Show me dramatic weight loss over 50 years old

Age 71 here. Lost 56 pounds so far. It's no 'harder' to lose weight at this age - but maybe slower. 'Hard' is an attitude. Septuagenarians can be just as mentally tough as anyone else.

Me too, it took a while, but with moderate consistant exercise (nothing extreme due to my arthritis) and using MFP to monitor my food/nutrition I am a brand new woman (well - a much better version anyway). Oh yeah, I am 62

I am 52 and have lost 72lbs so far. Still have a way to go on this journey but know I will get there.

Moving is much easier, my blood pressure is almost normal and I feel so much better.

She can do this. I hope you can encourage her to join mfp, she will see she isn't alone..

Bless you for your love and concern for your friend. She is lucky to have such a caring friend. X

I'm 52 and lost 54lbs in 5 months

My wife and I are in the 50ish range, I'm just under and she's just over. We did the optifast diet together, and both lost significant amounts of weight. She's lost nearly 85 lbs, and I've lost a little over 110 lbs. There's more than one way to lose the weight, but rest assured, it can be done.

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First off she has to truly want it. If she's already making excuses as to why she can't do it even pics and success stories aren't going to help her. You are a good friend to want to help her. I hope she wants it bad enough to change.

My story is in January of this year (well December of last but I put it off till the new year) I decided to get healthy. My husband is sick and I was hoping he'd see me succeed and want to do this with me. That hasn't happened. I also had a friend who developed breast cancer and said when she was done with all her treatments that the one thing she learned was that you have to live your life to the fullest, and that made me know that I wasn't doing that, my weight was stopping me from living my life to fullest. As of right now I'm down 136 lbs with about that much left to lose(depending on how small I want to get). It's not easy, it's not going to go away overnight. She will have to work at it. She will get discouraged, but if she sticks with it she will see success. She will be amazed at how good she feels and looks. She needs to know that instead of looking at 6 months down the road she needs to look to the next year or longer just to lose and then be willing to do this for the rest of her life to maintain that loss. Once your heavy you will always have that heavy tendency and it's going to be a life long battle. But it will be worth it because the less fat and weight you have the longer your life expectancy will be. I don't want to die when I'm 60.

Me before January


Me now

I am 55, started on My Fitness Pal September 22nd 2012. As of last week, I have lost 10 pounds. Anyone can do it, no matter what age. You have to want to do it. I think it is even more important as you get older to really keep track of your weight and what you are eating as you are more prone to illness and injury as you age.

I've been working on eating healthier and doing as much exercise as I can handle physically... and I am 59. So far, so good, counting calories has been the 'trick' for me. My husband has gotten a bit jealous so I will help him create an account here and with luck he will 'join' me. So far I am down about 66 pounds.:laugh:

Proper eating, portion/calories control, no junk food, no super processed food, lots of vegetables, fruits and lean proteins is what will help you to lose weight. Exercise is a plus.