patwojo

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You have a great will and determination. Do it now...while you are still young!!!! Don't do what I did and yo-yo all my life. Now I'm in my mid 50s and I'm still trying. Why didn't I keep off the 35 lbs when I first went to WW in 1978???? I was in my 20's...or the 50 lbs. I lost when I was in my late 30's or how about the…

Hi Teri and welcome aboard! I am in your age group and started with MFP about 4 months ago. I have been on the weight loss roller coaster many, many times over the years but it seems my roller coaster went up more than down! This time is going to be different. We have our extra challenges with metabolism, etc. but we can…

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What an amazing transformation and a lot of hard work. You should be very proud of yourself.

Thanks so much for sharing such a heart-felt story. Very inspiring! You are so smart to get back your health at a young age and continue moving forward with good eating/exercise habits. I wish I had continued to goal the many times that I lost 35, 50, and 60 pounds over the years, but I never did. So here I am in my 50's…

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That is just sooooo cool! Congrats to you. What an awesome feeling!

You look absolutely fantastic. What an amazing transformation. You should be very, very proud of your accomplishments.

Thanks for posting your graph. Seeing the visual puts in perspective how much our weight can fluctuate from day to day.

Hey no problem!!!! You are smart trying to nick this thing while you are young while you still have some kind of metabolism working for you...haha. Those of us over 50 get to enjoy muscle loss and metabolism slow down...UGH

I dug out my fitbit that I bought when I tried MFP once before. I don't think I'm ready to workout just yet, but wearing this gizmo just makes me move more so I guess that's a "step in the right direction"....PUN INTENDED. haha