[MPD]

Hello, everyone! I tripped on this site yesterday while I was trying to decide.....again....... what kind of eating plan I would begin, i.e., Weight Watchers, South Beach, blah, blah, blah. I finally decided I would do what I know is right - eat less, move more - but, since I found this site anyway, I thought I would try a little support. I believe that [i]nothing is an accident[i] so maybe the reason I found this site is b/c the support would be helpful.

As you'll see from my profile, I'm 59, a grandmother, mother, wife and am incredibly lucky and happy; however, I have an extremely demanding, stressful career. One of the perks, some would argue, of my job is that I eat out a lot and travel a lot...both domestically and internationally. My next trip is to Paris at the end of March so I'm trying to knock off 5-10 pounds before I go.....I would ultimately like to lose 40-50 but the 5-10# is b/c I know that, try as I may, I'll be eating more fattening goods than I usually do here at home. I'll be walking a lot but not sure if my hotel will have eliptical and weights that I usually do here.

Anyway, that's enough.......like I say, just saying hello and glad to find this site and this 50+ group. Thanks, MPD

[meowee]

We are glad you found us MPD . . . you will (I hope) love it around here . . . the support is wonderful . . .

[the slim me]

Hi MPD, Welcome to the site. I know you will find a group that you can relate to here. I'm in the Golden Girls group and they are a bunch of wonderful, interesting, supportive women. Look around, post, enjoy.

[Grananny]

Hi -

I'm new to this also - just trying to find my way around. I'm also a Grammy - spend my days watching 2 little ones and I love it. I am, however, very tired of carrying all this weight around while I chase a 2 year old! Hopefully this IP program will work - just started yesterday so we will see. Just don't want to loose my hair like I did on other programs - sigh.

I would love to have some friends to chat with about the journey - I find that I do better when I have someone to chat with - but not the come and check in and be weighed groups. Those I avoid because they don't motivate me - just the opposite. But chatting on-line and making new friends who are in the same boat with me right now would be loads of fun!

Barbara

[Releve]

Welcome aboard and good luck on shedding a few before the trip to Paris. Of course we'll want to hear all about it when you return.

Cindy