Any 60 plus ladies interested in supporting and motivating each other?

Hello, I am in. I didn't start to gain weight until I turned 55. I will be 61 in July. Went from being active to a 70 hour a week high stress desk job. After work, a few adult beverages and snacks became a pattern. I went up 35 pounds. I usually only work 6 month out of the year and am taking this off time to get a handle on it. I am down 15 pounds so far. My health is fine as far as I know and since I, as a grandmother of 14 don't need to have a teenage body,
( and a little extra weight tends to plump out wrinkles, lol) I will see how I feel after I lose another 10 pounds. I find that I need to stay around 1300 calories and power walk several miles a day. Oh, and just started Yoga.

69 there are lots of us out here and still trying. Good luck ladies and gents

Scousemaggie wrote: »

My metabolism appears to have slowed down a lot and it has become really difficult for me to lose weight. When I was younger I was obviously a lot more active as a mum of three and I could eat more or less anything and I never gained weight. I packed in smoking and very soon after I seriously hurt my back, diagnosed with slipped discs and sciatica. I now have a heart condition too. I think a group of likeminded people of a similar age could prove very beneficial. If you're interested please comment below.

Have you gotten any direct responses? Illness makes it easy to.put pounds on especially at our age...thanks for posting this...i am really interested...

Hello! Sharing progress, setbacks and lessons learnt would be great. I'm 4 kilos down since my 66th birthday 4 weeks ago. Have taken to swimming 40 laps (which is a whole kilometre) twice a week, very proud of that. But am struggling to stay under 1200 cals this week.