over 60 crowd?

Hi!
I am 52 and have gained 17 lbs since January. I am looking for a new start. I downloaded MFP app today and I am excited to get started. I plan to exercise 6 days a week. I am limiting myself to 1500 calories a day. Any other ideas?

Your plan sounds wonderful and will be very effective. You all are young uns'! I'll be out of the 60's in April - hard to believe.

Just turned 61. Doctor said I am pre-diabetic along with high blood pressure and high cholesterol. Meds control the bp and cholesterol and Doc gave me a choice of meds or diet and exercise for the pre-diabetic issue. I really don't want more meds and would like to get off of the Lisinopril and Pravastatin. Decided to drop the weight and exercise. met with a nutritional counselor at the hospital and she suggested a food diary. Found this site and am amazed in just one week how keeping track of what you eat really makes you more aware of what you are putting in your mouth. I have OA in both knees and with working all day on concrete floors I am shot by the time I come home. Exercise is a problem right now but hoping that dropping some weight will allow me to start walking more after I get home. I know it will take time and patience but if I keep at it becoming a full blown diabetic will not happen. Doc wanted me to lose about 30 lbs. but I would really like to drop about 100 lbs. Lost 55 on Atkins but once I stopped that program it all came back and then some. Doc has me counting carbs and limiting size portions on protein so hope to have some success to post in a month or two.

Hi there,
I am 62 fixing to be 63 in Dec. We have a group of 60's on here where we have chat, and weekly challenges. Feel free to join us!

Sixty three here, and not trying to lose weight, but trying to get healthy. I think no matter our reason for being here, we're all part of the same solution. Good luck in your journey.

Hi,

I am 63 and have just joined after being encouraged to by my personal trainer. He has got me fit but I cant lose weight. Realise why after putting all my foods into the diary yesterday!!

It's amazing what we can discover when we put it down so we have a picture of it. Good luck.

Hi, I'm 64 and joined in April of 2012 when I was told I needed to drop 20 lbs. I've dropped 15 of them and still working on the rest. Also have a wheat allergy and have to give up anything made with wheat flour--I think that helped me lose some of the weight. That is until I discovered some wonderful gluten free deserts (LOL) -- they are much higher in calories than normal stuff. Oh well.

I'm in the over 60s group and found it a wonder, supporting and encouraging group. Good luck

I'm 65 and I've been here a good long time. As you can see I have had some success, though it's been slow, they tell me that's the best way to do it.

I'm 66 and am trying to lose weight. I have tried and tried and nothing moves the scale. I'm hoping this will work.
I was very thin at one point in my life by not eating, but I can't do that anymore because of Hypoglycemia. Is anyone out there
beleive this website will work for me???

I've always seen the over 50 posts, but I think this is my first time seeing over 60. I visit the forums quite often, and have to pick very carefully which ones I want to say something on. It seems like everybody is so young and full of spunk, too much for me to mingle with. I have a few good friends in the 40 plus and a few 25 up. I would love to hear from others, it was kinda lonely but now that I know there are some 70 on here, this place rocks!

Forgot - 64. that picture - no its not me. I wish!

ok I will join!

Hi,

I'm 66 years old and have just returned to working out at a gym after a 20 year break. I have remained slightly active throughout those years but my daughter convinced me to get more serious about my fitness and health. Yesterday marked one week of working out at the gym. I also have just joined this site only 6 days ago and am learning that there are a lot of us at this age group with similar goals. I'm looking to make friends who I can share this fitness journey with.

I am 65 and in the last 9 lbs of my journey from 209 lbs. My goal is 135 lbs. During that process I became a runner, and what started as a difficult 30 walk is now running 4.5 miles a day. What I notice most about folk our age and older is the loss of flexibility. I can see the "old man's shuffle" everywhere I go. Running not only improves flexibility, it improves balance, cardiovascular health, glucose levels, cholesterol levels, bone density (especially the hip joints!) and mental acuity.

Most of the reasons folk our age give for not exercising --cardio, weight lifting or both-- are not "reasons", they are excuses. It is work, no doubt about it, and sometimes I have aches and pains I never intended, but as long as I am careful, listen to my body, stretch, take proper rest, and keep my doctor in the loop, I will continue!

I welcome friend requests provided your diary is open (mine is public), that you log everything you eat and the exercise you are able to do, and that you log into MFP daily, or nearly daily. I want folk to challenge me (I get cranky running at 18F!), and I hope you will want to be challenged. I understand that many of us are now physically more limited than we would like, but all of us can and need to be as fit as we are able.

a month (shriek!) to go until I'm 60. Count me in.

R u still in?

I am also over 60, I am 67 years old.
I also cannot exercise because of knee and hip and back issues.
I have lost 43 pounds, just by staying under my calorie goal and drinking 8 glasses of water each day.
Stay with it, you will lose the weight.
Add me as a friend if you wish.