I am 50 yrs old and struggling to lose weight.

Add me and I'll check out your diary. You can do this!

Hi!

I'm new here too! I am 52 and was fit from 1984 thru perimenopause. Since then the weight has been creeping up steadily. I am fully menopausal now and the lower metabolism sucks!

I am 5'4'. After my first was born, I dropped to 105 lbs (which everyone thought was too thin), but I varied between that an 115 until a few years ago. On Monday I weighed 137.8 lbs. Still a normal BMI, but I hate the extra flab. I joined a gym in January and my weight didn't change. I realized that I am going to have to reduce my caloric content in order to lose weight now. I started by nearly eliminating all "empty" calories. No more sweetened iced tea with lunch. Cut out the wine. Cut the sugar I put in my coffee by 50% (I don't like the taste of black coffee!) and reduced my cream by 50%.

So far, I have lost 2.2 lbs. (My ticker shows only 1 because I put the weight I was when I joined.) Since it is only the first couple of days, I know that this is most likely water loss.

I am not sure why you aren't losing weight. The BMR calculator shows that my BMR is only 1291. So according to what it says here, if I only eat 1200 calories a day, I will only burn an extra 91 calories a day. That means it would take 38.5 days to lose 1 pound! The only way to see progress is to up the exercise.

What have you been doing diet and exercise-wise to lose weight?

Dianne

You can totally do this.

Okay, the basics... Let's get you started right. What is your BMI?

1. Go here http://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/change_goals_guided and fill it out completely. Goal is to lose 1-2 lbs. a week (your choice)
2. Log everything faithfully. Strive for accuracy but when in doubt: Overestimate your food intake. Underestimate your exercise. Go here http://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/diary_settings and set your diary to public.
3. Walk 3x week for 20-30 minutes.

#2 and #3 above should be your commitment for ____ weeks. (mine was 45 weeks, until the end of June 2015).

Most people lose more than their goal because logging makes them eat better naturally. As you get more accurate about logging, you'll get closer to your goal.

Been struggling for many years....it's a never ending battle for me.....last few weeks on a roll....just wondering will I ever lick this thing....good luck.....

Hi! If you "have done MFP over 45 days" and have not lost weight, you are eating too many calories. Maybe you are not weighing your food on a scale; maybe you are not selecting the correct entry in the database when logging foods; maybe you are not logging everything you eat -- something is not being tracked accurately, because if you go through the setup process that MFP provides and eat the calories suggested, you will lose weight.

I'm much older than you and have been losing steadily for most of this year, plus a little on my own before I discovered MFP and calorie counting in February. This time last year I weighed 233. Today I weigh 182. You can do this! It takes work, but it is a simple process. Not necessarily easy, but simple once you start accurately tracking calories.

There will be slow weeks and days when you eat a bit too much, but as long as you keep it up your excess weight will eventually leave.

Hate to ask, but I'm going to: do you weigh all solid foods and measure all liquids? Are you POSITIVE you are eating what you are logging?

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