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kathywantstoloseit · April 2019

I recently turned 60 and have entered the "slow metabolism" category. I am somewhat active: exercise 60 minutes (30 strength & 30 brisk treadmill) daily, 5 x week. Eat healthy and have always been able to manage my weight until the past couple years. Have any of the readers used the BOLO approach to helping manage your weight? I am not a big "pill" taker, but am getting depressed over the slow, unmanageable weight gain.

janejellyroll · April 2019

I hadn't heard of it before, but looking at the website it sounds like the kind of plan I'd avoid.

1. They trash talk calorie deficits
2. They sell you a pill, which they promise will give you fast results but also "no side effects." When a medicine has absolutely no side effects, that also indicates that it doesn't really do anything. Also meaningful: it isn't regulated by the FDA. Why? Because it isn't really a drug, it's just a collection of vitamins and some herbs with no established link to weight loss.
3. They're giving you a food plan, which indicates that they know that the program's results -- if any -- are coming from a calorie deficit. But they claim that it's about eating the "right foods" in the "right combinations." If I've noticed anything in my years hanging out here, it's that people can manage their weight eating all kinds of foods in all kinds of combinations. There is no magic "combination" that will create weight loss.
4. They promise all kinds of woo -- creating "proper cellular function" (I promise you, your cells are functioning properly right now) and reducing "inflammation," etc.
5. They'll sell you a 90-day supply for about $50. That's way too high because you're being ripped off. But if the product did everything they promised it would, doesn't that seem . . . really low? Like, they've figured out that a calorie deficit doesn't work, so they created a pill that will give anyone miracle results and they're selling it to us for less than people are paying for things like insulin. A miracle cure for obesity should cost more than .55 a day, don't you think?

kimny72 · April 2019

OP, check out these posts when you get a chance, they might lead you in the right direction:

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1080242/a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants/p1

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10610953/neat-improvement-strategies-to-improve-weight-loss/p1

In general, you want to avoid diet pills and supplements - the ones that do anything will require an Rx and have side effects, the ones you can just buy on your own don't actually do anything other than the placebo effect.

manderson27 · April 2019

I don't think that being over 60 has much to do with weight gain. I am 62 and have lost 38 lbs over the last 18 months without much deliberate excercise. And I have been deliberately going slowly so I can eat the foods I enjoy.

I believe gaining weight at any age is due to eating more calories than you are burning. You are active which is great but are you eating more than you think?

Before you pay out good money for something that by the looks of it is nothing more than the usual scam full of false promises and unicorn poop. why not use MFP and start counting your calories to see if you are eating a bit too much.

Listen to Janejellyroll and Kimny72 they are wise to the ways of weightloss.

whmscll · April 2019

I’m 59. It’s true that as we get older we can’t eat as much as when we were younger without weight gain. But I’ve been hovering around 140, which is a normal BMI (I’m 5’ 4”) for a couple of years without a lot of effort except being mindful about not eating huge portions, eating mostly nutritious food and not a lot of junk (except dessert) and staying moderately active. Weight gain when you’re older is not inevitable. I’ve now decided I want to reduce my body fat, increase my fitness and look even better, and MFP works. It does work slowly, though, so you have to be patient while logging all your food and making sure you’re in a calorie deficit.

whmscll · April 2019

Also, I used to be of the mindset that if I did a day of hiking or a killer spin class that I could eat whatever I wanted because I had burned so many calories. Counting calories using MFP has really opened my eyes on that one; I wasn’t burning nearly as much as I thought, and calories can add up quickly.

AnnPT77 · April 2019

I think there are more people making profits selling weight loss products than people losing weight by using them. Hope springs eternal?

I lost about 50 pounds here at age 59-60, just counting calories and eating the foods I enjoy, no special diet or white-knuckling required. Around 3 years later, now 63, I'm maintaining a healthy weight (5'5", 135, which is BMI 22-point-something) at age 63, pretty much the same way.

A lot of the "age penalty" is either body composition (i.e., loss of muscle mass) or subtly reduced daily life (non-exercise) activity. You're doing a good thing to combat reduced muscle mass with your exercise, especially the strength training.

I was already active and had been for a dozen years when I started weight loss (typically spin class twice a week, rowing on water 4 days most weeks in Summer, but less in Winter on machine (just not as much fun as boats

)). I strength train only lackadasically/intermittently, bike a little in good weather, and do some other fun active stuff occasionally. For me, losing weight (starting from an obese BMI) and maintaining a healthy weight has been all about managing calorie intake, and I haven't found it difficult. Wish I'd done it years ago, actually.

Welcome!

MelanieCN77 · April 2019

I think @AnnPT77 and I might be a good example actually - I seem to recall that she maintains on a fairly higher number of calories than me even though we are the same height and weight because of what she has managed in regards to muscle composition. I'm 41 and pretty sure I get to eat a lot less than her. Sedentary, I only get about 1500 cals.

snickerscharlie · April 2019

AnnPT77 wrote: »

I think there are more people making profits selling weight loss products than people losing weight by using them. Hope springs eternal?

I lost about 50 pounds here at age 59-60, just counting calories and eating the foods I enjoy, no special diet or white-knuckling required. Around 3 years later, now 63, I'm maintaining a healthy weight (5'5", 135, which is BMI 22-point-something) at age 63, pretty much the same way.

A lot of the "age penalty" is either body composition (i.e., loss of muscle mass) or subtly reduced daily life (non-exercise) activity. You're doing a good thing to combat reduced muscle mass with your exercise, especially the strength training.

I was already active and had been for a dozen years when I started weight loss (typically spin class twice a week, rowing on water 4 days most weeks in Summer, but less in Winter on machine (just not as much fun as boats )). I strength train only lackadasically/intermittently, bike a little in good weather, and do some other fun active stuff occasionally. For me, losing weight (starting from an obese BMI) and maintaining a healthy weight has been all about managing calorie intake, and I haven't found it difficult. Wish I'd done it years ago, actually.

Welcome!

Exactly this! I lost 75 lbs at age 60 and reached my goal weight simply by monitoring my intake by using a food scale and MFP and upping my exercise. Worked like a charm and still does. I'm 65 this year.

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