Getting old sucks...

WenndyLu
WenndyLu Posts: 10 Member
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Hormones, can't sleep, joint pain and now all I have to do is look at food and I gain weight ....
Anyone out there going through this too?

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  • try2again
    try2again Posts: 3,562 Member
    As a matter of fact, I didn't sleep last night at all! But I will say in general I'm sleeping much better since I've been losing weight and getting exercise, and the joint pain has vastly improved as well. I actually had begun to think maybe I had fibromyalgia or some sort of auto-immune disease, but it turned out just to be the weight. As for food, no, it hasn't been as easy to lose weight as it was in my 20s & 30s, but MFP's numbers are pretty reliable if you honestly stick to them. If you're here for weight loss (you don't actually say :) ), it can totally be done. Just don't set your weekly weight loss goal too high (not many people need more than 1.5 lbs/week), log faithfully, and don't try to change your whole lifestyle at once. You won't believe how much less life will such in a few months!
  • susanhanrahan492
    susanhanrahan492 Posts: 1 Member
    Yep...not to mention eye bags, cellulite and slack jaw.
  • ladyrider425
    ladyrider425 Posts: 1 Member
    I understand just how you feel. I lost 30 lbs last year and now seems like all I want to do is eat again. I have gained 8 of those lbs back. I need to get my weight going in the other direction again. Just finished having a cup of tea and chocolate chip cookies that I don't need.
  • cms721
    cms721 Posts: 179 Member
    I know you can sleep if you get in your time machine. You live in California but your post is from......tomorrow. Interesting.
  • Virkati
    Virkati Posts: 679 Member
    I'm 52 like you, but I don't think I'm getting old. I used to. Then I started getting healthier and realized it wasn't my age that was the problem. It was the choices I was making that were the problem. I didn't care what I was eating, I was gaining weight, the weight is what was causing my joints to ache, then I found out I had severe sleep apnea. THAT information changed my life completely. I got a CPAP, started making much healthier choices about food, lost a bunch of weight and now I am off all the medications for high blood pressure and I no longer need the CPAP.

    All that to say...go to the doc. Get everything looked at. Make sure you don't have an underlying, undiagnosed health problem. Gather your information. Do your research. Make a plan. Stick to it the best you can most of the time (getting healthy is a process and you WILL have setbacks occasionally). Believe in yourself. Be your own best friend. Don't allow yourself to beat yourself up if you have a rough day, or a rough week, or even a rough month. The motivation you need will come from YOU and no one else. You'll find some people around you who are cheering you on loudly and others will do it silently. Others will face their own issues and try to make them yours. Don't let them get into your head and don't let them give you a reason to bail out. Getting healthy one of the best choices you'll ever make. You can do this!
  • try2again
    try2again Posts: 3,562 Member
    Virkati wrote: »
    I'm 52 like you, but I don't think I'm getting old. I used to. Then I started getting healthier and realized it wasn't my age that was the problem. It was the choices I was making that were the problem. I didn't care what I was eating, I was gaining weight, the weight is what was causing my joints to ache, then I found out I had severe sleep apnea. THAT information changed my life completely. I got a CPAP, started making much healthier choices about food, lost a bunch of weight and now I am off all the medications for high blood pressure and I no longer need the CPAP.

    All that to say...go to the doc. Get everything looked at. Make sure you don't have an underlying, undiagnosed health problem. Gather your information. Do your research. Make a plan. Stick to it the best you can most of the time (getting healthy is a process and you WILL have setbacks occasionally). Believe in yourself. Be your own best friend. Don't allow yourself to beat yourself up if you have a rough day, or a rough week, or even a rough month. The motivation you need will come from YOU and no one else. You'll find some people around you who are cheering you on loudly and others will do it silently. Others will face their own issues and try to make them yours. Don't let them get into your head and don't let them give you a reason to bail out. Getting healthy one of the best choices you'll ever make. You can do this!

    I'm only 47 but had long been considering myself "old" because of how I felt & my lack of mobility. Now I know that's ridiculous! Don't waste another moment!
  • WenndyLu
    WenndyLu Posts: 10 Member
    LOL...tomorrow. No wonder I'm exhausted.

    Yes, I am trying to lose weight. It's been going up for the past five years. I'm 52.
    I'll be happy to see the scale going down instead of up, no matter how small the number.

    Cellulite...ugh.
  • AdrienneH1971
    AdrienneH1971 Posts: 1 Member
    ladyrider425 wrote: »
    I understand just how you feel. I lost 30 lbs last year and now seems like all I want to do is eat again. I have gained 8 of those lbs back. I need to get my weight going in the other direction again. Just finished having a cup of tea and chocolate chip cookies that I don't need.

    Just started this. With age comes great wisdom but want to not look like a wizard !
  • Debmal77
    Debmal77 Posts: 4,770 Member
    edited January 2016
    WenndyLu wrote: »
    LOL...tomorrow. No wonder I'm exhausted.

    Yes, I am trying to lose weight. It's been going up for the past five years. I'm 52.
    I'll be happy to see the scale going down instead of up, no matter how small the number.

    Cellulite...ugh.

    Hi Wendy. Definitely know how you feel. My advice would be to get a food scale and start weighing and logging everything you eat. Eat the foods you love and stay in the deficit MFP gives you. There is no such thing as bad food. It really has been a wake up call for me. Find some sort of exercise you enjoy doing. If it is possible for you, join a gym and start to lift. I'm going to order the book New Rules of Lifting for Women as suggested by the lifters on MFP. (Christmas gift certificate). Make a plan to change and things will fall into place for you. You can do this. Some really great people here. I spent over 2 years just reading in the forums. CICO will be become your best friend. You got this!

    P.S. I lived in Bakersfield for 2 year. I really miss California. :)
  • bluebird321
    bluebird321 Posts: 733 Member
    Yep, just turned 54 and working out gets less fun, but more necessary every year.
  • RaeBeeBaby
    RaeBeeBaby Posts: 4,246 Member
    Yes, age comes with some not so wonderful side effects, but you have great opportunity, as well. I find I have much less responsibility for others and lots more time to focus on myself, my fitness, my physical and mental health. I'm going to enjoy every minute of it and not waste time lamenting things I cannot change. I also sleep much better if I exercise daily. Not always, but it helps.

    The scale goes up because we eat or drink more than our bodies need and we don't move enough. Make simple changes and you will see changes in all areas.
  • VeryEirry
    VeryEirry Posts: 21 Member
    Same over here! At 42, I have fibromyalgia, idiopathic hypersomnia, an arthritic knee, a ganglion cyst, and 55+ lbs to lose. I feel you!
  • WenndyLu
    WenndyLu Posts: 10 Member
    Thanks everyone...
    Starting with logging food, working out is the next step. I'll check out the book on weight lifting.

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