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!

kcleberg- Welcome- great job with the 3 bites proud moment
Caroljoy- I LOVE your song.  Can it be our new theme song.  When will the album be released,  okay that is showing our age, I guess CDs are dropped not released.  Another age related thing, these women on the radio where talking and she had her nephew out to her cabin and told him to watch his hands and use soap...he went into the bathroom and could not find the soap..they had bars of soap out but not the pumps...anyway..speaking of radio- do any of you listen to the Satelite Sisters.... you guys are my Satelite Sister or CC sisters..

Now for a moment all about me...My arm is acking for patting myself on the back.  I was at a friends last night 8-10:30, backyard party.  Of course they had a table loaded with treats.  I never like to eat after 7pm.  This is not a new thing,  I just feel better if I don't eat at night... but I am always tempted by treats.  I am finding if I prepare myself before I do better.  I drank a lot of water, I told myself fruit would be ok..as it turned out they had favored decaf, and I could really say for one of the first times I could look at the spread and honestly say I did not feel like having anything, even the fruit.  A month ago, when I have made a good choice and passed on a special treat, my brain would be telling me eat..eat..eat, and then the next day because I had deprived myself I would go nuts..and eat anything everything because I missed that one brownie or something...but I don't feel like that today.  wow what a change..

Any of you freak out with success?  I have in the past and then go back to my old ways..I think I need to work this one out..I am not comfortable with attention.  I was heavy a kinder word for fat like 180 in high school.  In college I got with a group where we swam alot and started swimming .5 or 1 mile a day.. and really trimmed down to about 135...I ran into some old HS guys at a local bar and they did not even know me and I got attention and it made me feel funny..scared..  I also read a book called "Passing for Thin"..it was not this persons diet but the emotional changes she had with a large weight loss-- really good read.

Hi susanbeth, Thanks for sharing, and yes, I think carolejoy wrote our theme song!!! I freak out about everything. My BIG "freak out" at this age, is maintaining when I finally get to goal.
I'm getting ready 2 go 2 church. I'll say a prayer for all of us!!! congrats on walking away from temptation. That's something 2 feel proud about.

READY? ALL TOGETHER NOW, 1-2-3...We are pearshped hear us roar, we are to fat to ignore, we are hungry, we are losing, we are proud!!!  ahhh, doesn't that feel good, LOL! of course a good bellylaugh counts as exercise...:-} (like my moustache?)

Good morning Sistahs!

Well, you'd think i'd be used to ity by now....the lil spike after a satisfying loss...but alas, my smile turned upside down for a moment. Then i realised it always happens this way, and then goes back down. gotta keep on eatin smart and lite and exercisin! Mush Carol, mush! (uhh, not the edible kind...yuck.)

I think we all freak out...I know I do whenever I've gone off plan, I figure I've really blown it so why keep on trying. Then I slip for a day or two before I pick myself back up again. So I'm staying off the scales except for once a week because if the daily fluctuation is down, I'm euphoric and if it's up, I'm depressed. Cross your fingers that the scale will be kind next Saturday. I'm avoiding it altogether this past week.

Any of you gals have any advice for getting rid of the bat wings? You know, the underside of the upper arm that keeps waving after you've stopped? I'd love to wear something sleeveless but it's an impossibliity at this point. I've tried hand weights and I can tell I'm stronger but those wings hang right on. Maybe I'm doing the wrong exercises. Any ideas?

Bat wings omg. I wear sleeveless anyway. But I am self- conscious about it. Big ole hams! Keep lifting, they will tighten up.
I did pray for us today. God said not to put junk in the temple. I said "OK" Gotta b good this week.

I gotta say though, I don't freak out over the attention of males, when I look good. I think it helps my self esteem.

JCR mention not gettin on the scale until Saturday.  I have been jumping on many times a day lately.  I know I be up 3 -4 pounds from the early morning weight.  I saw in another forum someone not counting the new weight until she was at it both morning and night.  Then it was a real weight loss.  I offically weigh-in on Wed/Thur morning.  But I am on the scale daily.  I tell myself not to ... only on once a week, but I am very curious, and want to know.  So far I am on track, so I will keep it up.  I know am thinking it would be better not to check soooo often. 
Other..comments..I think by this Thursday I should breakthru 220.  It is not much but in the right direction.

I had decided to only weigh once a week, a few weeks ago It was a freakin disaster. So... i was really extra good all week long.Couldn't think about any thing else. I had it in my head, that I would loose at least 2 lbs. Slowest week of my life. And full of eager antisipation, I jumped on the scale Friday AM, and didn't loose a stinkin ounce. I was so upset, I vowed never to do that again. At least weighing every AM, I can keep things in perspective throughout the week. Follow a trend, and not B devistated on Fridays. I've managed to loose at least a little ever since. Sorry I had to jump in.

Have a great week everyone!

thanks, I am interested in everyone's path thru this maze.  I agree, I think about weighting once a week, but I just can't do it..It drives me crazy so I weigh daily...

It's a struggle, isn't it? I keep my scale on the top shelf of the linen closet so I have to get it down every time I want to weigh myself. Sometimes I make it the full week, sometimes I cheat and check in between. Saturday is the regular weighing day because I also take my measurements then and write them down. The encouraging thing is that even though I haven't lost any weight, sometimes the measurements will show an inch difference in one or more areas that I measure. That sure does keep me motivated! My grad school daughter just came home for a visit today and one of the first things she said was "wow, Mom, your figure is changing. I can really see it when you stand sideways." That made me feel really good because I doubt I've lost 2 lbs. since I saw her last month. So it's the little things that keep us on the path!

And oh, susanbeth, I hope you make your goal this Thursday. It feels so good to be down in the next 10 digit range. I've been looking forward to that for weeks and haven't made it yet but one of these days...I'll bet we get a good report from you on Thursday!

i weigh myself everyday too, I can't help myself. I love this site because even though we talk about food a lot, by doing this, I'm not obsessing constantly about   eating food. I have found myself eating things before and then thinking about what I can have next. EEK. This morning I had lost another pound - 2.5 since I started but then I went to a family reunion with a thousand desserts and great food. I tried to take little tastes of things but there were quite a few things to taste. Then I went to a pool party and a baseball pitch-in for my son. I may not WANT to weigh myself tomorrow!

Does anyone else sabotoge herself when you get close to a goal? Every time I almost make a goal or am just a pound from it, I eat everything in sight so the goal goes away again. I saw on television that that's normal - someone wrote a book called  Rethinking Thin
that addresses that very phenomenon but I just hate it. Maybe I need to get the book to see if there is a tip to breaking through that problem. It is nice to talk to other women in my age group about the foibles of 50+ weigh loss.

Glad you chimed in, bub55. I'm learning that I have a tendency to be a mindless eater. I often would eat just because the food was available and I was stressed, or tired, or bored - or just liked the taste! So like you bub 55, food was always on my mind and I liked having it there! It was a real crutch. Since starting CC I've tried to listen to my body and only eat when I was actually hungry. It's a continuing process. Many times now instead of eating, I'll just go on-line and check out the CC boards when I'm home and have the munchies. Like you said, that fills the need to think about food without actually eating it. The support here is such a help. Thank you, gals!

I still have a problem with self-sabotage. My next goal is the 170s and I've been within spitting distance forever. Like I mentioned earlier, I had two binge evenings this past week and I'm sure they've just delayed my goal that much longer. I hate it! So any advice would be so welcome.

jcr and bud55, it is like you are writing words that are in my mind... my freak out at success is the self sabotoge, and I also have the mindless eating.. and this site is a sub for the mindless eating...I never felt others had these same thoughts and struggles.  This site really is filling a need I have. 

I am trying to drink that tea or water...when I get the water in the weight really seems to fall.

I also want to check out the book you mention..

bub55 at your family reunion/baseball game..my guess is you may have eaten but probably not as much as you would have before CC.  So hope on the wagon..again..I think it is time for our song so here we go girls....

"We are pearshped hear us roar, we are to fat to ignore, we are hungry, we are losing, we are proud!!! ".....

jcr,budd55 and susanbeth, thank you so much for what you all said this morning it was prefect and exactly how i feel. My goal is to get to the 160, I'm close put sometimes no matter what I do I stay the same!!!! I hit 169.5 a month ago and have not seen it again. Good luck this week

Hi Kids! I had a good weekend.....how 'bout you guys? I will be back to post more later.....just wanted to check in as I am rarely on line during weekends and I miss al lot!

Finally made it back here to read more and post and no one has been here since I was!

I am doing ok eating wise today although I did cheat with at tiny piece of thin crust pizza. Very tiny?4 bites at the most! I have a stomach ache (due to a new med I think) and I can?t even look at my yogurt or puddings. I ate my muffin for breakfast and had some fruit but lunch has been a struggle. Some veggies, some cheese and then that blasted pizza. It won?t put me over my points for the day so I just need to move on??.I am craving SALT?.anything and everything with salt?.I JUST KNOW that if I eat salty I will feel better?.crazy I know.

Boy do we all have the same struggles. I'm trying so hard to see the 170s. Do you all do measurements every week? I haven't been doing that. I pretty much just know how my clothes fit. I love it when people say " I can really see it in your face", like that's where my big problem is. I know they mean well, but geez. Now Sunday at church 2 friends said my rear end looked smaller. That wouldn't have meant much, but I was wearing white capris. So it felt pretty good.
I may have told you, but for mother's day, I asked for a new scale. Don't ever do that! I got it and found out my old scale was 6.4 pounds off. And not 2 the good. It was like someone moved the finish line or starting all over again. It's been almost a month and I still haven't made up for that yet. It was a major set back for me. Poor me boo hoo, sorry.
Thank u all so very much for your support. I don't know what I would do without u all. Carole

Carole.....I GOT SCALES FOR MOTHER'S DAY TOO! LOL!

I am NOT having a good week (my week starts on Thursday...my WW meeting is at 12:30)

I started Chantix the stop smoking pill yesterday and am sicker than a dog after two days worth of an almost $70.00 copay! I will continue to take them and stop smoking if they kill me...and right now I feel like they might! My tummy is so upset that I haven't eaten much nor have I drank much either....trying to force down some water...I may make me some decaf mint green tea in a bit....the mint should help (maybe....I hope...)

Sorry your old scales weighed light. I was weighing on some scales we had in the office at first and when I went to WW for the first meeting I found those horrible scales had been off too...by about 4 pounds! My scales (cheapie Walmart for less than $20.00) are right on the mark with the WW scales! Since I weigh before I leave home for work I can usually guesstomate about what I will weigh at noon (I eat lunch afterwards).

We are all doing great even with our little set backs.......

Forgot to add....I haven't measured yet either. I wore a sun dress today that I haven't had on in two years or more and it is actually a tad bit big! So I know I am losing inches..

People tell me my eyes look bigger....(they don't have all that fat around them!)

Well, I had the same scale shock in March. Actually, that's one of the things that started me out on this journey (again)! I was visiting my daughter and she had just bought a new digital scale. Just for "fun" (Ha!) I stepped on it and found out that I was a full 8 lbs. heavier than on my old analog one at home. It was not a happy moment. I immediately purchased a new digital one my weight loss began in earnest.

I did have a victory of sorts this week. I tried on the straight skirt I wore to my daughter's college graduation in 2003 and it fit! That skirt hasn't been out of the closet since the graduation. I started gaining (more) soon afterwards and never stopped until March of this year. Slowly but surely...

C'mon Carole. Let both see the 170s in June. Really HONESTLY see the 170's - so that the scale reads in them morning, noon, night, dressed or undressed. We can do it. Are you up for the challenge?

Thanks, too, for your recent posts, fancy 55, emillily, susanbeth. It helps that we're in this together.