MissStick

Tried spin twice now. Like it. Going to play with a jump rope tomorrow. Thanks for the ideas. I would still love to find a sport or something that's so fun I hardly care that I'm dripping sweat and can hardly talk.

Thanks!! This is a really useful conversation. I am due for a physical in about a month. I'll be having my thyroid checked again then. I was in hospital at the start of the year and thyroid function was "in the normal range" then. I think I need to get myself measured. I've been lifting weights pretty seriously for 5…

These are fun to read. MissStick - I'm a woman that uses a white cane = Miss Stick. Put the two words together though and it sounds like mystic and I thought that sounded kinda cool.

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I'm off to try a spin class.

Excellent. Thanks!

Great suggestions. √ I like the pool idea cause we have a pool at the Y down the street. I'm not much of a swimmer but I could take a deep water class. √ I like the spinning idea the Y has classes for that too. I used to do it. I'll try it again. √ I have a hoop. I don't know if I can get my heart rate up enough with it or…

I'm in. Do we just post here that we did our crunches for the day?

Thank you to everyone who's been offering suggestions, links and support. I'm working on the muscles. Hired a trainer as a b-day gift to myself. She kicks my less than steel buns! I'm SO happy to have this forum because I love the support and education. I wish the sniping wasn't happening. I think everyone's intentions are…

That's a good strategy socioseguro. I will try it. I like the idea of drinking green tea first to give the snacking urge time to pass. I could eat an apple with natural peanut butter 10 X a day tho. For me, that's like candy!! :) I might have to try celery or something instead.

Thanks, BuffyEat2Live. I think distracting myself might help. I suspect it's an emotional trigger that has me walking toward the kitchen like a mindless zombie woman. I wonder if trying to figure out what the triggers are would help.

I'm about to turn 49 and have been postmenopausal for about 2 years. Ugh. I know that during the months that I have no period (happening more and more often) I have a MUCH harder time maintaining the weight loss I had before coming here. I'm confident we can still get to a healthy weight! Thanks for this thread!

Love it!

Congratulations!

Hi there. I'm 48 and have been slowly losing weight over the past 14 months. I am now down to the last 10 pounds and boy is it slow going (the middle aged thing maybe). I am upping my workouts and strength training. I want to reach my goal! I would love to friend a few committed people to help with accountability and…

Alright. I'm in! What do most people try to burn during each workout? I will have to work up to 3,500 given I usually burn only about 200 per workout right now.