55-65 year old women's success?

cory17

Hello ladies, 57 here and coming back to MFP. Too many health issues last couple years and don't like the sight of naked me.
Today is Day 1 of being accountable.

Wait a minute - is this the current thread? what happened after october?

AnnPT77

cory17 wrote: »

Hello ladies, 57 here and coming back to MFP. Too many health issues last couple years and don't like the sight of naked me.
Today is Day 1 of being accountable.

Wait a minute - is this the current thread? what happened after october?

After October, people were quiet on this thread for a while. Now we're not.

Welcome back, and best wishes!

(Me? Just sitting over here maintaining . . . .)

Trina2040

Yeah, we're still here -- welcome again! I'm also sitting over here; still maintaining. It has been quite for a bit. All call for check ins! How about it ladies? Anybody else still out there?

lovesretirement

I’m still here...not where I want to be yet, but not going back to where I was!

SummerSkier

Still here. Still maintaining. Welcome back Cory!

workinonit1956

I’m still here too! Only maintaining since the first of October but it’s going well!

cheryldumais

Maintaining but fighting to stay within my range for some reason. Eating the same but weight is still bobbing up and down over the top of range. Cutting back and weighing everything to be safe.

kjurassic

I’m still here, too. Holidays are hard for me missing all those who are no longer here, plus temptation abounds (food wise). How do you cope with all of it???!!! Any suggestions?

AnnPT77

kjurassic wrote: »

I’m still here, too. Holidays are hard for me missing all those who are no longer here, plus temptation abounds (food wise). How do you cope with all of it???!!! Any suggestions?

I'm an orphaned, widowed, childless, only child.

I pretty much skate superficially over the surface of the holiday, being glad my friends are happy, kind of as if the secular holiday were a major celebration from some religion I don't practice.

When social norms require, I participate in a suitable way, kind of similarly, such as buying/making gifts for certain people close to me.

(I was raised Christian, now agnostic. If a Jewish friend invited me for Passover Seder or a Muslim friend invited me to an Eid celebration, I'd figure out what gifts or behaviors were customary, go, and behave accordingly. Same deal for Christmas, same degree of emotional engagement - happy for others, glad to be included . . . except with Christmas, I already know the drill.)

I'm kind of an analytic, not very emotion-driven person, so maybe this wouldn't work for others.

As far as the food, it's just a more frequent temptation, not a different one from other special events. Don't spend calories on things that aren't worth it, indulge in some really good treats, get nutrition covered, balance it out somehow with other eating/exercise. (I'm in maintenance; while losing, another option was to accept a temporary delay or slowdown in loss rate.)

It's possible to turn the food-fest into a giant emotional obstacle, especially with all the other emotional baggage of the holiday in play. But I think it's possible to choose not to do that - though fully accomplishing that choice may require several rounds of practice.

Every though I'm personally fine, now, one thing that still bugs me is friends who (unintentionally) deliver a swift kick to somone else's gut by literally saying (or posting on social media) "family is what life is all about" or "family is what makes life worthwhile".

I hear and celebrate their joy . . . but could ya find another way to say it, folks? The recently bereaved may not need a push in the direction that that particular phrasing sends them!

Trina2040

Well said, Ann!

longkathleenann9291

I’m still here. Down 3 pounds since Thanksgiving so doing well through the holidays. Next 3 weeks I have a birthday and 3 family Christmas’s so we will see.

mph323

Hi everybody! Still here and maintaining.<waves>

DancesWithDogz

Hello old friends... It's been forever since I have participated. I'm gearing up for 2019, hoping to make this "my year" to get "me" back. I'm going to be getting into a Keto type way of eating - basically just clean, real, no junk. Hope to keep in touch with you along this new journey.

ItsAJourny

I am 60 and I have lost 32 pounds in the last 5 months and it was not hard (about 8 more pounds to go). It seems like once I changed my habits, the weight just came off. The keys for me are
1. Good sleep (8 hours a night)
2. Drinking lots of water each day
3. Exercise (yoga 4-5 times a week does wonders for me. Makes my body stronger, reduces my stress and helps me sleep better and feel more stable and open hearted. It also helps me accept my body just as it is.)
4. Very little alcohol
5. Low sugar - I eat 3 servings of fruit a day but avoid chocolate, ice cream, cookies etc.
6. Less fatty foods (I avoid cheese, cream, mayonaise, etc. but cook with olive oil and always put home made salad dressing on my salads).
7. Lots of veggies and fruits which I love. Less carbs. I still eat sandwiches 4 times a week, but I tend to gravitate towards lots of veggies with dinners instead of the starches.
8. I start each morning with steel cut oats and applesauce and I eat a high protein fruited yogurt mid-morning with fresh berries. Eating lots of healthy food early in the day keeps me going strong and not hungry.
Once I started losing the weight, my increase in energy and happiness motivated me to continue and it just continues to fall off. I feel like maybe this is not true for everybody, but for me, the above changes have made it almost effortless. As long as I cook good healthy food for me, the rest just happens. I don't follow a particular diet or even count calories, I just choose healthy food choices.

Good luck! I feel like we each need to figure out what works for us. For me a huge part is getting sugar (cookies, ice cream, chocolate and alcohol) out of my life. My intense sugar cravings go away after 4 days of none of it and then it is easy. But if I try to eat just a little bit of it, I binge like crazy.

Good luck to everyone in the New Year!

Trina2040

Bumpity bump!

debtay123

So glad to be back as well. I maintained over the holidays and was happy. I intend to take it slowly and hopefully begin to lose again. Will count my calories - do my steps as best I can and let it take the time that it takes.

RetiredAndLovingIt

I like ItsAJourny's comments above, so much so, that I printed them off to try to remember simple steps will get the job done. On with the last 10-15#!

cory17

I like @Itsajourny list as well. I've restocked the veggies and either eaten or given away the sugar stuff so maybe I WILL get back on track with healthier choices.

griffinca2

I'm still here too; basically maintaining so only log on (using my phone most of the time) to keep up w/buds (and their progress). Had some issues starting around Thanksgiving that I'm still trying to get over; but still in better shape than some so I count my blessings. I will still check in periodically to see how everyone is doing. Happy New Year all!!

lovesretirement

Happy New Year, everyone! I log in daily but track my food on my Fitbit. The tracking is in real time so it’s more accurate in giving your calories in vs calories out...no guesswork. It also tracks water, you can set your goals just like here on MFP, the database is huge, and foods can also be scanned in with the barcode. I have maintained my 60 pound loss this past year, and my mission this year is to get rid of the remaining 30.