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I think breakfast is a very personal thing. The reccurring theme in this thread seems to be either eggs or oatmeal. I think the most important thing is what keeps you satisfied until your next meal or snack. For me, eggs won't hold me over until lunch but oatmeal does. I eat my oatmeal either cooked or raw with about a…

I got mine too! So excited!

Great quote brisingr86!

Hi all! So excited to find this. LOVE the HP books. Have sent my application and friend requests.

Hi all, I'm Jennifer. About to turn 55 and mom to 2 teenagers. I homeschool and I am with them all day while they eat, and eat and eat. Clearly I don't have the same metabolism they do. I joined mfp last spring and lost about 9 lbs over the summer. But I put it all back on plus a little more last fall. Started again Dec…

One of my favorite things to eat is a homemade muesli. Take a third of a cup of raw oatmeal, add in 10 dried sugar-free cherries, about a tablespoon of sliced almonds, and one chopped Apple. Mix it all up, and pour in 3/4 - 1 cup of unsweetened almond milk and you've got a delicious breakfast that'll last you all morning.

Try not to be too hard on yourself weight often fluctuates like that. Particularly over the weekend it's easy to eat a little extra salt, or decrease your water intake and all of the sudden you've got extra "weight" on the scales. Week-to-week your weight is going down, concentrate on that. You've got this!

11/5 30 mins Boosted fitness walk 11/8 22 mins calisthenics, 9 mins treadmill 11/11 24 mins calisthenics, 38 mins weights

11/5 30 mins Boosted fitness walk 11/8 22 mins calisthenics, 9 mins treadmill

Ultimate starting weight: 155 Current Challenge start weight: 150 Challenge goal weight: 140 Ultimate goal weight: 130 10/25: 148.9 11/1: 149 (heading the wrong way) :o 11/8: 148.6 a bit better. I'm not going to make 10 lbs at this rate but I'm sticking with it! 11/15: 11/22: 11/29: 12/6: 12/13: 12/20: 12/25:

Ultimate starting weight: 155 Current weight: 150 Challenge goal weight: 140 Ultimate goal weight: 130 10/25: 148.9 11/1: 149 (heading the wrong way) :o 11/8: 11/15: 11/22: 11/29: 12/6: 12/13: 12/20: 12/25: Let's do this 💪! [/quote]

30 mins Boosted fitness walk

I'd like to get in on this too. I'm 54. I'll be 55 in January. Married mom who homeschools two teenagers who eat all the time. Long history of overweight, heart disease, diabetes in the women of my family. Life is busy and fitting in time for myself is hard, as I know it is for all of us. Time to put my own health first.…

I am interested too. I know Thiswillbethelasttime wrote that you would keep the group here but I could really use this. I am Jennifer, 54 years old, mother of two teenagers (who I home school so we are together all day every day) and a husband who can all eat anything. I have a huge family history of heart disease and…

Height: 5'5" HW: 156 SW June: 151.8 (last May weigh in) Starting BMI: 25.3 (overweight) Ultimate goal: Around 130-135lbs June goal: 147 June BMI goal: 24.5 June 5 June 12 June 19 June 26 Since today is the last day of May, I did my final weigh in and took my measurements. So, I have a little victory to share. Overall, I…

Height: 5'5" HW: 156 SW June: 152 (last May weigh in) Starting BMI: 25.3 (overweight) Ultimate goal: Around 130-135lbs June goal: 147 June BMI goal: 24.5 June 5 June 12 June 19 June 26 First, I did not make my may goal but I had a huge learning curve and I got more than half way there. So, I am setting a new goal for June.…

Height: 5'5" HW: 156 SW May: 155 (1st May weigh in) Ultimate goal: Around 130-135lbs May goal: Below 150lbs May body fat goal: ? 1st May: 155 8th May:153lbs 15th May: 153 22nd May: 154 29th May: 152 Not the 5lbs I was looking for but I consider 3 lbs a win for the month. Honestly, I know I need to do better with my eating.…

Height: 5'5" HW: 156 SW May: 155 (1st May weigh in) Ultimate goal: Around 130-135lbs May goal: Below 150lbs May body fat goal: ? 1st May: 155 8th May:153lbs 15th May: 153 22nd May: 154 29th May: Not what I hoped for but, honestly, what I expected. Last night was my son's 18th birthday so we went out to dinner with all the…

I completely agree with you RunswithDogWi! I guess I should have said start off with light weights. On and off over my life I have also lifted what most people would consider heavy weights for a woman BUT as much as I hate to admit it, while my muscles can still handle the weight, now that I am over 50 my joints and…

I added you too. I could use the extra support as well

I also have about 15-20 lbs to lose and have been on mfp for about 3 weeks. Up until about 5 years ago (my late 40's) I always needed to be careful but when my weight crept up I could get it off with a little extra effort. Now I can't seem to make the scale budge. The last 3 weeks I have been trying to walk 6 days a week…

As I suspected this past weekend stopped my progress dead in its tracks. At least I didn't go up. I have been watching my eating and exercising this week so maybe I will see a difference next week. 1st May: 155 8th May:153lbs 15th May: 153 lbs 22nd May: 29th May:

I'd like to get in on this too. The past five years since I started homeschooling I have gotten more and more sedentary. I really need some accountability to keep me on track because if I don't get it together I am going to wind up with major health issue like most of the women in my family. So here goes Height: 5'5" HW:…

I had a terrible weekend of stress eating. Good news is that even though my consumption went through the ceiling I stuck to my exercise plan. Fortunately, THE SCALE, did not register as much as I thought it would on Monday. I am hoping this means that all this exercise is actually bumping my metabolism up a little bit.

Ok ya'll, I'm new here but you are just what I need. I'm over 50, 5'5" and 153lbs. I am about as sedentary as it is possible to be because I home school my two teenagers and sit ...all...day...long. To make it worse they snack all day long and I snack right along with them. I need to get back to 135lbs. It would be fun to…