Getting older

lindabi
lindabi Posts: 4 Member
edited October 3 in Introduce Yourself
I am going on 62. I've always been active, weight never really a problem, my usual weight is 110 - 116 give or take a few pounds. The most I weighed was 134, and that was when I was pregnant. So, why did I join myfitnesspal? Becuase over the past 5 years or so, I noted an increase in my weight. Oh - I was still eating healthy - I've been a vegetarian for 22 years - still active, working out - but the weight was creeping up - 118, 120, 121, 124...the last straw was 126! I know that with age our metabolism slows, we have to increase activity, decrease calories...but it was just creeping up and up. At that rate - in the few years it would be 136 then 146! Enough. A friend introduced me to myfitnesspal. I was so surprised to see how many calories were in my "healthy eating " foods day to day! For example, almonds are good for you, but they have alot of calories. Now instead of sitting with the bag of almonds - I limit myself to the 100 pk a day serving. This is what I have done. More or less continue to eat my usual healthy foods but less amounts! What fitness pal has done for me is help me moderate amounts to keep calories where they should be me - 1,200 per day. AND IT WORKS! I am back down to my 116 baseline weight and I started this about month or so ago - I am sure healthier for it, certainly happier! I can fit in my jeans again! I have put the breaks on the wieght creep up that starts for us women after menopause! I love it!

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  • rebgeo
    rebgeo Posts: 23
    So happy for you!!! :)
  • reese66
    reese66 Posts: 2,920 Member
    Congrats on your success, keep up the great work!
  • tmiqueen
    tmiqueen Posts: 254 Member
    If I had a nickel for every overweight vegetarian and vegan friend I had, I'd be rich! They wrongfully think that just because they eat the "right" foods, that automatically means they can eat whenever and however much they want. They're finding out after being on MFP for a while that they're consuming double, sometimes triple what I do!
  • lindabi
    lindabi Posts: 4 Member
    Yes - that can happen - vegetarians and non vegetarians who eat "healthy food" run the risk of over eating. Being vegetarian does not increase that risk. I have reduced quantities BUT in addition - I have cut out the "healthy" baked chip snacking, the red glass of wine after meals 5 days a week, the two handfuls of nuts instead of one, the 4 slices of pizza on friday nights with the five mozzarella sticks - those things that were the culprits. It has nothing to do with vegetarianism.
  • lindabi
    lindabi Posts: 4 Member
    We all get lazy with our eating. As we age we continue to eat the way we did when we were 20/30.....and we can't. Vegetarian or not - we have to continue to be active, and limit our caloric intake and make sure our food choice are reasonalby healthy. It is amazing how quickly the calories add up. Quite frankly, myfitnesspal opened my eyes to this reality. A bite here, a snack there - even healthy bites and snacks - rack up the calories! The coffee with cream - two little containers of half and half I use at work for my morning coffee are 20 calories! Most of us pour in the milk or cream in our coffee. Calories add up fast - no matter how healthy we eat - vegetarian or not! Myfitnesspal has helped me see just how fast and helped me moderate.
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