48 years young, finding it way harder to lose weight, In need inspirational friends.

I’m going on 44 shortly, have lots of weight to lose! I’m looking for support to keep me on track if we can help each other out here!

I’m 68 years young! I’m here everyday

Have you much to lose? believe it or not its actually not any harder to lose when we get older, that's just what people say/think - its always about the calories in being less that the calories out but heck, I never found it easy at any age! it takes being really vigilant about logging those calories, keeping consistently at calorie deficit and moving more but it can be done, I'm now 51 and 7 years in maintenance - I always say, if I can do it, anyone can.

All the best ,

Ruth

I'll be 70 in a few months and have lost over 20 pounds since early May. It can be done. As they say, eat less, move more. If I do the arithmetic on calories in/calories out, I have lost about what would be expected at 3500 calorie deficit per pound. You can do it, too.

I'm making sure to think about what I eat and how it makes me feel. For example, if I eat sweet or carb-y stuff to end supper, I just want to snack all evening long. If I end on something like salted nuts, I'm less hungry in the evening. If I need to snack, I try to think about how that particular snack will make me feel before I choose it. In other words, eating that 4-pack of Lorna Doones will make me hungry whereas a sharp cheddar cheese stick will satisfy my need-to-snack pangs. I hate to use a hackneyed term, but it is all about eating "mindfully."