My name is Jaki Sinclair and I have lost 120 pounds (and am maintaining the loss) by changing my attitude, moving a little more and eating a little less. No fad/crash diets, pills or surgery.
I’ve been overweight since grade-school and have spent most of my life on a diet or planning out my next diet. I would love to be able to encourage other people that, like me, have struggled their entire lives to lose weight and let them know not to give up.
I’ll be turning 48 next week, have my first bicycle in 30 years and feel like I have my life back and want to share with everyone.
I’d love for you to do a health success story of me to encourage people to make healthy choices and not to give up.I have attached a before and after photo and also a pic of me and my pup (Sassafras) on a bike ride. My Blog: www.slimdownu.com
I hope I hear from you! Jaki Sinclair
Hi Jaki,
Your story is truly one that we would love to share! You have really transformed yourself and it looks like you’re living life to the fullest with your new healthy lifestyle!
Thanks for sharing your inspirational story…many of our readers are struggling with their weight and it’s easy to think that because we have hit a “certain age” that we can’t change but you have certainly proven that change can happen, even after 40!
Keep it up!! We are so thrilled that you wrote us!
Even with grey hair Helen Mirren looks updated and gorgeous!
This week’s Fashion Flash is up and our host is Shawna from Female Fat Loss Over 40.
What’s the Fashion Flash you might ask? It’s our weekly blog post written by a team of some of the top style , health and beauty bloggers on current over 40 beauty and style tips!
This week make sure to check out the story on up to date hair styles!
And while your there, don’t miss a chance to peek at Shawna’s site, it’s full of free tips on how to get fit, plus I (JoJami) did try out her program and you can see more here!
Thanks to YOU…2010 has been our biggest year ever with over 55,000 unique visitors a month!
We’ve appreciate that you’ve spread the word about FAF to grow our amazing community. It’s been so much fun chatting with all of you and seeing everyone become such good friends.
Just in case you missed any posts, here are this year’s most hotly debated ones! Keep the comments coming…we love to hear from you at Fabulous after 40!
Back in first place again this year… we followed our friendJill Knapp on her journey of weight loss. She hit her one year mark and has still been able to keep the weight off and even made an appearance on to the Dr. Oz show
Jill before and after her 100 pound weight loss!
2. This yearGray hair became a surprise fashion trend! This opened the door to discuss the “to go or not to go gray” topic, here at FAF! Read more…
Helen Mirren looking radiant in her gray hair!
3. Over the knee and Thigh high boots, are they age appropriate?Many of you said that you had the hankering to find your inner biker chic and this article sure got the sparks flying!!
It has almost been a year ago that we received a very special letter from one of our readers,Jill Knapp. She reached out to us to share her story of how after having kids, she gained 100 pounds and then got type 2 diabietes.
After she realized that her health was in jeopardy, she took it upon herself to lose the weight.
Since then, she lost 100 pounds, won top 5 in a beauty pageant and has started a blog, called Get Up and Get Moving, that has been an inspiration to others.
Jill on the set with Dr.Oz!
Now the fun news…she has even gotten the attention of Dr. Oz!
That’s right, the Dr. Oz Show found Jill’s website and then contacted her to be a mentor to 3 overweight woman on a journey to lose weight and get their life back. Through their journey she will be their mentor to give them tips help them through the rough spots and keep them motivated.
“We all live on different sides of the state but I am in contact with these ladies every day. They all 3 did beauty pageants when they were younger, Through the years all 3 of them have let their selves go and have put on lot’s of weight. We will back to the show midway through their journey and then at the final show. It’s been such a exciting week.”
Wow, it is amazing how far your story has gone since your first interview with us!!!
We are so proud of you Jill and happy that we could help spread your message that it is really possible to regain a healthy body after 40!
Good luck and we will be watching!
Here is a recent news story on Jill’s and a clip from her on the Dr. Oz Show!
This weeks Blogging Boomer Carnival #140 is full of adventure, and it is being hosted by one of our wonderful Blogging friends at VaBoomer!
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We would are curious to hear your story! Just email us with a photo and description and we will put your name in our montly drawing for a chance to win this months prize! (info@fabulousafter40.com)
Many of us after turning 40, have experienced yo-yo dieting — losing pounds only to gain them back again after a short while. Since we get so many of questions about weight, especially during the summer months, we wanted to pass along an article posted at Hole in The Donut – the blog that is hosting this week’s Blogging Boomers Carnival.
What is a Blogging Boomers Carnival? It’s a group of expert bloggers that write on a variety of different Boomer Lifestyle issues. It’s our way to share with you some of the top blog stories and keep you up to date on not just fashion, but some other interesting topics.
You may remember our friend Jill Knapp, who lost 100 lbs and entered a beauty pageant at the age of 40. Jill was kind enough to share her inspiring story with us in our last teleseminar, and helped motivate us to “get up and get moving!”
But motivation will only get us so far. How do we actually go about shedding that midlife bulge? That’s where a personal trainer comes in!
We asked our friend, fitness trainer Lisa Crisalle, if she would share with us some tips and techniques that women over 40 need in their regimen to keep them on track to a healthier, fitter lifestyle. Lisa, herself, underwent a lifestyle transformation that made her an award-winning Figure Competitor… at age 45! She has developed the program Over 40, Fit & Fabulous, which helps women over 40 work towards their fitness goals. In her program, Lisa breaks down mental barriers and provides her clients with the best workout and nutrition strategies to achieve their best bodies.
We’ve found one very cool and easy product that just might really help you make it happen. It’s a hypnosis CD that inspires you to make healthy eating choices and keeps you on track staying on any diet.
When we first heard about this we were a little skeptical. Hypnosis for weight loss? -sounded kind of whoo, whoo-out there, but we had a listen and we were impressed.
We learned that hypnosis is nothing freaky. It’s just focused attention (Like that state you are in when you are watching TV and your husband tries to talk to you and you don’t even hear him because you are so immersed in your show).
Well, apparently when you are in this state you are more open to suggestion – ie: Suggestions to eat healthy and stay on your diet.
The Enjoying Weight Loss cds are hosted by Dr. Roberta Temes, a very likeable, easy to listen to N.Y. hypnotherapist and psychotherapist, who is considered the top in her field.
We tried it out on a client of ours and she says that although she had her doubts since she had tried every way in the book to lose weight, she did find that this made it easier for her to stay focused and seemed to curb her cravings. She dropped 3 pounds in the first week and plans to keep using it.
Not only that, Health and Wellness magazine just did an independent study and it had a 92%, “Wow, It really works!”, rating.
No more dreaming… now you can just sit back and get motivated.
I’ll be turning 48 next week, have my first bicycle in 30 years and feel like I have my life back and want to share with everyone. 
