Fifty plus (or so) support group
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Okay , so water ? I used a formula that our vet gave me, chatting while getting the horses teeth floated, but anyway, by that formula I should be drinking a swimming pool. How do you know how much water ?0
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Lots of folks use a "half-ounce of water for each pound of body weight" guide; many folks will just go with some sort of minimum (like 8 @ 8oz glasses each day). I had a lifting coach that had us drink water until there was no discernible color in our urine (goal was to just barely see color).
The "bodyweight/2" (for ounces of water) formula pretty much does what the old lifting coach asked, at least for me these days...0 -
Boy, the things I Iearn from you guys! I never knew there was a formula for how much water to drink. Who'd have thought? The good news is that puts me under the 8 C a day average so maybe I'm not as bad at getting it all in as I thought
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Actually I do feel better when I drink it
I have two 76oz water bottles I am filling and put in the fridge.... One plain, filtered water and the other mixed with Crystal Light. My goal is for them both to be empty every two days. For some reason the Crystal light goes faster HAHAHA. But there's no more guesses how much or if I drink it 
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New to the "community" thing but need some motivation to exercise! Definitely fit in this group at 57. Need to lose about 75 lbs and hate to exercise.0
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@Sandcastles61 For me, the lemonaide CrystalLite goes just fine with a little vodka and a mint leaf
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I'm not a huge fan of exercise just to exercise -- to kinda paraphrase Sandcastles61, find something that you like doing that'll get you moving, and do that as "exercise". If you work at getting into a few new habits (like logging what you eat), you'll begin to see patterns of behavior that you can change to help you move toward your goals.New to the "community" thing but need some motivation to exercise! Definitely fit in this group at 57. Need to lose about 75 lbs and hate to exercise.
INMO, weight isn't really a good goal by itself since we'll all kinda dry-out and rot when we die (great weight loss, but not such a fun long-term plan!)... I like to think also of some of the reasons that I'd like to be lighter, and use those as goals along with the weight change.
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Have you been reading my food diary????? HAHAHA (can't help myself, but it was only a "few" times LOL)0
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I'm not judging ANYONE, besides, the more you drink, the better I look!Sandcastles61 wrote: »Have you been reading my food diary????? HAHAHA (can't help myself, but it was only a "few" times LOL)
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Welcome PegJens! It's great to have friends on this journey, especially when you're just starting out.
I'm not much of an exerciser myself and focused first on getting my food and logging together. Without doing much more than regular daily living activities I've still managed to lose 13 pounds. My next focus is actually figuring out where I am with my daily walking steps and the "intentional" exercise I throw in. So, sit down everyone...... I bought a pedometer today! Yep, the old fashioned stick it on your waistband kind
For my next 10 pounds I'm going to try to get in the habit of putting in my steps and whatnot, but definitely am NOT eating back the calories at this stage. I guess I consider it more my every day living activities that are already accounted for. If I do that for my next 10 pounds I am hoping I'll have developed some type of exercise habit and branch out to the infamous weight training for my final 10
Best intentions aside, when I enter maintenance this time I should have not only my food and logging down to a science, but my exercise and weight training will (hopefully) be habits for me ❤ Well, that's the best plan I can come up with today anyways 0 -
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Lrdoflamancha wrote: »64 here.... I would like to join...
67 here. Me too, but how do we do that?0 -
Hi there Terri! This is a really supportive group getting more active by the day! Feel free to tell us a little about yourself and chime in anytime you want If you bookmark the thread (mark the star) you'll get notified when posts are made and it's easy to find us again! 0
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butbygrace206 wrote: »Okay , so water ? I used a formula that our vet gave me, chatting while getting the horses teeth floated, but anyway, by that formula I should be drinking a swimming pool. How do you know how much water ?
Guess I need a bit more water. I have a 22 oz bottle that I try to fill 5 times while at work and was thinking that was enough. But there is still "color" there.
Congrats, sandcastle, on the pedometer. I was thinking of downloading an app and still may soon. Just started some of the exercises that was posted on here yesterday.
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I think I might be able to figure out how to get back here. I posted last on Feb 3. I'm glad I re-found the thread tonight. Everyone seems so nice.
I thoroughly enjoyed my time at the gym today. After a good workout, I love the massage chair or the hydro-jet massage.
I hope to be here more often and try to get to know people.
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I would like to join this group as well....I'm 57, lost 40 pounds in the last year with a goal to lose the last 15 this summer. I really need the support this group seems to give each other!0
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Sandcastles61 wrote: »Welcome PegJens! It's great to have friends on this journey, especially when you're just starting out.
I'm not much of an exerciser myself and focused first on getting my food and logging together. Without doing much more than regular daily living activities I've still managed to lose 13 pounds. My next focus is actually figuring out where I am with my daily walking steps and the "intentional" exercise I throw in. So, sit down everyone...... I bought a pedometer today! Yep, the old fashioned stick it on your waistband kind
For my next 10 pounds I'm going to try to get in the habit of putting in my steps and whatnot, but definitely am NOT eating back the calories at this stage. I guess I consider it more my every day living activities that are already accounted for. If I do that for my next 10 pounds I am hoping I'll have developed some type of exercise habit and branch out to the infamous weight training for my final 10
Best intentions aside, when I enter maintenance this time I should have not only my food and logging down to a science, but my exercise and weight training will (hopefully) be habits for me ❤ Well, that's the best plan I can come up with today anyways
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50 here love to join the group 0
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I've been doing the food logging and really need to get my portion control in line. It's so easy just to scoop and go! Any ideas for this?
You all have some really good suggestions and I'm excited to say I found out today that 2 coworkers are using this program also! Pays to keep your eyes open!
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Welcome everyone! So happy to be a part of this group. We can be stronger together, guaranteed0
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I think I might be able to figure out how to get back here. I posted last on Feb 3. I'm glad I re-found the thread tonight. Everyone seems so nice.
I thoroughly enjoyed my time at the gym today. After a good workout, I love the massage chair or the hydro-jet massage.
I hope to be here more often and try to get to know people.
Amy in Jacksonville, FL
Welcome back Amy! So glad you found us again Gotta say when I get brave enough for the strength training I'm definitely signing up for the massage after . That's awesome, and ALMOST makes thinking about exercise move up on my list LOLjharwell58 wrote: »I would like to join this group as well....I'm 57, lost 40 pounds in the last year with a goal to lose the last 15 this summer. I really need the support this group seems to give each other
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Welcome everyone! So happy to be a part of this group. We can be stronger together, guaranteed
That's a fact. The last time I did MFP I didn't join into the community and... Well here I am again . This time I think we all have the mindset this is NOT a diet, but a lifestyle change and we are all in for the long haul 0 -
Hello Friends!
I am 49 y/o female.
Proud to have 36 consistent days tracking!
5'5"
SW 160
CW156.8
GW 136
It is coming off Slowly. I decided my body just figured out we are dieting because I finally lost 2lbs this week. But, I also have not gained any weight!
I wish hot flashes burned calories.
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I just turned 50 in December. I want to get healthy and enjoy my fifties. I don't want the risk of diebetes, High BP, etc. to haunt me any longer. Please friend me and lets all get fit for fifty.. thanks.0
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I just turned 50 in December. I want to get healthy and enjoy my fifties. I don't want the risk of diebetes, High BP, etc. to haunt me any longer. Please friend me and lets all get fit for fifty.. thanks.
Happy Belated Birthday! The road to Fit is indeed better with plus one or more. Sending Friend Request0 -
I am new to this app and still trying to figure out how to use it. I don't know how to ask for friends but will gladly accept them (got that figured out). I need to email some recipes to a friend on here and haven't gotten that figured out yet either. But feel free to ask and I will accept. 0
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Jharwell58 – Congratulations! If you picture is any indication, I love biking too!
Smoochy65 – Way to go! Sometimes it just takes time, but if you are eating well, logging, and moving, you’re good!
Butbygrace206 – Saw your comment about sending recipes… when you look at the “reply” box the 9th icon from the left that looks like a page with the top right hand corner folded down is the “Attach image/file” icon. That should work!
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New to the "community" thing but need some motivation to exercise! Definitely fit in this group at 57. Need to lose about 75 lbs and hate to exercise.
I hate to exercise, too, but I've found that a lot of the Fitness Blender routines (YouTube) are short, sweet, and to the point. They have everything from beginner to really advanced.
Another good workout is Leslie Sansone's Walk Away the Pounds (also available on YouTube).
JessicaSmithTV (again, YouTube) has a variety of at-home workouts to do.
The hardest part for me is getting motivated, but once I start, I really enjoy the workout.
I'm nearly 52 and also have about 75 lbs to lose.0 -
I'm a 56 year old female, and struggling like everyone else but decided I'm tired of my body aching and determined to loose 50 lbs to prove to myself I CAN, lol and to feel better and look better. So nice to see others on here and have some support !! :-) Getting older and trying to loose is much harder. I started wearing a step counter as of today and hoping to start daily walking to help with exercise and maybe speed up this sluggish metabolism. I posted photos of myself when I was thinner on my phone to help motivate me to stick with it! So hoping these little things will keep me motivated just like hoping we can motivate each other. so love to join this group!! :-) 0
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Welcome Tekkichick and Robin
I start today's post with a "little" back story ~ you see I come from a big Italian family (and by that I mean my daddy is the youngest of 10, so you can envision our holiday celebrations around my grandparents table growing up ) My grandma and aunties always told me how special I was and that good things come in small packages..... because, well we top out at just a scootch under 5' on a good day 
This morning I was greeted by joyous sunshine and I jumped out of bed, slapped on my new pedometer and set out to have a fabulous day...... Last night I went to the effort to measure out my stride length and I was set to conquer this walking issue!!! Fast forward a little while and I looked down to see my amazing walking numbers jumping off the screen...... Huh???? 2109..... 0.63 miles???? Suddenly, yesterday's water calculation discussion popped into my head!
Raise your hand if you've been conditioned to believe 2000 steps equals 1 mile = 100 cal, and we need to hit our 10,000 steps a day to reach 5 miles~ which totals 500 calories???? Me, Me!!
Welcome to my world! I just went online and found 2 websites... 1) to calculate the rough average steps per mile based upon height, 2) a calculation based upon those steps per mile, your weight and total steps taken to obtain distance and total calories burned..... You're gonna want to send me some tissue here:
5' ~ 2514 steps per mile!
10,000 steps~ 135 lbs ~ 3.97 mi ~ 293 cal
13,500 steps~ " ~ 5.36 mi~ 395 cal
15,000 steps~ " ~ 5.96 mi ~ 439 cal
16,500 steps~ " ~ 6.56 mi ~ 483 cal
17,000 steps~ " ~ 6.76 mi ~ 498 cal
Well I have GREAT news for our tall and handsome fellas, because they are probably underestimating their calorie burn But for the majority of us, by using the standard calculation we once again are unintentionally overestimating our exercise calories 
I don't want to be "special" anymore 0
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