Hello.... looking for other posts for Over 60's???

I am finally able to get this to work after months of frustration! I am 61 and started JC last spring of 07. I have lost 36 lbs to date, and love the program. I hope to lose about 20 more this year. I have taken my time with this; I want it to be permanent, so I am hoping that by doing it slowly it will become a total lifestyle for me.

Hi California Lady,
I am 59 1/2 so I guess I can join the 60's crowd. (how did we get this old) I live in Camarillo and go to the Ventura center. I have lost 8 lbs so far and am looking forward to losing 20 more for now.
Jil

My mother and I both joined Jenny (again) mid-July 2007. I am 63 and she is 85. We've lost about 20 lbs. each. Being older, I guess, means our metabolism is just short of non-existent. I walk a mile on the trail every day and ride horses 2-3 times a week. Otherwise, I hate to exercise and count my incidental exercise from living on 64 acres in East County, San Diego, as part of my exercise routine. I have a treadmill in my living room, but just can't seem to make myself use it. It's so boring and I can't hear the TV when it's on so I can't even distract myself for the 20 minutes it takes to do 3 miles. Now that I'm talking about it, I think maybe I should try again. It might speed up my weight loss? What do you do for exercise?

I'd like to know what you think about Jenny's new website. I am very unhappy with it because it seems harder to make out menus and they dumped all our historical information on menus and weight tracking. What we really hoped they'd do is add the calories right next to the name of the food item so we could make better choices. Now you have to go to a separate window for each item and see what the nutritional information is. Very inconvenient. Also, why not add up our calories for the day and week for us so we could get a better idea of what we are eating? What do you think?

this is my first time in the new set up and I am not sure if it is working so this is a test

i've never responded to a post before...i've been on the jc program for over a year and have only lost 10 lbs. i've hit a major stop point and haven't been going or eating the food since christmas and have regained some of the weight. i have been exercising to the best of my ability...i have fibromyalgia so exercising not only needs motivation but i have to work through the pain as well. i'm going to spend a week with my grandchilren in ct and feel embarrassed to call the center for just breakfast and a snack, but i will today. over 60 is a hard point in our lives and i'm tired of seeing just younger women who have been successful and in a short period of time...thanks for sending your message and i hope that you are successful.

HI GUYS ,
I AM SUCH A SLOW LOSER COMPARED WITH THE YOUNGER SET BUT I AM LOSING. IF I LOSE 5 LBS A MONTH THAT IS 15-20 LBS BEFORE SUMMER. I'LL TAKE IT.
GOOD LUCK TO YOU ALL.
JIL

HI GUYS ,
I AM SUCH A SLOW LOSER COMPARED WITH THE YOUNGER SET BUT I AM LOSING. IF I LOSE 5 LBS A MONTH THAT IS 15-20 LBS BEFORE SUMMER. I'LL TAKE IT.
GOOD LUCK TO YOU ALL.
JIL

HI GUYS ,
I AM SUCH A SLOW LOSER COMPARED WITH THE YOUNGER SET BUT I AM LOSING. IF I LOSE 5 LBS A MONTH THAT IS 15-20 LBS BEFORE SUMMER. I'LL TAKE IT.
GOOD LUCK TO YOU ALL.
JIL

Hi Jil,
I go to the Ventura center also, who is your consultant? Donna is mine. I weigh in tomorrow morning...

good work on losing the 8 lbs so far! What are you doing for exercise? I walk...and walk...and walk! I use a pedometer on most days and find it helps me keep at it!

Don't give up! You've lost 10 pounds! That's something to be proud of, and your health is better for it...I spent last week with my son and daughter in law helping to paint their new baby's room (due Mar 24) and I took canned soups, snacks, and the canned chili, and the cereals. It all carried easily, and then I ate controlled portions of what they were eating for dinner. I think I did okay all in all, I am pleased with the way I handled the time. I may not lose anything tomorrow, I really don't know.
I actually took about 6 weeks off at Christmas, I needed the break mentally. I just was careful with my portions and ate lots and lots of vegetables!
Do the best you can to exercise, but be careful. Pain is very hard, and takes a lot of energy; I know. I've done the knee replacement thing; not fun.

Hi Connieb4,
you are doing so well...I think it's neat that you and your Mom are encouraging each other. I am doing this with my husband, and he hasn't lost very much, but feels better about having some control. It's important; he's diabetic, and his blood sugar has really improved. I got one of those balance balls at my center, and it's the only indoor exercise I do. I am mainly walking, outside, and a lot of the times I take my dog with me for company.
I am struggling a bit with the new website, but change always mades us stretch a bit, and that is good for my brain! I do miss the weight tracker, that was fun for me to keep each week. Maybe they'll add it back if we ask for it. BTW, I was born in San Diego...

Hi Everyone,
To the Newbie in Ventura I swim at the YMCA in Camarillo for exercise.
To all I also hate to see everyone lose weight so fast but I think that anything I lose is worth it. I feel better just taking 8 lbs off. Good luck to you all this week.
Jil

Hi Lavender Farmer,
Is it an indoor pool? I love to swim, but there aren't any indoor pools available in Ventura. We have the awesome new community park one on Kimball, but I haven't been in it yet.

Well, this is my first post also. I'm 62 and I've been on JC since Aug. 07 but haven't ever gotten into the forums before. I've lost 34 pounds in the 6 months I've been on the program, but it still seems really slow. That's mainly because I have congestive heart failure and that makes you really susceptible to retaining water. This last week I gained 6 pounds in a 2 day period - now I'm having to be extra careful with salt in order to get that back off!

I've also had a spinal fusion and am really limited on exercise options due to continuing pain. Walking is actually the hardest thing for me to do - isn't that a bummer? But this week I managed to get started again at a gym. I do better with the machines. But it's hard to go to the gym and do all that without someone to talk to. I'm hoping this forum will give me some added incentive.

Hi all.....yes being over 60 really slows down the weight loss. But I've lost over 30 since last July.....but I have lots to lose. I have hip pain, so sometimes walking can be a pain, but less so since I'm 30 lbs lighter.... I do dumbell lifts while I watch Wheel of Fortune....so that's 1/2 hour a day....I count any added movement as exercise. While I wait for an elevator I practice my balance exercise, if I'm not toting so groceries, I'll walk a flight or two of stairs rather than take the elevator.....Hopefully they will restore our Weight Tracker on this website...it was a real motivator to see my weight and BMI going down....

Hi Connie:

I think you have some great ideas there and I'm hoping Jenny Craig adds them. It would make it a lot easier on us. I understand there is more to come, so maybe we will get our wish. Let's keep our fingers crossed. I have been on Jenny Craig since December 20th. I love the program and I've lost 25 pounds and 15 inches all round. I do agree that it's slow, but I've got all the time in the world. I'm not in any hurry.

Betty Jo (I'm 60 and lovin it.)

Hi everyone,
I used to read the 60's posts last year when I just started back on Jenny Craig...this age group seems to be a busy bunch! We tend not to post every day. I just changed my personal settings to let me know when something is posted here...

I love that you were able to put your picture on yours, Betty Jo! You must be pretty techie!

Here in Ventura it's supposed to be sunny and 73 today; that would be just super....

I have a new grandson on the way March 24...we are all pretty excited about this, he's our 3rd gandchild, and our son and daughter in law's first...

I didn't do very well last week. I gained 2 pounds!!! I'm still kind of reeling from that one. I can't say I've done a lot to change it for the positive yet either. I need to get myself back in gear and stay on the program. I've been fooling around with it way too much, obviously! My weigh in is on Wednesdays.

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Hello Everyone:

Actually, I'm not really very techie. Just enough to get me in trouble. I just scanned the picture, reduced it and saved it to the JC site. California, I'm still trying to figure this JC site out. I'm not real good with the settings and I'm sure it has a lot more features than I'm using. You said you set your email so you would know when there's a post. Haven't found that yet.

I'm lovin Jenny Craig. This is absolutely the best program I've ever been on in my life and I've been on a bunch. I'm not hungry and I feel like I'm getting a lot to eat. I was a little worried in the beginning because I have a husband to cook for, but that's working out too. I just cook his and then heat mine in the microwave. Then I freeze the left overs so that the next time I cook, I can take his out of the freezer and heat it up. It's so funny. He wouldn't have what he calls a TV dinner, but I can freeze left overers and microwave them and he's good with eating those. Men.

So far I've lost 27 pounds and the last time I measured lost 15 inches all round. I'm due for another measuring at the end of February. This will be the first winter in about 40 years that I've lost weight instead of gaining. So I'm a very happy camper.

Good luck on your weight loss endeavors. I'll be checking into the site every day because it really helps to motivate me.

Betty Jo

Hi Everyone,
I've been gone for 3 weeks taking care of grandchildren while my daughter was in the hospital after a surgery gone bad. We almost lost her!!!

It's been a rough few weeks and I haven't lost anything - with all the changes here I'm not even sure anymore what my weight was the last time I posted. I am having one heck of a time with this new site and have to take the time to try to figure out how to get the ticker and everything else!! I feel like I have lost contact with everything while I was gone and then I come to the boards and that is all changed too!!!

Good luck to everyone with their losses!!

Hi Tipler,
you have had a very stressful and difficult time. Is your daughter doing better at this point? It had to be so scary for you.

I think we're all struggling to orient ourselves to this new format. I know I am.

Hi Betty Jo,
I can't tell you where I found that setting! I think it was in the profile section. I am just barely able to make all this work...I am on a high learning curve right now!

Jenny Craig really works well for me when I work well for the program. I really have been goofing around with it too much, and it backfired, and I did gain 2 pounds last week. I am weighing in Thursday this week, so I won't know how I did until tomorrow. My husband has been on it with me and he lost very well for the first time in a long time. He's diabetic, and it has changed his blood sugar levels to the point of almost normal now. But he's playing around with it, too, and has gained back around 10 pounds. He didn't have a lot to lose, but I appreciate the fact that he's aware of the concentration it takes for me.

Sooo...all that to say, I'm getting my head back around it, and I am looking forward to losing some more again!

I will try to have the courage to post a gain/loss tomorrow. I feel it could honestly go either way; I have had a couple very good days Tues-Wed, but oh they weren't good Fri-Mon!!!

hi everyone,
well, I lost most of what I'd gained...whew! I'm down 1.6 pounds and grateful for it. It's weird how much that gain really got to me, it really got into my head. I now have 2 baby showers to drive 100 miles to this weekend (one's my new grandbaby boy!). I am feeling that I'll be okay with the "being off program thing" by just watching the portions served and trying to make wise choices as possible.

jstme,
with your medical problems, I think you are doing just great. Actually, without the medical problems, I still think losing 34 pounds in just 6 months is wonderful! When my knee was at its' worst, all I could do was use a stationery bike...anything else just caused so much pain. Pain really slows us down, doesn't it? I am convinced that it is a huge energy drain also.

Diane 1995,
I see a new weight tracker listed in the etools section. I just haven't had the heart to redo all of my work that got dumped yet.

I will check in on how you are all getting through this week when I get back!

Hi Ladies:

It is so encouraging to read all your responses. Seems I have the same struggles as everyone else. Go figure Jenny Craig has been so good for me. I've lost consistently, but I've stuck to program closely. This has been a very rewarding journey so far. It's nice to know there is something that really works out there for all of us, not just the younger set.

My biggest challange so far is that I keep thinking I can do this without Jenny Craig. That little thought keeps sneaking into my mind. But I'm fighting those thoughts off with all my might. My next goal is to lose another 12 pounds. That will put me at half way and then I can start cooking some of my own meals, which will probably be a challange to me as well.

California Lady:

I'm getting used to the system too. It takes me a while, but eventually I get everything figured out.
I know you were really nervous about your last weigh in and I'm glad it was a lose. Gaining weight can cause your head to play tricks on you, so can over confidence. I'm fighting over confidence. I'm feeling confortable and that's not too good. I want you to keep up the good work. You've come too far to let this weight lose thing get to you. Little self talks might help. That's what I do when I get to feeling a little over confident.

Betty Jo

Hi there,

Just found this site. I'm 63 and have lost 18 lbs so far on Jenny Craig. I already have better balance and generally feel better just loosing that much even though my goal is to loose at least another 47 lbs. I joined JC last November.

Thank you all for sharing your experiences online. It is an encouragement to me to encounter others who struggle like I do.

California Lady, Good job loosing 1.6 lbs. last week. Whenever I loose 1 lb., I think I've had a good week.

Betty Jo, Loosing 27 lbs and all those inches is great. I too, am looking forward to being at the half-way so I can do more of my own meals.

Everybody else, thanks for posting. I look forward to reading more from each of you.

LoveJoy

Hi Betty Jo,
thanks for the encouragement. I totally get it when you mentioned the overconfidence thing! I need to really get back at it and life just keeps getting in the way...

Instead of my daughter in law's baby shower, I ended up going down on Friday to the BIRTH of our grandson that day! Little, and I mean little, Matthew was born at 1:19 at 5 lbs 12 oz and 18 1/2 inches long. I am overjoyed to say he is perfectly healthy, and they all went home today. He is technically a premie as he was 4 1/2 weeks early.

I never even made it to the other baby shower, my daughter's sister in law and mother in law ended up coming to the hospital to see all of us just before her shower. It sure made for an incredible weekend!

So we are back home today after an amazing 2 day trip! None was on program, and really couldn't be, due to the emergency nature of the trip. But now I can really concentrate on totally being back on program.

Thanks for the self talk idea...I will be using that one!

"California Lady, Good job loosing 1.6 lbs. last week. Whenever I loose 1 lb., I think I've had a good week."

Hi LoveJoy,

thanks so much for the encouragement, I really needed it! If you read what I posted to Betty Jo, you can see what a roller coaster I've been on lately!

I want to work at going down another 10 lbs now. It's important to me, and I am trying. Now that little Matthew is born, things may settle down a bit around here. My dear husband got us from Ventura to Laguna Hills in 1 hour and 40 minutes on Friday, through Los Angeles. It was a miracle really! I was asking God to get us there as soon as possible due to the emergency aspect of him coming so early. We knew our son and daughter in law were very stressed, and we were so relieved that the traffic didn't hamper us a bit on the 100 mile trip...

I'm glad you found the site also, there aren't a lot of us, and the more the merrier!

I just tried to add my picture and it was NOT easy! I don't know if it's going to show or not...

one more time

Hi California Lady:

I had a little bit of trouble adding my picture too. The site said my picture was too big, so I reduced it and it worked fine. What was the system telling you when you were trying to add your picture. Doesn't look like it took.

Betty Jo

Thanks, Betty Jo,
I worked on it for quite awhile yesterday, and then my husband came in and helped me out. Maybe this one will have it, if not I'm going to go back and check the settings once more....

We went down to the beach today for a beautiful walk with our dog. The waves are high, and the surfers seem thrilled!

Okay, Betty Jo,
I must have missed a step somehow. I looked in my controls area, and the picture is there! Do I need to push the update photo button?

I can't seem to get my picture to stick, so I'm trying to do the ticker thing...and I tried to add my pict to the attachments thing under this box...

Hi California Girl:

Love your picture. Will that one stay with your ticker information now? I'm not sure why you can't use Jenny Craigs download for your picture. It looks smaller than mine. But there are a couple of things you might check. After you browse your system to get your picture, be sure to press update photo. It will resize the picture so that it will show up on the JC site. Other than that, I'm not sure what you can do except call JC's technical department to see if they know anything.

I love walking on the beach. I miss it. I used to live in Fairhope, Alabama (in my younger days) and quite frequently went to the beach. I even rode horses on the beach, which was awesome too. Those memories are priceless. I moved back to Kansas after my divorce and then to Alaska for 30 years after I remarried. Alaska was a real adventure. I'm living in Kansas again. My husband was here for medical treatment. He had a four-way bypass this year and is doing great. We plan to return to Alaska as soon as we sell our home, which might not be for a while because the housing market is depressed. We are both retired so we have advantage of being able to wait the market out.

What part of California do you live and how long have you lived there? I've always wondered what it would be like to live in California. It is so beautiful and there is no cold weather, except in the mountains, I guess. Are you retired too?

Would love to hear about you.

Betty Jo

Hi Again California Lady:

One thing I thought might be important about your picture insertion. My picture is 109 x 148. Your picture is 131 x 150. You might try reducing it just a little more to see if it will appear in the JC site. It may still be a little large. When I had mine a little larger, it wouldn't show up either.

Good Luck.

Betty Jo

Hi O60SB (Over 60 Support Buddies),

Seeing your pictures makes you more real to me. Thanks for posting them. The past week was tough and my weigh in at Jenny's last night showed it. I gained 2 lbs last week. I'm disgusted with myself. That's even worse than it was at Christmas time. I'm hoping that this week will be better. So far this morning I've been faithful to the plan.

California Lady, I like reading all your stats. What did you do to make that happen?

Betty Jo, I'm not retired yet. I still have another 2 years and 2 months to work. I'm hoping that not working will make it easier to exercize. What do you think, is it easier being retired?

Every day I try to read what you all have written. I'll try to write when I can. Keep it up. I'm excited about losing with Jenny Craig.

Hang in there,

LoveJoy

Hi Betty Jo,
You have had such a fun life! You've lived in a lot of different places! We visited friends in Anchorage when our kids were little; it was so beautiful!

I am a native Californian married to a native Californian! We've always lived in southern California, other than our stays in Colorado and Iowa. Right now we've lived in Ventura (on the coast between Malibu and Santa Barbara) for 8+ years. Our daughter and family are right here, and our son and family...new grandboy baby!...are only about 100 miles south of here. We love California, we love the weather and people and diversity and all of it. I do love having flowers year round and all the green in the spring. California actually has just about every climate you could think of really! Today it's supposed to be 73, and I have the doors open as it's so beautiful out!

Yes, I recently retired. (Educator, taught kindergarten and college mainly) My husband is still working and loves what he does. And I love being home and doing what I do!

this time the ticker thing doesn't want to seem to upload, but I am going to try your suggestion on the picture thing of reducing it even more.

Have a great day! I'm so glad to hear your husband is doing so well after his surgery. That was an extensive one! It's fun to make a new friend!

Hi LoveJoy,
I copied ideas on the stats from others and then put it into my signature box under My Controls.

I think the pictures help also...obviously, I'm not real successful at managing how to add all this stuff yet!

This board will help encourage you through the rough spots...I gained 2 pounds a couple weeks ago and it scared me back onto more of the program again! I'm finding that the longer I'm on this the more I'm getting used to the smaller portions; and slowly it's translating over to regular foods that I eat. It's weird how easy it is to eat too much, and think you really aren't! At least that's what happens to me. I've been on this for close to a year now. I'm deliberately losing slower, I never want to have to do this again. I am attempting to make the changes slow enough that it truely becomes my lifestyle. I hope that makes sense!

And I know this is harder for me at this age. I naturally am losing slower anyway. And actually that's just fine with me! For once I am not in a hurry! And retiring did make this work for me, LoveJoy. It's enabled me to focus my attention on this...
Have a better week....one meal at a time!

Hi LoveJoy:

I have to agree with California Lady. After you retire, you can devote more time to exercise and your health in general. I love being retired. I was afraid of it at first, but now I'm settled into my new life and taking care of me is a big part of it. I've never really had time for me, so this is a really big change. I feel like I can succeed and will succeed this time. I retired from a very stressful job and I'm amazed that now I can be so low key I also look forward to hearing from you each day. So please write when you can.

Betty Jo

Well, I'm finally back on program after a very hectic 3 weeks. My daughter finally made it home from the hospital on Monday and is doing O.K. - still very weak and has to slowly get used to having food in her stomach again.

I am happy to say that I lost 3.2# this week for a total of 48.8# and am finally getting close to my half-way mark!! I am still trying to figure out this new site and haven't been able to get a ticker posted or my profile but I will have more time this week to mess around with it and hopefully get it all figured out again.
I tried to update my profile but not sure how it will show up.

Wish all a happy and healthy week!!

Hello Tipler:

Good job. 3.2 pounds is great. Keep up the good work. It's amazing with all the stress you've been under the past week. So you are just about half way. How much more do you want to lose, Tipler. I'm just about half way too. Just 13.2 pounds to half way. After I get half way, I have 42.5 pounds to go to goal. This has been the most satisfying program I've ever been on. Last night I had mashed potatoes and gravy and roast beef. For dessert I has cheesecake. It was absolutely yummy. It doesn't get any better than that. What kind of exercise do you do, Tipler. I'm walking to a Leslie Sansone tape. It's in-home walking. We live on a farm and as soon as the weather gets a little warmer, I will be moving outside for my exercise.

By the way, congrats on the new additions to your extended families. Hope your daughter gets back to normal as soon as possible.

Good luck this week. Love to hear from you again.

Betty Jo

Hi everyone,
Well, I just got back from JC, and I'm down .6 and happy for it with being at the birth of Matthew and off program for 4 days...

I am really really really going to work at it this week! I want to lose at least a pound, maybe even 2...

Tipler,
You are doing so amazing! What a wonderful weight loss, in spite of everything your family is going through! And I am so glad to hear your daughter is doing better.

Betty Jo,
You are such an encouragement! It's so good to hear a person so positive about the program! I feel it's pretty terrific also, and I too enjoy most of the foods. I do love to cook, so I do a bit of that also. Since I've broken my weight loss into segments, I am already at the half way mark for my first goal. It's been years since I've been at 200, so this is a huge goal for me right now...

Have a great day everyone! What a good journey we are all on!!!

Hi there,

Hey does anyone else have trouble with this bumping you out before you get your post finished? Twice today I've written something and the whole thing has disappeared. Granted, I'm not a techie person, but I am afrustrated person. Are we on a time limit or something with this?

There. I've vented. I'm going to see if this goes through before I write more.

OK. That one went through. So, I'll try to write again what got lost before.

California Lady, Good job loosing last week. And doing it with a new grand child being born. That was happy stress, but stress never-the-less. And I know how hard it is to stick with the program when you are away from home. Also, I admire your attitude of being comfortable with loosing slowly. I know we did not gain our weight real fast, so we won't loose it fast either.

Betty Jo, Thanks for your comments about retirement. I am looking forward to more time to exercise and take better care of myself. I understand also about the stressful job that you retired from. I, too, live with the stressful job. Even though I enjoy it, I get weary of the long hours that are sometimes required. I also appreciate the Jenny Craig food. This evening I had the Penne Pasta and Yummy chocolate cheesecake. It was really good. But honestly, I would have enjoyed more of it. I know that I should eat more slowly so that I will be more satisfied... I do appreciate Jenny Craig having this program. I sucessfully lost with them about 15 years ago, so I know I'll do it again.

Tipler, You did really good to loose during the time of your daughter's illness. Having a loved one sick is one of the things I think we face more and more as we get old. My husband had cataract surgery this AM. He is doing well now and actually supposed to be able to work tomorrow.

Here's to doing better tomorrow... more exercise, more intake of fluids, and sticking with Jenny's program!

Good Morning Everyone:

Well, today was weigh in day. I lost 1 pound. My total weight loss is now 29 pounds and total inches lost 17. The first 29 pounds has been very exciting and I know the scale is showing that I've lost weight. But something very curious has been bothering me. I can't really see the weight loss (dressed or undressed) when I look in the mirror. I wonder if it's one of those pschological things that has to catch up with you later. Anyway, I'm thankful for the 29 pounds and I can't tell you how excited I am about the next 10 pounds (my new mini-goal). I should really start to see a difference by then. If I don't, I'm going to go to a shrink.

By the way, I've heard there is a recall on JC's Meatloaf and Salisbury Steak. Has anyone heard about what we are suppossed to do?

Have a great day. I'll be checking in again tomorrow.

Betty Jo

Hi Betty Jo,

Good job loosing 1 pound. I'm always happy when I loose 1 pound. This week I lost the 2 pounds that I had gained the week before plus I lost .6 pounds more. So now my total loss is 18.6 lbs. My Jenny consultant talked with me about excercising. I met another client there last night who has lost 40+ pounds in the past 4 months. She didn't look much younger than me. But she said that she exercises faithfully everyday at least 30 minutes. I need the encouragement to do that.

It probably is "one of those phychological things" that means that it is so gradual that you don't see it. You might ask your Jenny consultant to let you see the picture they took of you when you joined. That might show a difference. Also, perhaps you can tell that your clothes are fitting differently/better. I know that is what I am noticing... some of my clothes feel really baggy. Yay! Also, my husband says that he notices how my back looks/feels different. Anyway, hang in there. I'm sure you will notice the difference eventually. If nothing else, I'm sure that your doctor would tell you how great you are doing.

Not sure about the recall issue. Perhaps you've heard more about that by now.

Let me know how you are doing.

Hi Peace:

I am pleased with my 1 pound. I'm thinking that if I lose too much weight too fast, I'll probably just get really flabby. My skin is rather stretched out, if you know what I mean. I'm starting to see that effect in my legs. My clothes are feeling different and my husband has made comments about starting to see a difference. It's just so amazing to me that I could lose 30 pounds and not really be able to tell it in the mirror.

I have struggled with exercise forever. I just forced myself in the beginning and I found out it actually gets a little easier as you progress. I have to have a purpose with my exercise. Such as gardening has a purpose and so does mowing the lawn . But standing in place and marching or walking to the end of the mile sometimes seems riduculous and really serves no purpose at all. So what I've done is I try to stay as busy as possible doing things that I feel have a purpose in my life. This keeps me moving most of the time. Right now, it's spring cleaning. And if I find I don't have anything to do one day, then I'll do my walking tape or go outside and walk down to the end of my road. As long as my feet move, I don't think my body really knows the difference. It seems to be working and I hope it continues to work.

Have a great day and keep up the good work on your weight loss.

Betty Jo

Hi Betty Jo - I have set my goal weight for now at 175# which for me I think will be great since I haven't been that low since probable some time in grade school. If I ever make it down to 231 I will be at half-way. I only lost .8# this week but it was my own fault - went out with a friend last nite and had a few drinks but I can't say I regret doing it. It was a kind of unwind night for me and was just good to get out and talk with someone about everything that has been going on and catch up with all the things she has been dealing with also. We used to get together once or twice a week and go out drinking but now only once or twice a month if that often. It stinks that there is not much to do up here other than to go to one of the local pubs!!
I don't do much for exercise right now, but once the snow and ice melt off the roads I am hoping to get outside and do some walking. I have tried the treadmill but my hip gets too bad doing that but I have found that just regular walking is bothering me like it used to. I have a real hard time making myself exercise and I know I should really start making myself do something. Now that I have the water weight off the rest seems to be comeing off pretty slow and I know I need to start being more active!! I just got a Leslie Sansone tape and am going to try that starting this week so I am hoping that will help some till I can get outside!! We're suppost to get down to about 10 below again for a couple of nights again this week so I'm beginning to wonder if spring is ever going to come around here!!
Hope to hear from you and enjoy reading your posts!! Have a great week!!
Kathy

Thank you California Lady and Love Joy Peace and Betty Jo for your encouragement!! Everyone is doing so great with their losses and hopefully now that I have gotten my stress relief night out of the way I will do better this next week with the weight loss!! I really wanted to hit my half-way mark by Easter but after blowing it last nite I don't think I will make it.
My grandson's birthday falls on Easter this year, one of my granddaughter's is on March 20 and one of my sons is on March 25, so if my daughter is up to it, I will be having the whole crew (18 if everyone makes it) here for Easter. Right now I am debating whether to cook for the whole crew or try to find a place to go out to eat! It is really great to get everyone together but with the crew getting larger it is really getting harder to have them all here at one time and have a place for everyone to sit and be able to visit.
Started doing some of my spring cleaning but can't wait for the weather to start warming up some so I can open some windows and start airing things out a little - everything just smells so much better when you can open the windows and let the frest air in!!
Hope everyone has a great week and look forward to reading all of your posts!!
Kathy