A bit older than some, would love to have some peeps

I'm 55 and the weight loss is going very slowly. I was comfortable with it though. I'm down to the last 5 pounds so now I'm getting a bit frustrated. Even .3 of a pound a week feels good. And if you look at my diary, yeah, I know I should quit drinking Feel free to friend me if you want. I don't always log my food though because I have to guess so often.

Hello looking for new friends

I am 60 and have been "dieting" all my life but am having a lot of self control problems lately. Hoping connecting to others will help.

I am 52, and I would love some friends closer to my age. Please add me(that goes for any of you). I promise you will see me here just about ever day.

I'm 45 and am finding it is so much harder to lose than it was in my 30s. Have gained entirely too much but am looking for motivation and encouragement from those who have made it work! Good luck to us all!!

I'm 53 and started with mfp in January. My first week, I made no change other than logging everything. My first month, I adjusted my eating plan to reduce sodium intake, increase protein intake, and reduce use of the free junk food at work. By the end of the 3rd month I had experienced 3 binge days, each with 8-12 following days of losing the sodium load and excess water of those binges. I had also realized that each binge day started with an inadequate breakfast. So, for the past 5 weeks I've started every day with a good big breakfast and have had no trouble with food temptation since. I started with 112 lb to lose, and as of this morning have lost 46 of those. My average daily weight loss is about 0.4 lb.

I eat small portions of beef and pork during weekdays, pre-packaged frozen salmon one weekday, and natural chicken on weekends. The natural chicken is not injected with saline solution and costs a lot more than salty chicken, and thus I limit it to weekends. My breakfast is a fajita using a high fiber low carb tortilla wrapped around a mixture of natural turkey sauteed with celery, onion, mushrooms, and served with salsa and a bit of cheese or avocado for fat. My workday lunch is really sparse and I don't recommend it to anyone.

I do my own cooking. I also cook separate meals for Mrs when she's awake and sometimes for the grown kids. The grown kids are mostly able to feed themselves. Now if I could just get them to support themselves.

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I'm 53 and started with mfp in January. My first week, I made no change other than logging everything. My first month, I adjusted my eating plan to reduce sodium intake, increase protein intake, and reduce use of the free junk food at work. By the end of the 3rd month I had experienced 3 binge days, each with 8-12 following days of losing the sodium load and excess water of those binges. I had also realized that each binge day started with an inadequate breakfast. So, for the past 5 weeks I've started every day with a good big breakfast and have had no trouble with food temptation since. I started with 112 lb to lose, and as of this morning have lost 46 of those. My average daily weight loss is about 0.4 lb.

I eat small portions of beef and pork during weekdays, pre-packaged frozen salmon one weekday, and natural chicken on weekends. The natural chicken is not injected with saline solution and costs a lot more than salty chicken, and thus I limit it to weekends. My breakfast is a fajita using a high fiber low carb tortilla wrapped around a mixture of natural turkey sauteed with celery, onion, mushrooms, and served with salsa and a bit of cheese or avocado for fat. My workday lunch is really sparse and I don't recommend it to anyone.

I do my own cooking. I also cook separate meals for Mrs when she's awake and sometimes for the grown kids. The grown kids are mostly able to feed themselves. Now if I could just get them to support themselves.

The bolded part is brilliant - that's the way to do it. Diary analysis, and changing up habits based on what one learns from it, is a super-powerful tool that all too many people don't take advantage of.

One kind is the analysis you suggest ("why did I eat over goal?" - could be diet or composition of eating, as you suggest, or stress, or lack of sleep.) Another kind I did was to look at which foods contributed relatively more calories, but relatively less fullness, nutrition or pleasure. Gradually, I replaced the "not worth their calories" foods with ones that better met my needs.

Back on topic: I'm 60, 5'5", hypothyroid, of course menopausal, quite active, SW 183 (mid-April 2015), hit the low 120s in January 2016, and am now working on maintaining at about 120 plus or minus 3. I'm also ovo-lacto vegetarian (since 1974! ), if that matters to anyone.

Hi everyone, I'm 52 and have been up and down with my weight. I suspect everyone's familiar with THAT. I also survived a cancer scare and feel great now, but the whole mess left me at a higher weight than I'd like. I'm in a wonderful fitness challenge group but I suspect I'm the oldest one there by about a decade! I'd love to connect with some or all of you! Please send friend requests. I hate being pushy so I'm a little shy about sending them myself. I know it's silly.

Anyone wishes..feel free to add me as a Friend as well. I am 57 and found this website and it has really helped with tracking calories. I started my own diet and exercise program on March 1st after weighing in at 308# on Feb 29th. My weigh in day is tomorrow, but last week..I tipped the scales at 265.8 Being older, we can all use support buddies. I wish you success on your journey!