55-65 year old women's success?
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@debtay123 I just increased mine 200 about ten days ago, too, to slow my loss down to a pound a week, and darned if it didn’t feel like it had ramped up. I broke my “once a week weigh in” rule this morning and was down 1.2lb since Sunday. Will be interesting to see if it holds til next weigh in. It is surprising how much more I feel like I got with that 200 calories. I’ve increased meat portions, added an extra snack, and still feel like I have to jump it to get to my calorie goal now.6
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When I changed my mfp from to lose1.0 a week to lose.05 a week, I gained an extra 200 calories too. I could not believe how much better I feel with the extra calories and I have just decided to go slower and be happy with any loss that I have.
I had that experience when I started -- finding it too difficult to manage at 1310 calories per day, so I was better at the 200 calories more: 1510. That worked well on my good days for awhile, but I eventually gave up --- I was feeling too defeated too often (by exceeding that caloric goal).
When I came back again, I decided to set my caloric goal at 1800 --- which would be fine for maintenance for a woman my size at ideal weight, yet still working towards a deficit. Happy to say it has been okay doing that --- without doing any tracking (while away from MFP) I'm sure I regularly exceeded that, so this was good to get me started and control my intake.
Thanks to, I think, one of our crowd (@lovesretirement ?) post about Fitbit, I finally figured out how to connect my Fitbit to MFP, and that has changed things a bit.
Anyway, I realize that with the Fitbit I have to set the caloric goal down, because those steps really add up!
I set my goal back to 1500, as I have not needed to eat the exercise yet. I am pretty sedentary, loving retirement, too, but now I have reset the Fitbit for hourly reminders to move. Now I heed those gentle reminders from the watch to get moving --- I live in an apartment, and I can get in lots of steps up and down stairs and back and forth in the halls. Otherwise, I was driving myself nuts circling around the rooms of our apartment!
Oh, yeah --- 2 lbs down in 20 days -- fine with me -- I haven't really gotten back to full activity and weight training yet.
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springlering62- you said that you are within 5 pounds of having a normal bmi- That is one of my goals to have a normal bmi- I am now just on the "overweight line- I am now within 10 pounds of a normal bmi- but it seems i self sabotage everytime I get this close(sigh) Anyway i am taking it slow and just keep going the best I can- ladies how are we doing this week?
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@debtay123 You are within 10# of normal bmi again? Maybe it is time to ask yourself why you self sabotage. Are you dieting or changing your lifestyle? Big difference. I am not trying to be mean, I just want you to succeed. I started here several years ago and was determined to never be fat again. I discovered veggies were actually filling. I eat carbs, but too many make me want to eat more. Lean proteins are easy...90/10 ground round or ground sirloin are affordable and tasty. Ground turkey (or chicken) is a decent substitute in chili or marinara sauce. I could go on for a while. If you are truly interested in changing your lifestyle, message me and I will give you some more tips.
YOU CAN DO THIS!
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My main goal is doing all the little things that add up to my final goal of body fat % loss. For whatever reasons my fat loss % has always moved slow like a snail. Even when I’m losing pounds... and this is where I see I have had my down spirals all the time as I get so frustrated!!!
So to rid myself of the 7-8 pounds that keep me returning to the mid 150’s weight range, I’m back to my own personal Boot Camp Basics:
1) logging, 2) sleep, 3)avoid stress, 4)limited to no wine (my friends and sisters r gonna hate me), 5) LNS > avoid eating after dinner unless I’m still hungry after dinner, then I’ll have some yogurt or a protein drink 6) stay engaged on MFP 7) I’ll add hydrating and 8) exercise >I always do those but they’re part of the formula 9) weigh & measure all nutrition
I have Ulcerative Colitis and I’m a cancer survivor. Having good digestion is key for me period, and if I can focus on good digestion then it means my nutrtition is working for me and not against me.
Thanks for the thread.
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I'm going to be 63 this year in October and I started a low carb and intermittent fasting two weeks ago, It is not to bad but I am happy that I have lost 8 pounds in the last 2 and a half weeks. I will keep you updated as I lose.2
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I’m 62. The picture in white was taken in March when DH and I celebrated our 20 year anniversary. I weighed 199 lbs ( down from 208 lbs. in September) . After seeing that terrible picture I immediately went on a diet and have so far lost 16 pounds. Current weight 183. Still need another 30 to be at healthy BMI .27 -
Wow - you look terrific! Congrats!1
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Teri you look great! I am 62 and just started on this intermittent fasting and I have lost about 3 lbs a week.5
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ladies- Just celebrated another birthday- I turned the big 59 on June 25th. i am still slowly losing wieght and trying to make sure that i eat more fruits and veggies- determined to get to a normal bmi -have lost about 4-5 more pounds so slowly and surely works best for me-7
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ladies- Just celebrated another birthday- I turned the big 59 on June 25th. i am still slowly losing wieght and trying to make sure that i eat more fruits and veggies- determined to get to a normal bmi -have lost about 4-5 more pounds so slowly and surely works best for me-
Happy belated birthday! And great job!
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Following this group and I'm 61 and have been back on mfp logging in everything. I use a wheelchair, so weighing is tough without a roll-on scale but I can definitely see a difference in my face and how my shirts fit. I also have an obvious limitation for exercise but am so far doing it all with calories/fat/carb/protein in. Feeling great already only after 33 days. Many plans for ramping up the physical activity as I relearn how to eat and learn the nutrients of whole, clean foods. Yay, us!13
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Good job- bosque1234bosque1234 and Welcome to our group- I think you will find much encouragment here. I know that I have been helped a lot!3
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Hi, just celebrated my 58th Birthday on June 9 and rededicated myself to exercising in the first week of April 2019 and I'm down 12 lbs. as of today. I've lost 28 lbs since I rededicated myself on MFP back in Feb. 2017 ( when I originally lost 30 lbs. then stopped exercising because of a little surgery, nothing serious, and laziness. I'm doing better now with my exercising and hope to continue and lose 55 lbs. more then take it from there if I need to or want to lose more.
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Hi, just celebrated my 58th Birthday on June 9 and rededicated myself to exercising in the first week of April 2019 and I'm down 12 lbs. as of today. I've lost 28 lbs since I rededicated myself on MFP back in Feb. 2017 ( when I originally lost 30 lbs. then stopped exercising because of a little surgery, nothing serious, and laziness. I'm doing better now with my exercising and hope to continue and lose 55 lbs. more then take it from there if I need to or want to lose more.
Congratulations on your rededication to a healthy lifestyle! 😊1 -
I am new to this chatting hereand not sure if I am doing this right but was inspired by everyone and related to so many stories that I was hoping to be a part of your group.
I am 56 and currently weigh 213.4 the pain in my hips are getting so bad that I fear I won’t be able to walk. Now I am experiencing pressure in my ears, dizziness and vision is blurry.
Re-starting my weight loss journey this weekend and hoping that I can share my journey and find inspiration from your journeys...
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tracyj7102- congratulations on restarting your fitness journey- You can do this- we are here for you!!11
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Hi I am 62 and I started back on June 10th and I have so far lost 11 lbs by walking a little and a low carb diet mostly clean food like meat and veggies. This you are all very inspiring, it really helps me going. Thank you all.4
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A very inspiring thread4
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