In your 60’s
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@Nayghtymuffin I have regular arthritis & tendonitis & I got hit by car years ago which damaged my knee. I'm fine as long as I keep exercising to build up muscle, but am in pain if I don't. @dlwin793 , please do give a different diet a try, like keto before you look into having surgery to see if that will work for you0
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Hi, all. Was away for the weekend and not paying much attention to MFP. Walked in a 5K fun run on Sunday morning - managed a 16 minutes per mile pace on a hilly course. I'll take that any day.
Another vote for trying some different diets for weight loss. I have done lazy keto and strict keto - that helped me lose 50 lbs. I can maintain on a more balanced plan, but I can't seem to lose. I have started restricting carbs again and have dropped a few pounds in the last month.
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BlancheandSmooshyface wrote: »I'm almost ashamed to post. I have a family of raccoons I feed every night around 11:00. Last night I was making them PB sandwiches, and the smell was driving me crazy, as I LOVE peanut butter. Just gave the knife a lick, after I finished spreading it on the bread. Then it was,: "Well, 1 tbs. won't hurt.". Next thing you know, more than a quarter of the jar was gone. Not only did I mess up my IF for today, but I probably scoffed down my carb and fat quotas for the rest of the year. However, that was yesterday and today is today. So, I'll just start again.
i LOVE that you make raccoons peanut butter sandwiches! i used to feed pigeons day old bread and bagels every day back in the day, but i didn't prepare food for them
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alteredsteve175 wrote: »Hi, all. Was away for the weekend and not paying much attention to MFP. Walked in a 5K fun run on Sunday morning - managed a 16 minutes per mile pace on a hilly course. I'll take that any day.
Another vote for trying some different diets for weight loss. I have done lazy keto and strict keto - that helped me lose 50 lbs. I can maintain on a more balanced plan, but I can't seem to lose. I have started restricting carbs again and have dropped a few pounds in the last month.
Nice walk my friend. I am going to go a bit more toward low carb. I eat way too much bread. It is hard as I love my sandwiches.
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Yesterday was a bit of a bust calorie wise. I am still struggling, but my weight is stable at 188-189 lbs I just need to tip it downward again. Hoping my body is now adapted to not smoking and I can start to rein it in. I will log the good the bad and the ugly as it really helps to see it in red that I am not sticking to plan. And all my pals can see my diary and take warning. DO NOT COPY ME I AM A BAD INFLUENCE.5
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Hello 60+ers! New to the site and looking for friends to share this lifestyle. It’s harder the older I get. Thanks for all and any inspiration you have to offer!
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Hi all! I was 63 in April.
I’ve battled weight most of my life. In 2017 when my dad was dying and my mom slipping into dementia, I underwent varicose vein surgery. This was a very stressful time in my life and then the weigh in before the operation slapped me upside the head. I’d been doing not too badly over the years, hovering in the 170’s. I’m 5’10”, small frame. But with retiring and my parents’ struggling health, I turned to food. July 2017, I weighted 206. OMG. I had my surgery on one leg and found MFP. Second surgery, mid September and the scale was down 25 pounds. My dad died early October; my mom had to be admitted to Memory Care in December. By Christmas of 2017, my weight was 150. I was still frazzled emotionally but weight loss gave me a sense of control over my life.
That year I started to walk lots and then run, was doing strength training 4 days a week. By the summer of 2018, I was 141. Unfortunately, that was too difficult to maintain. (Maintenance is NOT my strong suit.). After three weeks I can cut my craving for carbs like bread and potatoes, but 18 months of low carb, very little sugar, no wine took its toll. I tried to add bits of that to my diet, but over the next year, I crept to mid 150’s, then into the low 160’s and then April 2018, I lost my willpower, totally. An all inclusive 2 week holiday in Jamaica, broke me. I came home at 175. 🥴 By last winter I was back to 186. I had screwed up big time😡
May 10th I started to log on MFP again. None of my clothes fit. I had given away all my fat clothes, vowing never to need them again. How stupid was that? Size 12 was snug. No way was I buying 14’s. I had drawers of 6’s, 8’s, and 10’s.
After 9 weeks of low carb and logging carefully, I’m down to 163. 25 pounds gone. 10- 15 to go. My size 10’s fit, a few 8 shorts and jeans are comfortable.
Sorry for the novel. I felt I needed to spill my story to others - confess my shortcomings rather than say poor me and eat myself silly.
Yes. One day at a time.....
I’m on here everyday so please add me if you’d like to journey together. Lynz
You sound like me! I lost 74 lbs about three years ago and have gained 40 back. I maintained about two years. Soooo here I go again. I know what you mean about clothes not fitting. I’ve made some progress but I know it’s going to take a while. I’m 64 but I lost my weight in my 60’s so it’s just a number. Love to have friends here who are working hard at this too!1 -
Hello everyone, been busy watching 3 of our grandkids who live next door for last 2 days while mom went out of town to spend overnight with her good friend. My husband is so good with them, he especially loves the 2yr old, the other 2 are 9 & 11. I don't like taking care of them at all, I know , I'm a bad grandma . My husband got a shot at dr's so it made him drowsy so I was with them most of the day & slept over...didn't really get sleep & they were up at 6:30. Our daughter got home by 1 today so that was good. I hated to be away from my dogs, we have 6. I don't really have a problem eating much of their food. They do have snacks but I don't care for them. My grand son's favorite snack is crunchy seaweed, Today was better because my grand daughter slept over her friends so it was a lot quieter. We took the boys grocery shopping with us. I'm making chicken salad for our church group that meets once a month & I barely ate anything so far & not hungry(stress) I have been with mfp since 2016, I'm just newer to this group. I'm finally able to not snack too much at night after quitting smoking in March, so I recently lost 1 pound, yay. I twisted my leg at Zumba last monday so all I did was swim & went for bike ride this morning. I'm glad to start getting my routine back to normal & will be glader when I hear from vet to find out when I know to take Eleanor out again. I feel bad for my other 5 dogs because I can't really take them out without her. She's SO attached to us, it would stress her out if I did that
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Hi all I'm coming 57 so not 60 yet but ang of you can add me if you want for support.0
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I just turned 60 and came back to this site too. I'm also incorporating a book to learn to "change my thinking" so I do not use food for any emotional reason and I'm enjoying having something finally new after all these years that actually makes sense to me. I'd LOVE to find someone who'd like to chat using the email on this site so we can truly have one another and be accountable - lifting each other up when we're down, become good friends on line and feel like we have found a real friend (my passed away) - so if anyone here wants that too, by all means write me (or friend me) and ask! Hope we ALL succeed 1
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zebasschick wrote: »BlancheandSmooshyface wrote: »I'm almost ashamed to post. I have a family of raccoons I feed every night around 11:00. Last night I was making them PB sandwiches, and the smell was driving me crazy, as I LOVE peanut butter. Just gave the knife a lick, after I finished spreading it on the bread. Then it was,: "Well, 1 tbs. won't hurt.". Next thing you know, more than a quarter of the jar was gone. Not only did I mess up my IF for today, but I probably scoffed down my carb and fat quotas for the rest of the year. However, that was yesterday and today is today. So, I'll just start again.
i LOVE that you make raccoons peanut butter sandwiches! i used to feed pigeons day old bread and bagels every day back in the day, but i didn't prepare food for them
Loving this!! I bet they love those sandwiches! Hope they don’t tell their friends! Peanut butter is great for raccoons and us:))). I absolutely love it too! Today is a new day. Thanks for the smile!!
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Hello 60's!!! I'm 66 and trying to get the 40 lbs off that I have gained back. Have still kept 40+ off, but this is ridiculous! I want it gone now!!1
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manderson27 wrote: »Nice walk my friend. I am going to go a bit more toward low carb. I eat way too much bread. It is hard as I love my sandwiches.
Have you tried any of the homemade bread substitutes that keto dieters use? Fathead dough or something similar?manderson27 wrote: »Yesterday was a bit of a bust calorie wise. I am still struggling, but my weight is stable at 188-189 lbs I just need to tip it downward again. Hoping my body is now adapted to not smoking and I can start to rein it in. I will log the good the bad and the ugly as it really helps to see it in red that I am not sticking to plan. And all my pals can see my diary and take warning. DO NOT COPY ME I AM A BAD INFLUENCE.
You got this, kid. Quitting smoking and trying to lose weight at the same time can be daunting. It's great that you are striving to be more healthy!
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Hello 60's!!! I'm 66 and trying to get the 40 lbs off that I have gained back. Have still kept 40+ off, but this is ridiculous! I want it gone now!!
I'm sure it will if you stick at it, I have added friends this time and it seems to be helping to motivate me although husband doesnt like me doing this but it's for me not him I want go lose weight. Lol! I'm 57 in two months.0 -
Should say sorry for butting in on your group but it was more interesting than some.1
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alteredsteve175 wrote: »
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Ladies, I keep going back and forth whether I should eat plant based or low-carb high protein and driving myself crazy. I am 66 and would like to lose 10-12 lbs. l have two very good friends - one has lost weight super good eating strict plant based and the other lost quite a bit on very low carb. I had my gallbladder removed in 2018 so not sure which route to take. Does anyone here prefer one way over other minus gallbladder? Hubby is a huge carnivore and always done well on high protein, low carb. Every time I have started keto/low carb I feel super bloated..maybe because I am totally changing my eating habits? I am traveling to Australia mid September and would like to have weight off by then. Any thoughts are appreciated! Count me in on the group by the way. 0
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HouTxMom59 wrote: »Ladies, I keep going back and forth whether I should eat plant based or low-carb high protein and driving myself crazy. I am 66 and would like to lose 10-12 lbs. l have two very good friends - one has lost weight super good eating strict plant based and the other lost quite a bit on very low carb. I had my gallbladder removed in 2018 so not sure which route to take. Does anyone here prefer one way over other minus gallbladder? Hubby is a huge carnivore and always done well on high protein, low carb. Every time I have started keto/low carb I feel super bloated..maybe because I am totally changing my eating habits? I am traveling to Australia mid September and would like to have weight off by then. Any thoughts are appreciated! Count me in on the group by the way.
I think it's simpler than that, personally.
I don't have a gallbladder. I don't do low carb or strict plant based. I am hypothyroid. I lost about 50 pounds back in 2015, at age 59-60 doing this:
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10636388/free-customized-personal-weight-loss-eating-plan-not-spam-or-mlm/
. . . without much changing my exercise routine; and (now 63) I have stayed at a healthy weight for the nearly 4 years since, the same way.
Nutrition is important, but special manipulation of your macronutrients (low carb, low fat, high protein, whatever) is optional, as are special food choices (like strict plant-based, carnivore, whatever). Sometimes those special diets help people because specific individuals find them especially satiating, or easy to stick with . . . but other than that, any nutritious way of eating, at the right calorie level, will result in weight loss.
If you have only 10-12 pounds to lose, I'm sorry to say that losing it in a month and a half is a very aggressive goal, and might create unnecessarily high health risks. With so little to lose, half a pound a week would be a good, health-risk-averse goal.
Best wishes! :flowerforyou:
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update on me & my dogs. since I last posted all my other dogs started showing signs of getting sick with pneumonia. Sneezing & runny noses & some cough so I made vet appointments for all of them (5 more) it will cost me a small fortune but I just want them well. Today none of them had symptoms any more except my oldest girl, Shirley so I'm keeping her appointment for tomorrow & if the others are ok, I'm canceling theirs.April the small one also has appt tomorrow but not sure if I'll take her or not.
I've been praying much for all of them. On a good note about me too, I've lost 1 pound, I'm so happy about that. I bought some dill pickle flavored sunflower seeds & have been enjoying those in the evening instead of some other snack. One ounce takes me 1hr & 20 min to eat & by that time it's bed time.3 -
Sorry to hear your dogs are sick it worrying time hope they get better soon. Love the idea of sunflower seeds.-1
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Morning, all! Have an awesome day!HouTxMom59 wrote: »Ladies, I keep going back and forth whether I should eat plant based or low-carb high protein and driving myself crazy. I am 66 and would like to lose 10-12 lbs. l have two very good friends - one has lost weight super good eating strict plant based and the other lost quite a bit on very low carb. I had my gallbladder removed in 2018 so not sure which route to take. Does anyone here prefer one way over other minus gallbladder? Hubby is a huge carnivore and always done well on high protein, low carb. Every time I have started keto/low carb I feel super bloated..maybe because I am totally changing my eating habits? I am traveling to Australia mid September and would like to have weight off by then. Any thoughts are appreciated! Count me in on the group by the way.
A second to the advice from @AnnPT77. You need to find a eating plan that works for you. You noted that your two friends have lost weight using very different approaches. Their plans help them create a deficit and they lose weight.
Eat what you like to eat and will eat in reasonable quantities every day. Weigh and log your food as much as possible. No need to totally change your eating habits or be uncomfortable. Eat a reasonable diet, move enough to create a caloric deficit and the weight will come off.2 -
@HouTxMom59 Great advice on here, I just want to emphasize that if you do choose a diet that you don't currently eat, ask yourself if after you lose weight will you still be eating this way? If not, you will probably gain the weight back if you can't make it a lifestyle. Can you modify how you eat & stick with that? example is I used to eat rice almost every day, now I eat it sometimes & measure it out. Same with chips & other higher calorie foods I enjoy, it's not an every day thing. I love french fries. Now I bake the Ore Ida frozen ones, the fast food ones are my favorite, but not frequently. I'm eating so many foods that I didn't before just by trying them or maybe you will find a different way of eating that you like & stick with if you give it a try4
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All are welcome here.
@Evamutt your poor dogs, it must have been a very fraught time for you all. Glad they are getting better now.
Last couple of days I have been trying to do more deliberate excercise so I have been on husbands rowing machine and the treadmill.
I am going away for a few days tomorrow. Spending the weekend with my best friend, there will be food, drink and dancing. Also some shopping and giggling.
If I don't check in have a fabulous weekend and I will see you all on the other side.4 -
manderson27 - food, drink, dancing and shopping with your best friend? have fun - it sounds like a great weekend 0
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Wow. A 60s group. I love it!! Can i join if i am a maintainer? My birthday is next week and I turn 61. KRASY. Happy to support y’all in your journeys2
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SummerSkier wrote: »Wow. A 60s group. I love it!! Can i join if i am a maintainer? My birthday is next week and I turn 61. KRASY. Happy to support y’all in your journeys
Of course. Join us! The more the merrier!
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I am 69 now, started MfP just before my 68th birthday. I am 5ft tall, hovered between 10 1/2 and 11 stone for years, although I always did a lot of exercise. After logging calories and exercise, I steadily lost 2-3 pounds per week and weighed 8 3/4 stones after 5 months. I was particular pleased to drop 2 bra cup sizes. I wasn’t too happy about my face looking a bit gaunt, which was rather ageing. What seemed to help in weight loss was giving up dairy produce, which I did for digestive reasons - no acid reflux now. My weight now hovers at 9 stone and my face has lost the gaunt look. After over a year of strict calorie logging, I have found it a bit of a bind, particularly on days I eat out or go away on holiday. I have found that when I return to logging consistently my weight starts to fall quickly, which is encouraging. I think the regular exercise is crucial, helps the metabolism. I am now aiming to get to 8 stone, ideal for my height.6
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