60 yrs and up

Lorrainell

Hi, I'm 74 and would like to be part of this group of encouragement. I get stuck every now and then, and feel if I have company on my journey, it will help me stay on track. ps The picture is not of me, although that is what I looked like when I was 21 and crazy in love with Elvis Presley. ha

karlschaeffer

BCLadybug888 wrote: »

Hey all - busy, busy time if year! Hope everyone is thriving, or at least coping 😘

I'm hanging in but holiday treats have made it onto the menu, so scale us on a slow creep up. But it's a very slow creep, so could be worse right?
No eating with abandon!!
And I have a contract with myself that if I eat it - I log it onto diary, which means there has to be some measure to it, even if I decide to have 2 helpings - I am checking labels and
weighing so that I can record it - good, bad and the ugly!

Keep on keeping on folks, for everything there is a season.

Same here!

ridiculous59

Lorrainell wrote: »

Hi, I'm 74 and would like to be part of this group of encouragement. I get stuck every now and then, and feel if I have company on my journey, it will help me stay on track. ps The picture is not of me, although that is what I looked like when I was 21 and crazy in love with Elvis Presley. ha

Welcome! The only prequisite is that you're over 60 and have the desire to be at a healthy weight. There are many paths to accomplish that, but it needs to be done in a healthy manner. And to quote Red Green "We're all in this together" 🙂

Yoolypr

Had to look up Red Green! We apparently never had this show in the US but I do recall seeing the comedian in other things.

momzilla11

Hi everyone. Holiday check-in here.

December has been, unsurprisingly I guess, a rough month. Today I returned to my previous-low December 1 weight, after various challenges and what felt like a bad game of Whack-a-Mole.

Holiday scheduling stresses, simmering work drama around year-end tasks, OPD (other people's drama), and my very own special problem I created for myself: choosing right before the holidays to push myself to complete a project I've been dragging around for years, sorting through family photographs (my son's childhood with ex-trauma, plus all those close to me who have passed) and my mother's estate documents. I stopped this unwise plan a couple of days ago.

Meanwhile I recorded my CICO, and it tells the tale. Late night eating, eating when I wasn't hungry, drinking wine late at night, dropping from 5 days a week at 5 miles/12,000 steps to 3. Also a brief resurgence of my most destructive habit: eating off-plan (lunch with my son at a new pizza place) and then feeling that I may as well add a soft drink and then follow with dessert and then...

Anyway, continuing to record and trying to stick to even a reduced activity level daily has worked as I hoped. 2 1/2 weeks after this rough spell began, today I've re-set and re-committed to seeing where this journey can take me for reclaiming health, fitness, and movement.

AnnPT77

Yoolypr wrote: »

Had to look up Red Green! We apparently never had this show in the US but I do recall seeing the comedian in other things.

Actually, some US public television stations aired the Red Green show. I'm not sure where you live, but it may've been more popular in states where there's some hunting/fishing culture, because it sort of lampoons that sort of thing in a non-hostile way. I'm in mid-Michigan: It was quite popular here.

I loved Red Green!

AnnPT77

Hello, and welcome to the new folks!

momzilla11 wrote: »

Hi everyone. Holiday check-in here.

December has been, unsurprisingly I guess, a rough month. Today I returned to my previous-low December 1 weight, after various challenges and what felt like a bad game of Whack-a-Mole.

Holiday scheduling stresses, simmering work drama around year-end tasks, OPD (other people's drama), and my very own special problem I created for myself: choosing right before the holidays to push myself to complete a project I've been dragging around for years, sorting through family photographs (my son's childhood with ex-trauma, plus all those close to me who have passed) and my mother's estate documents. I stopped this unwise plan a couple of days ago.

Meanwhile I recorded my CICO, and it tells the tale. Late night eating, eating when I wasn't hungry, drinking wine late at night, dropping from 5 days a week at 5 miles/12,000 steps to 3. Also a brief resurgence of my most destructive habit: eating off-plan (lunch with my son at a new pizza place) and then feeling that I may as well add a soft drink and then follow with dessert and then...

Anyway, continuing to record and trying to stick to even a reduced activity level daily has worked as I hoped. 2 1/2 weeks after this rough spell began, today I've re-set and re-committed to seeing where this journey can take me for reclaiming health, fitness, and movement.

@momzilla11, I have found consistent logging to be helpful and insightful in that way, too. Being honest with myself is a big deal. Those off days IMO aren't any kind of personal failure, but - once logged - are an opportunity to assess what's going on with me, what's triggering behaviors that don't support my long term goals, finding strategies or solutions for handling those triggers in more forward-thinking ways.

You're a great example: Thank you for that!

BCLadybug888

Hallo mon, checking in from the Caribbean!

Travelling to Miami and then onto the ship was a long drawn out affair, but nothing much untoward happened - no delays, baggage made it, just a far way to go! And apparently got out of town just before a major Arctic blast and dump of snow, brrr.

We had 2 sea days to settle onto the ship, and visited our first port yesterday (Tortola, part of the British Virgin Islands) and cruising towards our next port in Antigua now. We go to 7 islands in 7 days before enjoying a sea day on the way back. What fun! I love cruising 🛳 😍. 78F/26C, blue sky with puffs of white clouds, silky sand and gorgeous tourqoise ocean - what's not to love?

Food is delish & plentiful, sigh. Logging everything and sticking pretty close to maintenance calories and getting in lots of walking/stairs so we will see how that turns out 🤔. Hoping for the best!

'Talk' soon 🙂

Joy1580vb

BCLadybug888 wrote: »

Hallo mon, checking in from the Caribbean!

Travelling to Miami and then onto the ship was a long drawn out affair, but nothing much untoward happened - no delays, baggage made it, just a far way to go! And apparently got out of town just before a major Arctic blast and dump of snow, brrr.

We had 2 sea days to settle onto the ship, and visited our first port yesterday (Tortola, part of the British Virgin Islands) and cruising towards our next port in Antigua now. We go to 7 islands in 7 days before enjoying a sea day on the way back. What fun! I love cruising 🛳 😍. 78F/26C, blue sky with puffs of white clouds, silky sand and gorgeous tourqoise ocean - what's not to love?

Food is delish & plentiful, sigh. Logging everything and sticking pretty close to maintenance calories and getting in lots of walking/stairs so we will see how that turns out 🤔. Hoping for the best!

'Talk' soon 🙂

Lucky you! Took my granddaughter on a Caribbean cruise for her 18th birthday 4 years ago and had such a nice time. Wonderful memories. Enjoy your time (minus 32C here in Alberta this morning).

ridiculous59

@BCLadybug888 You got out just before the snowy chaos. Timing couldn't have been better! haha Have fun 🙂

Happy winter solstice!! To those of you who live further south, it might not be a big deal. But for those of us who live in northern latitudes, it's a big deal. Not like a big celebration.....more like a collective sigh of relief. 🌞

Not a great step day for me yesterday. Only 8000 because it was cold (low -30's) and the dogs didn't get their usual walk. My golden retriever is pretty tough, but the border collie stands there lifting his paws, with the most accusatory look in his eyes. Like the weather is my fault. Instead I did some yoga, and played with them for a bit in the backyard. Woke up today to -40C (which just so happens to be the same in F) so it will pretty much be a repeat of yesterday. Maybe do weights instead of yoga though.

A recent study shows that exercise alone isn't enough. Neither is just healthy eating. To truly help ward of desease we must eat a healthy diet AND exercise. I know that, but its always nice to be reminded.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/13/well/move/exercise-diet-disease.html

Hope everyone is staying warm, logging what they eat (yes, even the extra treats haha) and finding a way to keep moving 🙂

karlschaeffer

Happy Solstice everyone! Stay warm. Summer is just around great corner!

Pdc654

Stay warm everyone. This morning it was the coldest wind chill ever recorded for our city! Brrrr!

@BCLadybug888 I envy you right now on that cruise. Have fun!

Pdc654

As of today I have lost over 100 lbs! I weighed in today at 139.2.

I still would like to lose 10- 15 more pounds but not sure of my final goal yet. I have always thought that a 22 BMI would be a good goal to strive for which would put me at 126 lbs. I have not been that weight in over 45 years so we shall see.

momzilla11

Pdc654, congratulations on achieving a triple-digit loss! Wow.

Like you, I'm aiming for a 22 BMI, but will be happy with anything in the Healthy range. I'm 10 pounds from Overweight, having lost enough to get me from Obese Class II down to Class I.

Also like you, it's been decades. But, we'll see!

Pdc654

@momzilla11 Thank you! I do wonder if 126 is attainable and sustainable for me. But it is a goal to shoot for. If along the way I decide I'm happy where I'm at then so be it! What is important is to be as healthy as possible for me, and to have the best quality of life I can have.

Jthanmyfitnesspal

I would like to focus on goals that do not involve appearance or a specific weight. I would say my goal for 2023 is to be as energetic and alert as possible. I'd like to be lighter to improve my running and cycling speed (extra fat doesn't much affect swimming ). I'd like to exercise more in the morning. I'd like to do more exercise outdoors than indoors. I'd like to exercise more with others. I'd like to listen better to people and really hear what they're saying.

AnnPT77

@pd654, @momzilla11 - Congratulations on your weight loss, both of you! You two are a great example for others our age . . . so often it seems like I see threads here from people our age wondering if it's possible to lose weight at our age. You're the proof! (I'm betting you've seen quite a few quality of life improvements along the way, too - big things and small.)

Very inspiring!

@Jthanmyfitnesspal - I love your goals, especially like that it's a nice mix of subjective and objective goals, physical and interpersonal. Good stuff!

Speaking for myself, I'm not very goals-y, and don't normally use the New Year as a trigger. That's not a critique: I think it's ideal to figure out what works best for us as individuals. For me, one of the biggest factors in achieving . . . anything? . . . is to get the switch flipped in my head that I really mean it, really want it enough to work at it. Because of that, I tend to pursue new activities/accomplishments when that ripeness hits, which could be any time of year. For example, I got serious about weight loss on April 17, 2015, which is no meaningful kind of date at all. It just was time, somehow.

On the lighter side: One of our local TV meteorologists posted this on Facebook, and it seems like there's some truth in there:



Here in the middle of Michigan's palm, I've only gotten 3-4 inches or so of snow, with more possible, out of a 5 or so that was forecast as possible. It's blow-y, and quite cold (6 degrees F, -14 C), but not crazy cold for December. There's been more snow and blizzard warnings on the West side of the state, but they nearly always get more snow than we get mid-state (lake effect from Lake Michigan).

On the personal front, I just finished up my not-quite-every-year Concept 2 Holiday Challenge. That's this thing where the Concept 2 exercise machine/oar manufacturer sponsors a challenge to complete the equivalent of 200k (about 125 miles) on their rowing machine, or twice that on their stationary bike, or a combination, between US Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve. (It sounds like a lot, but it's only 40-45 minutes 6 days a week for me, pretty achievable in years where my aging body is kind to me!) I finished yesterday, doing about half row and half bike.

Concept 2 then makes contributions to a selection of good charities based on how many people complete meters above 100k-equivalent. The charitable contribution total is currently at $58,643.32 USD, and will grow over the next couple of days. They've committed to $70,000 this year if the community can push it there, but in one recent year whether their community overperformed, they actually increased their limit beyond what was originally promised. I don't know if they can always afford that, though!

Happy holidays, whatever holidays you celebrate this time of year!

Pdc654

@Jthanmyfitnesspal Those are all great goals. I think its nice to be striving to improve yourself in various ways.

@AnnPT77 I think what you said about getting the switch to flip on in your head is really the key to success at anything. "It has to be important enough to really want to work at it." That is so true.

For me, I do like to set goals for myself whether they pertain to weight loss or anything else. It helps me keep focus. However I haven't really set New Years Resolutions for many years. What is important is that the goal be realistic and attainable.

Ann, congrats on completing your annual Concept 2 challenge. It's an accomplishment that not only helps you reach your fitness goals but helps some great Charities.

Love the weather posting. And it's so true. Weather that would immobilize entire communities in the south is merely a bump in the road for those in northern states.

momzilla11

I'm excited in anticipation of exploring a series of dynamic goals for myself, which I imagine as an unfurling path ahead:

Which physical activity can I actually do now? (Pilates? Hiking?)

What style of clothes do I want to wear now? (Can I go to the gym without a jacket? Without long sleeves? Can I please never wear another tunic again?)

Are there interests I have now that haven't quite surfaced? (Do I want to join a group and train for a 5k race in the spring? What about dance lessons?)

Who knows? This time next year, on December 23rd, what will I have accomplished, explored, experienced? So exciting!

Pdc654

@momzilla11 It's always fun to discover new activities and interests you can do when your physical limitations have decreased because of your healthier lifestyle, isn't it?