It CAN be done after 40!!!

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  • cameronheel
    cameronheel Posts: 191 Member
    edited July 2017
    Congrats OP and all the other success stories on this thread. You should all be proud of your accomplishments. I am 50 and have lost 54 pounds since the start of the year.

    First photo is of me this weekend at 171 and second photo is of me, my wife and daughter when I was at 225. My wife also 50 has lost 32 pounds since this photo was taken.
  • Richardcag
    Richardcag Posts: 18 Member
    Congratulations. Fantastic effort.
  • 12weekschallengeSept12
    12weekschallengeSept12 Posts: 2 Member
    splendid achievement, congratulations, Continue to inspire others.
  • jremory
    jremory Posts: 8 Member
    Awesome. I'm 43 and on the same journey.
  • JaimeLaRae
    JaimeLaRae Posts: 279 Member
    Nice work! I turned 42 this year & I hope to be getting myself back in shape, too!
  • kimothy38
    kimothy38 Posts: 840 Member
    I have to say though, skin doesn't spring back so easily as I age and I'm really hating these dang flabby underarm bits. I'm quite proud of my arms until I lift them up and all I can see is the flabby bit. Sigh.
  • lorrpb
    lorrpb Posts: 11,463 Member
    edited July 2017
    Started 3 years ago at age 59. Lost 150. Now maintaining since Sept. It can be done and I totally agree with this:
    LotusCass wrote: »
    Amazing changes, well done!!

    I'm finding it easier to lose in my 40's than when I was in my 30's. I think my determination and outlook on life has changed though.

    Even if this were true, which it is NOT, it's better than dead:
    Wonderworlds wrote: »
    Amazing! Thanks for sharing. I turned 42 last week and sometimes I catch myself in negative talk thinking that it doesn't matter now if I lose the weight now at my age because I will just be wrinkly and flabby.
  • WandaVaughn
    WandaVaughn Posts: 420 Member
    Yes! I'll be 50 in November. After stepping on the scales January 1st at 214 lbs, I vowed that I would lose 50 pounds by my 50th birthday. Well, I've lost the 50 pounds already, so now I want to weigh 150 by 50. I can do it!
  • glprice1990
    glprice1990 Posts: 2 Member
    edited July 2017
    Awesome!! Just started and feeling defeated.
    Thanks for the encouragement!
  • Nerdbear88
    Nerdbear88 Posts: 62 Member
    You look fantastic! I started at 43 years old at 396 lbs and now at 44 I'm down to 220 lbs and still losing. Yes it can be done.
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