I am 68 and need to lose weight

relaxed91859

Hi I am 68 and need to lose weight. I have used myfitnesspal for a few years but not like I should have done. I want to take control of how I look and feel and if anyone can give me motivation and ideas to help I would be greatful. This time I started at 193 lbs and I would like to get to 165 and stay there. Thanks in advance to any help or ideas.

springlering62

relaxed91859 wrote: »

I have used myfitnesspal for a few years but not like I should have done.

You e answered your own question in a nutshell.

Begin weighing and logging.

My husband started MFP a year and a half ago at 67, and has lost weight, come off diabetes meds, and began exercising regularly. He is seriously looking and acting about 20 years younger.

I look at other men his age and then look at him and there’s just no comparison. It’s been like reversing the aging process. Even his skin is better.

I say this to show that it’s possible. He doesn’t kill himself. He walks with me and the dog once or twice a day, Tai chi a couple times a week, and aquafit five times a week.

Our gym skews towards a very high average age, due to being affiliated with a hospital and rehab center (it’s also open to the public, like us). I can walk through the weight room or in classes and tell who’s taking care of themselves versus who is just paying lip service to being there. It’s an eye opener.

68 seems young to me now.

Use the app like intended and supplement with exercise. It’s much easier to “do right” now than ti suffer later.

springlering62

And can I add how utterly grateful I am that he’s doing this? I don’t look forward to being a lonely widow and this has completely changed the game. Hard truth, if you have a wife.

AnnPT77

relaxed91859 wrote: »

Hi I am 68 and need to lose weight. I have used myfitnesspal for a few years but not like I should have done. I want to take control of how I look and feel and if anyone can give me motivation and ideas to help I would be greatful. This time I started at 193 lbs and I would like to get to 165 and stay there. Thanks in advance to any help or ideas.

Welcome (back?)!

MFP can work at any age, IME, if one uses the tool. Consistent logging makes it easier . . . even if calories and eating habits themselves aren't perfectly consistent.

Pretty good, on average, most of the time: That can work, when it comes to eating and activity. It's the majority of our days that determine the majority of our outcome. Logging eating and body weight consistently is IMO, IME a super useful guide to how those averages look en route.

I started losing weight not much younger than you, 59, and joined MFP a few months in to start logging my eating in a structured way. In under a year, I'd gone from 183 pounds (class 1 obese at 5'5") to a healthy weight, and have stayed in a healthy weight range since, after around 30 previous years of overweight/obesity.

The quality of life benefits have been huge, and all my health markers were in the healthy range part way through the loss (having started with high blood pressure, high cholesterol, high triglycerides . . .). Besides that, my joint pain (from arthritis and a torn meniscus) went from a regular challenge to a rare thing. So good!

I think this post is the best single on-ramp to using MFP successfully:

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1080242/a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants/p1

Don't let the joke-y clickbait title put you off, it's solid, sensible information.

Different eating routines work for different people, so that may require some experimenting on your part, but this is what has worked for me, as one approach to consider:

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10636388/free-customized-personal-weight-loss-eating-plan-not-spam-or-mlm/p1

Wishing you much success: The effort is worth it!