Over 50 starting April 1

I need to lose 15kg and aim to drop 2 dress sizes. I am going to Spain on the 1st April for 2 weeks. I have set a goal of 10,000 steps per day for the next 14 days. I have a Jawbone to track my activity. So it would be great to have a motivation buddy.

katbox529 wrote: »

First time here tonight. New also to the health fitness after having years of unhealthy eating & no exercise! I'm 59 and recently got into Herbalife and doing weight training with a trainer. I've been sick with the flu and hurt my back recently but am gonna start a body transformation challenge starting April 1. I'm 50 pounds overweight. Any advise on motivation that has worked for you?

you don't heed Herbalife. Overprice marketing scheme that only makes you lose in your checkbook. you do however need to track everything you consume and eat the the proper calorie level for weightloss. the MFP app will calculate that calorie number. your job and view it just like a job...track your calorie consumption with diligence and accuracy to include weighing absolutely everything you possibly can.

There is NO weight loss supplement or magic method sold by any slick marketing company that has any desire but to make themselves rich at your expense. Do your research independently from impartial and reputable places and see for yourself.

Best wishes

Hi, I'm 49 and I have been doing the fitness Pal since March 8th, 2016 along with the Venus Factor diet, and I have been tracking every piece of food and every single exercise movement. I started out at 200 lbs now I'm down to 182. You don't need to use Herbalife, just track your meals and your exercise everyday, make sure that you eat 3 meals a day that is healthy and 1 healthy snack. My problems was that I was only eating 1 meal a day, when I incorporated 3 meals a day and a snack with my daily protein at 90 per day. I began to lose inches and now the weight is finally coming off little by little. Best of luck my friend and stay motivated every single step of the way.

BarbaraGoldsmith wrote: »

Hi, I'm 49 and I have been doing the fitness Pal since March 8th, 2016 along with the Venus Factor diet, and I have been tracking every piece of food and every single exercise movement. I started out at 200 lbs now I'm down to 182. You don't need to use Herbalife, just track your meals and your exercise everyday, make sure that you eat 3 meals a day that is healthy and 1 healthy snack. My problems was that I was only eating 1 meal a day, when I incorporated 3 meals a day and a snack with my daily protein at 90 per day. I began to lose inches and now the weight is finally coming off little by little. Best of luck my friend and stay motivated every single step of the way.

Congrats on your success!

I would say that your 3 meal plus 1 snack works for you so, embrace it and keep moving. Many people don't need a set number of meals...they just need to be at the correct calorie level. what i get concerned with sometimes is that people begin to think that there is a "set method" and its not about a method...its about an amount. meal timing plays little role, meal frequency plays little role. the big item in weight loss is the amount you consume.

I also have a Jawbone and have been looking for more friends. Feel free to add me as a friend on MFP and I'll give you my name to add me as a friend on Jawbone. We can motivate each other to stay on track!!

I am 57 and I have been struggling with my weight my whole life. Losing weight AND keeping it off is much mental as it is physical. I am the type of person that can have a huge meal and then announce that I am going on a diet and I am immediately hungry. If something is working for you, Herbalife, WW, Paleo, whatever, then do it. I have lost weight on almost every diet. All diets that work are based, in part, on a simple concept of CICO. They are just packaged differently to convince the mind to "buy-in" to the concept of losing weight. I think I have lost over 500 pounds on such diets over my 57 years. However, I have generally gained it all back and then some.

Here is my suggestion/tip. Use whatever combination of diet and exercise that you believe in and stick to it as long as possible. As long as you are losing weight, it is working! However, if or when you start to get discouraged or feel yourself growing tired of the shakes or limitations of food, then try something else, like CICO. It is free, there are no high pressure sales AND it works. Eat what you want and log everything you eat and as l=onyour calorie expenditure. As long as you are in a deficit, you will lose weight. It is a pain at first, but after a while, it will become second nature. I log at home, in restaurants, wherever. I look at the calorie content before I order at restaurants. When I am at a business lunch, my clients think I am checking my email or answering an important text. I sometimes make faces while looking at my phone (like I am contemplating a big business decision) and then type the response. In fact, I was deciding whether I should go with the salad or if the petite filet could fit in my daily calories. Once decided, I log it. BTW, I run a multi-million dollar consulting practice.

I would be willing to suggest that I spend less time logging on MFP than most younger people (and some people our age) spend on Facebook. After I reach my goal weight, I believe that I will continue to log CICO. Knowing what I am eating and how it affects me is power. I see it as a way of life.

I'm 52 and have lost 72 lbs since June. I've logged everything into mfp and exercised at home with DVDs and online. I've tried to eat more healthy food and cut out snacking when bored rather than hungry. I looked at it as a new way of life / new me rather than a diet.