women 40+ would like to share progress

For the most part today was a great day! I think I fell in love with excercise again!!! All day today I have had the energy and stamina that I needed! I did take a short nap this afternoon knowing that today and tomorrow are serious food packing and giveaway days at a Mission that we volunteer at. Today we did over 1000 bags and tomorrow it will be even more.

Don't you hate it though when you reach for food instead of a drink? That was my one mistake today. I knew that pizza would be part of the day and planned accordingly. I did great until that 3rd piece of pizza (they were cut small)...I should have had water but instead took another piece! UGH! I am really only over by 38 calories but still!!!

Hope you all had a great one, too!

DD
PS...I keep thinking about horseback riding!!!

Good morning everyone - it looks like everyone is doing well and has good plans for Thanksgiving. I am glad mine is over. We celebrated over the weekend. I tried but was 1000 calories over Friday - didn't bother to count Sat and was even for Sunday. Even with the extra exercises there was just too much great food. I wish everyone the best of luck.

Hello everyone!!!!!!:happy:
I haven't been on in a few days...having a bit of a set-back:explode: , do any of you just get tired? Tired of trying to do all the right things to get the perfect combination to see results?!?! I guess I just got tired.:mad: :sad: . I stopped tracking calories for a few days:frown: , but I didn't eat any different, so I hope I'm ok, I backed off on the intensity of my exercise program and instead did some fun types of exersice, walking my favorite pal, Bella instead of the elliptical, belly dance instead of thousands of push-ups with p90x, gentle stretches instead of 90 minutes of yoga. I hope I am doing enough...I just needed a break. I have been working my tail off this year, I started in January and have only taken a handful of days off and in total I have lost and kept off around 32 pounds...that doesn't sound llike much to me and I don't know I guess with the stress of the holidays I just have been feeling a little blue and tired.:ohwell:
Reading your post has helped, I will track my food again, starting now and I might want to get in a few more intense exercise sessions before the weekend hits.......
Have a super weekend everyone, my oldest is coming here with the 2 young grand-kids, it will just be my 3 babies and 2 granbabies plus DH and SIL, small and cozy dinner ...I am going to run into town today and rent some wii games to try, I thought that might be fun for everyone, it might be to cold here for a walk but if we can fit it in....I'm going to have everyone go with me:happy:
Stay safe everyone!

DD, glad your back in the gym and feeling better!
Dominique...so sorry I missed saying good bye, you lucky girl...so happy for you,
Happy Anniversary!:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:
Boo-Boo, I'm the one that is always requested to do the cooking too, I feel it's a mixed blessing too, I mean, I do feel happiness in knowing that I am giving comfort with the things I make/bake, etc...but sometimes I just feel like...."Man, can we focus on something else besides FOOD, FOOD, FOOD!:mad: " and then I am fighting myself the whole time not to take "test bites":embarassed: I have had success with chewing gum while cooking, it does help
Pinbot, love your positive attitude, I have been beating myself up, but you make me feel like it is ok.
Snowflakes....not sure if I said Great Job on your 15 pound loss....but GREAT JOB:flowerforyou: :happy: :flowerforyou: :happy: !!!!! Your doing great!
Hoosiermomma, My oldest worked and rode horses for years and it really kept her trim, that takes work managing those big animals! I'm scared to death of them, your sweet potatos sound yummy, I'm the only one that likes them here.
I need to get off of here and I think today I'll do an older firm video!
sorry so long winded this a.m.

Snowflakes, Thanks so much for taking the time to respond and yet on such a busy day!
I agree my training has been pretty intense the last 11 weeks, I just hit this stand still where I didn't even lose 1 pound from April thru Septemeber, 5 long months and I didn't lose a pound. I had really cleaned up my eating early in the year so I didn't think it was that, so I thought maybe I was doing the same exercises and that's why I hit a stand still, so I started running and then I seen p90x. I'll be honest, it is a lot of strength training, but I was hoping my DH would like it and we could do it together. He did like it and stuck with it the first 5 weeks, but work and overtime really didn't leave him much time, (he's skin and bones and eats everything in site...so he was more just doing it to support me), I don't know why, but I just got really tired of working out and not seeing the scale move! I thought maybe I was building muscle...but geez, I need to lose the weight too, I hate being over 200.
I had a weekly goal of 1 pound a week, but I was quickly getting discouraged, so I took the advise of a gal here and decided I would go every 2 weeks instead, but that puts me with weigh in this Friday and since it is right after the holiday and I had such a bad start this week I'm thinking I should go another 2 weeks and then weigh in.

Thanks so much for the encouragement, I really was feeling so blue....so not like me. I did work out today... to an old favorite, the Firm VOl #3 with Sandahl Bergman, have you ever heard of it? I worked out with this video back in the early 90's along with a stationary bike and I took off 73 pounds, kept it off for 2 years, then had baby number 2 and put it back on. I know these struggles are what makes me ....me, I just need to embrace it. Thanks again for having take me take a look at 32 pounds gone for good! That is something to be proud of and I can do 40 push-ups in a minute and I can run 3 miles in 30 minutes and back in January....I could not do either of those things.... and I am 43 years old!
You have a super holiday!!!!

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone - enjoy today, give your family extra hugs and dont worry too much about the food.

Here is my advice based on Celebrating last weekend - enjoy yourself and don't worry too much about the calories. Shoot for a goal of staying even for the week so that if you eat 3500 calories (1 pound) over you will be even for the week - that is a lot of extra calories in one day. Don't panic like I did when the scale shows a huge gain the first few days after Thanksgiving - it is most likely water weight from the added salt in foods you ate. It has taken 4 days of returning to normal eating for this to come off. I really could have used my own advice Monday Morning :blushing: I am happy to have maintained and not gained after all of the great food.

Missou - enjoy your cruise and we will see you next month.

Makeitallsue - 32 pounds is fantastic - WOW - and you have maintained it for quite awhile. Go to the grocery store and look at 3 10 pound bags of potatoes - you have lost that much weight - where did it used to sit on your body... You are my role model. I can barely jog for 3 min without a rest and you can go 30 min. I will get there with the c25k training. I have only been on this journey for 9 weeks. Thinking of maintaining starts to overwhelm me - but this is a lifestyle change - I can never go back to eating/drinking like I was. Maybe you could weigh-in this morning (1 day early and avoid the holiday food problem)... I am glad you're taking it easy this week. Life is too short to stress out too much over numbers - I bet if you took time to write down about the positive things that have happened since April you would be surprised. In the 9 weeks I have been here - I have sooooo much more energy, feel more confident, am happier, am standing straighter, am in less pain, am spending more time with my mother, my clothes fit better, and I feel prettier.

makeitallsue - I have been working on slowly on the c25k program. I got up to week 3 and was doing well with it when a friend near me want to do it too, so I started over at week 1. Unfortunately, the friend got the flu and hasn't been able to do it for 2 weeks. I am in a holding mode on week 2. I don't want to get too far ahead of her but I don't want to stay here. I guess I will go on without her if she cant restart soon. The next 5k in our area is April. Did I read somewhere that you are in Indiana? Are there any 5Ks near Fort Wayne in Feb or March? I have an aunt there I could visit. I will keep you posted on my progress.

Hi ladies:

charlo2010: welcome. Good job of your first 5K. I baby my knees I don't know if my knees will ever take that kind of impact.

It has been a wonderful couple of days having everybody home. My weekly weigh in was today and the scales says I am down three pounds. I hesitantly reported that because I know that it is not 3 pounds of fat. I am set up to loose up to 1.5 pounds a week with calories and exercise. It will be interesting to see what scales do the next week or so.

Have a good evening:flowerforyou:

Hi pinbotchick and makeitallsue! New to the site and liking it already. Just wanted to add my two cents of encouragement about running. I just did a Turkey Trot (5k) on Thursday - my FIRST EVER! didn't really train for it, but I have been going to the gym consistently for about 2 months. Even though I had to walk at times, I completed it all under 45 minutes! Not the greatest time ever, but HEY! Anyway, the point is, keep it up ~ you can do it!

Welcome Charlo2010,
Super news about that 5k! That is great and something to build from, what a great idea ( to run in stead of stuff)...it was pretty cold here yesterday, was it warm where you ran? I haven't ran in the cold, it's been pretty nice here and the coldest I've tried it has been about 50 degrees, I'm such a wimp with the cold...I'm worried about that, I have really enjoyed running and winter is setting in on me, I'm going to try my hardest to try to at least get out and run once a week as it gets colder, I'm just going to pick the nicest day of the week for my run. Good Luck!

With Thanksgiving behind us, let's concentrate on our new goals for Christmas or New Year. I lost my first 10 lbs on MFP easily and I have set a goal of reaching 150lbs by Christmas. That is only 5 lbs, but I am sure that this next 5 lbs are going to be harder to loose. Also 150 lbs will bring me to a healthy BMI, and I do not remember last time that I was not overweight! I have been as much as 30-40 lbs overweight, so this last 5 lbs are going to be really important for me.

DD, I am happy that you are back in the gym and feeling better.

Boo-Boo, I also did the cooking, and cooked most everything low fat. This Thanksgiving, my daughter, who is in college, could not make it home, so we decided to go visit her. It was only the 4 of us (husband, daughter, son and me) so it was easier not to overeat. The special thing was that we were together not the food.

Hoosiermomma, riding horses sounds like a lot of fun.

makeitallsue over 30 lbs is such an accomplishment! I know that you must feel great. When you feel down think of all the things that you can now do. What is your goal for Christmas or new year? Since you are doing so much exercise, and probably gaining some muscle, you can set an exercise goal instead of a pound lost goal, that way you do not get discouraged. I wish i were as disciplined as you with the exercising...

Missou I hope you are having a wonderful time!

pinbotchick I walk every day with my neighbor. But if she cannot walk with me, I use the treadmill. If your friend cannot exercise with you and you do not want to get ahead, just do some different form of exercise for that day.

charlo2010 Welcome!

snowflakes congratulations on the 3 lbs and good luck with this week!

Wow what a great way to think about talking! I've always been a talker and never thought of it as an asset before, but now I can say it's all part of my new diet strategy! Thanks Hoosiermomma, us talking momma's gotta stick together!