The "in our 50s group" ****GROUP OPEN****

Anybody out there in their 50s??
We seem to have a little harder time dropping our weight. Slower metabolism and less active I think. I'm looking for the 50s group to lose and share with. I KNOW you're out there!

Happy 2009! We can make this the best year yet!

Welcome, jmaloa. I'm glad you found this site, too. I agree, it's hard to lose the weight at this time in our lives but we know it can be done. I guess the trick is to do healthfully and reasonably so that we can live with the eating changes we've made for the rest of our lives. When I get discouraged, I try to remember that even losing a little every week is better than gaining the lb. or 1/2 lb. a week that eventually made me 40 lbs. overweight. I didn't put it on all at once, and it isn't gonna come off all at once either! Eat a little less, move a little more - slowly be surely we'll all see progress! Anyhow, I appreciate having you all for support and encouragement. We're heading into the weekend - an easy time to let down our guard. Let's all stay strong and have good things to report next week.

jmaola,

If you have specific WW questions send me an email or private message. I'll help all I can. I am doing very well on WW. It is something that has come easy to me - I find counting points easy - do you have the cardboard points finder or the calculator one? We just got the calculator ones in at my meeting place and I bought one - the best $10.00 I ever spent. Sure makes figuring points in the supermarket easy.

Also...did you say how much you want to lose? The more you have to lose the faster it seems to come off in the begining. My ultimate goal in the beginning was to lose 100 pounds in a year. I have scaled that back to losing the next 75 pounds by June 2008. And that is still a big goal. COme winter when my activity level goes down may make me rething that too!

Plus my doctor upped my water pill which took 5 plus pounds off the first day. That was on Tuesday, I gained a pound of that back by my weigh in on Thursday but haven't gained any more of it back so am thinking (hoping) I won't. I would have hit my 10% goal anyway but wouldn't have gone over it as much as I did.

Also are you eating enough? Are you using any of the extra 35 weekly points? I try not to use them during the week so I can have pizza with hubby on Friday nights and perhaps a lunch out on Saturday or Sunday. This Sunday I will eat lunch at Bob Evans with Mom and my Aunt. I have decided I will order a baked potato with broccoli. I will take my butter spray and my Mrs. Dash seasoning in my purse, LOL! That should fill me up and keep me close in points for the day.

Sorry this is so long. I get carried away! Good Luck! 

Welcome to the newest members to this thread.  And thanks to munsey for starting it.  Almost everytime I log on after I enter my food, I look for this thread.  It feels so good to know others are having the same struggle.  I must say the first few weeks it seem easy, I just did it.  Food was not an issue, but now I am back to food on my mind, constantly.  I think it was fancy who said something about eating bad and now getting right back into the program.  I am currently at 222, and really want to break the 220 mark.  My motiviation is just so:so right now. I know I actually feel better when I eat healthy.  I was feeling pretty bloated.  I want to feel healthy and have more energy just be healthier for my kids (16-13-10)..(Son Daughter Son)...(smart...slightly drama..soccer)...(fun-fun-fun)...We are soooo, busy, but what I like to say it is all good.  I also work FT, wife (19 years),Girls Scout Leader, taxi driver, you get the idea...so I need more energy

The things that get me thru at timew when I want to eat and eat and eat..the good thing I can have a lot and stay with the program.....
- Jello (10 cal. variety)...I ususally make it with a bag of frozen raspberries. it cools quicker (an hour or 2 instead of 4) plus it taste great fills me up, lots of fiber with the raspberries and for an extra treat you can put some, I said "some", like a teaspoon or 2 of the light cool whip and you really feel like you are having a treat.  I have not yet, but I am thinking if I put it in a parfait cup and add maybe fresh strawberries, bananas and layer it, it would really be a treat.

Other tips to get thru a time when I want to eat is tea.. I love CHAI with splenda and a little skim milk...

Any other tips to share? 
Sorry for the log writeup..It is early and quiet in the house and I am checking in with my CC friends....   ;)

Keep looking at those 16-13-10s. THREE OF THE BEST REASONS. Also, check out the mirror. YOU are worth every struggle! YOU WILL get there! I've reached a point where I finally don't think about food. If I have a slight craving, it's for sweet or salt. But I have found safe substitutes. It does get easier, if not faster. Patience is key. With this program, and with yourself. <3 Carole

Hi jmaloa! Hi Carole! I'm full of p--- and vinegar today...i recovered from a nasty spike, and feel so much better! Yes, we have those days, don't we...and sometimes weeks. Maybe add 200 to 300 calories for a couple of days and see what happens. sometimes i haven't eaten enough, and my bod thinks i'm starving. but then there are those times that i just wasn;'t careful enough.

i notice since i quit my swim aerobics class (catty women hurt my feelings and i just couldn't face them any more...i told them i was on water pills and they started making snide remarks about people peeing in the pool, then started in on people who don't shave enough...i'm diabetic, and can't take any chances on cutting myself...sheesh, give me a break for pete sake! walk a mile in my shoes before you start yapping!)...anyway, i haven't had the mobility to do as much exercising. gotta get back into a routine of exercise anyway. and find a new water aerobics class, maybe at the Y.

I'm with you caroljoy, stupid people really piss me off. I think it comes from their own insecurity, but really, who needs it?

Glad to see all you gals on line this morning. I like to look for this thread, too, after I log what I ate. CC can be addicting - I find myself promising to read only one post and a half hour later I'm still reading. Oh well, at least I can promise you that when I'm checking out the CC site I'm not eating the wrong things at the same time. So that has to count for something.

Susanbeth, I am bothered with thinking about food all the time as well. I get really sick of the thoughts - have I eaten enough? have I eaten too much? have I eaten the right things? on and on. I guess the best think to do is plan it out in the morning and stick to what I've logged for the rest of the day. The problem is that planning too far in advance doesn't allow for unexpected things that come up. And if I slip up during the day, then I feel out-of-control and start the mindless grazing later that evening.

I've been stuck at the 181-182 plateau it seems like forever. I'm trying not to lose heart but I really blew it (always at night and always on "good" things - almonds, granola bars, and last night on butternut squash ravioli left over from dinner!) the last two days. I refused to even get on the scale this morning, even though Sat. is my weighing day. Talk about your basic head-in-the-sand approach...

Sorry I'm rambling on. I've been OK today and want to get through the weekend without slipping up. I'm also trying to convince myself to go to the pool and try water walking. I've been told that it's good exercise and is easy on the joints (I have rotten knees). My major hang-up is putting on the darn bathing suit and feeling like everyone is staring at my humongous thighs. (I'm one of those bottom-heavy types - not a big tummy but very wide hips and legs.) I really want to convince myself that my health is worth so much more than the temporary judgements of others. Easier to know intellectually than to practice, I'm afraid.

Thanks for your support, guys. It really does help.

Oh - and I have to second the chai tea suggestion for those of you who haven't tried it. A nice cup of chai with splenda and a splash of no fat creamer can usually tide me over if I have the munchies. I love tea!

I love tea, too, but i drink plain grean tea... my nutritionist says it helps to boost your metabolism to drink three cups of it a day. And i keep a case of 16.9 oz bottles of water beside my desk. I drink at least four of those a day, and sometimes six. Really helps to keep me feeling full!

I had one of those mindless grazing nights the other night. I usually do that if i forget to drink enough or forget my little snacks 2 hrs after each meal.

I have been really kinda spooked about turning sixty in just less than 18 mos. silly, eh? I just so desperately want to be at a healthy weight by then! ...and my next spooky issue...all the hanging stretched out skin when i do get down! YUCK! I think i'll try to really exercise a lot and take vitamin E to try to increase the skin elasticity so minimise that if at all possible. *sigh* oh well, better skinny and saggy than fat and smooth, LOL!!!

Jcr---I think I'm your sister. I'm a true pear shape. I know the thunder thighs and the badonkadonk butt. Gottem both. Diiiiisgusting. Oh, and lets not forget the cellulite. OMG... Thank God for capris. Spider viens, oh yeah them 2. I am a goddess aren't I? Could haunt houses for a living.!  

Yep, munsey. Let's not forget the cellulite. I'll match you bump for bump! I do wear the capris but am not even too happy with them because somehow I've gotten pudgy ankles, too. (not fluid, just pudge.) And to think that I once had nice legs (in the far distant past...I've got pictures to prove it. Just don't look at the back of my knees. That's where the veins are the prettiest! Oh well, I can still walk and ride a bike...and I'm trying desperately to put a positive spin on this thing!

On another topic. After the disastrous last two days, I'm finally back on track today and am feeling some better about myself. I'll let you guys know if I make it through the weekend without a nose dive.

You'll do fine! I just know it !
I took my 84 year old mother to lunch today. Had 2 stuff my big butt into my husband's corvette, mom loves that car. I love the looks she gets, getting out of it. We went 2 a french bistro type place that she loves. I think I ate like a homeless person with tape worms! But it was a caesar salad with grilled chicken. It could have been worse I suppose. Then we went to Starbucks....had a Grande caramel frap, no whip. It was better than sex. Sorry but it was. Then we went 2 Trader Joe's for some more reasonable choices. I'll B good the rest of next week. I promise! Got that Friday weigh-in looming.

Thanks munsey. You will too. We'll check in with the weigh-ins this weekend. So far so good for me today and only an hour and a half before bedtime. Think I'll make it through today!

For all on this thread: I just ran across an interesting post from a certified trainer (also on the Motivation forum) in the thread "the plateau that just won't quit". Check it out. I don't remember the # of the post but it was today's date. He says some really interesting things. Makes sense and makes me think about running to the gym for that test.

I love you guys.  It makes me laugh out loud, not just LOL.  It seems like we are reading each other's minds.  Thanks to all.  The time I spend reading this thread is time well spent.  I will try the green tea idea, and also water aerobics.  I did that for awhile and stopped.  Time to get into in the pool again.  I bought a suit from QVC, and it fit, and then I saw the same suit at Macy's for $40 more.  My boys keep deleted the QVC network from our vcr remote.  So I delete comedy central.  okay, back to the pool...Too bad what other say think.  I also don't shave often, my 13 year old laughts at me.  I laugh back.  She is so excited about the changes in her body, shaving...  We are going in opposite directions with my menapause and her waiting to have her first period.  She is budding and I am sagging.  Too funny.  The guys in our house have had enough of all the women hormones.

Also- I just added some of you to my friends list.  I don't know what that means, but this is the first time I added friends.  I have been on since April, and I feel like I found a great support group with this thread.
Keep it up ladies.  See you tomorrow. 

ahhhhh...i knew i was in the right place....within this thread resides the Sisterhood of the Babonkadonk Butt and Thunderthighs! PEARSHAPES UNITE!!!! We are pearshped hear us roar, we are to fat to ignore, we are hungry, we are losing, we are proud!!! ROFL!!! sorry...i get a little caried away now and then.

:-} oh well...i too have been blessed with the more than ample bum and thighs...*SIGH*

You're a nut caroljoy. You made my day!!! I can't stand this thread. My sides and face hurt from laughing every time I get on here. Does this count as exercise? Lie 2 me woman and say "yes"!!!!

Yes!!! No lie. How many calories does a good belly laugh burn? Maybe we can suggest adding it to the listed activities. LOL I've never been so happy to see fellow Badonkadonik Butts and thunderthighs in my life. Let's all take our pools by storm this summer. Why should those Apples rule that world just because cleavage is "in" these days?!

Just joined this evening.  Sounds like my kinda group.  I am a 50 yr old 5'7"-262# pear with bad knees.  I have yo yo'ed all my life.  I have been counting calories (this time)--for three weeks.  I have stayed under 1200--(til today--my 28th wedding anniversity--3bites of turtle cheese cake--I not going to beat myself up since 3 wks ago I would have eaten 3 pieces).  I have lost 11 lbs in three weeks.  The first 10 were in week one.  I have got to lose at least 85 more #'s--I had one knee replaced in Jan of this year and the other one hurts so bad I can hardly walk.  I am trying to ride my bike.  My knew knee is still stiff so it is hard.  I do go to Water fitness class at the Y.  I've never shared with a group online.  I loved ready the posts.  Off to bed to pray that I fall off this plateau. 

Welcome kcleberg to our corner of the site. The fabulous 50 something fatties. But not for too long! We're gonna kick some butt!!! Congrats on your loss. and your 3 bites. My knees are crap too. At least one of yours is new. And Happy anniversary. Glad to have you on board.

I second the welcome kcleberg. Glad you found the site. 3 bites IS something to celebrate - on your anniversary no less. (Hope you had a happy one.) And add a word for my plateau in your prayers, will ya?