Getting fit at 50 and beyond...200+ pound club
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https://youtu.be/-4FprR_LNSU
It’s 70 degrees outside!!!1 -
I don’t know about you, but I just love these memes!
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To the guy who brought the freshly made, food truck donuts into work this morning, I hate you.
And yeah, I had one but it bombed my food plan for the day! lol At least I just had ONE right?6 -
I’m ticked off at myself and the world. I kept to my calorie allowance, honestly journaled every bite, and was more active more consistently all week but the stupid scale shows 158.8. I’m back where I was more than a month ago! Grrrrr2
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Last week was pretty good too. I didn't exercise on Monday which was busy at work but I did a strength training on Tuesday and long walks the rest of the week. My youngest has started to walk with me everyday which I love since they need the exercise and to get out in the sun. We won't have as nice weather this next week though.0
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An absolutely awesome start to my week.
Tripped over last night and succeeded in breaking my elbow......4 -
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daydrem_dw wrote: »I’m ticked off at myself and the world. I kept to my calorie allowance, honestly journaled every bite, and was more active more consistently all week but the stupid scale shows 158.8. I’m back where I was more than a month ago! Grrrrr
scales are funny things!! know you are doing the right things for your body and keep being consistent. It will level out at some point. It is frustrating!!!1 -
Last week was pretty good too. I didn't exercise on Monday which was busy at work but I did a strength training on Tuesday and long walks the rest of the week. My youngest has started to walk with me everyday which I love since they need the exercise and to get out in the sun. We won't have as nice weather this next week though.
We have to get outside when the sun is out!
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Starting weight: 214 pounds on 1/1/2021
Age: 50
Height: 5’8”
Goal weight: 184
Weekly Check-In:
January 1: 214
January 3: 211.6
January 10: 209.7
January 17: 207.6
January 24: 208
January 31: 208
February 7: 207.2
February 14: 207.9
February 21: 210.8
February 28: 212
March 7: 207.9
March 14: 208.1
This week up .2 pounds
Not too bad at all!
Exercise has been consistent and fun.
Still trying to drink more water and stay within calorie goal. Creeping toward 200!
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@cpnknight sorry to hear about you elbow!
@jm216 yes you are making progress toward Onderland.
Well another day with sun and got out for a good walk with my youngest again today. This is great for us both. They did a bit of running as well. Mondays are the days that seem to be the hardest to take a break from work to get out and get moving. Hope to keep this up the rest of the week.3 -
This week has been craptacular and its only Wednesday.
Went to my parents town because my dad was having surgery (my mom has Alzheimer's, early stages, mostly short term memory loss and broke her femur last year so walks with a walker) and so he needed me to be at hospital. get home and walking in the door and my mom needs to go to the bathroom. I told her to give a minute to put the bags I was carrying down and she went to their room anyway. She "forgot" she needed her walker and fell. Broke her OTHER femur. I ended up spending over 36+ hours awake with her in ER, getting admitted etc. Food diary for past two days was like WTF??? I tried to eat "mostly" healthy food but yeah.....
Weekend weigh in was down 2.5 pounds since march 1 but I suspect I just gained that all back!!
Onward right?
(PS mom is doing fine; they operated, installed three more pins in her body - bionic woman anyone? - and is in recovery at the ortho unit in hospital)5 -
This week has been craptacular and its only Wednesday.
(PS mom is doing fine; they operated, installed three more pins in her body - bionic woman anyone? - and is in recovery at the ortho unit in hospital)
hope both your mom and dad are recovering nicely. So upsetting when our parents are ill, and we can't "fix" it. Hugs to you, be kind to yourself. You can only do so much at once.
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I hope all of the craziness of this week is behind us. Here is to a fun Friday... sneak some time in for yourself today. ❤️3
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scale is finally starting to move - been about 3 weeks..... happy Friday!4
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Hi all is it ok to join in here?
My name's Dan I'm 50 in October and started my weight loss journey 9 weeks ago. Starting weight was 289 lbs and I weighed this week at 276.5
Up until 2 weeks ago I had done this purely thinking about what I was eating and only between 0930 and 1730, but 2 weeks ago I joined here and I'm now watching calories and exercising every day.
Got to admit I'm a bit lost as don't seem to be eating enough calories, not eating my burned calories, and being told it's bad for me and I'm wrong! But I don't understand in reality as I feel ok, not hungry, getting much fitter and losing at (what I think) is a sensible rate?
Anyway hopefully I can pick up some help and motivation along the way and not be on my own wondering if I'm doing ok or not!
Thanks for reading!
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Not a bad week last week. Yesterday (Saturday) I made up for missing last Monday exercise. Otherwise I got a walk or strength training each day. Yesterday we all (my youngest and husband) went for a walk along the waterfront with Marina and park. It was nice but I got weak on the way back. I decided it was that I hadn't eaten since brunch and needed some food. Our start was delayed and I think when we 1st were going I wasn't hungry but ran our of fuel later when we finally got going and were half way through. I have been walking for even longer with no problem so I don't think it was anything else. We got a snack on the way home and had a healthy salmon dinner later. I did some recalculations of my BMR and then decided to see what MFP recommends for 1 lb/week loss. It was between what I had set my calorie goal and some higher estimates so I decided to give MFP a chance again. I lost 20 lbs on its guidance the 1st time I signed on but then needed to raise my goal up to lose. I also tweeked some of my food logging as well. Right now I am near my low weight with this new scale so hopefully I will start down again like I did last spring.1
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@dansemaillives losing an average of 1.3 lbs a week isn't too fast. Losing over 2 lbs a week is where it gets to be more questionable especially for those who weigh less. However my weight varies widely daily. I can have a big loss one day and a gain another so that is why I said an average of 1.3 lbs which is what your loss works out to over the 9 weeks. You should be eating between your Basal Metabolism Rate (BMR) and your TDEE (maintenance) rate -Total Daily Energy Equivalency. Just google BMR calculator and TDEE calculator to get estimates. If you are eating below your BMR that is too little. BMR is what you need if you were in a coma or lying down all day. You need more than that or you will have a problem. Eventually settling into 1 lb a week loss would be best for the long haul from my perspective. Listen to your body but also check out to make sure you have a reasonable deficit. A 500 calorie deficit usually is safe.
As to eating or not eating your exercise calories different people do it differently some eat them all back or eat some back. However it will catch up with you over time if you start to exercise more and are more active. Then your TDEE and BMR will change and you will need to adjust. The way MFP does it is they are separating out activity level and exercise calories when calculating what your calorie goal is. They are relying on you eating back your exercise calories or at least some. TDEE includes both.
So what happened to me the 1st time I lost weight on MFP is I kept my calorie goal the same but I started to exercise more and more and I wasn't adjusting my calorie goal or eating more of my exercise calories. Eventually my BMR and TDEE changed so that I was eating below my BMR. I needed to actually up what I was eating but didn't know it. I was eating some of my exercise calories most of the time but not all most of the time. I hit a plateau I couldn't get out of whatever I did. Of course the one thing I didn't think of to try is to actually eat more. When I realized that I started to slowly up my calories to my maintenance calories. I immediately started to lose again. I took a 2 week break at maintenance calories according to MFP and then I lowered them to a more reasonable deficit which was significantly higher than my original calorie goal. It was so weird to lose by eating more. So just watch it. If you start to be more active and exercise more then adjust things. Keep checking to make sure you are eating enough above your BMR. If you don't feel hungry, you are losing at a reasonable rate 1-2 lbs, are eating over your BMR and don't feel weak or tired then you are probably fine for now. Sometimes people will notice the day they lose is the day after a higher calorie day. This can be a clue but this takes a bit of figuring out.
Frankly I would keep doing what you are doing if it is working, you feel good, and you aren't losing more than you are on average but keep an eye out especially if you start to be more active and exercise more then you will need to adjust. Listen to your body.5
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