Lose weight after 65

gcolsonissbr
gcolsonissbr Posts: 1 Member
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I just turned 65 and I am 20-25 pounds overweight. I work out for 60+ minutes 3days a week. I am struggling to drop weight. I don't eat processed sugar and consume about 1500 calories a day. I am looking forward to tracking my exercise and food consumption to get to my goal weight.

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  • ReenieHJ
    ReenieHJ Posts: 9,724 Member
    Wishing you the best!!
    I'm 66, have been up and down on the scale all my life but *finally* feel committed enough to live the rest of my life healthier! Seeing my counts on MFP helps a lot with that. I technically would like to lose maybe another 5# but know that I will always feel overweight. :( My high in life was 235, my low was 129, 5'9". ATM I'm 141.
    Anyways, good luck and keep posting! You'll make it!!
  • toimccoy
    toimccoy Posts: 1 Member
    I’m 71 years old trying to lose weight to avoid Diabetes. I need to lose 80-100 pounds. Exercise is restricted to 30 minutes 5 days a week due to bad back and arthritis in knee. I do low impact aerobics and stationary sit down biking. It’s hard to lose the weight with my calorie intake set at 1810 a day. I only eat around 1600 calories a day.
  • Jafroni
    Jafroni Posts: 4 Member
    I'm in your boat except that I already have Type II Diabetes so that makes it even harder to drop the pounds, plus our metabolism is slower, for sure. :'( You're doing very well with your exercising which is another component that I'm adding to my lower food intake. I wish all of you here great results and here's hoping that we can all stick with this as a life change way of eating rather than a diet because that is what it's going to take to make our weight loss permanent.
  • corinasue1143
    corinasue1143 Posts: 7,464 Member
    Add me too. I’m 70, 5’10”, 225. I have always lost weight with exercise better than with diet. I can’t exercise much just because of those old age aches and pains. I have found a pool nearby and have my fingers crossed.
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 34,216 Member
    It can work! While I was a few years younger, I lost about 50 pounds (obese to healthy weight) with MFP back in 2015 at age 59-60 (while hypothyroid, if it matters), and have maintained a healthy weight since.

    Like you (@gcolsonissbr), I had been athletically pretty active for a long time (10+ years) while obese. For me, the trick was getting my calorie intake in line with what I burn at a more sensible body weight, while maintaining pretty much the same activity level.

    Best wishes!
  • saundraw
    saundraw Posts: 1 Member
    Kudos to all of you for making a decision to be a healthier you!

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