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Welcome to the Group
1. History with weight loss:
2. History with Calorie Count:
3. Reason for joining this group:
4. Some interesting details about yourself, such as your job, your family, your pets and your interests:
And now just go ahead and make that first post!
Been married 23 years, have two children, 4 grandchildren from our daughter, and a 5th due in May '09 from our boy. I suppose we're what you call tweeners; i.e. we have grandkids, and, on the wife's side, a parent in an assisted living facility, whereas on my side, one who will eventually be in one too. Both our mom's are passed away. If anyone thinks teenagers are a challenge, try dealing with a parent who has given up living. I'm not sure which is worse, but I lean towards the parent--watching them go downhill, let's just say it eats at you.
I joined Calorie Count because I wanted to participate in the forums. When I joined in August '08, I weighed in at 182, (down from the 301 pounds I started at 2 years earlier) which was only 3 pounds from my target weight. Since then I have gone on to hit a low of 174, with my current weight hanging at 177 pounds. I'm not so much proud of hitting my goal, rather I take joy in having accomplished it. I know I'm healthy--the blood pressure is normal again, I'm no longer a borderline diabetic, friends and co-workers who knew me before tell me I look good, and I have lots of energy. As I go through each and every day counting up my calories or stepping on a scale, I still get that great feeling of knowing that all that earlier dieting, it's mistakes, eating binges, including the guilt and later picking up the pieces and moving on, the frustrations of those dastardly weight plateaus, those seemingly endless nights of going to bed hungry and then getting up in the morning to eat a sparse breakfast and wondering if it was all worth it or if I would ever reach my target weight, I'm reminded that the answer is yes, it was all worth it. So why did I join? Because losing over 124 pounds was the hardest thing I've ever done in my life. Everyone who has ever lost even a few pounds knows how tough weight loss is. I went at dieting on my own and it worked for me. Now I'm on a lifelong journey of maintaining my weight. I don't want to do that alone. I'm here for the support, reading about other's triumphs, failures, and frustrations, and sharing my own hard learned lessons and words of encouragement to those going down the same road, whether they are behind me, at the same place, or ahead of me.
My history with Calorie Count is short, only 3 months, but I've gleaned a lot from reading the forums and other info provided on the website. I think most other folks have learned and know many of the same things I do about weight loss. Kudos to anyone who has taken the first step towards getting and staying healthy. Our culture is geared towards eating unhealthily; bucking the trend to lose weight is doubly hard because of it.
1. History with weight loss:
Started cc in june, lost well over the summer, down about 20, but completely stalled since I went back to teaching in September
2. History with Calorie Count:
See above!
3. Reason for joining this group:
Started it b/c our group has its own special interests, needs, etc.
4. Some interesting details about yourself, such as your job, your family, your pets and your interests:
I love to work out but have been plagued with injuries since September—unfortunately, that coincides with my cc dive, too! I’m just glad I haven’t gained any! I’m hanging right around 191-193; I’m 5’8 and will be 50 next March.
Good job on losing the 'about' 20, but I'm curious where you started from and where you want to get.
I'll share something with you that I learned about exercise: when I made up my mind to lose weight, I knew I had to change my habits for life. I also knew I hated exercise, especially running. So given that I had to eat less and move more, I looked around at all the options I had. I didn't have time for the gym or a pool, I didn't want to run, but I loved to walk. I get an hour for lunch, live in the beautiful Pacific Northwest, and so that is what I did (walk) everyday, and still do--5 days a week.
I haven't been plagued with injuries and the only times I don't get out there and walk is when I'm sick, which almost always coincides with a missed day of work, or extremely inclement weather (I mean extremely inclement--snow storms don't even deter me, it's ice that keeps me inside.) At my age, low impact is the way to go.
I wish you well in getting healed up and back at it. If you ever need encouragement or a willing ear for whatever you need to vent about, I'm willing to give support. I'll tell anyone who is willing to listen that losing all the weight I did is hands-down, the hardest thing I've ever done. So I get it, believe me.
I also hope we see some other folks in here.
Hi, First off let me say how wonderful it is to have finally found a wonderful group of women over 50 that understand the struggle of weight loss. That's why I joined this group. It's nice to share and learn.
My first struggle with keeping my normal body weight was at age 40 when I experienced early menopause. I found my self post-menopausal by the age of 41 and it continuted to pick up 6-9 lbs per year. Prior to age 40 I never had a problem, even after giving birth to my children. Now at age 50, I now find myself with 45 lbs left to lose.
I first started to change my life last year, when at that time I had a 75 lb gain since the age of 41. I went through divorce in 2005 when my husband was found cheating with a woman, as he put it, 'that wasn't fat'. After the divorce my struggle with weight continued. Last year was the turning point and I decided to lower my calorie intake to 1400 per day and incorporate 30 minutes of exercise per day (at least 6 days a week). I keep my diet working in healthy guidlines such as 5 servings of fruits and veggies, 2 dairy servings per day, I limit my carbs to 4 servings per day, and I stay away from fried foods and fat/sugar ladden food choices. For me, it's all about food choices now. I still eat a good quantity of food to stay full, I just choose wisely now.
I'm still single although my guy lives with me at my house (don't know if I ever want to remarry), I am a grandmother of 2 girls and I have a tiny Yorkshire Terrier. I work a sedentary job where I manage an engineering/electrical business and sit 8-9 hours per day. So last year I took off 30 lb and this year I plan to take off at least another 30, perhaps the entire 45!
Hello, My name is Kathy, I'm 55 years old, been married for 35 years, have a son & daughter, 5 grandchildren, two precious dogs a male mini schnouzer Roscoe, and a female maltese Maddie Mae.
I joined cc for the support and recipes and advice from other members, this is a great site. I am very much over weight I am 5"1 and weigh 147 my goal weight is 110. I've noticed now that I'm older the weight doesn't come off as fast as it used to. I am a homemaker (stay at home) don't exercise I know thats bad, I have been on a 1000 calorie diet, eat everything just as long as I don't go over my calorie limit. I started counting calories April 21st. 09, and the weight just isn't comeing off like it used to..I count and write down every little thing I put in my mouth..Oh yes my starting weight was 155.
Tell me about it. I'm trying to stay at 1000, but lets face it that's not much and you're right it's not coming off. What is coming off is very slow.
I don't see how I can lose weight at 1400 calories, but I know I don't exercise enough and my job is pretty much a desk job.
My girlfriend is 5.2 and 154 and she's have a terrible time getting into the 140's.
My husband has gone for a week so I know that' going to make it way to easy to snack. I love being 49 and actually looking forward to 50, because I sure felt different about 40. I guess it's vanity as much as the health, but some vanity isn't a bad thing...is it?
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