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I am 50 years old and 5' 5.5" and I reached my goal weight of 125 lbs today! Yay! I started in early March 2012 so it's been 7 months. SW = 153 lbs, and I've lost 28lbs. That works out to roughly 1 lb a week and it was pretty steady when I was good :-) MFP wanted me to do 1200 cals at the start. I felt awful. I lightened…

:yawn: Good morning everyone. I've been away from the forum for a while, maybe a month or so. I'd mentioned in the past that my husband is sick, rectal cancer diagnosed in March-- cooincidentally just after my decision to lose a little weight. At that point, i was a few months shy of 50 and feeling a little dumpy.. with a…

^^^this! I actually love this salad. Whole packet is too much dressing for me though.. I squeeze the lime and half the packet of dressing. Perfect! I do try to scrape off too much extra tortilla chip strips if I can, but otherwise this is a great salad and very filling. With an unsweetened tea this is lunch or dinner for…

Congrats that's really Impressive!

Thank you M., and to everyone for the warm wishes for my husband. With God's grace and some patience he's going to be fine. Just a long cruddy year for us I hope! Thanks to EVERYONE!

Hello Everyone. I haven't written in a while, faithfully logging MFP but lifes been crazy. Happy to report that I hit my final weight goal over vacation (yes.. I brought the scale :embarassed: ). I've lost another couple pounds since and trying to wrap my head around "maintenance" (I'm 5'5.5" and SW was ~ 152, CW is 128--…

@Dixie, my thoughts and prayers are with you and our family. Donna B

Quaker mini cheddar rice cakes. Very Cheetos-like and only 140 cal for 18 of them. Very yummy.

Good morning Ladies from NJ. I'm not a very proflific poster but wanted to ask if anyone had heard from Dixie-- she and her husband have been on my mind. My gym buddy is away on vacation (we go 6:15am) so I've been joining a small night class with a personal trainer at 7:15pm. Funny that a lot of people like to exercize at…

Hi, that was "me" (Donna = amiscci). I think this girls parents were quite unhappy for two reasons: a) she was having a closer relationship with her boyfriend than what was allowed (altho she was 20 years old) and they demanded that she give up her BF. Golly I've known that kid too since he was about 5 years old and he's a…

Ha! My husband and I dated for NINE YEARS including living together and buying a house before taking the plunge. This February we will be married for 23 years so.... That makes along time!

THIS! ^^^^^^^^ I love this!

Welcome Ruthann! I found that I needed to log every bite as best I could every day-- even the bad days. I do recall skipping a day or two on vacation (didn't bring my computer) but I tried to eat well. There were a few days where I just threw caution to the wind and just ATE (check out my BBQ RIB dinner from a few days…

Good morning Ladies! OMG I have 1 lb to go! yay! It was my TOM for last few days and today (!) whoosh (!) I'm almost there! It's actually 1.5 lbs but who's counting. I mentioned my "rental daughter" in the past.. we have had girl who was BF with one of my twins in HS living with us for the last year and a half. She'd…

Good morning everyone! Todays the day my daughter finally comes home from summer school at college... For two whole weeks! Starting today I have THREE 20 year old ladies at my house for the next two weeks, along with associated boyfriends and lounge snacking. Not me, I have found Doritos are delicious but not my friend!…

Ugh. We had NY style pizza last night. I put it in at 350 cals -- had ONE and then made myself a huge bowl of yummy oatmeal mixed w Greek yogurt which I think I enjoyed MORE!

BACON?? did you say BACON?

Good morning Ladies! My goals for August are to succeed over those last 3 pounds, drink tons of water and get my three girls (my twins plus my "rental daughter") off to college this month. Everyone is finally home starting this weekend, so we'll be doing more eating out/taking in-- always a challenge to calorie counting.…

Ha! that ND vs USC rivalry is a good one! Go Irish! One of my twins, Michelle Brown, runs track (sprinter) for ND and going into Jr Year. The other is studying Genetics at Rutgers in NJ and aiming to be a doctor. When they were 3 years old I recall talking to a lady in an elevator saying I'd never survive until they were…

Thank you for the warm welcome! I ponder some of the posts in the general forum sometimes, so much bashing going on, but this place seems nice and friendly. My memory is not great but I also wonder what the average age of some of the posters are-- I remember seeing a message from someone asking a question for her "mom, who…

Ahhh, Southwest Chicken Salad with grilled chicken. I try to scrape off any excess tortilla chips within reason. Big squeeze of the lime and only half the dressing packet and it's <350 calories. Yummy (and was going to add "goodness" but I'm sure some will beg to differ). I enjoy this every single time.

I'm 5'5.5" and I am very pear-y. When I was 152-153 I was wearing a size 12.

Hello Everyone. My name is Donna and I live in southern NJ. I'm married and I have twin girls who will be 21 in January 2013. I have been a lurker on MFP since March 2012.. I got here because I went to a wine party at a neighbors-- after 3 glasses of wine, we got talked into personal training by a mutual friend which later…

...unsweetened vanilla almond milk (I like Almond Breeze) is also delicious on Rice Crispies! My go-to nighttime snack if I need something late before bedtime! I switched from low-fat half and half too and really don't mind the vanilla almond milk at all. Very low cal and I can make it as "light" as I want, guilt free.

How old are you? I'm 50. Today is my birthday :-) How much have you lost? I have lost about 17 lbs. I'm 5'5" and started at around 152-154 -- probably my peak-- in Mid-March 2012. Today, I finally hit my "goal weight " of 135 lbs! Yay for me! How long did it take you to lose the weight (and/or issues/attitudes that kept…

I've been largely a lurker on MFP because I enjoy the banter, reading posts, and the tools are helping me lose weight. This post (poster) however, reminds me just how nasty some people are and how some need to look down on others. It makes me (and I'm assuming others) want to leave. It's a perfect example of how to just be…

I have two bad knees too. Weak/uneven strength quad muscles and loose kneecaps apparently, bones grind when they are stressed. The worst for me is stairs (mostly down, or turning in bed, or jolting exercize like mountain climbers). Dr said the bones are just grinding at the joint and without strengthening it will be…

I'm 50 next month and I hear you-- realistic goals! 5' 5.5" SW 153 CW 137 (!!! So Proud of myself !!!) GW 135 (almost there) Started 3x a week personal trainer and logging those calories-- almost there!

My twins are 20. I'm still trying to lose the twin skin *sigh* :frown: