IslandJacks
New member
Greetings! I am 50 years old and starting my life completely over. After 27 years and 2 beautiful, wonderful children my husband left me for a coworker. After the grief and fear subsided, I realized that I had completely lost myself in that marriage and always put myself last. Because of that my weight had creeped up over the years and I was FAT!
My kids were both in college and well on their way to being on their own. I was alone and decided to start living for ME! I sold that big house and moved into a new condo completely decorated according to my own taste. I started Nutrisystem and started to pursue personal interests of all kinds. While I was getting a life I managed to lose 40 pounds of unhealthy fat with Nutrisystem (yes it does work!) even though I was in a cast most of the time due to a broken foot (I had some adventurous interests!).
I went to my 30 year class reunion and "re-met" a man that I would have never dated in high school. He was a bit of a bad boy (rebellious preacher's son!) and I had been a goody teacher's pet type. He was a widow (wife died tragically after a long, terminal illness) who had been faithful and true for the 24 years he had been married. Obviously, this was very attractive to someone like me! We really hit it off that night and 18 months later we were married. At 50 years old, I became a new bride!
My husband is a great cook and he loves to cook all our meals for us. That is also the problem ... I've gained 15 pounds! I discovered this when I went to the doctor for my yearly checkup. WAKE UP CALL!
I immediately came home, opened up my FitDay (that I should have never stopped doing) and recorded my food/drink for the day. Next, I ordered a treadmill (Pro Form Weightloss XP 620 from Sears). In this first week I have lost 3 pounds. The treadmill came yesterday and my husband is putting it together today. I am committing to walking a minimum of 30 minutes per day and working up to using the weight loss programs that come with the treadmill.
My goal is to blast off these 15 pounds and lose another 15-20 as that will bring me down to a "normal" weight for my size. My husband has been great as he loves me "as is" but will also encourage me in my quest to be better. I'm looking forward to finding friendship and support on this forum.
My kids were both in college and well on their way to being on their own. I was alone and decided to start living for ME! I sold that big house and moved into a new condo completely decorated according to my own taste. I started Nutrisystem and started to pursue personal interests of all kinds. While I was getting a life I managed to lose 40 pounds of unhealthy fat with Nutrisystem (yes it does work!) even though I was in a cast most of the time due to a broken foot (I had some adventurous interests!).
I went to my 30 year class reunion and "re-met" a man that I would have never dated in high school. He was a bit of a bad boy (rebellious preacher's son!) and I had been a goody teacher's pet type. He was a widow (wife died tragically after a long, terminal illness) who had been faithful and true for the 24 years he had been married. Obviously, this was very attractive to someone like me! We really hit it off that night and 18 months later we were married. At 50 years old, I became a new bride!
My husband is a great cook and he loves to cook all our meals for us. That is also the problem ... I've gained 15 pounds! I discovered this when I went to the doctor for my yearly checkup. WAKE UP CALL!
I immediately came home, opened up my FitDay (that I should have never stopped doing) and recorded my food/drink for the day. Next, I ordered a treadmill (Pro Form Weightloss XP 620 from Sears). In this first week I have lost 3 pounds. The treadmill came yesterday and my husband is putting it together today. I am committing to walking a minimum of 30 minutes per day and working up to using the weight loss programs that come with the treadmill.
My goal is to blast off these 15 pounds and lose another 15-20 as that will bring me down to a "normal" weight for my size. My husband has been great as he loves me "as is" but will also encourage me in my quest to be better. I'm looking forward to finding friendship and support on this forum.
I'm sure somebody will come along and recommend reading the sticky threads, there's alot of great info. Plus just some amusing monologs and rants, lol. There's also a weightloss diary section you've probably already found. Anyway I could always use a new weight-loss buddy so hopefully we'll talk again soon. Welcome to the forum ~Lisa