60 yrs and up

alteredsteve175 wrote: »

karlschaeffer wrote: »

alteredsteve175 wrote: »

Checking in. Weight is on a downward trend. Been walking more - eating less - it's like magic. 😁

Yay Steve! I gotta remember the eating less part! 🤣

Heard that, Karl! I like to eat when I'm happy. When I'm sad. When I'm bored. 😁

I can name that tune!

Checking in not lost any but static so that's a plus, have a great day everyone.

richum1960 wrote: »

trekkie123 wrote: »

richum1960 wrote: »

Checking in...been busy remodeling houses so I have been walking less because I am very active now. Weight is actually a little lower than I would like it to be so been snacking more to compensate. Tracking keep me in line.

Sounds like an awesome problem to have!!! Snack away, have one for me🥨🍧🥜

Since I have retired, I am a lot more active. I just got through re-modeling mom's small cottage so I could move into it so I could start re-modeling pre-retirement house and sell. Everyday I am moving stuff, cleaning stuff, fixing stuff, etc. The activity was so off the wall, I turned off my notice for cardio exercise but the burns are huge. My goal was to be 180lbs with street clothes on. I am 176 lbs with street clothes at this time. I actually am tracking now to make sure I eat enough. Crazy right?

Crazy Awesome 👏🏻

MargaretYakoda wrote: »

Any other Apple Watch users here?
Mine has been alerting me about low heart rate (below 50) while sleeping.
Dr Google says this can be normal? But…. It’s not normal for me. And it never used to happen. I’ve worn an Apple Watch four years and this is definitely new. It began in May with just a few. Now it’s heading towards five to ten alerts most nights.

Yes, I called sleep medicine. It’s not my CPAP. And so the GP has been alerted.

I’m just wondering if this is a thing for older people who are getting in shape?

Maybe I should ask on the fitness forum?

Editing to add it alerts when HR drops below 50 for more than 10 minutes. So if I get 13 alerts…. Like last night…. That’s more than two hours with a HR below 50.

It can be a thing for people of any age getting in shape.

What was it previously? I'd feel more concerned if it had dropped suddenly and far (still not panicked).

If gradually, and weight is decreasing, fitness increasing, it could be normal.

Mine is below 50 overnight (and has set off bradycardia alarms at outpatient surgical centers a couple of times, where they set the alarm at 50, before any drugs/anesthesia, just waiting in pre-op).

I only had a instant-reading HRM before the Garmin, but would wear it overnight occasionally, and sometimes see first-thing-on-waking readings below 50, after I'd been working out for a while, even while still obese.

MargaretYakoda wrote: »

Any other Apple Watch users here?
Mine has been alerting me about low heart rate (below 50) while sleeping.
Dr Google says this can be normal? But…. It’s not normal for me. And it never used to happen. I’ve worn an Apple Watch four years and this is definitely new. It began in May with just a few. Now it’s heading towards five to ten alerts most nights.

Yes, I called sleep medicine. It’s not my CPAP. And so the GP has been alerted.

I’m just wondering if this is a thing for older people who are getting in shape?

Maybe I should ask on the fitness forum?

Editing to add it alerts when HR drops below 50 for more than 10 minutes. So if I get 13 alerts…. Like last night…. That’s more than two hours with a HR below 50.

RHR lowering when getting fitter is a thing for everyone regardless of age. Losing weight might also be a factor.

Personal anecdote
My previous chubby but good fitness level as a competitive squash player was 60+bpm but taking up cycling and getting very fit and slimmer in my 50's saw it drop to 48bpm.

HR is so variable that normal is really "normal for me" If your change was from just over to just under 50bpm I'd just shrug, a big and sudden change I would have done exactly the same as you in seeking explanations.

Anecdote #2
My brother is 66 and has always had a really unusually wide pulse range from a low RHR to a very high max HR (over 200bpm at age 60). Currently his RHR is in the 30's despite a load of stress and exercise limited to just walking, more usually it's been in the low 40's.

Anecdote #3
My Dad developed a condition in older age where his sleeping HR dropped too low overnight and if he got up in the night he would faint. Needed a pacemaker that just kicked in only when needed.


PS - don't ask on the Fitness Forum as any HR thread gets an unusual demographic of responders with people like me with atypical HR!

susbeck2 wrote: »

I think I've found my group! I'm 74, need to lose 40 lbs, want to lose 50. But ... I have a painful torn meniscus that has kept me on the couch for the past year, and my pool is closed due to Covid.

Is your injury limiting walking?
There are some things you can do to get your cardio even with severe disability. But it’s a person by person type of discussion.

First thing I would recommend is check your local physiotherapy offices to see if any of them have a machine called a NuStep.
If they do, have a session or three with that machine and a physical therapist.

If that works for you, consider purchasing one for home use. That’s what we did and it’s been a game changer for our household.

PM me for more info if you wish. And no, I am not a salesman. But I adore our NuStep. Two out of four people in my household would not be able to exercise without it.

sijomial wrote: »

MargaretYakoda wrote: »

Any other Apple Watch users here?
Mine has been alerting me about low heart rate (below 50) while sleeping.
Dr Google says this can be normal? But…. It’s not normal for me. And it never used to happen. I’ve worn an Apple Watch four years and this is definitely new. It began in May with just a few. Now it’s heading towards five to ten alerts most nights.

Yes, I called sleep medicine. It’s not my CPAP. And so the GP has been alerted.

I’m just wondering if this is a thing for older people who are getting in shape?

Maybe I should ask on the fitness forum?

Editing to add it alerts when HR drops below 50 for more than 10 minutes. So if I get 13 alerts…. Like last night…. That’s more than two hours with a HR below 50.

RHR lowering when getting fitter is a thing for everyone regardless of age. Losing weight might also be a factor.

Personal anecdote
My previous chubby but good fitness level as a competitive squash player was 60+bpm but taking up cycling and getting very fit and slimmer in my 50's saw it drop to 48bpm.

HR is so variable that normal is really "normal for me" If your change was from just over to just under 50bpm I'd just shrug, a big and sudden change I would have done exactly the same as you in seeking explanations.

Anecdote #2
My brother is 66 and has always had a really unusually wide pulse range from a low RHR to a very high max HR (over 200bpm at age 60). Currently his RHR is in the 30's despite a load of stress and exercise limited to just walking, more usually it's been in the low 40's.

Anecdote #3
My Dad developed a condition in older age where his sleeping HR dropped too low overnight and if he got up in the night he would faint. Needed a pacemaker that just kicked in only when needed.


PS - don't ask on the Fitness Forum as any HR thread gets an unusual demographic of responders with people like me with atypical HR!

Noted. Thanks much!

MargaretYakoda wrote: »

sijomial wrote: »

MargaretYakoda wrote: »

Any other Apple Watch users here?
Mine has been alerting me about low heart rate (below 50) while sleeping.
Dr Google says this can be normal? But…. It’s not normal for me. And it never used to happen. I’ve worn an Apple Watch four years and this is definitely new. It began in May with just a few. Now it’s heading towards five to ten alerts most nights.

Yes, I called sleep medicine. It’s not my CPAP. And so the GP has been alerted.

I’m just wondering if this is a thing for older people who are getting in shape?

Maybe I should ask on the fitness forum?

Editing to add it alerts when HR drops below 50 for more than 10 minutes. So if I get 13 alerts…. Like last night…. That’s more than two hours with a HR below 50.

RHR lowering when getting fitter is a thing for everyone regardless of age. Losing weight might also be a factor.

Personal anecdote
My previous chubby but good fitness level as a competitive squash player was 60+bpm but taking up cycling and getting very fit and slimmer in my 50's saw it drop to 48bpm.

HR is so variable that normal is really "normal for me" If your change was from just over to just under 50bpm I'd just shrug, a big and sudden change I would have done exactly the same as you in seeking explanations.

Anecdote #2
My brother is 66 and has always had a really unusually wide pulse range from a low RHR to a very high max HR (over 200bpm at age 60). Currently his RHR is in the 30's despite a load of stress and exercise limited to just walking, more usually it's been in the low 40's.

Anecdote #3
My Dad developed a condition in older age where his sleeping HR dropped too low overnight and if he got up in the night he would faint. Needed a pacemaker that just kicked in only when needed.


PS - don't ask on the Fitness Forum as any HR thread gets an unusual demographic of responders with people like me with atypical HR!

Noted. Thanks much!

Updating with Dr’s note.

Yup. I’m fitter than I have been in years, and absolutely fine.
I’ve set the watch to alert at 45 BPM, and we’ll revisit if it starts alerting at that level.

anawake13 wrote: »

Saw doctor today. I'm feeling like an old car. One thing breaks down at a time. I have two large masses on my thyroid which now have to be biopsied to see what's up. He said I might have to have thyroid removed which can't help weight loss much. Prayers appreciated. My husband and I can't have issues at same time, it's written in our contract. Lol. Congrats on your ride, that's so awesome.

🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

anawake13 wrote: »
Saw doctor today. I'm feeling like an old car. One thing breaks down at a time. I have two large masses on my thyroid which now have to be biopsied to see what's up. He said I might have to have thyroid removed which can't help weight loss much. Prayers appreciated. My husband and I can't have issues at same time, it's written in our contract. Lol. Congrats on your ride, that's so awesome.

Anawake
Hope your biopsy finds what needs to be done with your thyroid. Prayers to your hubs and you, hoping for the best 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

healhierhappiness wrote: »

hello
One food lalaplalozza weekend I had!!! Not good at all Ate 6 pieces of dominos pizza this weekend. [cookies, potato chips you get the picture. Gained bacu k the 3 pounsds I lost!!!! arghhhhhh p/.s. the chip and dip is still here

Since it's still so soon, there's a decent chance a big chunk of that 3 pound "regain" is just water retention and digestive contents on their way to being waste, *not* actual body fat regain. Before stressing over it, give it a few days to a week or two, see where you settle out. It may not be as bad as it seems, right now.

In order to regain 3 pounds of body fat, you'd need to cumulatively eat roughly 10,500 calories over and above your weight-maintenance calories, not just over your current fat-loss calorie goal. That's really a lot of calories, seems likely you didn't eat that many over one weekend. I'm a good li'l ol' eater when I want to be, and 3500 over my maintenance calories for 3 days in a row (i.e. long weekend) would be quite an undertaking. I've done it, but it's not easy IMO.

Give it some time, see where you end up, don't give up or get super stressed about it - that would be my advice.

Hugs!