Really scared newbie
 

Hello,

This is my first time in a group and very new to the computer-----so please have patience with me...

About myself, i am sorta of old 56--- but that is ok-- am married -- have 3 grown children -- 2 dogs .. am over weight and need some support ...please help me j s

Hi there Shrimp!
Im a pretty fresh chick here too, just about a week.
Glad you're here...keep posting, you'll get the hang of it!
Plus you'll get great support here! :grouphug:

Hi Shrimp this is the place to be the people on this forum rock and help ya a real lot hope to see your posts.

hi shrimp i am 56 also and that is NOTOLD, i am on mt umpteenth diet but seems to be going better this time,welcome! hope to see you around, pat

:wave: welcome Shrimp!

Hi Shrimp, I read here more than I post. But everyone is great. I'm 44 and find it refreshing when there are people closer to my age posting. We have alot of new mom's and they are all wonderful, but my kids are all grown also. So :wave: welcome aboard.

Are you following a specific program? I am trying to stick to sugar busters, but my cycle has been throwing me for a loop. Actually have some tests coming up and possibly surgery :?: :stress: along with other health issues I'm battling. It's all making me feel very old.

Anyway enough of my probs, post often, share what you feel like sharing.

It really is a great place.

Hello Donna,

Thanks for responding ...this is so very embarrassing. :^:

i never thought i would be asking for help from people that i don't even know yet...no, i am not on a program yet..i need help even with that ...i guess i have tried about every diet known to man and even some animals.. lol .. as you can see i am not very good at this typing and forget to do the caps.but stay with me as i learn even though i look sorta dumb...am babyingsitting a dog and her mom just came home so i will sign good noc shrimpy

hi Pat
 

Hello
i won't be useing caps just yet as i am just learning to hen pick( one letter at a time) i hope your diet works this time.... i also have been ao so many diets that i am really scared that i will fail again but with wonderful people like you for support maybe i will have a chance this time....i live in wisconsin...and i need help with what kind of diet to try....maybe i will start on ww tomarrow ...i need to lose 90 lbs enough...have to back off as i am very embarrass. take care shrimpy

Hi Shrimpy,
I'm also new to the group, live in Wisconsin and am still struggling with this weight thing. I'm retired and live alone, so you would think that making the right choices would be easy. I followed Weight Watchers a year and a half ago and got within a few pounds of what I would like to weigh ... and then I quit journaling and am right back up there again. So am back to square one. I do like WW as it lets me eat all the fruits and vegetables that I enjoy and just limits the fat (like red meat and butter which are my weakness!) I can truly say I feel much better when I am on WW. You're doing great on the computer .... no one on any forum I've been on judges you on your computer skills ... just post away and have fun. I love e-mail and have made lots of new friends on-line. Hope to talk to you again soon. Bev (in the southwestern part of WI)

good afternoon bev :)
well so far today i have not cheated with food i made 12 doz ginger snap cookies no i didn't try one but my dogs did and they said they were good and could they have more or coarse the answer was no i will have to put them out sight.. hopefully out of mind take care shrimpy :)

HI! Shrimp I am new also so welcome I am a oldie alsoLOL (56) like you trying to find out what will be best for me right now just cutting out sweets and I have lost on that so hope that you will finf some kind of diet to help you also have a house of pets3 dogs Rita

Hi ladies,

Like a couple of you I am in my forties, and NOT OLD. Also, like you, I have been on so many diets the thought of going on another structured diet will not even enter my brain. I am doing very well on the plan that I am on now, you might want to try it. I log on to fitday.com many times a day and enter what I have eaten for the day. I eat what ever I want but I keep my calories below 1400 per day and fat grams below 40 grams per day. Everyone at 3fatchicks.com are probably sick of seeing me write about it but I can't say enough good things about fitday.com. I has been a tremendous help to me. I have been able to control what I am eating for longer than I have I a long time.

HI RITA, HOW ARE YOU DOING?

Hey guys ... none of you are old!!!! I'm 66 and I refuse to be OLD. A bit (or maybe more than a bit) overweight, maybe ... but never old. My mom is 84 and still refers to some of the members of her seniors' group as "the older ladies". Now I know for a fact that she's older than quite a few of them, but bless her heart, I gotta' admire that attitude! Age doesn't mean much anymore ... remember when Grandmas wore aprons and stayed home and cooked? Now they're at the Y working out. Nice to find you guys, though. When the young moms are talking about their two-year-olds, I'm just glad I'm waaaaay past that stage!

Shrimp -- way to go with eating "right" today. I could NEVER bake cookies and not eat any. Wouldn't even try that. Glad your dogs thought they were okay, though! My dog thinks any human food is okay. I did have a chocoate-marshmallow cookie last night along with some lemon yogurt -- was still well within my WW point range though. Where do you live in Wisconsin? I have to be pretty close to you ... just south of Platteville.

Debbie -- counting fat grams sounds like a good idea. Means you have to eat good healthy food and Fitday sounds like an easy way to track it.

Hi Rita -- I have a niece in Sydney, OH so spend a couple weeks there every year -- usually one week in the Spring and one in the Fall. Her dad is an antique nut, so we do all the antique malls around there.

Everyone have a good afternoon --- Bev

hello i will try your fitday.com i guess that it helps to document everything you eat and that way you can really see what you are eating .....i am so happy that i found this site ...there is so much support that it make you want to succeed ..any how i am not sick of hearing about it as this is the first time i have heard about it (fitdat.com) thank you again :goodvibes shrimpy

hi Bev
i live in a small town 10 miles north of madison...my son went to platteville and majored in engineering ..i will try to stay with ww but sometimes my mouth get hungery-- not stomach-- just mouth..do you ever have this problem? :?: in fact he took me out to eat tonight and i think i didn't do to well ok i know i didn't do well i will try harder tomarrow take care shrimpy :goodvibes

hi Rita
i had 3 dogs but had to put one to sleep...my dogs are my life as they sleep with me ....then i have to vacuum the bed everyday but that is ok because they are worth it .. my first husband died on our 25th ann. and my second hubby is disabled so i hug on my babies....but they told me if i don't watch my weight better i may not be here to love them... i need a very strick diet because if you give me an inch i take a mile well have to get to bed as i work tomarrow 1a.m. comes early take care shrimpy

HI! Shrimp I sure know what you mean when you say your dogs are you babiesLOL mine took the place when my kids left home well my bed is like yours never no place for me to sleep I really wish you lots of luck on dieting just keep up a postive attitude sometimes we really have to be scared to do something about it the ladies are great never put you down keep you motivated which I desperately need at times when it comes to exercise if ever need to talk please feel free to IM me Rita

hi i am so disgusted with myself. went to visit my nephew in prison (sex with a 15 year old he was 19) and my sister took me out for supper and i oinked out ...i am sitting here wondering why i can't control my big mouth...sorta hate myself right now you have a good noc. shrimpy :cry:

shrimpy don't worry about the pig out we all do it. just pick yourself up and start over/ sometimes i have to start over often. just don't give up. what kind of dogs do you have? i have a very spoiled dashound. pat

hi Paperdoll i have 2 golden retrievers, as i said they are the love of my life ....one boy 4years ---jake----one fat girl---allie she is 9 years old....thanks for the support--this is why i like this place-- normally i would have got up this a.m. and started to eat again....but i saw your encouragement and made the choice not to eat and stay on program ww you were a lifesaver :dance: shrimpy

Hello ladies! I am a 50 yr old mother of 2, married 31 years, with my girl being married, my son, who is the oldest is getting married April 10th. I have a cat named Butterscotch and a Yorkie named Fortune who are my babies and I cannot forget my grandson, Thomas who will be 4 in June.

I read your posts and I am going to get on my :soap: now. Ask any of the people that know me and they know I PREACH this big time!

First off, 40-56-50- whatever is JUST a NUMBER! It is what we do with our lives that matter and keep us young. We are NEVER EVER too old to change our lives for the better. I am glad each of you have chosen to do so. One of the biggest things I harp about is seeing yourself as beautiful on the outside at your highest weight. I truly believe that women who can accept themselves when they feel at the bottom do much better than those who beat themselves up over coulda woulda shoulda. NOW is the time to take charge of your life and make positive changes. Look at me, I have lost over 100 lbs in the last year, went from being unable to walk from a store parking lot to the store (dh would let me off at the door) to walking a 5K last October and I let my dd convince me to do a 10 mile the end of May for Cystic Fibrosis though that is WAY more than I can do, I am going to shoot for 5 miles!

If you ladies are looking for a place to land, check out Time for Serious Fun on the Support Group Forum. I am the thread administrator and keep everything rolling right along. We have daily topics, you get daily points for staying on your weight loss program, drinking water and exercising, we have a quarterly challenge where the winner gets a Visa Gift Card, and we would LOVE to have you join us there! I can use more ladies my own age! :lol:

Good luck to each one of you and remember: If the desire to be healthy is stronger than the desire to die, you can do this!

Faye

Good afternoon everyone hope that you are having a good sunday Shrimp it seems like we all open our mouths at the wrong time!!!!!!!! just glad that you didnt go on a eating binge over it Golden retrivers are beatiful dogs I always had boxers just have one now she is 9 was always my hellion childLOL then wanted a lap dog so settled on a pug who is my hubby dog and son got me a pekeense who is hubby dogLOL HI Faye will look at the forum looks interesting and welcome have a great day Rita

faye hello
i went down to the store and spent $98.oo today ---also saw one of my old friends and was not feeling....beautiful on the inside or outside -- all the food was ww stuff---came home and read your post and realized i probably gave off the insecurity i was feeling-----as you saw i have alot of weight to lose but with help and suppore i feel ready to began a new life style--not one that revolves around food-- see you over in tfsf...thanks so much :goodvibes

shrimpy



rita--- no, as you can see i went out and spent money-----it sounds like you have alot of babies there also....i forgot to say i have 5 wonderful grandkids ---12,10,8.6.3 and they are all BOYS --have to go up to my mom and dad's ---it is his b-day 83----have to get to bed by 6:00p.m. as i get up at 1:00a.m. to go to work will talk tomarrow :) shrimpy