Being older and losing weight

nowine4me

I don’t have kids, but my career has always taken the front seat. With that came a LOT of travel, conferences, entertainment, etc. and the time I had at home with hubs, I rarely felt like cooking (and usually felt like drinking). My new city and job are more relaxed, less stress and way more me time.

I won’t say it’s been easier, but it’s been a much more pleasant experience. Less pressure, more time to take in knowledge. Three years in — maintenance can still be a little shaky sometimes. But I’m feeling much more confident as the months pass.

I think the biggest difference is that as I turned 50, the incentive was more about health than vanity. Avoiding disease can be a strong motivator when you see people your own age getting diabetes, cancer and heart failure.

amy19355

I'm 62 and the thing that got me moving was seeing a video of my obese body running around with my 3 year old grandson. It's a visual that's imprinted on my mind's eye, and, coupled with the fresh awareness of my reality (spent my birthday weekend browsing the social security website wondering if i could retire yet), I've found fresh and, hopefully, enduring motivation to stay true to my fitness goals.

top that off with a bunch of cervical and lumbar vertebrae issues that sent me to PT.

I'm confident that losing 60 pounds over the course of a year will go a long way to improvements on all fronts (and sides, and back!)

MFP is my most used weight loss resource - i log everything i eat, every single bite, and pay close attention to calories and macros.

Two months in and I'm down 20 pounds, and enjoying my shrinking appearance in the mirror. (any my food costs are down by 50% since I quit eating out every day and stopped drinking beer)

good luck to us all!
amyfb

Maxxitt

nowine4me wrote: »

I think the biggest difference is that as I turned 50, the incentive was more about health than vanity. Avoiding disease can be a strong motivator when you see people your own age getting diabetes, cancer and heart failure.

^^This is true for me as well. I am in my 60s and while I see many women older than me who are fit and healthy, there are many more younger than me who are terribly overweight and suffering from health conditions that tend to go along with obesity. I would like to live independently and in reasonable health into my old age. I am working hard to regain functional baseline after a health issue earlier this fall unrelated to fitness/weight and I have a new level of appreciation for maintaining my general health and fitness level so that I can recover fully from this sort of challenge rather than being unable to deal with the next one, a steadily down-hill progression. I (kind of) accept the inevitable decline but I want to be emulating the notorious RGB into my 90s

kds10

Just turned 50 this year...lost 25 lbs my goal is to be in the best shape of my life. I tend to believe that the older u get the more active you should be!

Tacklewasher

53 and down ~130 lbs in the last 2 yrs or so

jan110144

I am 74 and finding that if I eat properly and exercise the weight comes off. It is not quite as easy as it was 30 years ago, but I also had more weight to lose. Everything considered, I don't think it has taken me a whole lot longer than when I was younger. Tracking both food and exercise has been really important for me