I lost 60 lbs at age 51, Anyone Can, Any Workout

chunkylover22

WOW! this is amazing!!!

sxyfitmomandwife

Wooooow that is amazing! are you on bodybuilding.com??

SexyLovinmeCook

AMAZING...WOW WOW WOW

ShmoozyQ

You are...simply AMAZING! I had to pick my jaw up for your after bikini shots. I loved, loved your story too. I love how real you got - want to lose weight? Don't eat so much. Why do we gain or maintain weight? We eat too much. There's so much truth in that simplicity. You're an inspiration. Well done.

whodatlixxie

WOW - you just told my story, well at least the part about being fit but not being able to get weight off!!! In March I had THAT MOMENT when I knew I had to do something different. It is really all about calories in and calories out! Portion control was an eye opening experience. My doctor, female, same age as me, experiencing same issues suggested that I needed to really pay attention to calories. She led me to MFP - for the database and logging features, said it helped her.

I have lost 23 pounds so far - slowly but surely. Sometime steadily at 1 - 2 pounds a week and other times oooo so slowly, but during those times I have seen my body change. Added jazzercise to my exercise routine (previously only walking) and can see the difference with the very little bit of weight work and core work that comes with that program. Presently investigating adding in true weight training and plan to do so within the next couple of weeks.

Thanks for sharing - sometimes as a 51 year old female I feel so alone out there in the world trying to get to a healthy weight and change my lifestyle. You are truly an inspiration and one day I want to be able to write that same story!!! You rock!

aubreykkkk

You are so inspiring! I think you have literally changed my life! Thank you so much for posting your story and the pictures. You look absolutely amazing and definitely look 20+ years younger than your age! I'm only 18, but I want to be just like you because you really have the ideal body! Thank you so much!!!
I have always neglected strength training and I never took portion control into much consideration. What do you normally eat each day? Are there any strength training plans you recommend for me?

TriumphNow

This is definitely one of he best transformations I've seen, especially emphasizing the importance of weight training. You look incredible and so much younger. Congratulations!

ouddy29

WOW you look FANTASTIC!!!!! :flowerforyou:

jeddy3mcc

Nice Work!!! I am really inspired!!!

lizzie2190

Omg!!!!!! Amazing work. I'm so envious of your stomach especially! X

mrsgoodwine

I'm 51 as well. Your story is inspirational!!! I hope to look as amazing as you some day!

sarahbeanz

Amazing!! I'm working on this.....i'm half way there....hope to look like you one day!!

martha1514

Wow! Thanks for posting all your great information!

sheila569

Absolutely Amazing! Bumping read all about it later.

xSCiNTILLATEx79

So glad you posted this...very inpirational! I know your right too because its how I first lost all my weight (110lbs - taking it day by day, listening to my body) Somewhere I lost lifestyle I made for myself and put some of the weight back. Now Im struggling with "dieting" and I know its wrong and I'm obsessing about it...this just motivated me to STOP obsessing about everything and take it day be day. Also helped me decide to definately get ESE!

Thank You! :flowerforyou:

lauralind5

What an awesome transformation! Your story is exactly what my docs (I work for endocrinologists) keep telling me. Thanks for the confirmation

RheneeB

Loved reading your post - thank you for sharing. I am 47 and been struggling to lose weight for over a year. It seems I continue losing and gaining the same 5-8 pounds over and over and over. I just googled Eat Stop Eat and I am ordering it tonight!!! It makes perfect sense for me. Thank you for sharing.

fitwithin

You look AWESOME! Very motivational.

hosegirl

You look great. My quesstion is. DId you use MFP at all????

californiagirl2012

Wooooow that is amazing! are you on bodybuilding.com??

I have a profile there but don't use it much. I thought I would find female friends there who like to workout but instead I get a bunch of guys who want to flirt and I'm not looking for that. I'm into fitness not flirting! LOL I'm http://bodyspace.bodybuilding.com/califgirlbobbie/

californiagirl2012

You look great. My quesstion is. DId you use MFP at all????

I use it all the time now but didn't start until I floundered with maintenance. I had a phobia about tracking calories because I'm old school and have these really bad memories of pen and note pad, calorie books and calculators. So I actually lost weight just eating less (probably 1000 calories) and it took me two years. Before you panic about those calories I am SMALL. The calories you eat is a direct relation to your size! I hate that everyone gets hung up on 1200 calories on here. That is just plain silly. 1200 is too little for big people and barely under RMR for someone small like me.

The progress went quicker when I found Eat Stop Eat and it changed my life. I notice a lot of people here on MFP are finding a lot of luck with other Intermittent Fasting programs as well.

Anyway I finally decided to try this tool and I'm glad I did. It helps me maintain for life and I wish I had gotten over my calorie phobia sooner because it probably would have helped me. But just eating less worked too.

californiagirl2012

You are so inspiring! I think you have literally changed my life! Thank you so much for posting your story and the pictures. You look absolutely amazing and definitely look 20+ years younger than your age! I'm only 18, but I want to be just like you because you really have the ideal body! Thank you so much!!!
I have always neglected strength training and I never took portion control into much consideration. What do you normally eat each day? Are there any strength training plans you recommend for me?

You are welcome to look at my diet. It's open. There are lots of weight training programs, many free or cheaper than what I use. I personally liked The Venus Index because of the goals for proportions based on PHI and those goals pushed me beyond what I thought I was capable of and for $40 it was well worth it just for that, but the workout is fun, simple, hard, can be done at home or at the gym. John Barban designed it especially to make a woman's shape her best "The focus is proportions and shape (rather than weight loss at all costs or building muscle like a guy)". It was the best $40 I ever spent. But I'm sure there are plenty of other workouts for women, I would recommend a full body free weight program that does a lot with legs.

northernlights907

Thank you so much for sharing. This was probably the most inspiring story I've ever read on here. You look amazing.

californiagirl2012

Thank you so much for sharing. This was probably the most inspiring story I've ever read on here. You look amazing.

Thank you. And thank you everyone else for your kind words.

cirka2002

there is nothing for me to add...everyone has already said it! WOW!

silvergurl518

you amaze me SOOOO much!!!

Turtlehurdle

AMAZING! Congrats!

FlamingJune67

"Your body loses weight in chunks, not linear. I have found that you can do everything right and your weight loss seems to plateau but if you are patient and keep exercising and eating at a deficit (however slight) you will lose it, it will suddenly "whoosh". There are so many variables for the scale; water retention, digestion, allergies, sodium, carbs, water intake, DOMS, inflammation, the list goes on. People mistakenly think they lose or gain weight when they eat more or less because of these fluctuations."

^^^ This is the most insightful thing I have ever read on mfp!!

twinketta

I am so going to work that much harder after seeing your transformation! Fantastic wow

JewelsinBigD

What an inspiration! I want to look like you!!!