In your 60’s
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Hi Ladies, hope you are all doing well today.
I am struggling with the lack of nicotine. I want to eat all the food. Not actually physically hungry just looking for something to substitute for the ciggies.
I need to get down the gym and start lifting again but I am procrastinating for some reason.
What are you all struggling with at the moment?4 -
Good Evening
I do feel sorry for you, I gave up smoking 30 years and to be honest I found it so easy, so why can’t I give up chocolate/sweets.
I’m afraid one bar or packet is never enough for me.
Counting calories does not allow me very much of my favourite.
So good luck, we can do this, let’s just take it one day at a time.
I’m afraid I’m not into going to the gym, I suffer quite badly from OA and I’m not able to walk to much at the moment, I love walking.
But I’m persevering and trying so hard to do 5000 steps a day.
Have a great couple of days
Be very proud of yourself, giving up the nicotine is not easy.
Take care,
Diane x3 -
Add me if ANY of you would like. 60 in August! I would love to journey with ALL of you. I have a 50 day logging streak going, lets see how far we can go!2
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manderson27 wrote: »Hi Ladies, hope you are all doing well today.
I am struggling with the lack of nicotine. I want to eat all the food. Not actually physically hungry just looking for something to substitute for the ciggies.
I need to get down the gym and start lifting again but I am procrastinating for some reason.
What are you all struggling with at the moment?
How about Popsicles as a substitute?0 -
Guess I'm the old lady of the group, I'll be 66 at the end of the month. Started MFP back in 2012 and, at that time weighed over 280. I managed to lose almost 50 lbs and keep it off. This has been a bad year for me health wise. After three heart attacks in as many months, the doctors determined I had too much fat around my heart and lungs, and put me on a high protein, low calorie, low carb, low fat diet. I did lose some weight but I knew once I was home, I wouldn't stick to it because it was so monotonous and blah. Heard glowing reports about Keto and decided to give it a try. I've been doing it since the end of April and, I think I look and feel thinner however, after 3 months, my scale keeps telling me it's all in my imagination. I've only lost about 15 lbs and the doc is not at all happy with my progress. Love being with y'all since who would understand better how hard it is to lose weight at our ages.7
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Hi all! I was 63 in April.
I’ve battled weight most of my life. In 2017 when my dad was dying and my mom slipping into dementia, I underwent varicose vein surgery. This was a very stressful time in my life and then the weigh in before the operation slapped me upside the head. I’d been doing not too badly over the years, hovering in the 170’s. I’m 5’10”, small frame. But with retiring and my parents’ struggling health, I turned to food. July 2017, I weighted 206. OMG. I had my surgery on one leg and found MFP. Second surgery, mid September and the scale was down 25 pounds. My dad died early October; my mom had to be admitted to Memory Care in December. By Christmas of 2017, my weight was 150. I was still frazzled emotionally but weight loss gave me a sense of control over my life.
That year I started to walk lots and then run, was doing strength training 4 days a week. By the summer of 2018, I was 141. Unfortunately, that was too difficult to maintain. (Maintenance is NOT my strong suit.). After three weeks I can cut my craving for carbs like bread and potatoes, but 18 months of low carb, very little sugar, no wine took its toll. I tried to add bits of that to my diet, but over the next year, I crept to mid 150’s, then into the low 160’s and then April 2018, I lost my willpower, totally. An all inclusive 2 week holiday in Jamaica, broke me. I came home at 175. 🥴 By last winter I was back to 186. I had screwed up big time😡
May 10th I started to log on MFP again. None of my clothes fit. I had given away all my fat clothes, vowing never to need them again. How stupid was that? Size 12 was snug. No way was I buying 14’s. I had drawers of 6’s, 8’s, and 10’s.
After 9 weeks of low carb and logging carefully, I’m down to 163. 25 pounds gone. 10- 15 to go. My size 10’s fit, a few 8 shorts and jeans are comfortable.
Sorry for the novel. I felt I needed to spill my story to others - confess my shortcomings rather than say poor me and eat myself silly.
Yes. One day at a time.....
I’m on here everyday so please add me if you’d like to journey together. Lynz12 -
I lost only 6 pounds in so many weeks, although I am very faithful to the program. and got back one pound last week, very upset!
very slow...
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"I am struggling with the lack of nicotine. I want to eat all the food. Not actually physically hungry just looking for something to substitute for the ciggies."
Hi manderson,
The struggle with nicotine or food is real and hard. I feel for you!
I will share what I have done in the past that helped me avoid sugar, my personal addiction. I would search the internet and read anything about how bad sugar was for my body. I watched tons of you tube videos about what things sugar and obesity did to me. I carried that knowledge and thought about it whenever I felt weak. It's aversion therapy and it helped me get over the hump and through some struggles.
I hope you get over the worst of it soon. Stay strong! You can do this! We're here to support you!0 -
Hi everyone.. I am 60 and here wanting to lose weight like everyone else..we all can do this0
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Lost 4lbs in March and again in April. Weight loss slowed in May and bounced up and down in June.
In July I asked my acupuncturist/TCM (gift to self for 60y bday) for diet input.
My new macros on 1100kcal are: fat at 50g; net carbs at 90g (carbs less fiber) (AND the carbs cannot be from starches--processed grains, potatoes, carrots, corn, bananas, etc which makes this low-glycemic); protein at 70g.
Dr would like me to eat 1500kcal with the 35%-40%-25% macros profile. Right now I am happy at 1100-1300kcal.
It looks like July will be back on track. I gave myself 4 month goal to stop the weight creep and a plan that works. If I can loose 4-6 pounds in July then GW0 will be met.
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Hi ladies thanks for your sympathy and tips on dealing with my nicotine withdrawal.
The most important thing for weight loss is consistancy. 1lb a week is a good rate of loss, do not be swayed by all the fast weight loss hype.
Weigh everything, log honestly, be patient. The winners of this race are the ones who can eat the most and still lose weight.
You should not demonize food or feel like you have to cut out complete food groups to lose weight. This should not be a painful process.
I dropped 1lb today so that is a step in the right direction. I am still 4lbs up on my pre quit smoking weight but at least I feel a bit more in control.5 -
Nayghtymuffin wrote: »Good Evening
I do feel sorry for you, I gave up smoking 30 years and to be honest I found it so easy, so why can’t I give up chocolate/sweets.
I’m afraid one bar or packet is never enough for me.
Counting calories does not allow me very much of my favourite.
So good luck, we can do this, let’s just take it one day at a time.
I’m afraid I’m not into going to the gym, I suffer quite badly from OA and I’m not able to walk to much at the moment, I love walking.
But I’m persevering and trying so hard to do 5000 steps a day.
Have a great couple of days
Be very proud of yourself, giving up the nicotine is not easy.
Take care,
Diane x
Thanks Diane. OA is a really difficult thing to deal with. My doctor called it the "Good Arthritis" Because you can manage it. I was lucky caught it early and got a treatment plan going.
The hardest part is trying to keep moving, the pain is excruciating so it sets up a cycle of less movement more pain leading to less movement. Breaking that cycle is incredibly hard. I hope you can get some improvement as time goes by.
Maureen x1 -
Something that I have found very useful is a weight trending app. I use Libra for android. I think it is Happy Scale for IOS
You weigh yourself daily same time same clothing or lack of. You enter your weight in the app and it shows you the general trend of your weight loss. It smooths out all the normal fluctuations so it is less desheartening when your weight wobbles about a bit because you can see the trend is still going down. Having all this data helps me see what causes these fluctuations so I am prepared and do not panick if my weight goes up a bit.
Speaking of fluctuations remember that this is normal, your weight can vary by quite a lot overnight for many reasons. High sodium meal, extra excercise, more carbs than normal, etc etc. This is not fat, it is water weight and will go away over the next few days.
Don't let the scale fluctuations put you off and stop your progress.
Hugs to all xx2 -
ohbeautifulqueen wrote: »"I am struggling with the lack of nicotine. I want to eat all the food. Not actually physically hungry just looking for something to substitute for the ciggies."
Hi manderson,
The struggle with nicotine or food is real and hard. I feel for you!
I will share what I have done in the past that helped me avoid sugar, my personal addiction. I would search the internet and read anything about how bad sugar was for my body. I watched tons of you tube videos about what things sugar and obesity did to me. I carried that knowledge and thought about it whenever I felt weak. It's aversion therapy and it helped me get over the hump and through some struggles.
I hope you get over the worst of it soon. Stay strong! You can do this! We're here to support you!
Thanks @ohbeautifulqueen I agree, keeping the health issues to the forefront of my mind is helping me a lot.0 -
I use Libra, too. I really like it.
I also use Health Mate, which syncs with my scale and MFP.1 -
Needresults wrote: »Hi everyone.. I am 60 and here wanting to lose weight like everyone else..we all can do this
@Needresults We are all in this together check out the sucess stories for motivation. There are some awesome people on this site.0 -
Lost 4lbs in March and again in April. Weight loss slowed in May and bounced up and down in June.
In July I asked my acupuncturist/TCM (gift to self for 60y bday) for diet input.
My new macros on 1100kcal are: fat at 50g; net carbs at 90g (carbs less fiber) (AND the carbs cannot be from starches--processed grains, potatoes, carrots, corn, bananas, etc which makes this low-glycemic); protein at 70g.
Dr would like me to eat 1500kcal with the 35%-40%-25% macros profile. Right now I am happy at 1100-1300kcal.
It looks like July will be back on track. I gave myself 4 month goal to stop the weight creep and a plan that works. If I can loose 4-6 pounds in July then GW0 will be met.
Sounds like you have a handle on this just be aware that it can be difficult to get the proper nutrition under 1200 cals per day.0 -
manderson27 wrote: »Hi Ladies, hope you are all doing well today.
I am struggling with the lack of nicotine. I want to eat all the food. Not actually physically hungry just looking for something to substitute for the ciggies.
I need to get down the gym and start lifting again but I am procrastinating for some reason.
What are you all struggling with at the moment?
How about Popsicles as a substitute?
Certainly warm enough here, you might be on to something2 -
Hi, all!
I'm in the right demographic for this thread (63) but maybe not the right goal (maintaining weight now, mid-130s, after decades at 180+ until 2015, when I lost around 50 in a bit less than a year at age 59-60). I'm sedentary outside of intentional exercise (which I've been doing around 6 days a week for 15+ years), also severely hypothyroid (but treated).
I lost weight and maintain with this eating approach:
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10636388/free-customized-personal-weight-loss-eating-plan-not-spam-or-mlm
You can reach your goals at any age: Hang in there, and don't give up! :flowerforyou:1 -
How did you deal with sagging skin, AnnPT77 since, at our age, skin doesn't have the elasticity we had as Spring Chickens?1
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