60 yrs and up
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trekkie123 wrote: »My hair appointment isn’t until July 2. I cannot wait!!!
It was a new (for me) salon and the cut wasn't at all what I wanted, but the lady who cut my hair was so impressed with my weight loss that I gave her a larger tip than I had been planning. She was good for my further weightloss/maintenance anyway. My hair is cooler for the heat and will grow.
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teresadannar wrote: »I'm pretty excited. I hit my original goal weight today. I started July 1, 2020 with a 18 month plan to lose 70lbs and hit it today, 3 months early. I expect it will waiver for the next week or so before it dips under & stays, but today is the day I hit it!
I have revised my goal, but it will be at a much slower pace to mentally & physically prepare me for lifetime maintenance, and besides, I leave for Myrtle Beach Thursday...without my scales. Let's see how accurate I am on the logging.
That's fantastic!
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teresadannar wrote: »I'm pretty excited. I hit my original goal weight today. I started July 1, 2020 with a 18 month plan to lose 70lbs and hit it today, 3 months early. I expect it will waiver for the next week or so before it dips under & stays, but today is the day I hit it!
I have revised my goal, but it will be at a much slower pace to mentally & physically prepare me for lifetime maintenance, and besides, I leave for Myrtle Beach Thursday...without my scales. Let's see how accurate I am on the logging.
Congrats! Awesome achievement. Happy for you!
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Hello! I am 63 and need to lose 30 lbs, friends & motivation. Not good on computer so I need help using the site. I am trying to walk with my dog when I can. I no longer feel safe going to gym. Open to all suggestions.3
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Hi Everyone.
I'm here to lose 15 pounds I've gained in the last 5 months. I'm beginning to emerge into the overweight bmi group and I feel it. All the fat has gone on my middle and upper arms.
A week of logging calories has already made a difference to how I feel about myself, as just getting on with doing it feels good.
Btw I'm 70.2 -
A_DIVA_WANT_2_B wrote: »Hello! I am 63 and need to lose 30 lbs, friends & motivation. Not good on computer so I need help using the site. I am trying to walk with my dog when I can. I no longer feel safe going to gym. Open to all suggestions.
I lost 50 pounds using MFP and a thread like this one. I don't go to a gym. I log all my food and seek ways to get more nutrition for fewer calories. I walk my dog, walk with friends, walk alone and seek every opportunity to be active (e.g. putting folded laundry away one item at a time). If you like this thread, come back to it every day and share what's going on with you and read about what others are doing. Consider your weight loss journey to be a matter of life and death, which it is.
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Thanks guys, appreciate your words of encouragement!
New Mini Goal, 10lbs/BMI 19.5 by EOY.
I use the "one item at a time" laundry tip too, although when hubby scratches his head, I just tap my fitbit watch and he's like, "oh....yeah...".4 -
Hello I am 70 living in a state with rising corona virus rates so a little scared on that. Need to lose over a hundred pounds. Could really use some conversation. Thank you2
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Hello I am 70 living in a state with rising corona virus rates so a little scared on that. Need to lose over a hundred pounds. Could really use some conversation. Thank you Welcome. I am 74 and my husband is 74 with several high risk health conditions. He stays home except to drive to the bank or pharmacy drive through. We have many things to do at home to keep us occupied. We have just accepted that staying home is what we do. We live in a neighborhood with roads that make walking easy. It's easy to keep a good distance from others. I have limited my shopping to one grocery store. I did a huge shopping at Costco a month ago, hoping that I could buy enough so i wouldn't have to go back again but then I found out that I could buy only one case of canned dog food. Fortunately, I have two friends who go to Costco from time to time and each one picks up a case of dog food for me. Right now I have enough canned dog food to last until August. I do all my other shopping at one grocery store. I have had to pay a bit more for a few items that would have been cheaper at WalMart, but sticking to one store has been more important than saving a bit of money. We bought a few things from Amazon that I couldn't find at the store. Barbie in NW WA
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Just in to say "Welcome" to the new folks! I'll put some tips/links at the end of this message.
Nothing much is happening here, still! Other than an epic battle with a pretty big wasp nest under the eaves near my sliding door, all is well. (OK, not epic, but another one of those annoying day-to-day things that come up in normal adulthood and Must Be Dealt With. Like my destroyed mailbox, which is still not replaced. But I'm getting close. I think I have all the parts now.
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I'm still not exercising as much as I'd prefer myself to be, but the scale is behaving pretty nicely: As intended, I'm still losing those few vanity pounds so slowly that I would hardly know it without my weight-trending app, like around a pound a month. No reason to rush, at this point: I do like my food, and the occasional craft beer.
Again, welcome and much encouragement to those newly joining us. And encouragement, too, to those who've been here for a while, but are getting a little discouraged or burned out. Slow & steady wins, and sometimes it's needful to pull off the highway for a rest, on a long drive. So, take that little sensible break, then hop back on the highway when refreshed, for a little more progress. We can all get there!
Now, some tips for those newly arrived:
Best one-post MFP starting point info is in this thread (don't be put off by the title ): http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1080242/a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants/p1
After suggesting something like it on multiple threads, I wrote up in detail the eating approach I used to lose around 50 pounds at age 59-60, after 30+ previous years as an obese person. (I left out my false starts and mistakes
). That's here:
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10636388/free-customized-personal-weight-loss-eating-plan-not-spam-or-mlm/p1
I've maintained a healthy weight for 4+ years since, pretty much that same way, and now the slow loss mentioned at the beginning of this message. If it matters (I think it doesn't ), I'm also severely hypothyroid (properly medicated).
There's a long discussion here of people's ideas for adding more movement (non-exercise movement) to one's everyday life:
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10610953/neat-improvement-strategies-to-improve-weight-loss/p1
Exercise, too, is a great thing (though not the only thing). It's a complete myth that exercise needs to be intense or miserable in order to have benefits, or that exercise only happens in gyms or on machines. Any kind of enjoyable movement we do regularly can improve fitness, if it's just a tiny bit of a physical challenge. Walks (including things like birdwatching/walking), active play with the grandkids, gardening/carpentry projects, and more, it all matters. We each start where we are, and progress in fitness gradually, and we'll amaze ourselves with what we can achieve in the long run. It's not necessary to make like an Olympic athlete on day one. Just start by moving more, in enjoyable ways, and build up.
Finally, here's my usual flowers-in-my-garden photo (Pinkroot, a.k.a. Spigelia marilandica), with apologies to those who aren't fans:
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Hi..... im a 67 yo single female, from Melbourne, Australia.
I joined mfp a couple of weeks ago to keep track of calories and macros.
I have used anothe app for years, but mfp seems to work better for me across android and apple platforms.
Im at a bmi of 21, but could lose a couple of cms from my waist to get my height:waist ratio below 0.5.
Before Covid, I did social ballroom dancing a couple of times a week.... 6 hours total. With social distancing, that has gone out of the window for a long time, especially if you dance with multiple men! So, I have been walking the local streets.... the park path is a bit too busy at times.... weather permitting, 1 hour to 2 hours a day.....I have discovered some nice gems in the neighbourhood.... but whats with the young adults always with a takeaway coffee in their hands? The cost!
Have a good day.... just going out for my walk, with a podcast on .... LowcarbUsa.
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dawkson I had to take a hiatus from my line dance classes and I miss them. I love to walk and I live in a neighborhood with wide streets and almost no traffic so I can walk whenever I want. I listen to podcasts and audio books. The podcasts I listen to are about happiness, meditation, or food. I hope you'll keep coming back. Barbie from NW Washington state 3
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Hi everyone . X 4
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Just getting back into this. Been a rough few years but here goes. 65 just diagnosed with diabetes have to talk with my Dr next week to go over my health plan. I know I need to get moving again, four years ago I road a recumbent trike 4,000 miles in 6 month, I may not get back to that but I need to get motivated to ride.5
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Thats a great photo Ann
I try to keep moving even if it's my fingers on the keyboard, I took a stroll round the garden with my camera and on the Sea Holly I saw a little yellow,orange,and black smudge. It turned out to be a Harlequin Ladybird Larvae.
Thought I'd share it.
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Good Morning. Yesterday my walking friend cancelled so I did the next best thing, exercises at home. For over 2 hours I combined walking up and down stairs , squats, deep knee bends , etc. I was cleaning/ purging the closets , cleaning the floors , never ending. Then I found 20$ in a beach bag from last summer! Breakfast over , time to “ exercise “.6
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Today I’ll take Naprosyn first!3
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@BobWillers, that's an amazing photo! I love it! You have definite photographic skills, and I suspect a much better camera than the one in my li'l cell phone. I should consider a better camera, but I have to admit my enthusiasm is really more for growing unusual plants, than photographing them for best effect.
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marie19781 wrote: »Good Morning. Yesterday my walking friend cancelled so I did the next best thing, exercises at home. For over 2 hours I combined walking up and down stairs , squats, deep knee bends , etc. I was cleaning/ purging the closets , cleaning the floors , never ending. Then I found 20$ in a beach bag from last summer! Breakfast over , time to “ exercise “.
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marie19781 wrote: »Good Morning. Yesterday my walking friend cancelled so I did the next best thing, exercises at home. For over 2 hours I combined walking up and down stairs , squats, deep knee bends , etc. I was cleaning/ purging the closets , cleaning the floors , never ending. Then I found 20$ in a beach bag from last summer! Breakfast over , time to “ exercise “.
Nice going!!! I love finding what I call surprise money that I totally forgot I had.2 -
Just getting back into this. Been a rough few years but here goes. 65 just diagnosed with diabetes have to talk with my Dr next week to go over my health plan. I know I need to get moving again, four years ago I road a recumbent trike 4,000 miles in 6 month, I may not get back to that but I need to get motivated to ride. Don't wait for motivation. Just decide to ride for awhile each day just like you decide to bathe and brush your teeth. Make it part of your routine. Find something to listen to as you ride and the time will zoom by. 5
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Greetings, all. I was locked out of the community section of this website for the last couple of days. Was not able to check in here. Was I the only one?
The struggles go on. I have a weight goal for June 30. I have been below that weight a couple of times in the last month, but I haven't been able to stay down where I want to be. Between birthday parties and Father's Day and a visit from friends that I only see once a year, I have had some high calorie days lately. Here's to one last push in the last four days of June.5 -
I also have been having trouble logging on to the Community section. In Australia. I, too, had a high calorie day yesterday..... decided to make some keto crackers, using only almond meal and mozzarella cheese in the microwave.... serves 10.... scoffed the lot! Then made a fake fast food friday pizza with keto base.... serves 4! Scoffed the lot! Decided i had better do 800 cal today! Surprisingly total carbs yesterday were still under 30 grams.
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A parcel arrived this morning from my other daughter. She really tries to help.(not)
A bottle of Cabernet Sauvignon, a large box of liquorice, and a wine glass that holds a full bottle of wine!
Bless her...............Get Thee Behind Me etc.2 -
I seem to have intermittent connection problems all the tome with MFP. Yesterday was also a rough eating day for me. But today is a new day, so onward and upward!4
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Hi all, I haven't been able to get on here lately it just wont let me, hope your all doing well.1
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Hi! I am new to this board, but not to MFP. I go off and on my food tracking and fitness routine and the pounds keep creeping up. It seems I have gained about 10 pounds per decade since I was in my 20's. I am only 5 feet tall and at 65 years I now seem to teeder between 146-149 pounds for the past year. I would like to lose 20 pounds or at least 15 pounds. I like to drink wine and eat carbs! That says it all I think. But change is never easy. Lately I am trying to eat more low glycemic foods. I was going to a local gym at the university 3 times a week and really loved it, but since covid19 I have slipped back into a pattern of no structured excercise. So onward and never give up, right? 3
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Love the Sea-holly pic up above here.
Came back to My Fitness Pal b/c absolutely everything shutdown and lost during pandemic and I’m feeling like in solitary confinement. I live alone.
Trying to walk more and do dumbbell exercises at home.
But I regained a huge amount of weight.
Not good for my heart. I am at high risk of stroke.
Thanks for your time and effort in reading this.
Have a lovely weekend.
ALBionicGirl
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I participate in this thread and two others so I haven't felt alone even though I go almost no where and have had to give up my two weekly dance classes and my weekly exercise class. I feel so fortunate to be able to communicate via the internet. 4
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Hi, everyone...I'll turn 64 this summer, and am a New Englander. After having been very overweight for most of my adult life, I lost about 40 pounds when my husband died, and have kept it off since, with little "blips" up and down a few pounds here and there.
This is the first time I've ever been able to keep a chunk of weight off, so I feel good about that. I'd like to take off another 50 pounds, but am trying to do it without pressuring and stressing myself. I do best with the thought that "any progress is good", so I don't get overly frustrated with how slowly I lose, and stop trying.
My hobbies are all sedentary, so I have to make it a point each day to find ways to be active, increase NEAT, and get away from the computer. I have my Fitbit set at 5K steps daily, and always try to get over that amount. (It's harder when it's 90+ degrees with high humidity.)
When it comes to weight loss, mindless boredom snacking is my biggest challenge.
My ambitious mini-goal for summer is to take off 10-15 pounds. Hopefully, participating here will be a helpful boost in that direction.
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