Age 50+ Bios

stephcaselli · 05-29-2011, 01:29 PM

I am new to this group. I am definitely over 50. I work as an L&D nurse in San Francisco. I just started on the Dukan diet a few weeks ago. So far I have lost 13 pounds. Like many, I have lost and gained probably hundreds of pounds during my life. This time I am determined to lose the weight and keep it off. It does get much harder to lose weight as we get older.

katadams · 06-22-2011, 06:13 PM

Greetings from Richmond, Va! I am 58 years old, married, have a daughter who is 28 (out of the nest) and am now mother to my pug, Empi, who is 6 years old. I love to read, and enjoy most anything except romance novels. I just recently bought a Kindle and am enjoying the benefit of being able to download a surplus of classics free; there are many I never read and having fun with those. I also enjoy movies and television, but would find it hard, as with the books to name favorites; just too many to chose from. My musical tastes are very eclectic ranging from Led Zeppelin to Mozart to Celtic and back to Neil Young. I enjoy being outdoors and nature photography is a hobby. I enjoy cooking, especially trying new recipes and trying to “copy-cat foods” I have had out in restaurants and loved. I am also interested in Astrology, read tarot, and enjoy anything relating to the supernatural or metaphysical.

Wrestling with my weight has been a life ling struggle...I am 5’6” and weigh 185.5 as of today; my goal is to reach 148 lbs, which is a little under the minimum for not being classified as overweight. I would like to reach goal by the end of 2011. I have benefited from both Weight Watches and South Beach in the past, however, have always had the most success with counting calories…since is the most comfortable for me, that is form of diet, along with 15-30 minutes walking each day. I’d like to look better but my primary goal is to feel better and have more energy!
I am fortunate to have family who encourage and support me in reaching my goal. I am looking forward to meeting you and getting to know you on the boards. I have found message forums to be very helpful and supportive in the past and am looking forward to familiarizing myself with this one! I hope to be supportive as well See you on the boards!

stargazer1950 · 06-23-2011, 11:49 PM

Hello, I'm 60 yrs old. My birthday is October 14th. I'm married 31 yrs, 32 in November. I have 3 grown children, 6 grandchildren. I live in Henderson Nevada and today is 108 degrees. We spent time today in the pool ( survival secret ) I love to go to yard sales, flea markets and used bookstores. I also like to go to Bingo. I have a group of friends who get together once a week tp play cards. We play a fun version of crazy 8's. My favorite TV show this year is The Big Bang Theory. I also love watching makeover shows, decorating competition shows and cooking challenge shows. I am a life long fan of Star Trek. My favorie movie is A Tree Grows In Brooklyn. My favorite book(s) are the Lord Of The Rings Trilogy. My starting weigt is 217 , right now I am 210. I use the Exchange System with weighing and mesuring. I swim and walk for exersise. My goal is to get healthier and get this weight off me. My special hope is to look better in clothes. My aspirations is to be a kinder person. My challenge is an extreme love of potatochip, and leg pain when I walk.

Floriduh · 06-25-2011, 11:47 PM

Greetings! 52 years young and starting the lifestyle changes necessary with a recent diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes. I will be a 5 year survivor of endometrial cancer December 26, 2011. Learned I was spilling sugar in my urine, with a blood glucose of 257 on June 1, 2011. Since then, have not consumed bread, rice, potatoes, english muffins, cake, ice cream, or pizza. Quit cold turkey--on second thought--I eat a lot of cold turkey these days. Cravings are for dark chocolate and sugar cookies.

A small business owner, working at home, sitting in front of the computer most days. Found this site a couple of days ago, and I appreciate the support y'all give to each other. Support at home is mediocre, although the cat and dog enjoy sitting by the pool watching my new water aerobics routine. I'm in for the long haul, with a big goal to lose 94lbs. Currently 224lbs.

My favorite hobby is gardening. Our primary growing season is during the winter months in Florida.

Quixotica · 06-26-2011, 05:34 PM

Hello Everyone,
I was active here for a year or so a few years ago and my weight went down, up, down, up...
You know the cycle, right? Well, about a year-and-a-half ago I was DX'd with type II diabetes, early on stage because I had worked in the health field and knew the symptoms so I got myself tested. My AIC started out at 7.8 and now wavers between 5.6 and 6.4 depending mostly upon stress and its effects on my food consumption/will to eat well.

I am married with two grown boys. I live in California in the Coastal Mountains. My passions are gardening, reading, travel and cooking.

I was a pastry chef for years and can attribute much of my weight gain to an addiction to sweets and a craving for carbs; when I was young I thought being a pastry chef was so amazing and fascinating...I loved baking up all those fabulous desserts to wow all my friends, now, however, I realize that for me that part of my diet is toxic.

I know that diabetes is progressive and I want to halt its progression in its tracks, and the best thing I can do is lose some weight and Keep it off!

My immediate goal is to lose 20 pounds. The seventy pounds I need to lose is just too huge to think about. I lost 30 pounds a couple of years ago, but have gained back 15 recently. I want to fit into that last past stage of clothing by the end of the summer!
Currently, I weigh 204 and hope to weigh 185 by the end of August...

sweetlinable · 07-07-2011, 10:32 AM

Hi everyone!! i am 64 years old, on my 4th day of south beach diet - phase 1 and struggling to do without my bad carbs. my birthday is january 9th. i live with my SO, Jim, and our 3 catkids, Cocoa, Bella and Jack, all rescues, in western new york. i love animals, reading, gardening, counted cross-stitch, cooking, collecting dolls, cookbooks, and chickens(not real ones). i weigh 169 lbs and hope to lose 30 lbs within a year, if not sooner. i love this thread because you are all so supportive. good luck to all of us!!

Scarlett-Rose · 07-09-2011, 10:14 PM

Hi,
I am 50 years old and have stuggled with my weight ALL of my LIFE!

I did the "PRISM" diet about 3-4 years ago and lost 33 lbs. in 16 weeks. It was good as long as I had my support group. When warm weather came, the group broke up, and sadly...everyone returned to higher weights.

I am looking at doing the Somersize diet. I remember this plan from my 20's, when I was pregnant alot and raising kids, and it didn't work for me then. It was a diet divised by Don Krause, who used it to put his cancer in remission. I've also found it under the title of "Fit for Life," and "The Lazy Lady's Easy Diet." Funny how a celebrity sticks their name on it and it's more noticable.

Anyway, I'm new to your forum, am married and have 5 kids. There's more on me, but would like to hear from someone first to see if this is a workable format for me to get support.

puneri · 07-10-2011, 10:41 PM

Hi everyone,
I am new to this forum I am on 17 day diet for last 1 month. Do exercise 1hour/day for 5 days of a week.
In second cycle my weight is fluctuating. Any body on this diet plan?

msbell · 07-14-2011, 10:55 AM

Hi -

I'm Anna. I'm 51 years young (w/b 52 in Aug), have been married to my sweetie 32 years this month, we have 2 sons and 2 grandsons (they are all my heart), are you noticing the male theme here (I was the middle child of 5 and guess what ... I'm the only girl : ) we have one dog that is truly a big baby. I love to read ..I wish I had more time to read. Movies are fun. Family and friends really are my hobby though. I do love to travel with my sweetie. We haven't done too much as we've been busy raising a family, but when we do, we enjoy ourselves.

I work in a large call center as a mgr (grueling : ) We're about 20 mins from Philly in NJ.

Guilty TV pleasures are Idol, Biggest Loser, Desperate Housewives. America's Got Talent is really good this year. The other reality shows are not really my faves like real housewives of whatever city you want to pick and Jersey Shore.

The diet and exercise part is the challenging part which is why I wanted to join....working in a call center and at night presents the biggest challenges. I just end up craving all the bad stuff. I bring my lean cuisine, yogurt, string cheese and fruit, but it all stays in the fridge. Then I exist on coffee, salt and sugar. Then I go home feeling horrible, can't sleep and vow to never do it again...until the next night. Right now exercise is pretty non existent except for the P.T. for my pinched nerves and I have to do that in about 5 hours.

I hope though to lose about 75 pounds. My goal is to be healthy. I've watched so many loved ones fight this battle (and lose) that s/b motivating to me, but I'm weak. Right now my mom in law is fighting pancreatic cancer, my mom died at 54 (cancer and heavy all her life) and my dad in law died from colon cancer. All of these were results from diet. Some of it may have been genetics, but I'm sure that most of it was also diet related.

I've done weight watchers, jenny craig, and even my own thing while working out with richard simmons. That was fun and I was quite successful. I think that really did in my knees though. He went one way and I went the other. I've never truly met my goal though. I did lose 40 lbs when I had bi lateral knee replacements. When my therapy was done guess what came right back... all of the pounds and a few more.

So, today is the 14th day of July 2011 and my journey continues.

Honestly though, the time that I spent today on the site will definitely be a motivator for me today. I'm really glad I joined. This is my first time that I've ever done this so I'm sure I've made mistakes all over the place. LOL

I wish everyone a fabulous, beautiful day.

dancer41 · 08-10-2011, 01:07 AM

I am 69 years old and live on the central gulf coast of Florida in the beautiful town of Venice. I have 2 grown children and one adorable grandson. I live with 2 precocious cats. My hobbies are photography and ballroom dance.

I woke up one morning and realized that I simply did not want to be fat any more so I started on the IP program. I am very happy with it - down another 3 pounds at my last weigh-in. Looking forward to the next one. Have not told anyone in my family of my project - can't wait to see the expressions on their faces!

Mom2TCS · 08-21-2011, 05:09 AM

Hi everyone!

My name is Darcy and I reside in San Diego, CA, with my husband and 3 sons. As much as I've tried to denied that another decade has snuck up on me, it truly has and I need to take ownership of that -- and after cruising through the Golden Girls thread, turning 50 seems to put me in the company of a great group of women I'd love to join, so I'm posting my bio now and then will dive in to the other thread. Sorry for the length, but thought I'd throw my story out there in detail up front. :-)

In my past life, I majored in horticulture but was never able to be employed in that capacity. Instead, I went through a 2-year internship/training program as a budget analyst for the Dept. of Defense and worked as a budget analyst afterwards for several years, where I met my husband. When our first baby was born and childcare fell apart, I quit my job to stay home with him. It didn't take long to realize that wasn't going to work the way we thought it would financially, so I was in need of a new career I could do from home, so after a training course I became a medical transcriptionist because I always loved all things medical. What started out as a part-time job quickly morphed to a full-time job with crazy hours and long nights, not at all condusive to good health. Adding on a 2nd job didn't help with that, but allowed me the chance to move into management and expand my horizons a bit, but my hours sitting in front of a computer continued to grow, and exercise and eating right took an "easy" back seat. From that point on, it seemed to be a matter of "if I exercise for an hour, that just means I'll be up an extra hour tonight working to make up for it", and with my short hours in bed every night, it was a no-brainer to talk myself out of exercising. Add in 2 more kids and.....well, you know the result!

Back in 2005, I was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, but at the same time I was waiting for a diagnosis, my doctor was worried about my blood pressure and blood sugar and was so focused on those that he dismissed the RA symptoms (told me just to take a couple ibuprofen a day until I saw the rheumatologist for confirmation of the diagnosis -- like that type of pain would be fixed with ibuprofen? I think not! Not to mention the pain and stress of the condition definitely raised both blood pressure and blood sugar). He threatened that if I didn't lose weight and get my blood pressure and blood sugar under control, I'd be on 5 different medicines for the rest of my life. I didn't like his attitude at all, but I started dieting and after the prednisone started helping with the pain and stiffness, I also started walking -- I lost 19 lbs in 6 weeks, 10 of that while on prednisone. I was so excited about my next appointment and showing him what I accomplished, but when I got there he walked in, looked at the sheet on the chart with the current weight and said "If you think you can control this with diet and exercise alone, you need to lose at least 10 pounds." I was so hurt. I said "Did you not notice the 19 lbs I already lost?" To which he replied "well, obviously you're working at it." The tone was so condenscending and I was crushed. It took all I had to keep it together through that appointment, but I broke down in tears back in the car, bought a very off-limit treat on the way home, and began a downward spiral food-wise that undid all that hard work and I gained the weight back. Needless to say, I never returned to him -- and never took the time to find a replacement doctor either. I obviously had done all the work for him rather than me, and that was a huge mistake.

Two years ago, I got sick with a fever and then a cough that wouldn't go away. My OB/GYN and rheumatologist both had appointments with me during the weeks I had that and both thought it sounded viral, so I didn't bother getting it checked. But after 3 weeks, it was still there, so my husband finally called and got me an appt. with another physician because I hadn't done so. I was diagnosed with pneumonia but also found a great doctor I felt I could really work with, who actually took his time with his patients. I was sick, but oh-so happy too! I never scheduled a physical, but saw him for a couple of acute visits, still kind of in denial of any lurking problems there might be.

In May of this year, I saw my rheumatologist, who noted my blood pressure was high. I got home and had a call waiting from my primary doctor's office asking me to schedule a visit to discuss it. It was high that day too, and I could no longer deny there was an issue, since these 2 visits were both when I was feeling good! I bought a blood pressure meter and tested many times a day for 2 weeks and took in the readings -- not really high, but with the history of high readings and mine in the 120s/130s, he opted to start me on lisinopril. Didn't take long after turning 50 in Feb to start falling apart. LOL He ran a bunch of labs and while glucose was borderline, everything else was normal and surprised me (and allowed me to stay in denial). I had a follow-up in July, with the same labs run again, and glucose had increased, as had A1c and cholesterol -- and my weight was up by 4 lbs, despite no real change in a not great diet and no exercise happening over those 2 months. Blood pressure was great, but suddenly that wasn't the real concern. I told him I knew what I needed to do but hadn't managed to find the time to do it. He said "I'm giving you 2 months to get your butt in gear and start walking and watching your diet, and then we'll repeat labs and go from there." If it's not better, I'll be on the meds for blood sugar, cholesterol, aspirin, etc. Having a doctor who is willing to work with me, supports me, encourages without threatening --- wow, makes a huge difference in how I accept it. I'm truly willing to work with him and make this happen this time!

So, I'm not on any specific program or diet yet, as I'm not sure which way I want to go, but I'm watching portions and have cut out all snack foods, cookies, etc. I'm finding it much easier to reach for veggies, cashews, fruit, etc. for snacks rather than the easy carbs I would have grabbed before (at least in these early days). I'm not able to walk consistently every day yet due to work demands, but I have worked in some walks since my last appointment, and have even gotten my kids out with me for some. I've only lost 3 pounds, but it's a start and the eating habits have to be helping, even if just mentally right now, to set me up to keep going later on. I think the support and accountability from 3FC and the Golden Girls will help me stay on track, and I'm really looking forward to becoming part of the group!

Darcy

fitchy · 08-24-2011, 02:37 AM

PERSONAL INFORMATION: Hi, my name is Mary Fitch. 'Fitchy' is a family nickname, and my avatar is a tribute to my special guy, Boris, our black tomcat. He was a stray who refused to go away, and now he's in charge of most everything around here. He makes my life so much happier and less stressful. Who knew?

I am a 51 year old wife/mom/stepmom/grandma. I have raised a total of 7 boys and 1 girl, all of whom are grown and gone, with the exception of the 17 year old who will be out the door shortly if he doesn't shape up! (Just a little joke..) I am happily married to a kind and gentle man who came into my life with his 4 young boys in 2001, five years after my brutal divorce and just months after the last of my first 4 kids had left home. I like to believe that God sent him to rescue me from my loneliness; he and the boys have been such blessings in my life. I have grandies in New York, Oklahoma, and (thankfully) just down the road from me. I could not possibly be more proud of my kids and their families.

I am an avid gardener. We live in a small town, with large lots, no fences, and enormous evergreen trees, and the garden is my little piece of pure heaven. My biggest challenge is the herd of deer that view my garden as their personal buffet, so it has been a real learning experience to find beautiful things that they won't eat.

I also love to read, and one of my favorite things ever is my Kindle. I wasn’t sure I could live with not having the feel of the pages under my fingers, but it is just awesome. I take it with me wherever I go, and I download (too many

) books when they are on super sale, so I always have lots of choices.

I work as an analyst at a nearby municipality. My job is to assist three department heads with whatever is ‘on fire’ at the moment, as well as management of the City’s two development funds. Although the job is quite stressful, I consider myself very lucky to work with some of the nicest people I've ever known. And, for whatever it’s worth, there’s never a dull moment!

DIET/EXERCISE REGIMEN: I have battled my weight my entire life. I know that ‘big boned’ sounds lame, but I really am, so at 5’11” tall and on the <ahem> large side, I have pretty much always been ashamed of my body. When I look back at photos of myself during my teen years, though, I am always shocked and can’t believe I thought I was fat! I look good at 200 lbs, and thin at about 175 lbs. I’ve tried various diets off and on over the years, but I always manage to put the weight back on, plus some. I guess I’m probably not the only member of that club...

I was a very good athlete as a young woman; however, in 1984, I suffered a severe knee injury (detachment of the ACL and torn MCL/LCL) and underwent major reconstructive surgery that pretty much ended my hopes for a career in anything exciting. Back then, the practice was to cast the leg for 16 weeks, and by the time the cast was removed, the muscles had atrophied and the joint had lost significant range of motion. I never recovered full use of the knee, and over the years I have developed severe arthritis as a result. I am currently waiting for a lull at work (yeah, right) so I can take 6 weeks off to have the knee replaced. Can’t wait!

Two years ago, I underwent an emergency lumbar laminectomy and fusion (L3-L5) to remove a mass on my spine and repair the degeneration that had apparently caused it. I was bedridden and off work for several months, and during that time I had very limited mobility and gained weight until I reached my heaviest at 256 lbs. Although I don’t consider myself horribly obese (I’m quite tall and wear a misses size 18) I was so uncomfortable and out of shape, I knew I had to take some action.

So here I am, again, working on a food plan and trying my best to strengthen my muscles in anticipation of the knee surgery. I have had success on low carb plans in the past, but I would always eventually break down and go back to my old, unhealthy eating habits. This time, I’m doing the Belly Fat Cure, and it has been a miracle for me. Giving up the sugar has reduced my cravings, and I am allowed enough daily carbs that I don’t feel deprived. I set my weight loss ticker at 250, although I’m fairly certain I’ve lost more than 6 pound in the 6 weeks I’ve been following the plan. I don’t want to weigh yet, because I’m hoping I can view the weight loss as just a good side effect of getting healthy.

My blood sugar is completely under control now (I was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes about a year ago) and I feel fantastic. My plan is to weigh when I drop a clothes size, which shouldn’t take much longer at this rate.

As for exercise, I am pretty much limited to limping around and gardening, although I have been going to physical therapy for the past 4 weeks in preparation for the TKR and have gained some strength and range of motion. I’m hoping I will gain enough flex to be able to work out on the elliptical trainer Santa brought me last Christmas. At this point, I feel successful just having managed to get it out of the box and assembled. What a workout that was!

SPECIAL HOPES/ASPIRATIONS/ACHIEVEMENTS/CHALLENGES: I feel positive and hopeful about my chances at success this time around. I’ve found that at this age, my body responds very quickly to bad habits, and I think I finally ‘hit bottom’ after the back surgery and the extra weight gain. I want to be around a long time… I have grandies to raise and retirement just over the horizon!

Sinoia · 09-17-2011, 11:09 AM

PERSONAL INFORMATION: Hi. I am 59, 60 in November and my original plan was a balloon flight but, given that it will be nasty and cold, am opting for a helicopter ride down the Rhein. My partner and I have been together for thirteen years (three failed marriages prior) and are devoted. We met online playing a text MUD, she a necromancer and I an animist, so she `killed' me a lot. A couple of real life meets later and now here we are! No kids.

I read a lot, any genre as long as the writing is excellent but a particular fondness for Orson Scott Card and Neal Stephenson at the moment. Huge fan of John Irving and John Le Carre. I lean towards classical music and it depends on the mood I am in whether I want Beethoven or Prokofiev, or even choral.

I am an inveterate fantasy gamer, starting from Dungeons and Dragons and leapt right into computer multiuser games with indecent haste and enthusiasm starting with MUD1 before there was an internet, and racing up through all other games from text muds up to the likes of Everquest, World of Warcraft and now Rift.

I do not watch much telly. I really like How Do They Do It, and How It Works type programmes and some nature series ... and then, on the other scale I get totally immersed in Strictly Come Dancing, The X Factor and would not miss Dr Who and Torchwood for the world. We tend to watch a lot of DvDs and I enjoy anything other than vampires and mafia normally. If we watch series we get them on DvD rather than follow them on the telly so at the moment we are fans of Dexter, Sons of Anarchy etcetc

We live in Germany, have been here for over four years now, having left Britain after far too many traumas there. I am originally from what was Southern Rhodesia (when I was born) and now is Zimbabwe and I have lived in various countries ... Portuguese East Africa, South Africa, Eire, Eqypt, UK (Wales for several years). I feel very comfortable and at home in Germany, for the first time since I left home (Rhodesia). I do not see myself moving again and I do see myself being a citizen.

DIET / EXERCISE REGIMEN: I am 5`2" and weight 229.80lbs (as of today). I hope to lose another 90lbs, I would love more but I am being realistic ... I shall not be 8 stone again I think!

At the moment I do two exercise sessions in the day, 40 minutes on the dancemat plus upper body exercises, and later I do 40 minutes on the treadmill. I am adding both time and speed and extra upper body exercises each week, nothing too manic ... just notching up the treadmill speed in increments of .1 per week so only doing 3.2 kph right now, plus the dancemat is in simple, beginner tunes, I will go another few weeks before I go intermediate. And upper body, just added the pound wrist weights last week and upped the number of rolls, swings and things.

I do have a Wii and the fitness programs. I shall do another session in the evenings when the cold weather sets in again using the Wii. My balance really sucks right now with this tummy of mine so things like the cycling session really kill my back. That will come right as my muscles improve and my tummy weight drops.

Foodwise, I am on low fat anyway due to gallstones - so was used to no cheese, eggs, milk or marbled meats etc. I was never a sweet person - not into the chocolate but I do love savories. I miss fries still! I was vegetarian (macrobiotic) for a time and that really kept me trim but I find it hard to maintain now and meat crept back in the diet. I use a lot of chicken and turkey breast, and salmon, fresh vegetables, salads and fruit. The only thing that works for me is low cals and exercise. I don't count calories, I don't want to be that immersed in case I lose it.

I am more concerned with fitness and health rather than how I look, though I would not mind being a gorgeous old woman I cannot see that quite happening so will settle for sprightly and twinkly with wrinkly.

SPECIAL HOPES / ASPIRATIONS / ACHIEVMENTS / CHALLENGES: I mentioned that I have lived in Germany for more than four years now .... and I do not speak German. So this is my aspiration. I am agoraphobic so I don't speak to anyone other than my partner and I never go out unless with her. She speaks fluent German so I never really have to open my mouth. So, yes, I want to read and write German excellently.

I am not going to reach beyond agoraphobia right now. I have a wonderful, happy life which I spend with the best person I have ever known. Sometime in the future I may venture forth alone but right now the only pressure I see in it is if I need to be in hospital or some other place she cannot or would not want to be. We have had all `those conversations' relating to the agoraphobia and I know and trust that if she were feeling pressured or badly about it she would tell me and I would break heaven on make something change. Right now we are just happy and we go wonderful places around here.

I also want, next year, to be able to go cycling with her. She goes out alone now and brings me back photographs, or she tries to show me where she cycles when we drive around. We are so near the Black Forest and some amazing cycleways. I want to have the weight dropped and be fit enough to go with her come next summer.

And I have an electronic keyboard which I am practising daily at. My mum was an amazing pianist, she was concert pianist standard. As a child I was `promising' and won an eistedford against juniors twice my age (I played Beethoven at six years old!) For some reason I lost my way on this one. I would just like to knock out a couple of tunes for now... the grand piano can come in time.

And I want to write again. I had three novels published some years ago and I loved it. Tragedies intervened and I put down the pen and have not picked it up. Lately, though, my imagination and muse are revisiting and I am tentative. Who knows. I have drafted some ideas for a synopsis and fleshed out a few characters ...

I did the uni thing ... psychology and philosophy. For a while, weirdly enough, I also lectured ... in marine law. I had a career, made a lot of money, lost it, lived wildly...

Right now I feel the best emotionally, the least best physically. I am aiming to get the latter up to the level of the former and then I reckon I have it whipped!

HeatherF · 09-28-2011, 10:04 AM

Hello All,

I'm turning 55 in November which motivated me to get on the ol' weigh loss train again. The weigh has come and gone over the years (mostly come.) Three years ago I got down to 170ish and kept it off for a year before sliding back to those old habits. . . boo

So I'm married and we have a 17yo son who JUST got his drivers license.

I teach art to kids and own a KidzArt franchise. I dabble doing my own art. We live in the Raleigh, NC area.

I am following the LA Weight Loss program. I did the program twice in the past with success so I have all the program materials. LAWL is sensible plan of healthy eating, similar to WW. You eat X number of food servings per day. The plan incorporates snack bars which is great for me cause I have a huge sweet tooth. Today I'm on the second day of the "TakeOff" two day pan where I drink a nutritious juice and eat just raw green veggies and lean proteins. This helps jump-start the weight loss and is supposed to reset your metabolism

I'm 5"8 and two days ago weighed 240 - I'm down a lb or two - yea! My goal is to get to 180 or 170. 180 sounds huge, but at that weigh, I fit into a size 10 and look attractively curvy.

I'm looking forward to getting to know you!

April May · 10-01-2011, 09:30 PM

Hello,
My 1st post. I hope to weigh 125 at the end of my diet.
I am married, have 4 grown children and work fulltime.