Any Older Mom's out there with young kids?

Im 41 with 3 girls 14,12, and 3. Feel free to add me.

53 year old mom with a 13 yr old and a 16 yr old. Its sure hard to lose weight, but I'm hoping this site will help me.

I find that my iphone app helps me to stay honest. I set a simple early goal - loss of 15 lbs. I've been struggling with that since the birth of my first child.

Us women are strong - we can do it!

Good morning! I'm going to be 44 on Saturday and have an 11 and an 8 year old. I work full time and have lots of other life stuff. Peri symptoms have been kicking in BIG TIME. My encouragement to you is that you CAN! May not be easy, but it WILL be worth it. Best way to start is to get yourself on a "doable" schedule to get to the store to stock the right foods and to try to fit that exercise in a few days a week. I have to get up at 5:30am most days to do that, but I never regret my morning workout. Best of luck to you!!

Happy Birthday to you fellow Taurus! My birthday is Sunday. :flowerforyou: :bigsmile:

I am 51 with two kids- my youngest 13.

It is HARD. So much happening has sapped my energy and resolve to move forward some days.

I know exactly how to lose all of the weight- totally had it all under control until my DH lost his job and it has been downhill ever since. I just need to eat certain foods and with my entire family home they all are making the food I can not eat and I hardly
ever get to be in the kitchen doing what I need to do.

Life has been so hard, I really need encouragement too.

there's also a stay at home (ish) mom thread out there. we are a mix of ages and so are our kids.

i am 40 1/2 with a 11.5 yr old girl, 8 y.o. girl, and 5.5 y.o. boy.

this is a great site and good luck!!

I am 48, will be 49 in July. I have 3 kids, and 1 granddaughter, age wise we are close. But I understand the life getting away from you. Mine did too. I am trying to get this done before I hit 50 also. My goal is to be in better health at 50 than I was at 40 or 30 for that matter. i want to be a good example for my kids & granddaughter. We can do it together with MFP and all the support we get on here. Good luck, Oh forget luck, you can do it without it.

Hi, I'm 44 with 4 kids, ages 14 - 4. Feel free to add me. You can do it!

Just turned 46! with 4 kids, oldest heading to college soon. It's been a rough road trying to lose weight. Bolted up to almost 170 and at 5 ft 5 inches...that's way too much...I recall the days wearing a size 1. I know there's no way I will, can or want to go back to a size 1 but MFP has helped me. I try to log what I eat most of the time and have been walking almost every day. I like the mobile app where I can scan store bought products and add it right in. For instance, if I'm making a sandwich: I scan the bar codes on the bread, the mayo, mustard, meat, etc. and enter the portion and then enter into my log!!! Perfecto!! But I would love to get some inspiration on how to lose the last 10 pounds..down to 151 and stuck there!!!!

I am 40 and have a 9 year old I also have 5 stepchildren from a previous relationship I call them mine so my kids range from 9-23 i also have 3 grand daughters one is 7 the other is1 so yea I guess I am an older mom and a young grandma. feel free to add me. Hope you have a wonderful journey

It's fun to connect with lots of moms in similar life situations! I remember being shocked when at 37 my obgyn told me she'd have to mark me as a 'geriatric" patient. WHAT?!?!

Hahaha, oh I remember going to the "Elderly Maternal-Fetal" Specialist at Mayo Clinic while pregnant with my 3rd at 35.

38 y/o momma of 4 beautiful kids, ages 10 down to 3 months. 10, 7, almost 2, 3 months - to be exact.

I'm 43 & have 25, 22, & 6 year old. Also raising the 4 yr old grand.

Getting preggers again at 36 was NOT part of the plan, but she is the absoute BEST thing I could have asked for. Like others I remember being a "geriatric" patient ~ lolz.

I've found that what I lack in energy I've made up for with patience. Zumba ~ it! So much more fun than the boring machines & lifting weights. Classes are better than using the Wii or Xbox ~ the energy from the class keeps me going when I feel like I'm going to drop.

Good luck on your journey!

Im 37, and a mother of 3. 17,6 and 4. I just recently joined this site hoping to find encouragement and motivation. I suffer from a diesease that has caused alot of inactivity and weight gain over the past few years. Im trying to take my life back, so I can be with my children a very long time. They are my reason for living! I work part time for a bank, which equates to a lot of sitting all day- so Im trying to add some activity to my days. Today is the first day I feel like giving up. Im just tired and very sore all over. I thought after 2 weeks I might have some renewed energy. I also feel very alone on this journey, guess Im just havng an off day. No matter how I feel at 5 I know I will be driving to the gym.

I'm 56 and my four kids are 31, 29, 27 and ....... 14. So, yeah, same boat here.