http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/34_40_0.html times health forum thread - Anybody else ... ? Sun, 12 Oct 2008 09:29:46 +0000 http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/34_40_1.htmlSue I agree with you re energy. I had to stop giving blood as I had poor iron levels but at least I did give 15 pints.http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/34_40_1.htmlSun, 12 Oct 2008 09:29:46 +0000http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/34_40_1.htmlI would consider Pilates Martha, but talk to your GP first. Good luck! I'm 46 so am approaching the Menopause too! Have just had a coil fitted - wish I'd had it done earlier! I've got so much more energy now I'm not suffereing from appallingly heavy periods and low iron levels.http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/34_40_1.htmlSat, 11 Oct 2008 16:39:45 +0000http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/34_40_1.htmlReally dubious about putting my picture here. I manage a big team in an office of young people who live on the net. Would be worried they'd see me. Keep my personal business to myself. As for the pic of the toy boy lol....well same thing and why would I want to disillusion him! Mind you I think he doesn't really care we are seeing each other because we enjoy each other's company. It's not serious. I have 5 adorable grandchildren who all love and idolize me so I will be avail...http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/34_40_1.htmlThu, 09 Oct 2008 13:05:04 +0000http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/34_40_1.htmlQuoting: amershamAny chance of you posting a pic as you would be an inspiration to us all ... never mind that Pippa - we want a pic of the toy boy http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/34_40_1.htmlThu, 09 Oct 2008 10:57:39 +0000http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/34_40_1.htmlMartha All I can say is wow! Well done you and a toy boy too! You must be looking fab. Can you walk as that is a good start. But best get the knee checked out or swim? That might be the thing. I have all menopause to come as am only 47. Any chance of you posting a pic as you would be an inspiration to us all....http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/34_40_1.htmlThu, 09 Oct 2008 10:18:18 +0000http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/34_40_1.htmlI stopped smoking in January and slowly but very surely the weight crept up. I had a total hysterectomy in June. I am 52 years old. Once I got on my feet I decided if I don't take control now I'll be really fat so I started following the GI diet 6 weeks ago and have lost 1 stone! Yipee! I don't eat any processed food nor do I eat rubbish anymore. The diet isa bit bland but I feel full and don't have the cravings. It's been a hell of a year but here I am a stone lighter, ...http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/34_40_1.htmlThu, 09 Oct 2008 02:28:33 +0000http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/34_40_1.htmlmore like menopausal and approaching 60! started perimenopausal symptoms about ten years ago, this combined with the courses of oral steroids that I was taking at the time for an unrelated health problem really piled on the pounds - and I was no sylph to start off with! In the last six months I have finally seen a reduction in hot flashes, night sweats etc. and have felt ready to tackle the weight. Nine pounds lost so far!...http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/34_40_1.htmlFri, 22 Feb 2008 07:48:21 +0000http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/34_40_1.htmlHi Arlene If I could send BIG HUGS on this forum I would. You know it is never too late to achieve a dream. I recall someone recently suggesting that you set an achievable challenge every year. So, leaving aside the weight (another matter) things like: going to hear fave band play live, ballet/opera for first time, learn about wine, a foreign language (NOT to degree level - just conversational, danicng, play piano, groe own veg etc. I do however think it's best we do not try to get...http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/34_40_1.htmlMon, 21 Jan 2008 22:02:43 +0000http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/34_40_1.htmlHi, I'm also going to be 50 this year - I feel very, very sad really if I'm honest....anyway trying to be positive and achieve some of the ambitions I had when I was 20 but have never got round to. Plus, I want to be the weight I was then... so 6 stone to lose but I'm breaking it down, my first goal being to be overweight - not obese. ...http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/34_40_1.htmlMon, 21 Jan 2008 21:46:57 +0000http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/34_40_1.htmlHi Rosette I want to make two points from your post. 1) You don't mention your height or what you weighed 15 years ago. I can still wear the same clothes but I weight AT LEAST 1.5 stone more. We are being conned (or is it soothed) by clothing manufacturers. I actually think they are as bad as fast food outlets in terms of encouraging weight gain. Of course, conversely, we all sigh at the concept of size 6/8. But by the same token, 30 years ago when I left school that would ha...http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/34_40_1.htmlMon, 21 Jan 2008 21:03:02 +0000http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/34_40_1.htmlHow about a Rosemary Conley exercise dvd? I know she is a bit old fashioned compared to the latest round of exercise dvds, but the exercises are more do-able and so I'd be more likely to stick to it. Her diet books are pretty sensible too.http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/34_40_1.htmlMon, 14 Jan 2008 18:56:23 +0000http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/34_40_0.htmlHit 50 just before Christmas, overate over Christmas and am about 12 stone or 75 + kilos. HOWEVER... I'm still the same size and can wear clothes I had 10 - 15 years ago (I had a big clearout recently and was pleasantly surprised!) and I'm lucky, I hardly drink at all and my appetite has shrunk a little. However I want to stop smoking and would like to be 11 rather than 12 stone, and being a working mum (teacher and ten-year-old) I find it really hard to do any exercise. Occasionally ...http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/34_40_0.htmlMon, 14 Jan 2008 15:11:20 +0000http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/34_40_0.htmlJust joined. 54 yrs, new area for me so need new friends to encourage me. Ideas for good health club in this area? South Gloucestershire. xx Mayhttp://www.timeshealth.co.uk/34_40_0.htmlSun, 13 Jan 2008 16:20:14 +0000http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/34_40_0.htmlYes I am 50 this year and going south rapidly lol but go the gym and have treadmill and cross trainer in the house,that I do use took the bull by the horns Today and am joining Arobic classes Tomorrow Peter Lloyd.http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/34_40_0.htmlSun, 13 Jan 2008 12:44:21 +0000http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/34_40_0.htmlI lost weight quite well eating vegetable curry. Now soy beans are in fashion with me. It works. Perhaps will for you? Good luck!http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/34_40_0.htmlSun, 13 Jan 2008 00:05:16 +0000http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/34_40_0.htmlReally encouraged to read all your (mostly) positive comments - I have 2 years until 50 but am already through the menopause and have had 5 years of awful hot flushes, sleeping really badly and putting on weight and find it more difficult than ever to stick to sensible eating. I'm starting the new year determined to try and control things as I don't want to enter my 50s at my present weight but my will-power is not great and it doesn't take much for me to slip. This week h...http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/34_40_0.htmlSat, 12 Jan 2008 22:15:21 +0000http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/34_40_0.htmlCarol, my big 50 came two weeks ago and I echo your comments wholeheartedly.If I hadn't reached 50 I wouldn't have received my lwonderful laptop as a present and wouldn't be able to post on this wonderful forum! How nice it is to get to the stage in life when you actually don't care what people think of you any more. If all the old rockers can reform and go on tour again, then 50 is definitely the new 30. Bring it on! I don't think I would like to be 20 agai...http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/34_40_0.htmlSat, 12 Jan 2008 20:53:52 +0000http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/34_40_0.htmlJust thought I'd give some positives about Fifty. It came and went 6 weeks ago quite painlessly really. Yes, thre are some niggling health issues/medication creeping in Yes, I will NEVER have the face or figure of 20 again But neither will I have the zits or heartache (different ones - but first love - Ouch!) or doubts about my future etc Yes, I need to pay more careful attention to life style choices. But then I can make sure that I enjoy every mouthful I eat/drink. Yes, I wear my...http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/34_40_0.htmlFri, 11 Jan 2008 23:01:31 +0000http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/34_40_0.htmlI agree really hard. Am trying low carb, lots of water, walking and pilates all of which help to make you feel in control and trying to keep off the alcohol. but only week one so any help welcome Pippa Cottonhttp://www.timeshealth.co.uk/34_40_0.htmlThu, 10 Jan 2008 18:41:49 +0000http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/34_40_0.htmlInteresting about clothes sizes. I was a size 12 in my teens at 8 1/2 stone. I'm a size 12 now at 50 and 11 stone! Mad!http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/34_40_0.htmlWed, 09 Jan 2008 23:17:42 +0000http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/34_40_0.html3 months till the dreaded 50. Am on medication for chronic headaches and finding it even harder to lose weight because of side effects. i can be good during the day but whatecer I do I want to eat more in the evenings.http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/34_40_0.htmlWed, 09 Jan 2008 20:47:35 +0000http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/34_40_0.htmlThe sandwich age, you look at your kids and see that's where you've come from, then look at your parents and see that's where you're heading. Not pretty. Still we are a lot younger than our parents were (in outlook terms) and oportunities are so much greater - this website should help us on our way. It's easy to feel down about age/weight/fitness but when you reas so many of the same comments you realise you're not on your own. So let's make it great in &#0...http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/34_40_0.htmlWed, 09 Jan 2008 18:55:37 +0000http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/34_40_0.htmli find it quite depressing that just when we should be " enjoying" life, - kids growing/grown up etc, we have to be really careful about diet, exercise etc.http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/34_40_0.htmlWed, 09 Jan 2008 11:47:31 +0000http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/34_40_0.htmlHello all, I started putting weight on when I gave up my horses. Surprising how the weight stays off when you're riding every day and doing all that mucking out I didn't need to exercise. Anyway that was about twelve years ago and I have gradually crept up from 10st to 11st 7lbs. When I retired two years ago I decided to take up another sport which I have always wanted to do since I was a child and that's scuba diving. Trouble is it doesn't give you the same sort of work-...http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/34_40_0.htmlTue, 08 Jan 2008 18:16:55 +0000http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/34_40_0.htmlMe too. Just hit 50. Peri menopausal. Have always been sporty and quite fit but have managed to gain a stone over each of past three decades. Mostly due to less activity, which I am remedying. I lost 1.5 stone 10 years ago with Scottish Slimmers and my goal now is to get as close to 60kg as I can (that's about 5 to lose) slowly in a way that is sustainable. Has got harder as I have go older. I now have to think much more about what I put in my mouth, how much of it and why. And ...http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/34_40_0.htmlTue, 08 Jan 2008 17:01:14 +0000http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/34_40_0.htmlNot me - try squash!http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/34_40_0.htmlTue, 08 Jan 2008 16:43:45 +0000http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/34_40_0.htmlI'm all in favour of too little exercise and too much wine! Making a huge effort for a short time is OK but the thought of doing it ad infinitum is just too depressing. I seem to have got off relatively lightly with the menopause malarky thankfully. Must stop procrastinating and be a bit more positive!...http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/34_40_0.htmlMon, 07 Jan 2008 13:45:07 +0000http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/34_40_0.htmlAgree it's as much about the middle-aged mindset when you get into the menopause, although hill-waking in hot weather with lots of hot flushes is not an experience I relished! But we need good fitness habits to allow us to keep going as we get older, because it'll be much harder as we age: use it or lose it!...http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/34_40_0.htmlMon, 07 Jan 2008 13:18:28 +0000http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/34_40_0.htmlYep, me too although I think it's a lot to with too little exercise and too much wine as much as anything as others have said. I lost 3 stone about 7 years ago by traing for Race for Life and avoiding food beginning with'ch' (apart from chicken!) ad dropped two dress sizes very quickly. I carried on running intermittently and kept it off but have lapsed over the last two years. So I'll try again and see if it works for menopausal 50 year olds!!...http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/34_40_0.htmlSun, 06 Jan 2008 08:16:15 +0000http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/34_40_0.htmlAlso about to hit 50 this year - so determined to lost weight - put on half a stone last year. Hitting 40 was bad enough - I went from 9 to almost 12 stone from 39-45. Now down to 11, but worried about gaining even more as menopause sets in http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/34_40_0.htmlSun, 06 Jan 2008 07:49:23 +0000http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/34_40_0.htmlhaving gone past 50 iam finding it impossible to loose the stone i have put on in last 3 years since menopause started. Is there light at the end of the tunnel!!! http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/34_40_0.htmlSun, 06 Jan 2008 05:15:47 +0000http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/34_40_0.htmlI'm approaching 50 too, but have lost a stone in the past six months. No diets, but stopping myself from eating between meals. I've dropped a dress size, but regressed over Christmas (no surprise there). I can empathise with the last poster regarding food + wine etc.!http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/34_40_0.htmlSat, 05 Jan 2008 17:44:08 +0000http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/34_40_0.htmlI gained weight through the menopause but still ended it lighter than I had been at 39. I was very fat in my late thirties and dropped a couple of stones which escalated in my mid forties to obese. I took control and lost four stones and have put a couple of them back on as I approach my sixties and am doing something about it. Basically, it is not rocket science. It is self control and discipline and I am very bad at both. I am incredibly greedy, adore food and wine and am a very good c...http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/34_40_0.htmlSat, 05 Jan 2008 16:12:43 +0000http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/34_40_0.htmlYes Me too. have gained around 2 stone since reaching the dreaded 50 and cannot shift !!!!!!http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/34_40_0.htmlSat, 05 Jan 2008 15:45:25 +0000http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/34_40_0.htmlNot necessarily gaining weight, but losing definition, softening up and getting saggy. To be fair, this has coincided with my lifestyle becoming markedly more sedentary and boozy than it was in "in my youth." Sigh....http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/34_40_0.htmlSat, 05 Jan 2008 15:34:59 +0000http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/34_40_0.htmlMy "new" weight has settled around the tummy area - quite normal apparently, but is very hard to shift. I tried Davina McCall's DVDs last year - very good - must dig those out again and get motivated! Good luck everyone.http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/34_40_0.htmlSat, 05 Jan 2008 15:28:40 +0000http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/34_40_0.htmlHave put on about a stone over the last 3 years and so far I just don`t seem to be able to shift it unless I more or less starve myself! Why is it so easy to gain weight but impossible to lose it??http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/34_40_0.htmlSat, 05 Jan 2008 15:17:02 +0000http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/34_40_0.htmlOf course they are....even if no one's admitting to it.http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/34_40_0.htmlSat, 05 Jan 2008 14:46:26 +0000http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/34_40_0.htmlYes me too!!http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/34_40_0.htmlSat, 05 Jan 2008 14:44:51 +0000http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/34_40_0.htmlAnybody else gaining weight, menopausal and approaching 50?http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/34_40_0.htmlSat, 05 Jan 2008 14:38:12 +0000