Older women success stories please!

Some great stories on this thread. I'm 43 this year, work and have a 4 yo dauger who keeps me fit :-) I've lost most lf my excess weight since Iast year and to be honest have not found it difficult at all. I just keep chugging away - sometimes I gain, sometimes I stall, sometImes I lose, but I keep on getting back in the saddle. I'm lighter now than when I was 30 and soon I will be the same weight I was when I was in my early 20s. Husband says I look great :-) bless him. I'll take his word for it ;-)

Lost the bulk of my weight doing 10-15% cut of my TDEE (so daily eating around 1800-2300 calories). No exercise until this January. Now doing 5:2 fasting for health benefits but still losing weight. 8lbs to go.

You are all amazing!
53 here and down 24 lbs in six months. I get a bit intimidated by people who seem to lose so much faster than me but i want to do this slowly in order to make sure i keep the weight off! Peopke are finally starting to notice. I reckon that another 1.5 years should do it!

I am also weight training and enjoy it!

I'm 44...I don't call myself an 'older lady'....actually I'm still a girl!! :bigsmile:

Thank you. I was wondering when did 40+ become the new 'older lady' :laugh:

Going to be 43 this year and though the weight does not come off that fast or easy, it will come off! For me it is more about being healthy and happy at this age;)

49, life long couch potato, and I lost 20 pounds in the last 7 weeks and I feel great! Do not throw in the towel!

what defines "older". I am 55. Does that qualify? I've lost 12 lbs and only had 7 as my original goal. I am now lifting about .25 % more wt than when I began a year ago. One of the trainers in the gym asked my friend if I was 40ish. Ha! I've lost 2 pant sizes and feel fantastic. Skied for 6 days straight last month and play competitve tennis most days of the week. Is this a success story? It is for me but my goals were tailor made for me. Set your goals/set your mind on progress/don't lie to yourself (weigh food, measure liquids)/ get a digital scale and GET WITH IT! You are worth it!

I'm here and I'm 72 and haven't lost any thing since I started in August of 2012. Previous to that and before I joined here I had lost 20#, but 1/2# a week. I remember complaining that it wasn't coming off fast enough, now I would give anything for it to be 1/2# a wk. Over the summer and thru the holidays I had put six lbs back on. I exercise 3x wk at the gym doing aqualates, swimming, sometimes elliptical if I have time and about 2x wk I do strength training although I used to do it 3x wk faithfully but lately it's back to 2 or less. At home I have a treadmill and recumbent bike that I use almost every day. I weigh and measure my food and have for over two years and I find that it helps. I discovered in the beginning that I was eating too much. I don't buy packaged, almost everything is home made. It can get very discouraging and there are days I want to say "to heck with it" but I keep plugging along. I need to lose about 12 more #s and I know I can do it! I have been trying to lose to be more healthy as I have a very strong family history of heart problems, father dying at 41 of his second heart attack and many more in his family at young ages.

I wasn't sure what "older" meant... but at 44 and turning 45 in July, it seems I qualify. I must say though, that I don't feel older... (than what, I'm not sure).

I've been a yo-yo dieter my entire adult life. Ended up last year at 92kg and utterly miserable with myself.

Since September 2012 I have lost 15kg with another 15kg or so to go - not a raving success yet, but I will be. I think that NOW is the time to act for everyone, young and old. I want to hit menopause head on and snap it in half. I want to beat osteoperosis because I'll still be resistance training when I'm 70. And I want to look and feel the best way that I can all the way to the glorious end.

Bring it on!!

I'm 44...I don't call myself an 'older lady'....actually I'm still a girl!! :bigsmile:

You can do it, just keep at it! :flowerforyou:

Me too! I'm a girl. I refer to my friends as girls. I'll still be a girl when I'm 70. I had no idea what to expect when I opened the thread, didn't think I'd qualify at 44 years of age. My DD swears I'm only in my 30's, she thinks I have it wrong. But no, birth certificate says 1968... pass the liquid paper someone...

I started my journey right before I turned 50. I've lost 52 lbs and would like to lose a vanity 2 1/2 more. I just want to be a little deeper into the 120's so, as I add muscle, I'll end up in the low 130's. I look WAY BETTER now than I did! It definitely is worth doing, even at an older age!!

P.S. I'm post menopause also and have been during this whole journey. It hasn't been an issue with my weight loss.

I'm not in a race and every pound is a victory.

Lovely sentiment! Thanks

hi, back again and this time i hope to succeed. i need to lose 50 pounds, i weigh 190 on a 5 foot frame...should lose 60 but i'd be thrilled with 50. i will be 68 this month and love seeing posts from "old" ladies like me so send me messages. i have prediabetes too so its very important that i get this off..good fitness and health to everyone. theres no luck to it, just sensible hard work.

I'm 56 and I started my "healthy choice" life in April 2012 and I've lost 65 lbs. I did meet my goal to weigh 145 and now I'm going for 135. I hike, do zumba, and the Jillian Micheal's DVD's. I did not begin doing this at first as I started walking and taking longer walks, joined the gym and using their bikes. That got boring so I started hiking and working out with the circuit training and THIS is what really helped me out. I started losing inches fast. You can do it. I however am having a very difficult time losing those last 15 lbs.

i was working one summer in highschool as a pool boy at the local country club when i glanced over at this mid-50s lady...


oh wait, i read the title wrong

Thanks for the smile!

I posted this earlier today on another thread but I guess it can go here too.

I started Jan. 11 and, as of today, Apr. 02, I have lost 15 lbs...... less than 3 months. I'm 61 y.o. and 5'3". Goal weight is 120.
Beginning weight: 147.5 Today: 132.5

I'm not sure that 15 lbs. counts as a "success story" when there are many here who lose 100+ but I'm sure happy about it.