60 yrs and up
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Good morning all. I thought I wrote in to join, but maybe I posted somewhere else by accident.
I'm 64, facing bariatric surgery, and want to do all I can to not have to do that. I've got a goal to lose 125 pounds. Bad knees, bad back, heart condition but I want to be healthier and lighter.
I want to look back in 3-5 years and say I'm glad I did this.
Support, encouragement, accountability, Joy and laughter is what I'm looking for.
Good luck2 -
Thanks for the kind words, all. Heart warming. 😍
Yesterday's NSV - was trying to get ready to go to the gym last night. Got sidetracked twice by other duties. Looked up and see that it's already 9 PM. Drat - I considered just skipping the workout. But I didn't. Only had 50 minutes when I hit the gym door, but I did an incline walking workout on a dreadmill. As always, I felt better when I was done and I was pleased that I made the effort.
I appreciate all of you and this group more than you know. Thanks for helping me retain what passes for sanity in this crazy world!12 -
Hang in there Steve. You’re an inspiration to me.3
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Hope you all survive the festivities of yesterday and today without too much weight gain. I was up a bit today and will probably be up a bit more tomorrow. Beer and salty food has that effect. Totally worth it.
I did not log any food yesterday afternoon. The bacon wrapped onion rings were a big hit. The nacho bar was wiped out by the end of the game. Some chips and olives and cheese sauce was about all that remained.
Took my granddaughter and the dog out for a walk at halftime. We timed it out perfectly - didn't miss any of the football game.
Have a good week, all!8 -
@alteredsteve175
Glad you had a nice time with family.
February 15- 156.4 lbs Same weight for 5 days Good thing too because I ate some carbs yesterday that I shouldn't have. Wasn't even hungry and they weren't even worth the calories/carbs. (People brought in sweets for Valentine's Day at work.) And afterwards I felt mentally horrible for doing it! So I did my Elliptical today for 301 minutes for 20.02 miles. Just had to get to the 20 mile mark!3 -
@swimmom_1 - 20 miles on the elliptical. Wowsers! Awesome workout. You're like the Energizer Bunny!0
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@alteredsteve175
Today it was more out of "guilt" for yesterday and hopefully no uptick on the scale, from it, in the near future! LOL!0 -
Checking in.....Welcome to all the new people! Prayers and positive thoughts your way Steve!1
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Just checking in. Riding that stupid emotional roller coaster with the wife. A lot of unnecessary drama that doesn't help anyone. Just causes more turmoil when calm is needed. Energy that could be used for caregiving is wasted on other issues. It's a struggle just to get through the day and night, sometimes.
My hat is off to anyone who serves as a caregiver for a long period of time. It is emotionally grueling. I'm trying to hold the line, weight wise, but I cave to stress eating at times.
Thanks for letting me vent a bit. This helps me get back to a more calm state.
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Our hearts and prayers go out to you and your wife, Steve. Vent all you want.1
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It's good to hear from you, Steve - please vent or comment here in any way that's helpful to you.
Caregiving can be so difficult, having a severe or life-threatening condition can be so difficult, and combining those in a household (in the middle of a pandemic, besides!) is a multiplier of difficulty and drama, at times. The best one can manage - realistically manage - is plenty good enough, because it has to be, I think.
Positive thoughts and wishes heading your way.2 -
@alteredsteve175 and others...
Sometimes the ill concentrate on things that aren't necessary or important at the time. Because it is something THEY CAN CONTROL unlike their illness.3 -
Thanks, all, for your kind words.
@swimmom_1 - I can understand the need to try to control something when you feel like your life is out of control, but sometimes it is totally unreasonable.
I'm not the most empathetic person on my best day, and the heightened tension just makes it harder to care. I just try to concentrate on getting the things done that need to be done. I don't have the emotional energy for much more than that on days like these.
The good news - my sister-in-law arrives Sunday, so that should help lift my wife's spirit. Hoping for calmer, better days next week.
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I'm 65 and feeling much better getting in lots of walking. Lost lots of weight and it helps me. Need to now focus on flexibility for my (sad) golf game
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alteredsteve175 wrote: »Just checking in. Riding that stupid emotional roller coaster with the wife. A lot of unnecessary drama that doesn't help anyone. Just causes more turmoil when calm is needed. Energy that could be used for caregiving is wasted on other issues. It's a struggle just to get through the day and night, sometimes.
My hat is off to anyone who serves as a caregiver for a long period of time. It is emotionally grueling. I'm trying to hold the line, weight wise, but I cave to stress eating at times.
Thanks for letting me vent a bit. This helps me get back to a more calm state.
Your doing amazing, I know how hard it is for you but your stronger than you know.0 -
@alteredsteve175 Sending thoughts and prayers your way, Steve. I'm so glad that we can be there for you in even a small way.0
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Hi! I’m Pam and I’m 60 recovering from spine surgery and a broken foot. Gained weight during pandemic due to inactivity and sciatica.
I’ve started losing weight using a pescatarian and vegan diet, but I’m having trouble hitting my protein goals set by a doctor.3 -
Hey @pam_bryson, I don't know much about that kind of diet but I do add nutritional yeast (yellow flaky) to a lot of things to boost the protein value.
Easy to stir into soups, stews, sauces.
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pam_bryson wrote: »Hi! I’m Pam and I’m 60 recovering from spine surgery and a broken foot. Gained weight during pandemic due to inactivity and sciatica.
I’ve started losing weight using a pescatarian and vegan diet, but I’m having trouble hitting my protein goals set by a doctor.
See the thread below, It contains a chart listing foods and their protein content. Might give you some ideas for foods to add to your pantry. Regardless, I struggle, too, to get all the protein I should eat.
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10244142/list-of-foods-with-highest-protein-calorie-percentage/p11 -
As a vegetarian, what helped me to routinely get enough protein was to use my food diary as a tool: Log what I ate, then review every couple of days, noticing foods that "cost" more calories than seemed worthwhile to me for satiation, nutrition density, or tastiness. Those foods became candidates to reduce or eliminate, then replace with other foods I liked eating that better helped me meet my goals.
For increasing protein, that thread linked in a post above was super helpful. Its linked spreadsheet lists foods in order by protein efficiency, most protein for fewest calories. For me as a vegetarian, I needed to scroll down past the mostly meaty/fishy things at the top, but there are plant foods further down.
On top of that, I looked a labels of food I was buying, choosing bread with more protein, pasta with more protein, etc. I'd try things, keep them if I enjoyed them, otherwise try something else.
As a vegetarian, I use a rule of thumb that a food with 10 or fewer calories (from all macros) per gram of protein is a pretty good protein source, and that a multi-ingredient dish with no more than 20-30 calories per gram of protein was a reasonable source. These rules of thumb helped me quickly evaluate new things at the grocery store, to try things. (Someone with a different calorie goal might need different specific rule of thumb numbers, but could still use that approach.)
Over time, I revamped my eating habits so that I was getting not just that "one big protein" at the center of a meal (like tempeh, tofu, seitan, legumes, Greek yogurt, lowfat cottage cheese, etc.) but also small bits of protein in most everything I ate (snacks, veggies, grains, even some fruits, etc.), still eating foods I enjoy. It was a process, took some time, but the result was habits I could easily continue, because I was eating in ways I found tasty and practical.
Some specific less-usual foods that helped me were the legume pastas (red lentil seems most similar to wheat pasta, but the edamame or black bean ones that are chewier are good in pseudo-Asian preps, I think), peanut butter or almond butter powder (defatted - not as a spread but a flavor ingredient in things like oatmeal or yogurt), nutritional yeast, . . . .
I don't care for protein powder/bars or faux meats (just taste preferences, not a nutritional concern), so I don't eat those, but they can be good sources, too.
Sometimes we see folks on MFP going for an unnecessarily high protein goal, though I think that's less likely in this particular group (we 60+-ers are pretty canny, usually). It tends to be people who've maybe seen "1 gram per day per pound of bodyweight" or something like that on some site, then apply that rule when still carrying excess weight, but eating dramatically lowered calories. That can make things tough. At minimum, I think it's reasonable to use healthy goal weight as a basis for calculations (not current weight if overweight): Protein helps us maintain our lean tissues, so IMO we don't need massively more because of carrying extra fat pounds.
Personally, I think 0.6-0.8g daily per pound of healthy goal weight is enough as a minimum (it's roughly equivalent to 0.8-1g per pound of lean mass for many people), but if someone wants an evidence-based estimate that's more nuanced than MFP percentages, there's this calculator and explanation:
https://examine.com/nutrition/protein-intake-calculator/
https://examine.com/guides/protein-intake/
As a 5'5" woman in maintenance, mid-120s pounds, I now shoot for a minimum of 100g protein daily, typically exceed it. (I figure I may have something in the 90s pounds of lean mass these days, but I don't have solid proof of that. Pretty sure it's not more than that, though!) I ate a little less protein while I was losing weight, and eating fewer calories, just to fit everything in, but it tended to be high 80s to 100g-ish at least.
Protein is important for everyone, extra much so when losing weight, even more so when aging, and also if active. IMO, it's worth some attention to dial in, but if in reasonable health (no current deficiency symptoms), it's OK to take a bit of time experimented to get there in a sustainable way.
Just my opinions, as usual . . . maybe worth every penny the audience paid? 😆5 -
I'd be delighted to join in. I'm just turned 60 last week. I'm needing to lose 40 lbs. I did it here once before and kept it off for 8 years. Sadly, I piled it back on over the last two years. I need to get it off. I don't feel as good and I certainly don't look as good. I need to get good and strong heading into the later years so my body doesn't fail me.3
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How is everyone doing?
I'm kind of slogging through Winter doldrums season, kind of experimenting (for just a couple of weeks now) with one of those "SAD (seasonal affective disorder) lights" to see if it'll counter the Winter gloom that's so common here.
I still haven't lost those couple of holiday pounds, but seem to be holding semi-steady there for now (higher end of 120s pounds, in maintenance, prefer mid-120s). So far "treat exercise as non-optional" is working, fingers crossed I can keep convincing myself.
I'm experimenting with making beaded stitch markers for knitting, for a friend of mine, prototypes here:
And another different orchid has decided to bloom, this one pretty big (blooms a couple of inches across) - it's Gerberara 'Snow Ballet':
So, nothing really happening, but life is good nonetheless.
Anyone else have updates on fitness, eating, health, or random other things?9 -
Good morning, would it be okay if I join your thread. Have read through a lot of comments and feel you are genuinely a kind and helpful community. I have been with MyFitnessPal for many years with success and failures. I do feel that things are much different than they were a few years back as for health wise, would like to hang with some humans who checked the same age bracket box as myself😉2
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Good morning, would it be okay if I join your thread. Have read through a lot of comments and feel you are genuinely a kind and helpful community. I have been with MyFitnessPal for many years with success and failures. I do feel that things are much different than they were a few years back as for health wise, would like to hang with some humans who checked the same age bracket box as myself😉
If there was an entrance exam, or a group approval vote required, I missed it! 😉 We're quite a diverse bunch, I think, other than the age thing (and there's even a bit of flexibility at the margins for that). People here are at all stages of weight management, fitness, nutrition, health challenges, etc.
I think you've joined the group, just by posting. And welcome! If you have particular questions or challenges, or on the flip side tips and strategies that may help others, please post.3 -
Good morning, would it be okay if I join your thread. Have read through a lot of comments and feel you are genuinely a kind and helpful community. I have been with MyFitnessPal for many years with success and failures. I do feel that things are much different than they were a few years back as for health wise, would like to hang with some humans who checked the same age bracket box as myself😉
Welcome, @Elwin5 You've come to the right place. Lots of seasoned citizens here. I tell people that the mutual support and encouragement is the best feature of MFP.4 -
I am in good company here, just turned 74 last Thursday and am glad to have made it.2
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Hello, glad to have found a supportive gathering of people in my age group. I'm a 73 year old retired RN trying again to get down to a healthy weight. I yo-yo'd most of my adult life and just have not been able to get down all the way and keep it off. Being cooped up for Covid did a number on me but I am not giving up. Ever! I lost the Covid pounds and now working on the rest. I started Intermittent Fasting on Feb 1 and added 1200 cal limits using MFP on Feb 3. I am very pleased with my 6 pound wgt. loss so far. I would like to lose at least 30 pounds more but this time will be more focused on where my body feels stable rather than a number. Wishing you all great success.5
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cathyrose9909 wrote: »Hello, glad to have found a supportive gathering of people in my age group. I'm a 73 year old retired RN trying again to get down to a healthy weight. I yo-yo'd most of my adult life and just have not been able to get down all the way and keep it off. Being cooped up for Covid did a number on me but I am not giving up. Ever! I lost the Covid pounds and now working on the rest. I started Intermittent Fasting on Feb 1 and added 1200 cal limits using MFP on Feb 3. I am very pleased with my 6 pound wgt. loss so far. I would like to lose at least 30 pounds more but this time will be more focused on where my body feels stable rather than a number. Wishing you all great success.
Welcome! At least a few RN's here getting to healthy weights.
I FINALLY hit the 100 lb weight loss today! 75% of my goal completed!9 -
cathyrose9909 wrote: »Hello, glad to have found a supportive gathering of people in my age group. I'm a 73 year old retired RN trying again to get down to a healthy weight. I yo-yo'd most of my adult life and just have not been able to get down all the way and keep it off. Being cooped up for Covid did a number on me but I am not giving up. Ever! I lost the Covid pounds and now working on the rest. I started Intermittent Fasting on Feb 1 and added 1200 cal limits using MFP on Feb 3. I am very pleased with my 6 pound wgt. loss so far. I would like to lose at least 30 pounds more but this time will be more focused on where my body feels stable rather than a number. Wishing you all great success.
Welcome! At least a few RN's here getting to healthy weights.
I FINALLY hit the 100 lb weight loss today! 75% of my goal completed!
Well done!
I am down 100 lbs also! Just another 12 to 40 to go!
I haven’t chosen a goal. 12 gets me to a “normal” BMI. But I am historically extremely thin due to genetics, so I will keep going until weight loss no longer seems to make sense with my body type.3
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