Over 50 crowd

That would be me!!
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Welcome to a great place. You will find this website a really great resource to successful weight loss and healthy habits. I have met nice, supportive people on this website. I track my exercise and eating habits. Let me share a wonderful website for recipes and portion control www.skinnytaste.com. Keep us posted.

At 62, the body simply does not recover from injury as quickly as it did pre-menopause. But I've been able to get to a healthier weight, though I am struggling with both hunger and weight gain. The main thing is to be active instead of sitting all day. Love MFP logging capacity, because it makes me conscious of my food values.

Hi All
I am 54 and I have been on a journey now for 51 wks, down 73 lbs. I recently began working with a personal trainer, who is just the greatest young man! Take's such an interest in me and my limitations due to OA, and I have seem great improvements since we began on 2nd July. I lost 150 lbs via gastric bypass back in 2005/2006 and maintained that wieght for a long time, but due to constant travel overseas, never got to my ultimate goal weight and then last year I had a year from *ell and gained 40 lbs. Gastic Bypass is only a tool and a huge help when you are so very large, but one can still gain just like anyone else ....It;s still very hard work, and really once you are years out from surgery, or at least in my case, the body sort of figures out what you did, and you are really mostly back to normal, with the exception that I could not eat huge quantities of food at one sitting, but I can eat a normal portion just like anyone else..... I hindsight too bad I never thought I could have done it all by myself, but that was then.... Now I am on a mission to get to my final goal weight and hope to not have to always be thinking about the 20 or 30 I still need to lose!! I have treated this like a 2nd job, really, and it sure does take a lot of work, especially in the area of food and what to eat to keep the sodium, fat, sugar, and carbs in check. Working with weights is hard for me, as I am weak, but I see improvements now in the 2.5 months of working with my PT and I hope to continue with him until I reach my goal!!! Hard work!!!

54 - MFP has been the best thing that's happened to me in years!

I just turned 60 yesterday and have been here since mid-April. I quit smoking 5 years ago and since then let my weight spiral out of control (never had weight issues prior to that) and came here to get my body back. I have lost 26 pounds (with about 30 more to go) and am very happy with the way I am progressing. Someone told me that it is harder to take weight off when you are older but I'm not finding it that difficult at all. I actually like healthy foods so that part is easy for me although I have an enormous sweet tooth and I've changed my sedentary life style to include a daily 2 mile part walk/part jog routine and a 30 minute stint on my exercise bike. I've made some great friends here with similar goals and it really helps having their support.

Definitely over 50 here and in better shape than I was in my 30's. I run 10 miles per day, every day, on the treadmill at an incline of 10. I warm up at 7 MPH and then crank up the speed to 8.5 - 9 MPH. (If I don't run every day, I feel out of sorts....20 years ago, I would have said, "Not a chance! I could NEVER do that!) Burns a LOT of calories, and I know the calorie count is correct because I had a Sports Medicine physician, a Cardiologist, and a Trainer hook me up and do the calculations.

Tracking my food intake is interesting. Sheesh, I'm boring...eat practically the same thing day after day and I've been under my calorie goal since day one, probably because of how many cals I burn every morning. On the plus side, I eat a lot of healthy foods that are relatively low in calories and I sure don't starve myself or go hungry! I also enjoy some decadent delights on occasion.

I do what I do to maintain my current weight and to keep tabs on my cholesterol and triglycerides. It's working because my weight has remained stable at 124 pounds. I'm not losing or gaining. Like I said, I'm boring...same food, same workout, same weight.

Adding another post because I have a phobia about the number 66. If I have 66 posts, it will disturb me! :bigsmile:

57 here and we can still do it. I've lost 27 pounds since April and 39 pounds in the last two years. It is a little slower than when I was younger, but I feel great and sure don't feel like I am in my 50's. Enjoying life to the fullest.

yep over 50 and love everyday of life. for me its making the right choices (but only when my elbow bends :-) )
glad to have you feel free to add me

I'm 62 and on that line between overweight and obese.

I've tried lots of diets over the years and all of them worked. The problem is gaining the weight back afterwards. The Atkins diet is the fastest. The "lots of exercise" diet worked well too. I even lost weight on the orange creamsicle diet (the only snacks allowed are orange creamsicles). The "hot dog for lunch" diet was good for losing 10 lbs, but that's really not all that healthy. I tried a commercial diet computer program years ago (before Windows) with good results and that's what I'm doing again with myfitnesspal, which I must say is an extremely well-done site and application.

Three days into this diet, and I've gained 2 lbs. ;(

I hope you catch on early that the scale stinks and lies to us. You start rebuilding or building muscle and it will burn off the fat, you will see your body come out from underneath and you won't believe the muscle tone!! We are very close to the same age, I'll be 60 in December, and this is completely doable for us older gals and guys:) I get really excited because when I got here it was all about the scale and getting that sucker to go down and my ticker on MFP showing everyone how wonderful I was doing. I was eating way to little, usually the 1200 cals only. Now I am building instead of tearing my bod down. I figured if I am going to keep living I am gonna be the best I can be;) denise:flowerforyou:

I'm 62 and on that line between overweight and obese.

I've tried lots of diets over the years and all of them worked. The problem is gaining the weight back afterwards. The Atkins diet is the fastest. The "lots of exercise" diet worked well too. I even lost weight on the orange creamsicle diet (the only snacks allowed are orange creamsicles). The "hot dog for lunch" diet was good for losing 10 lbs, but that's really not all that healthy. I tried a commercial diet computer program years ago (before Windows) with good results and that's what I'm doing again with myfitnesspal, which I must say is an extremely well-done site and application.

Three days into this diet, and I've gained 2 lbs. ;(

I'm 57 1/2, when I took an office job at 40 I started piling on weight and couldn't seem to get rid of it. I kind of topped out at 220 but got really discouraged when I thought I was being active and cutting back on food - but the scale didn't budge. What showed me I could still lose weight was a tour my husband and I took in Israel last year. Our food choices were pretty much limited to where the tour went and so no fast food, but lots and lots of veggies - and lots and lots of walking. Last Christmas I told my husband he was getting me a Wii fit plus. At first I did yoga and strength training on that. I didn't lose that much weight, but toned up a lot. Then I got hooked on Island cycling and that's when I started seeing the pounds go down. To keep the lower premiums on my insurance, I have to talk to a health coach every 2 months. That's how I found out about MFP. Now when the health coach calls, it's like I'm coaching them on weight loss! My long term goal is to lose 30 more pounds and for once I feel like I can do it!

This sight is a great motivator. I only just started it about a week ago, but I am already noticing the difference.

I'm 53 and have gained and lost the same 30 pounds half a dozen times over the last 5 years. Now I am 33 down and plan to continue to lose 17 more by New Year's. For me it's all about the planning. I often log my meals ahead of time ( including my treats or meals out) to make me more accountable. Yes,I sometimes slip up and used to let that get me off track, but I am really trying this time!

I love reading about everyone's successes.

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