50 plus motivating

SharonSA63
SharonSA63 Posts: 20 Member
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I am 54, anyone willing to assist in motivating me, I seem to always start out so fast, doing well then crash..

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  • ISweat4This
    ISweat4This Posts: 653 Member
    You can't give up!! Take it one day at a time.
  • SharonSA63
    SharonSA63 Posts: 20 Member
    Thanks, right now I am taking it hour by hour... I know this time something within me is different.
  • 1Mrsmcdilbert
    1Mrsmcdilbert Posts: 44 Member
    I am just starting back myself. We can do this! It sounds like you have a different mind set this time so you will do great.
  • jasperbrat
    jasperbrat Posts: 6 Member
    I'm now in my 50s and determined to get healthy and feel great. Want to lose 100 pounds over next 18 months. We can do this! Feel free to add me as a friend.
  • bigjonb4116
    bigjonb4116 Posts: 155 Member
    feel free to add me- i'm 51 and had that mindset change 18months ago, i've lost 140lb but still have 100 more to go..... good luck on your journey- you can do this !!!!
  • Rick_1953
    Rick_1953 Posts: 596 Member
    About to be 64 next month. Been on mfp over a year and half. Post exercise and support everyday to my friends. Add me if you like
  • Rick_1953
    Rick_1953 Posts: 596 Member
    PowerliftingMom wrote: »
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    You can ALL do this!!! I was very sedentary for 30 years and joined a gym with my daughter in 2014 when I was 55 years old. I weighed 166 lbs. then and lost over 50 lbs. by 2016. I got interested in powerlifting and now I'm a competitor. I started out with small goals like only losing 25 lbs. I was seeing results fairly quickly and easily so I would tell myself, I'll lose another 5 lbs., etc.

    @PowerliftingMom, fantastic results. Congratulations
  • PowerliftingMom
    PowerliftingMom Posts: 430 Member
    Rick_1953 wrote: »
    PowerliftingMom wrote: »
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    You can ALL do this!!! I was very sedentary for 30 years and joined a gym with my daughter in 2014 when I was 55 years old. I weighed 166 lbs. then and lost over 50 lbs. by 2016. I got interested in powerlifting and now I'm a competitor. I started out with small goals like only losing 25 lbs. I was seeing results fairly quickly and easily so I would tell myself, I'll lose another 5 lbs., etc.

    @PowerliftingMom, fantastic results. Congratulations

    Thank you!
  • SharonSA63
    SharonSA63 Posts: 20 Member
    Thanks all, well I am in my second week.
    I feel I am doing this right, yet keep thinking I might be wrong, hope that makes sense.
    I have never been active, and now doing a few home work outs, and walking to the stores instead of getting in the car, seems to help me.
    I am so ready for this new change.
  • millerjj41
    millerjj41 Posts: 1 Member
    I got 60 lb to lose myself been laid up 4 months now back on my feet and really want to get healthy I hope this is the right way
  • sfsoccermom2
    sfsoccermom2 Posts: 233 Member
    I just turned 50 this year and am restarting myself here. Feel free to add me. I need all the help I can get.
  • kieranar
    kieranar Posts: 57 Member
    Just hit 55 was 180lbs. Just over 6 months later I'm 140lbs , all down to diet and exercise ( cycling mainly ) those hills I used to puff and pant getting up I hardly notice ! , now my biggest problem is keep the weight up at 140lbs
  • bebeisfit
    bebeisfit Posts: 951 Member
    I think starting so fast may be what sets you up to fail. at least that was my issue. I've had the best luck in the past changing one or two habits a week. Yes, trying to stay under a calorie goal, but making it livable and incorporating a number of small changes.. from an extra flight of stairs when possible and keep moving throughout the day, or adding a 2nd vegetable to my meal and eating those first helped me manage smaller portions of carbs. If you want to start working out, start slow so your body isn't in pain for a week. If you can, get movement in every day! And start strength training. There's an awesome thread on the success board about gals who changed their bodies with lifting.

    Celebrate the success of making good habits vs the movement of the scale. You'll see your body change.. I promise.

    Use the 80/20 rule. 80% of the time I'm on the program, 20% is loose.

    Obviously this might not work for you, but this approach has worked for me.
  • bebeisfit
    bebeisfit Posts: 951 Member
    Unity63 wrote: »
    Thanks all, well I am in my second week.
    I feel I am doing this right, yet keep thinking I might be wrong, hope that makes sense.
    I have never been active, and now doing a few home work outs, and walking to the stores instead of getting in the car, seems to help me.
    I am so ready for this new change.

    That's awesome!
  • bebeisfit
    bebeisfit Posts: 951 Member
    Inspiring stuff!!
    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1120789/females-only-lifting-weight-training-results#latest
  • rsclause
    rsclause Posts: 3,103 Member
    I started this when I was 52 I think. I am now 55 and still at it. I lost 53 pounds and then put 20 back on so I am reducing again. I would do better if I didn't crave beer so much.
  • CharGillott
    CharGillott Posts: 56 Member
    I am 66 been on here for close to 3 months and have lost 15 pounds still have a ways to go. Good posts
  • rcreynol3090
    rcreynol3090 Posts: 174 Member
    Feel free to add me if you want. I'm 59, and 6 weeks +2 days ago I had reality slap me in the face, in the form of open heart surgery for a double bypass. I weighed 283.5 lbs the day after I got home from the hospital. This morning, the scales read 265.0. I logged 7,400 steps today, have made a drastic change in diet and exercise. I used to eat chips by the bag, peanut m&m candy by the pound. My goal is to get below 220. If I can do it, so can you.
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 34,166 Member
    You can do this! I started being active around age 47 after breast cancer treatment, but stayed obese until 59-60, when I lost 50+ pounds, to a healthy weight. It was simpler (perhaps not always easier ;) ) plus more rewarding, than I would ever have imagined.

    You might find some good stuff in this MFP forum thread:

    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10047153/55-65-year-old-womens-success#latest

    And this group:

    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/100593-over-50-group
  • LZMiner
    LZMiner Posts: 300 Member
    I really believe 50s are the new 30s! I just turned 51, and have lost 16 pounds since January, using MFP, eating well, and doing yoga 2x a week. Don't let age define you...you can define the age. It is about sticking with it, but once you get started, and start seeing results, you get hooked!
  • lady_tasia
    lady_tasia Posts: 13 Member
    I definitely want to make more friends in the over 50 range. We can definitely make a difference in keeping each other motivated.

    I'm taking the slow and permanent attitude. I plan to make it to my goal and would like to help you reach yours. It may be ten years to get there, but I will get there, Care to travel the road with me?

    Everyone who has posted on this thread is welcome to private message me.
  • rhondaec
    rhondaec Posts: 85 Member
    I just turned 50 this year and want/need to lose for my health. I would like to lose around 60 pounds.
  • dejavuohlala
    dejavuohlala Posts: 1,821 Member
    I have just had my 70 birthday have been on MFP for 4 years this month. Any mutually supportive people are welcome to add me.
  • gladius173
    gladius173 Posts: 20 Member
    Im 53 and will age gracefully ! Not new to MFP but new to this message board. :):) I love weight training 100%.
  • gladius173
    gladius173 Posts: 20 Member

    anyone else love weight training? trying to loose weight via weight training, but never actually see that muscle building causes weight loss> anyone's experience in this? especially our age! lol
  • HeidiCooksSupper
    HeidiCooksSupper Posts: 3,839 Member
    Sneak up gradually on it. If you try anything radical it's more likely to cause you to, as you say, crash. I'm just eating at a 500 calorie a day deficit and I see no reason to change that. It's pretty much my new normal.
  • bragassard2015
    bragassard2015 Posts: 1 Member
    Restarting the journey. Lost 60 pounds in 2012-2015. Husband diagnosed with cancer last year, so I gained 40 pounds out of stress. Life getting back to normal now. Need to get control over my weight again. I am almost 50 and would love to be part of this group.
  • cathmurphy
    cathmurphy Posts: 1 Member
    I'm just starting out this morning, I'm 53 & looking to lose a stone which has crept up over the last year or so. I know it's not a lot in the big scheme of thinks but it's making me feel unhealthy & I have a wardrobe full of clothes that don't fit anymore !
  • tnekdd
    tnekdd Posts: 3 Member
    New to this message board but not MFP. I am 60 something and finding the pounds creep up in the mid section! I'm very active and still working and busy with Grandbebes. Reading all the great motivational words here! This is a great tool to help stay the course.

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