resigned and so on, so we're not exactly living life on the edge here,
being surrounded by this,I fear it could be a gradual assimilation for us too if we don't keep it in check and make the effort....this site is a great antidote for that!........ also I think have a bench mark to set for my girls to follow!

If you want to add me as a friend on here, I'd welcome that, and the closer by you live the better, maybe we could even get together for some excerise some time! who knows!




I'm pretty rubbish at dieting and excerise regimes, and hoping to change that, but I'll do this anyway I can qute frankly.

My biggest motivation is seeing gorgeous women and thinking uh oh I used to look just like that coupled with the sight of my naked butt! loosing muscle tone now, and then seeing women who have let it all go and thinking is that where I'm heading?
Kind of like the three ghosts that visited Scrouge!

Good evening, I'm Rekni pronounced Rennie. I live in Eugene OR. I'm a 40 yo married mom of 5 (his, mine and ours). My husband is my best friend and we tend to be home bodies. We have a 27 yo son living in Washington, a 20 yo soldier son that is currently deployed in Kandahar, an 18 yo son in his senior year, a 15 yo son lives with his mom in Washington and an 8 yo daughter.
Okay enough of the family stuff. I work full time away from home at a desk and carpool with my husband, so I'm up @ 5 and going... By the time we get home typically @ 6 in the evening I'm really hungry and just want to rest and hang out... Time to break that bubble and venture into a new lifestyle. I would love any tips, encouragement and even accountability on changing my lazy habits...
Hope to get to know some of you....

Hi everyone, my name is Sherry, and I'm 47. I live in Washington state near Seattle, and have been married for 22 years. We have two sons, age 10 and 6. I was always skinny growing up, but by my 30's the pounds just crept up and by last summer I was getting a little bit too close to 200 for comfort.

I joined Weight Watchers online last summer and started going to meetings in January, but came onto MFP recently so that I can track the protein/carbs/fat/fiber, etc. I've been doing Jazzercise since last August, and also joined the Y in January so I can weight train, so now I'm working out at least 4-5 times a week.

The weight loss has been very slow...I'm only down 13 pounds since summer. But I'm definately getting fitter, so I'll take what I can get!

Hello Fabulous Ladies!

My name is Susie. I'm 40 with 4 cats (2 Siamese brothers and a calico and tabby, both of which are rescues) and no kids...ahahaha! Yes, i know - Crazy Cat Lady.

I've been "fitness aware" for most of my adult life but the last 5 years have been hard and dieting is no longer taking care of the job. I'm hitting the gym once every day, but I'm not stressing about how intense or how long, just so long as I go. Seems much easier that way. I am 100% committed to dropping about 15-20 lbs and the funny thing is, MyFitnessPal is the only reason I'm able to commit. There's something about the way it's designed - very simple, very motivating.

I'm happy to meet all of you, cats or no cats! :-D

P.S. Please feel free to add me; my news wall is blank and I'm talking to myself!

Hi, I'm Cynthia, Age 40, Married and mother to a 9 year old son. I'm from the Twin Cities (St. Paul/Minneapolis, MN) I grew up thin and things really changed when I hit 25 and I have never gotten on top of it.

I start MFP and am good for a week or two and then I "fall off the wagon" only to start again, same with eating better. I was recently diagnosed with UC (ulcertive Colitis) which has made the eating well and exercising more important but at the same time more challenging.

I have been on steroids for the last month and a half, and anyone that has had to be on them for medical reasons knows they play havoc with your body, and make you feel bloated and fat, hopefully yesterday was the end of this series of meds for awhile. Hopefully my face shrinks back to normal quiclkly.

I work at a YMCA so one would think it would be really easy to get a daily work out in.....wrong by the end of the day I just want to go home. My co workers and I have started a work out group and we all joined MFP, and are trying to be supprtive and encouraging, hopefully this time I and they will be successful. So far day one went well.....I guess one day at a time!

Hi Everyone,

I am Angela.. I have 3 kids who all are over 18 now.. Um.. Divorced now trying to find me.. And omg... I am going to be 40 this June!!! Yes your math is right i was only 15 years old when i had my daughter.. then 16 when i got married the first time and then had my first son at 17... then my last at 20... I am about 120 pounds over weight and turning into my mom who I love dearly but always said I will never not take care of my self and be that heavy. Wake up call was this last Dec. When my mom and dad made me an offer. If I can lose 50 pounds they will get me a ticket to be with my boyfriend who lives in wv. But I changed that to a Laptop.. but the wake up part is when we all weighed in and i was only 5 pounds less then my mom and 15 less then my dad.. a whole 248 pounds.. so I been trying to lose wight and now i way 143.. when i join this site.. i was 138.

My daughter is the one that got me on this site.. Thanks k... love ya. I have really like how it helps keep track of the food. Me and my daughter were talking today.. and one thing we figured out was that she loves food she over eats... while I don't eat enough.. half sandwich at lunch fills me up.... So my problem is i starving my body.. Sigh and now that it keeps telling me i not eating enough.. and i have gain 4 pounds in a week trying to eat healthier. I have it set to lose one pound a week.. so any help on that would be appreciated.

My goal for myself.. is not to be on a diet, diet is the wrong word it imply something short or a quick fix. I want a life so I say I am not on a diet but i am working on a life style change. To eat healthier make the right choices on what i am eating and how i am taking care of my self. I know I will never be in a 6 like i was before i had my daughter.. I just want to be healthy and happy.. and a whole bunch lighter.... in body heart and mind....

Hi everyone

I am brand new to this site and this group. I live in Yorkshire in the UK and I turned 40 last year. When my jeans didn't fit anymore and I had to buy a size 20 (UK size) I knew it was time to get off my backside.

I'm hoping that MFP will help keep my on track and I'd also love to meet some likeminded people so please feel free to "friend" me

Good luck all of you.

Hello I am 46....work at a desk job and have gained back a good bit of the 70 I lost when I made some major lifestyle changes. I can not seem to get back on track to loose weight. I am hoping this site will keep me on track and honest! Also looking for tips..I need to loose at least 50 lbs...Ugh that looks like a big number....

Hello. Im 40... will be 41 in 2 weeks. I have been hanging onto extra weight for 10 years now. I'm tired of it. Gotta get it off.
Now is my time ! Got to stay positive ! Glad to see a 40 and Fab board !!!!!

Hello, everyone. I am Danne. 42 and I live in the backwoods somewhere between Tennessee and Kentucky- where nothing motivational happens :laugh:
I haven't been on here long and this is my second group to join. The first being a C25K group, which starts April 29th.
Don't really know what to say, just looking for inspiration as somewhere between 25 and 30 I lost the ability and desire to fix my hair and makeup or to buy clothes that didn't come from a second hand store because "I am so out of shape, it doesn't matter what I wear or look like." Apparently, it seems I simply lost the ability to care and have only just regained THAT this last couple of months. I am a "makeovers" dream...or would that be nightmare :huh:

Hi Everyone!!
I'm Diane, will be 42 in the Fall and have three children, ages 6 3/4, 5 and 3 1/2. I saw the description of this group and just had to join.
10 years ago I was running full marathons, then I got married, had 3 children very close together and have been exercising on and off. I have been a member of this group for a few years and I need to get serious.

I have problems with my thigh/butt area and it truly is genetic but if I start tracking foods and exercising without excuses, it works! I have a bunch of clothes I bought last summer that I can't wear, but I could wear them last summer. I want my cute wardrobe back!!!!

I'm looking forward to posting on here, getting to know everybody and pick up some fabulous workout and weight loss tips from everybody.

I currently walk (my knees protest when I start running anything over 2 miles) and love all of my Jillian Michael's tapes. I prefer to walk outside but if the kid's schedules do not allow for that, I'll take her tapes any day.