Challenges for Over 65 women

garnerrmonacan
garnerrmonacan Posts: 1 Member
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Looking for others who are in the same boat!

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  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 37,967 Community Helper

    Hello, and welcome!

    There are quite a few 60+ women here, women at all stages of the process. I'm 69, though I joined MFP at age 59, and have been maintaining a healthy weight post-loss for most of the years since. I'm that age, of course menopausal, severely hypothyroid (medicated), with some health issues aleady in the picture (fortunately most of them pretty minor). Those are all things that some people will say are weight loss doom. I think they aren't.

    Several of us 65+ women are participants in this thread, don't know if that would appeal to you:

    https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10718336/60-yrs-and-up

    There are a few men there, too, but they're super nice and decent guys, no worries on that score.

    Don't panic if you open that up and see old posts: Like any long-running thread here on MFP, the new posts are at the end, on the high-numbered pages. You can jump straight there with the number/arrow links near the top and bottom of each page of the thread.

    Honestly, when it comes to tactics, challenges, and roadblocks, I don't feel like most of our issues are that much different from people of any age who have similar goals. In that sense, I'd encourage you to dive in and read/post on other threads here in the Community that are of interest to you, or post threads of your own (especially if you have questions or challenges you need help with). For me, participating in the Community has been extremely helpful.

    I'm cheering for you to succeed: For me, both becoming stronger/fitter and reaching a healthy weight were huge quality of life improvements for me, and the combination of both has been absolutely gangbusters. I've also come to believe that improvement is more achievable than many people our age perceive. In our culture, low expectations of aging people are common, and we often internalize those without realizing it. My experience has that more was achievable than I might have assumed, if I commit to the process and work at it patiently/persistently.

    Best wishes!

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