60 yrs and up

alteredsteve175 wrote: »

Drive-by check in. My wife is making progress - back pain is lessening. She should be home by next week. That will improve her mood, I hope. Then we can start the second phase of this journey.

Good to see all of you working on your goals. Reminds me to stay on track, too.

Good to hear Steve!

Tuppence26 wrote: »

Hi everyone
I feel as if my metabolism has slowed so much it is just about in reverse!! 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️is it even possible for my metabolism to slow down? Can I kick start it?? A good dose of fasting or a dose of something even!!!🙆‍♀️🙆‍♀️🙆‍♀️🙆‍♀️🙆‍♀️
Nice to see the blogs, inspiring
Nice news Steve. 🤗🤗

It's true that the average person's basal or resting metabolic rate (BMR/RMR) will be a little lower with increasing years, and also true that there's a bit we can do about it, though I don't think it's realistic to expect speedy giant impacts. (Regular exercise including reasonable doses of intensity can improve mitochondria, for example, and help RMR/BMR; also, we can do strength exercise to keep muscle-mass higher, which has a small positive impact on BMR/RMR but - I suspect - more importantly makes it easier and more fun to be more active, so we're more likely to do it, even in subconscious ways.)

Bigger factors are (1) the impact of exercise itself on calorie burn, and (2) things we can do to increase daily life activity (NEAT). In case you haven't seen it before, this thread has some ideas about increasing daily life activity:

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

Fasting: I haven't seen anything that makes me think that would have a big impact on calorie burn, either through BMR/RMR, or other mechanisms. It's super trendy, though. 🤷‍♀️ I'm sure others will report different experiences.

It's tempting to think that some short term strategy (like fasting) can make a quick difference, but I think that there's more realistically a gradual return on patiently investing in longer-term strategies, like strength training, improving cardiovascular fitness, creating a bias toward more movement in daily life, eating more simple foods (which take more energy to digest and metabolize, i.e. TEF (thermic efficiency of food) and that sort of thing.

As always when I'm typing: Just my opinions/experience, others may differ.

AnnPT77 wrote: »

It's true that the average person's basal or resting metabolic rate (BMR/RMR) will be a little lower with increasing years, and also true that there's a bit we can do about it, though I don't think it's realistic to expect speedy giant impacts. (Regular exercise including reasonable doses of intensity can improve mitochondria, for example, and help RMR/BMR; also, we can do strength exercise to keep muscle-mass higher, which has a small positive impact on BMR/RMR but - I suspect - more importantly makes it easier and more fun to be more active, so we're more likely to do it, even in subconscious ways.)

Bigger factors are (1) the impact of exercise itself on calorie burn, and (2) things we can do to increase daily life activity (NEAT). In case you haven't seen it before, this thread has some ideas about increasing daily life activity:

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

Awesome discussion of NEAT!
I used to look for ways to make fewer trips, like "the lazy man's load" - carry EVERYTHING in ONE trip. I'm not down to only carrying one item at a time, but now I laugh a little when I have to make extra trips around the yard or up the stairs. 😄

@AnnPT77 That looks like so much fun and what a beautiful day. Blessings on the eye surgery.

AnnPT77 wrote: »

So great to be seeing so many new over-60 participants here lately. I'm always paranoid when I mention this that I'll overlook someone new (apologies if so!), but lately I've noticed @dejavuohlala, @mh1960/Maggie, @DitzyDeb1, @bren5535, @sparrow152. Glad you - and any other new folks - are here: Hoping to hear continuing progress reports!

In my world, recent fun is helping out with my club's learn to row class. Photo is me (in orange) stabilizing my double shell (my oar blades flat on water as stabilizers) so that a new learner can practice and improve her rowing skills. (I edited the photo to hide her face because I don't have her permission to do otherwise). I just love helping introduce new people to rowing, especially when they're in our age group, and trying it out for the first time. (The woman in the photo is younger, 30s/40s probably, but some in the class are around our age. Hope I'll get to row with some of them later in the month.)



On the more irritating front, though small potatoes, an eye surgery I was supposed to have this week (pars plana vitrectomy) got deferred because of the doctor's schedule, so I'm back in wait mode to hope for better vision in my left eye (currently 20/150!). I'll have to take at least a week off regular activity (like rowing) after the surgery, which is a major drag especially during on-water rowing season, but at this point I'm impatient to get the surgery out of the way, see if it helps.

Hello?? Where is everyone?💁🏻‍♀️Hope the calorie counts are going well and everyone is managing some exercise. I have added a fast to my routine, it has helped heaps with bloating prob.

southkonahi wrote: »

I'm thinking about joining our community pool Water Exercise program. I just received my online order for new women's Board Shorts, and the additional (new style for me) long sleeved Swim Shirt. At 60+, I realize that sun protection is important, as well as my refusing to feel uneasy about wearing ill-fitting swimwear. So, I'm sticking to my comfortable Board Shorts, and adding the component of a Swim Shirt (UPF 50).

AnnPT77 wrote: »

David562021 wrote: »

A few years and I will be 60 years old. Am I welcome to join lol?

You betcha. 😉 We can consider you a 60+ trainee, as long as you don't lord your youth over us, ya young whippersnapper! 😉

(Joking, just joking. Sincerely: Welcome to the group, as far as I'm concerned. We've had other folks here who were a bit under the 60 wire, and who fit in just fine.)

👍👍👍

Soultraveller1 wrote: »

i'm 62 and hoping to lose 15 lbs and keep it off. Folks at work used to ask "how much weight have you lost" and i tell them i've lost the same 5 pounds about 10 times. HAHAHA. got too enthusiastic last week and walked 4 miles instead of one. Now my knee hurts!!! Need to figure out how to exercise without hurting something... LOL

Balance is really important at this stage, isn't it? There's always that temptation to exercise hard, lose weight fast! (And then it blows up . . . !)

I won't speak for you, but I find that I'm less resilient at this age (I'm 65) than when I was 20. (It's easy to forget that.) Still, if I can figure out ways to ramp up exercise slowly, manage calories & nutrition in smart ways, I find I can surprise myself sometimes with what I can accomplish, over time, patiently but persistently.

I think that at our age, we have some advantages: For me, one is knowing myself pretty well, knowing my own strengths, limitations, preferences, and how to manage or exploit those in wily ways to accomplish goals via a path of least resistance. It's counter-intuitive, since objectively I have fewer probable years of life ahead of me now than when I was 20, but I feel like I have more patience than I did then: I feel like I know how to chip away at big, stretch goals to accomplish something useful or important, instead of expecting results *right now*.

I understand what you're saying: So, so, tempting to overdo - get there NOW. I gotta find those wily ways to get there, as fast as practical, but without blowing anything up. 😆

Hope you can find the success formula - it's so personal! 🙂

As my old Dad would say.. you are as welcome as the flowers in spring. Look forward to your progress reports and how you fill your days

Hi and welcome. No membership required, just a will(no matter how strong🤗) to lose weight and support others. 👋🏻👋🏻