Anyone here over 50?

Hi! I'm 51 and yeah, it is harder! But I've lost 65 pounds since February so it's not impossible! Sending a friend request.
Nancy

Going to be 60 this year and I have to start getting this weight off. It is harder but I can't use excuses anymore. Time is not going to stop and wait for me to get serious. I think this site is where I need to be. I love to read all of the success stories and I hope to be one of them,

Today is the first day on this site and I'm pretty excited about it. I'm 55 post menopausal needing to lose 25-30 pounds. I've struggled with weight all of my life. This site is so much like weight watchers on line but FREE and I think the only way I can really lose the weight is to keep track of everything that enters my mouth. I quit smoking this past July, had my first physical in September and am determined to take care of myself. I cut wheat out of my diet several weeks ago, and I already feel better and less bloated. Hurray to all of us being here - and remember 50 or 60 or 70 is just a number!

Hello ~ I am 65 years and the term "the older you get, the harder it is to lose" speaks true in my case. I think I'm pretty active with water aerobics, playing horseshoes, dancing, golfing, walking...but no matter how active I was or how I watched my food intake, my scale just kept going up. So I'm here to see if I can lose the 10-20 I'd like to get rid of!

I just turned 50 last month and I can tell you it is hard to lose 1 ounce!!!! I used to could diet for a month and lose 20 pounds when I didn't even need to do so. Now I work so much harder and eat so much better and barely budge the scale. It is DOABLE THOUGH!!!

I am 57 and just am getting started with MFP. I have done WW at least three times with good results, but I seem to fall off the wagon if I quit going to meetings. I am finding it very difficult to get started this time, but I know I have to do something as this extra weight I am carrying around is getting harder to deal with by the day. Need motivation to exercise and track my food intake as well.
My New Years Resolution is to attempt to make small steps at a time to become more fit and less fat!

Hi-- I just signed up. I am 57 and have hopes of losing at least 50 pounds this year. I know it is harder because we are older but I figure if I don't start this journey now, I will never start. 2013 is the year. Let's all give it our best efforts.

51 here. Yes, it is harder to lose weight as we age but I think it's because we aren't working as hard, our kids are (usually) grown, we don't go out as often, get lazier, sit around more and lose muscle. Then our metabolism nose-dives! I didn't start to lose weight until I started eating right and moving more, just what everyone else has to do. Yeah, I have a LOT more aches and pains and health issues due to my age that make it harder but the pain is worth the extra health benefits! After losing 40lbs, I look and feel 20 years younger and only wish I would have been inspired to get off my *kitten* sooner!
Good luck, get it in your head that you can do this and you will! You just have to want it bad enough!

ETA: One year ago, on Christmas Eve, I got up off my butt because I had had enough. I started walking that day, barely 15 minutes at 2 mph on my treadmill. My pulse was sky high and I was out of breath within a minute. I am happy to say that one year and over 1,000 miles later, I graduated C25K and am now working the 5k to 10k bridge. I have high blood pressure, was pre-diabetic, have ;fibromyalgia, a kidney tumor, kidney stones, had a stroke in Nov 2011 (fully recovered, thank God), a blood disorder, going through menopause without HRT, so I'm having all of the hotflashes, night sweats, stress, etc from that. I also have a husband who has a terminal lung disease with a poor prognosis. I lost my father, grandmother and 3 aunts in the last few years and now my mother is 'gone' due to alzheimers. My son moved back home with his gf, their 2 yr old and a newborn. Sooooo, yeah I have a lot of stress and health problems and still managed to take the time to measure food, learn how to eat correctly and exercise.
I WANT TO LIVE and it's worth the EFFORT. Ok, now YOU ALL CAN DO IT TO. Just get up and MOVE. Rant over, thanks for listening. lol

I started my weight loss in March 2012 and have lost 85lbs with my fitnesspal. I use it daily, and my health has sky rocketed. It may be a little harder at first, but once you have the habit I feel it's easier to maintain a weight management program now that I am older.

Just turned 60 December 6. My Wife is 57, and we're both doing well - she's down 20+ and I'm down 40+. What I think is harder about doing it at this age is (1) more aches and pains associated with stressing our bodies, (2) longer healing times for sore backs, stressed elbows and knees, etc., and (3) less "Get up and go" than at younger age. You have to be tougher on yourself, making yourself get off your butt and exercise, or fix a reasonable meal, instead of fast food, etc. Neta and I are lucky in that by doing it together, neither wants to be the wimp, or have to fess up to Big Mac on the way home. But it can be done, and with more success, things get easier - less weight means less stress to da bones, and less pain and soreness, and it gets easier to get up and get moving - so hang in there. The success stories on this site are very impressive, and I figure if they can do it, I can do it - no, I'm going to do it. As Tony Little says, "If it is to be, it's up to me." Great quote, and oh so true.