success stories fro 40 plus for inspiration

I'm 47, started this just over 2 years ago at around 265lbs, maybe higher, I lost 110lb by basically eating less, making better choices and working out. No crazy diets, no pills. Now I'm concentrating on muscle gains so I've put on some weight. Though I can eat more, I still try to make better choices. Even though I weigh more than I did 20 years ago when I was a runner and a triathlete, I feel much better about my body, I'm smaller and leaner. Pick up some weights. They do a body good.

I've lost 44 lbs by being more aware of what I'm eating trying to eat to live not living to eat BUT still having things I really like but not to extreme. I really don't want to be extreme & then just freak out thinning I can never do this of the read of my life so I have things I want but try to balance it out. I also work out using body weight ( planks, push ups ... ) and use kettle bells to do squats as well as i found a gym that does functional training and that really helped me

I'm 43 and have lost right at 40 pounds so far by staying within my calorie range and adding in light exercise. It is a lifestyle change and not a diet for me. Good luck. Feel free to add me if you would like.

I'm 61. Started on MFP around March 2012, counting calories and doing mostly cardio. Started lifting in summer 2012 and found it much less boring. Dropped 35 pounds by year-end 2012 and have kept them off. Now tracking maintenance calories and working out 5 -6 days a week. Before I started this journey, if someone would have told me that I would enjoy exercising, or that people I work with would be asking me about my "weight loss secrets", I would have thought they were nuts.

I would say the one big difference for me is that I don't drink every week, I can go 2 or even 3 weeks without having any alcohol, don't know if this is what helps x

I am 63 and just started The Doctors Diet by Dr. Travis Stork it is perfect for me. Lost 19 pounds so far, feeling great. Heathly stuff.

I turn 42 this year as does my wife. We lift together, hit our macro and calorie targets, and enjoy great food.

started at 40. Followed MFP's recommendation of aiming for 1 lb loss per week, ate back exercise calories, took up running and strength training, and never once ate as low as 1200 calories

i find this one successful and inspiring.

brilliant post,bumping this for later as im finding it very difficult at 45 and trying to lose a stone,i seem to be maintaining at 1200 calories and doing 30 day shred everyday and dog walking.

I'm 47 and was able to turn it around five years ago. I dropped 40lbs and became a regular exerciser. The hardest part was making it a routine habit because historically I hated exercising. I'd go at it gung ho for a while then burn out. So five years ago I just took it slow. I made myself go to the gym three times a week and at first just went through the motions a bit. Then ratcheted it up a little at a time from there. I didn't over do it. I might not have been maximizing gains but was building it into a habit. It probably took about four months when the switch flipped from something I was making myself do to something I looked forward to doing.

Five years later I actually get a little excited that it's a work out day.

Hi, I'm 40 years old from the UK.... I started on the 12th November 2012, weighing 22st 13lb - 321lb - 145.6kg

Over the last 18 months I have lost 10st 2lb - 142lb - 64.4kg by basically eating less calories (learning over time how to make better food choices to get the best value for my calorific intake) and doing more; I now go to the gym every other day and I go walking, for a swim or out on the bike on the days in between my gym days (I do at least 60 minutes exercise every day).

I favourite exercise machine is the cross trainer, but I am now starting to introduce more strength work as I am only 5lb away from my goal weight and I desperately need to tone my body and change my body composition.

I am a self confessed gym junkie now, which is quite a turn around, because anyone that knows me will tell yu, I was a proper sofa loafer before I started out on this journey.

xXx

I'm 53 years old. In December 2013, my roommate died. She had diabetes, high blood pressure, COPD, and a host of other issues and she was several years younger than me. In April, I was diagnosed with Type II diabetes.

Dana was a wakeup call to me. I knew right off that I had to deal immediately with my diabetes. I also knew that cutting favorite foods out of my diet wouldn't work for me, since I have a hard time coaxing myself to eat sometimes and then will eat too much of the things I like. In the first week of just tracking my food and staying as best I could inside my macros, I lost three pounds. Since beginning MFP, I've managed to keep my carb lower than I've ever eaten before (good for my diabetes) and have managed to keep my sodium and fat mostly in check. I've managed to modify some of my favorite foods so that I can still enjoy them. On May 1 I lowered my carb percentage in my macros, giving myself a bit of a new challenge and working toward a final limit of 30 to 35% carbs.

I'm now 10 pounds lighter than I started and I am *proud* of myself. I know that I am on a long, slow marathon and not a sprint, so I am making all of my changes slowly and gradually. I know it might take me longer to lose weight this way, but I plan to be around for a few decades to enjoy my new weight, so there's no hurry.

Good luck on reaching your goal!

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