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  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 34,204 Member
    GoRun2 wrote: »
    I'm feeling happy today. I'm down 14 lbs. I have 15 more to go to get to goal. We are going on vacation Friday. I hope I can just not gain wait on vacation.

    Maybe you already realize this, but just in case: Don't panic if the scale's up a few pounds when you get back. Shifts in water retention can be surprisingly large after eating a little different from usual, doing some unusual things, and (especially) long drives or flying if those are part of the situation. I can find myself up a few pounds on the scale after some of those combinations, even if just a long weekend . . . but in a week or two, it drops off and I'm at or close to my previous weight (sometimes lower).
  • newHampshirite
    newHampshirite Posts: 180 Member
    Thanks for your kind response Ridiculous59. And congratulations on making it to the front of the canoe and staying there. It was clearly wise of you to stay on MFP after achieving your goal!

  • YPLamothe1
    YPLamothe1 Posts: 2 Member
    Hi, I am 62 I just joined. I am a female. I don't like to eat but I keep gaining wait. I am a workaholic. I joined because I have high cholesterol and prediabetic, so I need to lose some weight. I am looking for a good meal plan that I can follow, so I can learn how to eat normal and on time. I don't like to workout but if I find the encouragement I would.
  • GoRun2
    GoRun2 Posts: 468 Member
    This is on finding a diet you can follow. I started looking at the 1200 calorie a day diets to see what they do. Too much variety and too much cooking for me. I tend to have the same breakfast every day, makes it easy. Lunch is either a sandwich or left overs with carrot sticks. I go through the dinner recipes. This works for me.
  • Pdc654
    Pdc654 Posts: 317 Member
    When my doctor and I discussed losing weight last summer he suggested Weight Watchers which he said worked for his parents and many of his patients. I'm sure it did and I know it's a good plan. However, I told him I was going to use My Fitness Pal because it worked for me before and I actually like calorie counting. I'm sure he thought it would be too tedious but it's actually not. So much easier now with the extensive database and being able to scan barcodes and copy repeat meals, etc. It's really one of the most flexible options and gives you the opportunity to review what you're eating and tweak your meals to optimize nutrition while eating to satisfy hunger. I've tried many plans in the past. In the 80s it was low fat. There's been many low carb diets. Then there was carb cycling where every other day you eat low fat and every other day low carb. Do they work? They do because the common thread among them all is eating less calories than you expend. But for me, it wasn't a way of life. When I stopped I gained. With CICO, I don't have to give up anything I don't want too. I just can't eat all the things all the time. So I eat what I like, but I am trying to eat healthier more nutrient dense food than before. Because of that I am able to stay within my calorie goal without getting hungry cause I can eat more food for fewer calories. There are many good weight loss plans out there. Just choose one you like and can do forever, even in maintenance.
  • ridiculous59
    ridiculous59 Posts: 2,908 Member
    @AnnPT77 thanks for the beautiful picture. I'd love to try rowing. Maybe one day when I'm on holiday somewhere that has a rowing club I can trade my paddles for oars. 🙂

    Meal Plans: I find that for me, most meal plans have foods that require too much cooking or are wasteful. For example "Day 2 breakfast: half an avacado". But what do I do with the other half until Day 2 cycles round again??

    Here's my meal plan and I managed to lose 90 pounds, though I realize it's not for everyone. I eat the same thing for breakfast most days: plain Greek yoghurt, berries, and a homemade muffin. When I was working I ate the same thing for lunch most days. On Sundays I'd make a big pot of soup or a big bowl of salad. Every day I'd take a portion, plus some protein, which might be leftover meat from the night before or a can of tuna. My husband and I generally eat the same dinner, though my plate has more veggies and I rarely eat rice or potatoes (taste to calorie ratio not big enough for me).

    And that's my meal plan. Most days I ate 1200 calories but I was never one to turn down a piece of birthday cake or a glass of wine for a special occassion. Notice I say "special", not "regular". I usually ate back about half my earned exercise calories. Since retirement I've managed to put a few pounds back which I'm dealing with at the moment however I'm still within a "normal" BMI (though at the high end). I just like the way my clothes fit when my weight is a little lower.
  • Pdc654
    Pdc654 Posts: 317 Member
    @AnnPT77 thanks for the beautiful picture. I'd love to try rowing. Maybe one day when I'm on holiday somewhere that has a rowing club I can trade my paddles for oars. 🙂

    Meal Plans: I find that for me, most meal plans have foods that require too much cooking or are wasteful. For example "Day 2 breakfast: half an avacado". But what do I do with the other half until Day 2 cycles round again??

    Here's my meal plan and I managed to lose 90 pounds, though I realize it's not for everyone. I eat the same thing for breakfast most days: plain Greek yoghurt, berries, and a homemade muffin. When I was working I ate the same thing for lunch most days. On Sundays I'd make a big pot of soup or a big bowl of salad. Every day I'd take a portion, plus some protein, which might be leftover meat from the night before or a can of tuna. My husband and I generally eat the same dinner, though my plate has more veggies and I rarely eat rice or potatoes (taste to calorie ratio not big enough for me).

    And that's my meal plan. Most days I ate 1200 calories but I was never one to turn down a piece of birthday cake or a glass of wine for a special occassion. Notice I say "special", not "regular". I usually ate back about half my earned exercise calories. Since retirement I've managed to put a few pounds back which I'm dealing with at the moment however I'm still within a "normal" BMI (though at the high end). I just like the way my clothes fit when my weight is a little lower.

    I agree that easy is what works for me also. I usually eat the same breakfast everyday of oat bran hot cereal with 2 tablespoons of chia seeds. Simple no cook lunches and rotating dinners during the week. Sometimes on weekends I'll fix a large batch of chili in the crockpot and freeze in individual containers for lunches or dinners throughout the week. I make it with 6 different kinds of beans and 93% lean well drained ground beef. Each serving has lots of beans and very little beef.
  • SummerSkier
    SummerSkier Posts: 5,133 Member
    @AnnPT77 I love this photo. You are in your happy place and look terrific!
  • BCLadybug888
    BCLadybug888 Posts: 1,707 Member
    @AnnPT77 I love this photo. You are in your happy place and look terrific!

    Agreed, Ann I'm sure your funk has lifted! So nice to be approaching Summer.
  • trekkie123
    trekkie123 Posts: 251 Member
    nsk1951 wrote: »
    Yep ... we who have been working on our weight for a long time have all found ways that work for us ... and that is exactly as it ought to be ... your taste buds, your lifestyle, your comfort with preparing meals, your dietary needs or restrictions ... no one plan can possible work for everyone, or maybe not even for the next person!

    You have to do the work. There is no fast and easy solution.

    So true!!!!
  • swimmom_1
    swimmom_1 Posts: 1,302 Member
    I just started yesterday. When the Covid lockdowns came my lifestyle was so disrupted. My husband is a junk food guy. I was trapped for 15 weeks with him. I started eating junk food was unable to go to the gym. Now I am so overweight that I have breathing problems and mobility issues. Seeing a picture of myself brought me here.

    Welcome!
  • Pdc654
    Pdc654 Posts: 317 Member
    @Crash_Lynn82 Welcome! I do understand the junk food dilemma! This is a wonderful place to come for support.
  • swimmom_1
    swimmom_1 Posts: 1,302 Member
    edited June 2022
    @alteredsteve175 Glad to hear from you Steve and glad to hear your hanging in there. Tough times and dilemmas. ♡
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 34,204 Member
    Pdc654 wrote: »
    Welcome to all the new people!! I'm doing ok right now. I've had a couple of hungry days but I've hung in with them. Eating more protein has helped me with the hunger. I've been walking more. Progress is slow but steady with some fluctuations still happening. I have found if I just keep doing the right things they even out over time. This is a tough journey and it's hard not to get impatient sometimes. But I am feeling better and feeling more in control of my progress. I hope you are all doing well. The good weather should help us all to get out more and move more.

    Restarting exercise for me was a very slow progression since I was recovering from a bad couple months of vertigo and I had just spent 2 years basically just sitting on my couch. I was worried about making my lower back pain worse (exercising did just the opposite) and I was worried about falling due to the dizziness from the vertigo. So I started with a very slow 5 minute walk around my house where I could steady myself with a wall or countertop if I needed. I added a minute a day and gradually increased my speed. I think the slow progression was key to getting back into exercise. It helped me avoid injury and build my confidence that I could indeed do this.

    I'm finding the same thing. With me it is my knees. But slow steady progress seems to be helping them too. I try to do a little more each day. The only discouraging part I'm finding is that I can't seem to move faster without risking a fall because the knees seem to give out on me now and then. They also hurt more the faster I try to walk. I'm hoping as I lose more weight that will improve.

    In general, I've found that the stronger/fitter I get, the less frequent or severe chronic pain (or even discomfort) is. Finding the right level of challenge - to make progress but not injure myself - is the challenge.

    So far (🤞), I've found that patient progression will let me do nearly anything I want to, that isn't completely contraindicated by some prior injury/problem. The trick is finding the right patient route.

    When first working out, it was harder to distinguish discomfort that was maybe unpleasant but wasn't making things worse, from pain that was deepening some underlying problem/injury and making things overall worse long term. With experience, it seems like I can better distinguish between those things in the moment, and better manage them.

    Weight loss has definitely been a help, a big one, for me. It helped balance as well as the stress on joints.
  • swimmom_1
    swimmom_1 Posts: 1,302 Member
    AnnPT77 wrote: »
    Pdc654 wrote: »
    Welcome to all the new people!! I'm doing ok right now. I've had a couple of hungry days but I've hung in with them. Eating more protein has helped me with the hunger. I've been walking more. Progress is slow but steady with some fluctuations still happening. I have found if I just keep doing the right things they even out over time. This is a tough journey and it's hard not to get impatient sometimes. But I am feeling better and feeling more in control of my progress. I hope you are all doing well. The good weather should help us all to get out more and move more.

    Restarting exercise for me was a very slow progression since I was recovering from a bad couple months of vertigo and I had just spent 2 years basically just sitting on my couch. I was worried about making my lower back pain worse (exercising did just the opposite) and I was worried about falling due to the dizziness from the vertigo. So I started with a very slow 5 minute walk around my house where I could steady myself with a wall or countertop if I needed. I added a minute a day and gradually increased my speed. I think the slow progression was key to getting back into exercise. It helped me avoid injury and build my confidence that I could indeed do this.

    I'm finding the same thing. With me it is my knees. But slow steady progress seems to be helping them too. I try to do a little more each day. The only discouraging part I'm finding is that I can't seem to move faster without risking a fall because the knees seem to give out on me now and then. They also hurt more the faster I try to walk. I'm hoping as I lose more weight that will improve.

    In general, I've found that the stronger/fitter I get, the less frequent or severe chronic pain (or even discomfort) is. Finding the right level of challenge - to make progress but not injure myself - is the challenge.

    So far (🤞), I've found that patient progression will let me do nearly anything I want to, that isn't completely contraindicated by some prior injury/problem. The trick is finding the right patient route.

    When first working out, it was harder to distinguish discomfort that was maybe unpleasant but wasn't making things worse, from pain that was deepening some underlying problem/injury and making things overall worse long term. With experience, it seems like I can better distinguish between those things in the moment, and better manage them.

    Weight loss has definitely been a help, a big one, for me. It helped balance as well as the stress on joints.

    I agree with @AnnPT77
    I had a Tibial Plateau fracture in 2015 (put back together with 3 plates and 20 some screws) and since I could not get down on my left knee and very hard to get up if I fell down. After losing 100 lbs I can actually get on my knee to do "girl" pushups! And like Ann said better balance and going up & down stairs, etc. is much much better. More normal. Whether it's true or not they used to say for every lb you lose it's 4 lbs less pressure on your knee. Not sure how that is determined but my knees are much better.
  • Dianedoessmiles1
    Dianedoessmiles1 Posts: 13,954 Member
    Many of our members are 60 plus (some are younger) though we may lose slower (though that's NOT a set rule we have one in her 70s who just went from 170 to 160 in 8 weeks). I am not younger and I just lost 7.5 lbs in 8 weeks. We've done this with the 2022 Spring 5% Challenge, now is everyone chance to join us on the 2022 Summer 5% Challenge, once you hit JOIN please pick a team. You'll absolutely find a LOT of support and care as you work on healthy habits while exercising at your current level. We do not want any injuries from doing to much on exercise,,, but we do wish you the best!! Here's the link:
    https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/143186-2022-summer-5-challenge-community-opens-for-joining-6-5-22