Hi, i am new on the website. Is there somebody here who is 40 and + ?

I am 40 years old, 5"5 and 148 . My goal is 137 and i  should be 137 by July. Would like to find  somebody to do this together, to support and to help to reach goals.

have a great day , everybody

Hi Leila,

I usually have the boys all day on Thursday, but my son-in law was on a business trip all week. His plane just landed after traveling all night and he is heading here to pick them up, as he has today off. I told him to go straight home and get some sleep, but he misses his babies.

I think once he picks them up I will head straight to the gym. Wow twice this week, I'm on a roll lol   

It is very cold today, about 32 degrees right now at 8am. Will warm up to about 50 this afternoon.  I think after the gym I will come home shower, put on a robe and relax for the whole day.( if nothing comes up)

This weekend is a busy one, working a 12 hour shift on Saturday and them watching the boys so my daughter and son-in -law can go out for a change. Then on Sunday I have a birthday party during the day, and watching my granddaughter at night. My son has a work ball to go to.

I have been doing very good with the calories, I think because I am to busy to think about food.

Have a great day, I will be back in the morning. (Fri)

Lori

Hi Lori,

Well, it is very cold here too, it was 34F last night and it will warm up to 50s. It is very windy,but sunny.

Tomorrow we are going to the Halloween Party to Russian restaurant. The owners are our friends, so  we really enjoy every time we go there. But tomorrow will be really great and fun time. I need to pick up masks for my husband and myself. We are not wearing costumes, masks will be just fine.

I am good with calories too. I am so busy that i forget to eat and when i come home i am busy, so when i at last sit down and have a chance to eat something ,it's 8 or 9 o'clock. And i am far from my calorie range. So, i snack on my favourite  Wasa crisp breads. They are just 45 calories a piece and i love to put a piece of cheese on them or jam.

We are planning to go to the gym tonight with my husband and i will aslo go on Saturday morning. You sound really busy and it's great that you help out with your grandsons.

well, have a nice and relaxing day

Leila

Happy Halloween Leila!

Gained a pound. Same old thing up one down one almost every week. I'm not upset, I'm still staying below my goal.

I hope you have a great time at the party tonight. Is the food like back home? Can't wait to hear about it.

I enjoy helping with the grandchildren.  They really  bring so much joy into my life. The 2  1/2 year old makes my laugh so much, he really has a wonderful personality.  He is the one that had three open heart surgeries,  so I am so thankful  every day to have him in our lives.  If you ever met him, you would never believe  that he had anything wrong with him.  He looks like the picture of health and is very smart.

They will be coming to my house tonight to go Trick-or- treating. He will be a  cowboy riding a pony and his baby brother a monkey. I think I'm looking forward to it as much as he is lol

Weatherman is saying won't be a bad night, maybe 50 degrees at sunset. So it least we won't be freezing.

Once again enjoy tonight, I bet it will be a lovely time out with your husband.

Tomorrow is my really long day, so you might not hear from me until Sunday. Hope your scale makes you smile today.

Lori

Happy Halloween Lori!

Well, i didn't loose anything this week, still the same 136. But you know, i am not upsat like i was before. I am not gaining, that's important. This week was really crazy, busy and i am glad that today is Friday and we are going out to have some fun. This restaurant is excellent, food is just like at home. We went yesterday evening to the Party City to look at the masks that they have there for our party tonight. We really didn't want costumes, so i picked witch's hat and Tony a king's crown. I am going to wear all black today, black pants and black blouse, it is Halloween and besides that it's my favourite color.

We went to the gym last night, but stayed only for 45 minutes. We are going to go on Saturday morning before shopping. It will be busy day too. I can't believe November is almost here, it means Thanksgiving is very close and Christmas will be here in a minute after that. I still need to get present for my husband, he has birthday on 24 of November. I also need to start my Christmas shopping, all i did, i just bought couple presents for my parents.

I can imagine how much joy your grand kids bring you, that's great. This little boy looks on the picture very healthy and cute. You are right, i would never know looking at him that suffered so much, poor thing. But it is important that he is all right now. Have fun with trick-or-treating! I will tell you about the party tonight, maybe we will take couple pictures too.

Have a wonderful week-end,Lori !

Leila

Good morning Leila.

Hope you enjoyed dinner Friday night and had a good weekend. It was a busy one for my, but had lots of fun. Worked 12 hours Sat, then had the boys over night. Sunday went to a Birthday party and had my granddaughter over night. This morning I am doing laundry and cleaning house.

Did good with the calories all weekend, even at the party lol

Did you take pictures with your masks on? If so I would love to see them.

Have a great day.

Hi Lori,

Yes, the party was great, we were dancing and having a lot of fun. But we didn't take any pictures because forgot to take  camera. It was so much food there that we took half of it home. On Saturday we did errands in the morning and then went shopping. Didn't find anything special, just couple of sweaters.

Sunday was really busy for me ,i was cleaning, doing laundry and then ironing. So, the week-end passed by so fast, as always. I did good with calories on week-end too, was under my calorie range both days and on Friday too.

I was really busy today at work, had time to put what i ate today only at 3.30 in the afternoon.

Leila

Hello

It is almost 4 am as I write this. I have been so sick for the last two days. I can not breath through my nose as I have a sinus infection. My throat and lungs are also hurting so bad. I started yesterday on antibiotics and medicated nasal spray, but they have not kicked in yet.  The doctor said I should be feeling much better in a couple of days, boy do I hope she is right.

I have been doing so good with my calories, then yesterday(Tues) I did awful. Would think that I would eat less because I was so sick, but for some reason I wanted everything bad last night(candy, cookies bread). I ended up at 300 calories over my limit, but felt like I needed it.

I hope your week is going better than mine so far. I guess I will try to get some sleep. Ever time I lie down my breathing is so bad I feel like I am going to choke, but I am so tired

So happy to hear your party was so much fun, and dancing is one of the best ways to burn calories. I will talk  to you soon, hope to be feeling much better after a couple more doses of antibiotics.

Lori

Hi Lori,

Oh,i am so sorry that you have such a bad cold. I know how you feel, when i get seek i have everything, stuffed nose, headaches, can't breath,feel really awful. I hope you will feel better really soon. Everybody is different, somebody can't eat when  they are sick, others have a good appetite and i am one of them. So, i think just let it go for now, maybe you really need to eat more now.Yesterday was my first election as an American citizen and it felt pretty great. I don't know why but for couple last days i can't eat  up to my calories,i am under. I just couldn't eat after i had dinner last night and previous day. Although i ate just a little. I don't know what's going on.

It's cloudy and cool today, real fall weather. It suppose to be raining too later, but i am not sure about that. It looks like the sky is not gray anymore.

We have a birthday celebration on Saturday, it's my husband's mom birthday. We are going to Carrabas Italian grill. I don't know if you have this restaurant where you live, but i should tell that this is the best Italian restaurant i have been. Their food is so good...... it is amazing. We have been there with my husband 3 times and every time it was delicious. If you have it around, you should go and try it.

I went to the gym on Saturday morning and spent good hour on elliptical. I am planning to go today after work. I am going to start Christmas shopping this week-end, it's time. I can't postpone this anymore.

So, i hope you will feel better soon. Stay warm, Lori.

Leila

Good morning Lori,

I hope you feel better today. I did my weight in this morning, i lost 1 pound,  i am 135 now, getting closer to my goal. I was able to go to the gym only once this week, it was pretty busy. But i was under my calories all week. I notices yesterday that i can't eat up to my calorie range anymore. After i ate dinner and a   frozen yogurt in couple hours after that, i couldn't eat any more. I couldn't force myself. So i was 200 calories under.

Today is a beautiful fall day, it is very warm in 60s, the sky is blue and the sun is shining. But you can feel that it is not warm sun. So, tomorrow is our shopping day for Christmas presents and later we go to celebrate my mother in law's birthday. It will be busy day, but first thing in the morning i go to the gym. I have got Jane Fonda's aerobics DVDs at last and i am going to do it on Sunday. I love her workouts.

So, hope you feel better. Have a good week-end and stay warm.

Leila

Hello, I lost almost a pound this week, but I think it was only because I have been so sick.  Big difference from you that had to eat right and exercise. Good job leila, I'm proud of you.

I hope you have lots of fun shopping and enjoy your mother in laws Birthday.

I am still sick, the antibiotics helped, but I seem to be getting worse again. Monday is my birthday and I think all of my kids are planning to come over tomorrow as a surprise. I guess If they do, I will have to stay out of bed and suck it up. My daughter works until 3:30 on Sunday, so I'll be able to lounge around all morning before taking my shower.

Thursday was the only day that I was a little better, I had all three kids here for the day, so I'm glad I had the one good day. My whole body hurts, my nose is runny then stuffy, I have a headache, and my chest is congested. Today is my last dose of the Z pack (antibiotic), so I hope it does me a lot of good.

Enough of me complaining, sorry about that. Weather here will be in the 60's today and tomorrow. I think later today I will go food shopping, just to get out and get some fresh air.

As soon as I am feeling better, I promise to be on more. Keep up the good work.

Lori

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Hi Lori,

Oh, i am really sorry you are still sick. I feel really great about my lost pound, it means i am moving to my goal. Didn't have a chance to go to the gym on Saturday too, we had to start doing ourerrands earlier because of the restaurant. So, we came home and had just enough time to take a shower, change and go. It was really great evening. We bought for his mother jade earings with lucky simbol, they were really pretty. Food was very good. I didn'g eat all day saving calories for the italian food. I just had breakfast in the morning, so i had  like 700 calories or even more to eat. I had a taste of tarimisu, just couple forks, but that was enough. Today is my cleaning and laundry day and then i will iron. It's very nice outside, it is sunny but very cool with strong wind. It is really pretty too, trees with all these colors, yellow, orange, red. We have a beautiful fall this year. We have got couple present for Christmas but unfortunately i didn't find jeans again. So, i guess i should just keep looking.

Have a wonderful birthday, i hope you will feel better and will enjoy this day.

Leila

Can I join in?  I'm Tammy and 43, married, 2 kids (16 and 21) at home.  I live in Pa, and right now it's pretty cold! lol 

I've lost about 67 lbs and have 10-15 to go yet.  I started at 237ish and I now weigh 170 lbs. I've been trying for some time now to get into the 60's with no success.  I won't give up though.  :)

I've read some of the posts and you all sound really nice.  Can't wait to get to know you all! 

Hi Mom of 2, welcome. Looking forward to getting to know you too. Really only two of us left here, but you are more than welcome to join us. We do a weigh in on Friday mornings. Leila is very nice and her support is great.

Hi Leila, glad you had such a good time for mom in laws birthday.

I still haven't found jeans that I like that fit right either, I'll keep looking too. The fall colors are beautiful around here right now as well, but have to start raking the leaves up soon lol

I had a great time with all the kids for my early birthday celebration. Birthday is not until tomorrow, but today was the best day to get together. We played wii fit for hours, I think I burned  hundreds of calories and laughed so much. All of my company is gone now, so I am going to have a cup of tea and relax. I am starting to feel much better.

Lori

Lori,

I noticed that there are just the two of you.  It'll be nice to just talk to a couple of people.  Friday is good for me for the weigh in.

Jeans.....I have trouble finding jeans that fit right for me too.  I have to get them to fit my behind, then they're too big in the waist.  Very frustrating!

We just got the leaves out of the gutters. The kids rake the leaves.  So time consuming!

Happy Birthday too!  Mine is in January. 

I'm a hot tea drinker too.  Always have been since I was a kid. It is so relaxing to have a cup of tea and watch tv.

Talk to you all tomorrow!  Oh, do you work and if you do, what do you do?  I'm disabled from a back injury, but doing better than the dr's projected.  They said I'd be in a wheelchair by now and I'm walking for exercise!  Go figure!  :)

Hi Tammy,

You are welcome to join us, of course. There were more in our group in the beginning, but one by one everybody left. then there were Lori and me only. I am glad you are with us. I am working in accounting in the real -estate company, i am married,no kids yet. . Went from 148 to 135,i lost 13 pounds and i need to loose 4 more But you never know, maybe i will have another goal after that. I am hot tea drinker too. I don't like ice tea at all. I think that  you should drink tea only hot. It is warming, relaxing, comforting. I also don't like tea bags, it is not a tea. I prefer loose tea.

Lori, i am glad you feel better,you even sound better. It is cold here today, it was in 40s at night with very strong and cold wind. The sun is shining now,but it is still cold. I are planning to go to the gym tonight after work with with my husband.I have heard about this wii thing and my husband wants wii computer game for Christmas. So i guess i need to find out more about it. I bought couple things on Saturday Christmas shopping, i mean presents. I was surprised i didn't find anything nice from clothes for myself. I was really disappointed. Well, that was the beginning, now i need to go shopping every other Saturday and maybe i will be able to finish with Christmas shopping soon.

Yesterday i went shopping in internet and found couple good deals on Amazone. Do you shop on Amazone? Do you like internet shopping? I really like Amazone and i like also Shoes.com. That's a great website and they have free shipping and great quality shoes. But it's me i like shoes.

Happy Birthday, Lori !!!

Leila

Hello ladies!

It's pretty cold here now.  I had to turn the heat up today.  I hate getting those heating bills! 

X-mas shopping?!?!?!  Omgosh!  I haven't even thought about it yet! lol  But that's me.  Last minute shopper here!  hehe

Amazon.com is a good place to find things.  Especially when you can't find things in the store.  But for the most part, I do most of my shopping in the stores.

Lori ~  How was your B-Day?  What ya do????

Later!

Tammy

Hello????  Where are you all????  Did you leave me????  LOL

Hi Tammy,

I was very busy yesterday at work and didn't have to go to the CC website. Sometimes we don't write for couple days, everybody is busy.

Yes i started Christmas shopping, because i am working and not always have time to go shopping every week-end. I work in accounting so the end of the month and end of the year are very busy. So i prefer to start  shopping now.

It is very cold here too, I live in Maryland and it is in 30 s at night. We have heat on for a week. How is your weight loss going?  How much do you loose a week? I loose anywhere from 1-2 pounds a week, it depends. Unfortunately not always have time to go to the gym when i want it.

have a nice day

Leila

Hi Lori,

I hope everything is all right with you and you feel better, not worse after your birthday. I didn't go to the gym last night, i was so tired that i couldn't even think about it. You know when it is getting colder it is more difficult to get out of the warm house and go somewhere. Besides it is getting dark at 5 o'clock and when you get home you feel sleepy

Leila