Help me find a weigh to loose and keep weight off.

workingmams160
workingmams160 Posts: 1 Member
edited November 22 in Health and Weight Loss
Hello, I am a 63 year old woma who has been married for 40 years on 2/13/16. I have two sons and I have been overweight all my life. It seem that no matter what I do I can not loose weight and keep it down if I do loose weight especially since I had my two boys and turned diabetic . Can someone help me?

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  • ogmomma2012
    ogmomma2012 Posts: 1,520 Member
    Talk to your doctor and get a dietician on board to get you a good calorie limit and some ideas for meals. Weigh your food, measure your liquids. Moving more helps as well. :) YOU CAN DO IT!
  • chase8oliver
    chase8oliver Posts: 27 Member
    Hey there! I am a personal trainer based in the Los Angeles area. One of the KEY ingredients to getting into better shape will be largely based upon your overall diet. I tell clients all the time that even if you had great workouts, but have bad diet? You will see little to no results. Diet and workout must go hand in hand, my dear. What is your exercise history? If you don't mind me asking are you Type 1, or Type II diabetic?
  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,942 Member
    workingmams160 wrote: »
    Hello, I am a 63 year old woma who has been married for 40 years on 2/13/16. I have two sons and I have been overweight all my life. It seem that no matter what I do I can not loose weight and keep it down if I do loose weight especially since I had my two boys and turned diabetic . Can someone help me?

    Hi workingmams, welcome!

    To lose weight all you need to do is eat less calories than you burn, but a medical condition such as diabetes can complicate things a bit. I suggest you talk to you doctor about your weight loss issues.
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    If you're anything like I was your head is going to have been completely filled over the years with every single dieting "tip" known to man.

    It gets to the point where it feels like white noise. And causes inertia. If I just cut my carbs, or don't eat on these 2 days, or avoid that food. If I don't mix my red days with my green days or I make sure I count those points. If I eat then, don't eat then ...include this food, never eat that food..it's enough to make you scream.

    What finally worked for me?

    Saying enough. What's the simplest, overriding approach that all these fads and tips need to buy into to work. What's the science behind it.

    And it is as simple as making sure that your calories in are lower than your calorie out. And ignoring every single other thing you think you know until you get that in check

    So calories in?
    - every food has calories, weigh what you're going to eat on a digital scale and log it ...MFP database is very helpful with this but select entries with care ..double check them

    And calories out?
    Moving more...just walking counts ...get a basic fitbit or similar if that kind of thing motivates you and you get to eat more calories by doing so
    You can find an exercise programme that you enjoy which will give you more calories to enjoy

    If you develop a way of eating, within your calories, that works for you and provides you with a wide spread of nutrients you've cracked it. There's no harm in that way being eating everything in moderation, watching your carbs, going full keto, 5:2 or any other programme that you find works for you (I do the first one)

    I have go to foods now, I batch cook..my habits have changed so much that it takes minimum concentration to make the right choice and I know how to leave room for chips and ice cream each day

    But 15 months down the line, and after hitting my goal in February ...I'm still logging every calorie I eat and every calorie I burn. Because it's effortless, and it works, and it's my security blanket I suppose

    There are stickies at the top that are worthwhile reading..when you're ready to expand your knowledge

    I'd recommend

    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1080242/a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants/p1

    And

    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1296011/calorie-counting-101/p1
  • blankiefinder
    blankiefinder Posts: 3,599 Member
    edited July 2015
    rabbitjb wrote: »
    If you're anything like I was your head is going to have been completely filled over the years with every single dieting "tip" known to man.

    It gets to the point where it feels like white noise. And causes inertia. If I just cut my carbs, or don't eat on these 2 days, or avoid that food. If I don't mix my red days with my green days or I make sure I count those points. If I eat then, don't eat then ...include this food, never eat that food..it's enough to make you scream.

    What finally worked for me?

    Saying enough. What's the simplest, overriding approach that all these fads and tips need to buy into to work. What's the science behind it.

    And it is as simple as making sure that your calories in are lower than your calorie out. And ignoring every single other thing you think you know until you get that in check

    So calories in?
    - every food has calories, weigh what you're going to eat on a digital scale and log it ...MFP database is very helpful with this but select entries with care ..double check them

    And calories out?
    Moving more...just walking counts ...get a basic fitbit or similar if that kind of thing motivates you and you get to eat more calories by doing so
    You can find an exercise programme that you enjoy which will give you more calories to enjoy

    If you develop a way of eating, within your calories, that works for you and provides you with a wide spread of nutrients you've cracked it. There's no harm in that way being eating everything in moderation, watching your carbs, going full keto, 5:2 or any other programme that you find works for you (I do the first one)

    I have go to foods now, I batch cook..my habits have changed so much that it takes minimum concentration to make the right choice and I know how to leave room for chips and ice cream each day

    But 15 months down the line, and after hitting my goal in February ...I'm still logging every calorie I eat and every calorie I burn. Because it's effortless, and it works, and it's my security blanket I suppose

    There are stickies at the top that are worthwhile reading..when you're ready to expand your knowledge

    I'd recommend

    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1080242/a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants/p1

    And

    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1296011/calorie-counting-101/p1

    Excellent advice from rabbit!

    With your diabetes, you might want to get specific advice from a Registered Dietician (different than a nutritionist) in regards to your food choices, but I will add below my MFP primer.

    Buy a food scale, weigh and log everything.

    Do cardio if you want, and if you do, only eat back 50% of your calories (if you are losing faster than expected after logging for a few weeks, then up the % you eat back). Lift weights and hit your protein goal to help maintain muscle mass while losing.

    Cheat meals that take you over maintenance will sabotage your efforts. Log the cheat meals too (falls under the 'log everything' rule).

    Eat anything you want in moderation, keeping in mind that your diet will be easier to stick with if you chose foods that make it easier to stay under your calories without feeling hungry.

    Also it would be a good idea to read some of the best forum posts such as the two rabbit posted above plus:
    Logging Accuracy, Consistency, & You're Probably Eating More Than You Think
  • Kalikel
    Kalikel Posts: 9,603 Member
    edited July 2015
    If you haven't been visiting a doctor, now is the time to start. All weight loss journeys should begin with a visit there. Get a referral to a dietitian. They'll get all your info from the doctor and work with you on a plan that is right for you. After that, it's just eating a healthy diet, keeping to your calorie goal and doing some exercise.

    Walking is always a great way to begin. Water, too, even if you don't swim. Most YMCAs have water programs for older people and keep the pool warm enough so that it doesn't hurt joints. Water workouts are wonderful for burning calories and easy on the joints. Plus, the fat doesn't hold you back in the water the way it does in so many other places.

    My parents were married for exactly 40 years. :) That makes it sound like they got divorced, doesn't it, lol? They fulfilled the contract. But I always like 40th Wedding Anniversaries so much because of that. Congrats on yours! And may there be many, many more!! :)
  • texgal927
    texgal927 Posts: 67 Member
    I'm new to myfitnesspal. I have been using sparkpeople but you can not gauge your sugar! so for 2 weeks now I've been having bulletproof coffee in the morning. it keeps me full until around 11am I get up at 5am daily. I'm reading the bulletproof diet book. I have lost 4lb in 2 weeks just implementing the bulletproof coffee in the mornings
    Dawna Strauss
    texgal927
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    Sobs at the thought of someone actually drinking coffee with added fat when they could be eating a bacon and egg toastie and drinking normal coffee

    Bleurgh

    Good luck with that approach..hope it works for you to meet your calorie defecit and you can stick with it

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