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Or......for stovetop method, bring water to boil, add rolled oats/oatmeal, cover and remove from heat. Let sit for 10ish minutes. No need to watch and means that I can go do something else while the oatmeal is 'finishing'.

Hot flashes and night sweats for about 6 years. Weight gain, but if I'm honest, I can't attribute it to menopause. Had to admit that when I finally started tracking/logging all of my food (and beverage) intake. Just finally got past that when I had a total hysterectomy, including ovaries, in June of this year. Round 2 of…

December 22 is my 60th birthday - really, really, really hope to be at goal weight by then. 6 lbs to go but those lbs are really hanging on!

Original SW (Jan 15/17): 206.8 Weigh-in day is Saturday Challenge SW November 1: 162.0 Challenge Goal: 159 Ultimate Goal: 156 Nov 4: Nov 11: Nov 18: Nov 25: Nov 30: Total loss for November: In for another month's challenge. No loss (but also no gain) during October so hoping to see a breakthrough this month.

@Toxtethogrady, yes you CAN keep at it! :) Over the past few months while on this weight loss journey, the stall has happened to me a few times in spite of doing everything right. Others on this site have reminded me that the process is typically not linear and to keep at it! I weigh myself daily and have learned that the…

Original SW (Jan 15/17): 206.8 Weigh-in day is Saturday Challenge SW October 2: 162.0 Challenge Goal: 159 Ultimate Goal: 156 Oct 7: 162.4 Oct 14: 162.0 Oct 20: 161.4 Weighing in a day early - leaving for a short (3 day) vacation !! Oct 28: 162.4 Total loss for October: +.4 Certainly not going to meet this challenge goal…

Week: 41 SW: 206.8 GW: 156 Sept 9: 166.8 Sept 16: 165 Sept 22: 165.6 Oct 2: 162.0 Oct 7: 162.4 Oct 14: 162.0 Oct 20: 161.4 Oct 28: 162.4 Total weight lost: 44.2 This week's challenges/successes: At a bit of a stall for the past month. Hopefully will break out of it soon - this, too, shall pass!!!!

My Saucony Razors footwear. The pair I have are from a few years back - stocked up when they were discontinued. Noticed that they now have the Razor Ice line and those look very interesting :s

I lost 65 lbs around 17 years ago through Weight Watchers. Then, I got sloppy with my food and beverage choices. Still was very active but 'they' are correct when they say you can't out-exercise a crappy diet. Fifteen years of having a glass or two of wine, telling myself 'it's just another 5 lbs', or 'I ran 10k today so I…

I've also used Map My Run for many years - for both running and cycling. Had a problem with it a couple of times but was able to solve that by restarting my phone, so do a restart regularly now.

How much easier and more enjoyable running would be now that I'm carting around ~45 few pounds! Now I look forward to my runs - at my heaviest, I still ran but really had to convince myself to do it.

Week: 40 SW: 206.8 GW: 156 Sept 9: 166.8 Sept 16: 165 Sept 22: 165.6 Oct 2: 162.0 Oct 7: 162.4 Oct 14: 162.0 Oct 20: 161.4 Total weight lost: 45.2 This week's challenges/successes: Another uneventful week. Weighing in early as we are heading out for a short vacation at a lakeside cabin. Looking forward to a relaxing but…

Original SW (Jan 15/17): 206.8 Weigh-in day is Saturday Challenge SW October 2: 162.0 Little late with starting weight this month. Challenge Goal: 159 Ultimate Goal: 156 Oct 7: 162.4 Oct 14: 162.0 Oct 20: 161.4 Weighing in a day early - leaving for a short (3 day) vacation !! Oct 28: Total loss for October: 0.6

During the week, it's oatmeal with kefir & blueberries. Weekend - usually 3 scrambled eggs with salsa or fresh herbs.

Great challenge! I hope to reach my goal weight by Christmas. Currently 163.8; goal weight is 156.0

Week: 39 SW: 206.8 GW: 156 Sept 9: 166.8 Sept 16: 165 Sept 22: 165.6 Oct 2: 162.0 Oct 7: 162.4 Oct 14: 162.0 Total weight lost: 44.8 This week's challenges/successes: Overall a good week - no significant challenges or successes...just life!

Original SW (Jan 15/17): 206.8 Weigh-in day is Saturday Challenge SW October 2: 162.0 Little late with starting weight this month. Challenge Goal: 159 Ultimate Goal: 156 Oct 7: 162.4 Oct 14: 162.0 Oct 21: Oct 28: Total loss for October: 0.0

Agree with this. Sometimes it isn't love at 'first try'. ;) Took me a while to love running. When I first started, it was simply because I wanted to say I could do it. Then I began to love it and now it is never boring for me. I listen to podcasts but also vary my run every time: different neighbourhoods, different trails,…

Definitely - actually, I would say it re-awakened my fashion sense. Overweight, I would wear whatever would fit. Now, definitely enjoy styling - fashionable clothing, accessories, makeup, hair, the whole bit!

Definitely doable. My stats are similar - I am 59, turning 60 in December and retiring in January. Started seriously with MFP in January 2017 at 206.8 lbs, now at 162 +- with a goal of 156. I track everything, log religiously and am pretty active. It's been a slow and steady process and hope to reach goal by the end of the…

Week: 38 SW: 206.8 GW: 157 Aug 26: 168.2 Sept 2: 166 Sept 9: 166.8 Sept 16: 165 Sept 22: 165.6 Oct 2: 162.0 Oct 7: 162.4 Total weight lost: 44.4 This week's challenges/successes: Slight gain this week. Disappointing but I do weigh myself daily and have become accustomed (mostly) to the ups and downs!

Original SW (Jan 15/17): 206.8 Weigh-in day is Saturday Challenge SW October 2: 162.0 Little late with starting weight this month. Challenge Goal: 159 Ultimate Goal: 156 Oct 7: 162.4 Oct 14: Oct 21: Oct 28: Total loss for October: +.4

Congratulations and welcome to MFP! Not sure what your planned changes are, but from my personal perspective, changes are possible whatever the age. I will be 60 in December and have lost just over 40 pounds since January 2017. Happy Thanksgiving as well!

@Realtree2429 This is just amazing - for your daughter, for you & for your entire family - in so many different ways, that it brings tears to my eyes.

Week: 37 SW: 206.8 GW: 157 Aug 26: 168.2 Sept 2: 166 Sept 9: 166.8 Sept 16: 165 Sept 22: 165.6 Oct 2: 162.0 Total weight lost: 44.8 This week's challenges/successes: Little late with weigh-in this week - on vacation for 10 days. Thrilled that I didn't gain and actually lost.

Original SW (Jan 15/17): 206.8 Weigh-in day is Saturday Challenge SW October 2: 162.0 Little late with starting weight this month. Challenge Goal: 159 Ultimate Goal: 157 Oct 7: Oct 14: Oct 21: Oct 28: Total loss for October:

Week: 36 SW: 206.8 GW: 159 Aug 17: 169.8 Aug 26: 168.2 Sept 2: 166 Sept 9: 166.8 Sept 16: 165 Sept 22: 165.6 Total weight lost: 41.2 This week's challenges/successes: early weigh-in this week. We leave later this morning for a 10 day vacation including a 7 day cruise. Planning for a lot more walking than eating and…

Original SW (Jan 15/17): 206.8 Weigh-in day is Saturday Challenge SW September 1: 167.2 Challenge Goal: 164 Ultimate Goal: 160 Sept 2: 166 Sept 9: 166.8 Sept 16: 165.0 Sept 23: 165.6 Early weigh-in this week and last one for the month - we leave for 10 days vacation later today!! Total loss for September : -1.6

Seriously? A health care worker actually said that to a patient? Unbelievable!!! Good for you for your reaction!

Well it seems that 40 lbs is the magic number. Have really not had anyone comment on my weight loss until today - and 4 different people told me 'I'd lost a lot of weight!' LOL! It also was a closet-purge day. Switching from summer to fall wardrobe was a good opportunity to go through everything. Turns out I did not have…