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GoGoGirl1111 wrote: »Hi all add me, I am 71 and ill health looking for daily motivation / best wishes Dea from Down Under
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I am new here at MFP, How do I add you?0
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Well, in that case, maybe I'll start posting here instead of just reading. I'll be catching up to over 60 pretty soon. It's a much more active discussion group than the over 50 one. I'll still post over there too, and maybe the members will "graduate" over here at some point.6 -
Hi. Im 67 and looking to lose 20lb. I need to get exercise back into my days . walking the dog isnt enough i have just found a 17 min strength training post which i'm going to try starting today and will be dusting off the X trainer .3
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I think this is the only place I can share this & no, I'm not too jealous lol just can't figure it out. I started counting calories on mfp in 2016 when I was 62 & lost 50lbs in about 17months & have kept it off except for gaining 20 & losing it /maintaining that again.
My husband did not count calories but did stop drinking beer & cutting down on sweets but having some every day,(he was on insulin for 10+ years but not any more) he cut down on his portions & stopped drinking soda & lost about 70-80 lbs...size 52 pants to 36 & has kept it off for last 5 years but he snacks all day long. He eats nuts, chips, dip, sweets, whatever he wants & doesn't gain at all.. He brings home mexican food about 2x's a week , buys a big breakfast from Denny's or McDonalds on Sunday's (doesn't eat it all) goes for short walk or bike ride most days (30min)
I've rarely drank soda, hardly ever ate out(don't like to) always home cooked for our family of 6, always ate lower carbs because they made me feel sluggish, been going to the gym for 30 years because I like to & had a full time job being on my feet & moving all day
Here's my "I'm jealous of what my husband can eat" story: After my first child was born (a hundred years or so ago) I joined WW to lose the few pounds that I'd gained. I was diligent about what I ate, went to aerobic classes five days a week, and lost the weight. Meanwhile, my husband, who never exercised and ate whatever he wanted, dropped 18 pounds. The only changes I made that affected him was not having goodies in the house. How is that fair?!?!
However, and this is a big however, let's now fast forward a few decades: the husband who never exercised and ate whatever he wanted his whole life is now a type two diabetic and on several other meds. And me, who has always struggled with my weight but always been active, have no health issues. I'm not being sanctimonious or smug about it.......I'm just throwing it out there as food for thought.6 -
I feel like one of those noobs who is named ‘user16549806543’ but I ended up with this name, tried to change it, and it didn’t take.
I’m embarking on a new health journey and want some folks to keep in touch with. Hashimotos, hypothyroid, severe asthmatic who wants to improve my health.
Nice to meet you all!6 -
And me, who has always struggled with my weight but always been active, have no health issues. I'm not being sanctimonious or smug about it.......I'm just throwing it out there as food for thought.
Thank you for sharing this. I've struggled with my weight all my adult life too, but have stayed as active as possible. This makes me feel a little better. :-)
My late husband was an excellent cook, and when he served us, he automatically served me as much as he served himself, and I'd eat it all, even though I knew it wasn't a helpful habit to get into.
I lost a chunk of weight when he died, and would like to take off another 50 pounds. I tend to stay the same or go up in the summer, and would like to head into this fall at least a few pounds lighter for a change.
This thread is the first one I check every day, and am always glad when there are new posts to read. Welcome to those who have just joined us. :-)
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Want to welcome newbies to this group. Glad you're here. I started calorie counting & losing weight where I was 62 & I don't know why but it wasn't hard for me. I found I gained the most weight during peri menopause & that's when it was hard to lose.
hmm... I hadn't thought about the health part before. My husband's been on medications for a long time. He had afib for many years & got cardioverted a few times & another proceedure got him out of it but he converted back to it earlier this year & hasn't felt the same since he came out of it again. He takes other medication too for BP etc. I don't take any meds or have any issues except the usual aches with getting older & I'm much more active than he is so good point
Are any of you doing the summer 5% challenge? first time I've heard of it, apparently it's been going on for some years. I signed up. Sounds like fun. You can find it under the groups tab3 -
Greetings to @calmed153, @thecat, @wnqnkdbf92, and anyone else new I may've missed! @mtaratoot, I think you might've previously tested the loose age-based admissions policies a time or two already?
@wnqnkdbf92, in case you haven't already seen it, there's a good thread here about hypothyroidism and weight management:
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10767046/hypothyroidism-and-weight-management
It was written by a (former?) MFP-er who's a scientist in that field, himself hypothyroid (if I recall correctly, thyroid gland surgically removed), who lost weight by calorie counting. Unlike much of what one might find at random on the web, it's solid, science-based information about the subject.
For what it's worth, I'm severely hypothyroid myself, though not Hashi's as far as I know. I've been hypo for well over 20 years. I'm properly medicated, and didn't find that for me hypothyroidism had any material affect on my weight loss or maintenance. It may differ for you, especially if your full-panel test results or subjective experience with the condition are not the same as mine.
I'm fortunate: Mine responds well to basic generic levothyroxine, though it takes a fairly high dose; and my doctors have been willing to treat in part based on my sense of well-being, not just lab report numbers. I do best when medicated to down near the bottom of the normal TSH range, or even a tiny bit below. I know some doctors treat to achieve center of the normal range, and that may be fine (if it's fine subjectively), but it's not what best helps me.
Best wishes for success, to all of you!
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wnqnkdbf92 wrote: »I feel like one of those noobs who is named ‘user16549806543’ but I ended up with this name, tried to change it, and it didn’t take.
I’m embarking on a new health journey and want some folks to keep in touch with. Hashimotos, hypothyroid, severe asthmatic who wants to improve my health.
Nice to meet you all!
Welcome!
You're supposed to be able to change your name once and only once. Try again. If it doesn't work, submit a help ticket. Someone will help you fix the problem. I see it's spelled wnqndbf92, but how is it pronounced?3 -
Thanks to all who posted about weighing more than their husbands. It seems like it’s harder to lose weight now that I am older. I need to lose 13 pounds to be at his weight of 146. I did tell him my size 36DDD bust weighs about 7 pounds. I measured them on food scale 😂😂. Do you think I can count that as half my needed weight loss ? 😂😂3
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Lots of interesing stories here! I did say "Hi" a couple pages back, but didn't provide many details so I'll add a bit of background.
My apologies but, when I was younger, I was one of those guys who ate like a horse and looked skinny. I'm 6'2" and, what's the polite term, big boned so skinny was still just over 200 lbs. Life happened and by mid-40s that was over 240.
I didn't change diet at all but started biking and such until eventually getting into triathlon. That developed over a few years into Ironman distances and hard training up to 20 hours per week, which took my weight into the low 190s. However, at that weight, I was asked by several different people if I was sick. A couple years later my wife passed away and the training slowly tapered off to almost nothing. And the weight started creeping upward again.
Fast forward to 65, just retired, but bouncing the scales up to 265~270 and I've found MFP. Remember the "big boned" part? Standard BMI says morbidly obese but I found a link on here to U.S. army/navy calculators that also figure in neck and waist measurements. Those say I'm in the acceptable range. Still, I hope to drop about 40 or 50 lbs and, with that in mind, I'm trying to rekindle some of the tri sports while watching calories now. No health issues so far. ** fingers crossed for luck **
@ridiculous59 My favorite dragon boat call is "Let it ride!"
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Ernest_Nigma wrote: »
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I haven't been here for a while. A lot has happened. I started my journey to get healthy in March, with challenges to get through my birthday celebrations, which I did. My job took a turn for the worse in April when someone quit, and because of being shorthanded, I was overloaded with work which required a lot of overtime to keep up. This took a toll on my health. I wasn't sleeping, I didn't have time to prepare meals, and was stress eating. I rewarded myself with food for getting through a day. There was no time to exercise. In May, I got the results of blood work and everything had changed since my last blood test. My cholesterol was way up and I had gone from pre-diabetic to diabetic. When I saw the doctor in June, he wanted to disable me from work for 6 weeks because my blood pressure was 201/94 with medication, but I didn't to leave my firm in the lurch, so we agreed to no more overtime and working one day at home, and my doctor wrote me a note to give to my bosses. The response to that note was for them to pile even more work on me because a co-worker just wasn't cutting it and they were transferring all of her more difficult work to me. This started on June 20th. It was not long until I realized that not working overtime was not going to be possible in a deadline-driven office, and the day I worked from home I worked 15 hours. The next morning at work, one of my bosses started yelling at me about something very trivial and when I defended myself she barked at me to get in the conference room NOW. My heart was beating to the point where I felt I was going to have a heart attack so when I went into the conference room I told her that before she started talking to me, I was resigning. She asked, two weeks? And I said now. I felt if I stayed I was going to die right there. On top of that, they tried to cheat me out of my vacation pay and other monies owed me, so it was a difficult week. The good news is that it is SUCH a relief to be out of there. I fought for and received the pay I was owed, my blood pressure was down to 106/74 at my last doctor visit and been normal at home ever since, my eating is under control, and as of today I have lost 21 pounds. I'm on disability for 4 weeks, and then I have a big decision to make to see if I want to start collecting Social Security as I'll be 66-1/2 in September. All that to say, I look forward to catching up with everyone now that I have some time, and getting some good tips as to how to stay healthy. Hope you all are well.12
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@marci320 thank you for sharing this. I feel for you, I had a similar experience, I worked in a hospital for 15 years. I worked in ICU for 10 years which I loved but as I got older & several co workers were having problems with their rotator cuff because of having to move patients for various reasons like bathing, I didn't want to develope that problem so I left to be just unit secretary on the heart floor. Biggest mistake ever, won't take time to write details but the workload was horrendous to the point where 90% of the time I didn't get a much needed 15min break & would get 30min dinner break between 8-9pm ( I worked 3-11:30pm) I would break down & cry after work & dread going in, there were often 20 charts on my desk to tear down, put together, admit/discharge & order Dr's orders, phone wouldn't stop ringing for phone orders, patient's call lights were constant plus I had to cover another floor so 38 beds on one floor & 16 on another and you had to be fast so I literally didn't stop moving the whole shift. Patients couldn't be admitted till a discharge charts was torn down & Dr's orders had to be put in stat asap. My husband had to stop working there due to his health & we needed the health insurance. I can't tell you how thrilled I was when they started laying people off. 120 staff including nurses but I wasn't one of them. the following year they went to a different system & the Dr's & nurses were going to have to put in their own orders so my job would dissapeer & when they called me in to the office to tell me, it took all I had not to smile & jump with joy. I felt like a slave with no end in sight so I was very thankful & everything worked out money wise too8
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Hello to all new people. I haven't posted here or even logged in to the community for a few weeks and I am trying to get caught up. I have been logging food and exercise, I just haven't been keeping up with all the posts.
There are so many new people, I will introduce myself. My name is Patti. I think my original post is back about a year and a half ago where I gave more details about myself. I am a 70 yr old woman and 5' 3.5" tall. I re-committed to losing weight on August 1, 2021 at 240 lbs. I didn't find this community until months later and I have found so much help and support here. I consistently lost weight over the past 2 years and I am now in maintenance. As of now I have lost 120 lbs but I am actually trying to gain back a few. I am considerably more active now and I'm finding out I need more calories than I thought. That is such a new experience for me but a good problem to have.
I recently had my annual physical and my doctor is very pleased with my weight loss and lab work. He is taking me off of one of my blood pressure meds. My at home blood pressure has been running on the low side and I have been feeling light headed and dizzy. I stopped doing my weight training the last few weeks because I was worried about safety due to being light headed. He also is taking me off my cholesterol medication. Or I should say he is allowing me to try going off so long as I do blood tests every 3 months and my LDL stays down. Currently LDL is 100, HDL is 51, and triglycerides are 55. We'll see if they stay down there without the meds. It was one of my goals....to get off the BP and cholesterol meds. I'm still taking one BP med.
This summer has been zipping by. We had our youngest 2 grandsons here for 11 days. We did a lot of activities with them. We kept them busy and they kept us on our toes. It's amazing how much energy a 3 year old has. And he's a climber so he was on top of everything! We hit a couple of zoos, the dinosaur park, Botanica , went to the park and the pool, and had several other adventures. My husband taught the 7 yr old to ride a bike without training wheels. It was fun having them, but also exhausting. Lol.
@Marci320 I am so sorry to hear about your experiences with work. I'm glad you are out of that situation now. You have to protect your health and it sounded like you really did need to leave to do that. I found that after I retired it actually was easier for me to lose weight. Long hours and stress make it difficult.
Welcome again to everyone new. I have found this community to be so supportive, especially the people on this thread.
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Nice to meet you @Pdc654 , I'm similar to you in that I was part of this community couple years ago & even though I was still logging my food (took a short break), I just recently came back to this group. I wasn't part of any group for quite a while & decided to pick one so I don't spread myself thin trying to keep up so I chose this one. I am currently part of the 5% challenge group too but thats for the summer. So glad you got off some meds2
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@Evamutt your job sounds like it was a nightmare! I'm so glad you got out as well. Thank you so much for sharing your story. I wanted to know as well whether you retired or found another job. I'm at that crossroads. @pdc654 you are a rock star! I'm encouraged by your story. My goal is to get off all medications. I do hope you can get your blood pressure up though; don't want you fainting or something. It sounds as though you have a very full and wonderful life. When my job got so busy all I could handle was work and I quit all other activities. I'm looking forward to getting back to seeing my friends on a regular basis, doing some volunteer work again, singing with my church, and resting as well. It is funny you said you were able to lose weight easier after you retired and I lost 5 pounds this week now that I can plan my meals and am not eating at my desk, in the car, or on the run. I hope you all have a great day!1
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@Evamutt your job sounds like it was a nightmare! I'm so glad you got out as well. Thank you so much for sharing your story. I wanted to know as well whether you retired or found another job. I'm at that crossroads. @pdc654 you are a rock star! I'm encouraged by your story. My goal is to get off all medications. I do hope you can get your blood pressure up though; don't want you fainting or something. It sounds as though you have a very full and wonderful life. When my job got so busy all I could handle was work and I quit all other activities. I'm looking forward to getting back to seeing my friends on a regular basis, doing some volunteer work again, singing with my church, and resting as well. It is funny you said you were able to lose weight easier after you retired and I lost 5 pounds this week now that I can plan my meals and am not eating at my desk, in the car, or on the run. I hope you all have a great day!
@marci320 Thank you for your kind words. HaHa, yeah, I don't want to faint either. I almost did one day. My blood pressure was really low this morning , 95/54. I took it 3 times to see if it was a fluke. That's the lowest it's been. And that's after 5 days of cutting out a half pill of the amlodipine. I'm off of it completely starting today. I do think that was really unusual because it's been running about 105/60. Low but still in the normal range. I am still taking one BP med called Losarten.
Yes, leaving that stressful job you were in should help a great deal. I also am an emotional eater, and when I'm stressed, I'm more likely to reach for the comfort food. One thing that I've learned reading the forums here on MFP, is if you can build habits that are so part of you that they become second nature, it will help you avoid resorting back to the old ways. Like grabbing for the high calorie comfort food when stressed. I hope the last 2 years have done that for me. Or at least help me return to normal eating quickly if I do give in occasionally.
Best wishes as you embrace this life change to the fullest.
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