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  • swimmom_1
    swimmom_1 Posts: 1,302 Member
    MargaretYakoda wrote: »
    Well done!
    I am down 100 lbs also! Just another 12 to 40 to go!
    I haven’t chosen a goal. 12 gets me to a “normal” BMI. But I am historically extremely thin due to genetics, so I will keep going until weight loss no longer seems to make sense with my body type.

    CONGRATULATIONS! I have 10 more to hit the upper limit of normal BMI. And a total of 33 lbs to get back to where I was in 2009/2010 and all the clothes in my closet.
  • ridiculous59
    ridiculous59 Posts: 2,910 Member
    BCLadybug888 wrote: »
    @MargaretYakoda and @swimmom_1

    Fireworks 🎆 🎇 🧨 🎆 🎇
    Applause 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏
    100 pounds OFF 😳! Really, really, really great 👍 👍

    HUGE congratulations - line up 10x 10 lb bags of potatoes at the grocery store and see what you've lost - better yet, stack them in a pyramid and try to lift them. What an awesome and inspiring accomplishment. Kudos 💋 😘

    Yes!!!
  • cathyrose9909
    cathyrose9909 Posts: 4 Member
    Wow, those of you that have had great success at losing the weight have my utmost admiration! I know how much dedication and work that takes. You are such an inspiration to me.
  • swimmom_1
    swimmom_1 Posts: 1,302 Member
    BCLadybug888 wrote: »
    @MargaretYakoda and @swimmom_1

    Fireworks 🎆 🎇 🧨 🎆 🎇
    Applause 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏
    100 pounds OFF 😳! Really, really, really great 👍 👍

    HUGE congratulations - What an awesome and inspiring accomplishment. Kudos 💋 😘

    Thank you I'm thrilled! Hope your well @BCLadybug888
  • swimmom_1
    swimmom_1 Posts: 1,302 Member
    @BCLadybug888
    Glad to hear your doing well. Congrats on the 40 lbs!
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 34,617 Member
    Just dropping in to share a research paper (not paywalled!), for those into that sort of thing:

    https://www.jamda.com/article/S1525-8610(13)00326-5/fulltext

    It was written by the PROT-AGE study group, an international team created by the European Union Geriatric Medicine Society (EUGMS) and other scientific organizations, specifically to review recent research and make recommendations about protein intake for people 65+ (those of us who aren't there yet, are close, eh?).

    Partial quotes:
    New evidence shows that older adults need more dietary protein than do younger adults to support good health, promote recovery from illness, and maintain functionality. Older people need to make up for age-related changes in protein metabolism, such as high splanchnic extraction and declining anabolic responses to ingested protein. They also need more protein to offset inflammatory and catabolic conditions associated with chronic and acute diseases that occur commonly with aging.

    Most of the paper is not too jargon-y, but in case anyone is unfamiliar with the parts I italicized, it's basically saying that we absorb the protein we eat less effectively as we age, and we may be more likely to have health conditions that cause loss of muscle ("catabolic conditions").
    To help older people (>65 years) maintain and regain lean body mass and function, the PROT-AGE study group recommends average daily intake at least in the range of 1.0 to 1.2 g protein per kilogram of body weight per day. Both endurance- and resistance-type exercises are recommended at individualized levels that are safe and tolerated, and higher protein intake (ie, ≥1.2 g/kg body weight/d) is advised for those who are exercising and otherwise active. Most older adults who have acute or chronic diseases need even more dietary protein (ie, 1.2–1.5 g/kg body weight/d). Older people with severe kidney disease (ie, estimated GFR <30 mL/min/1.73m2), but who are not on dialysis, are an exception to this rule; these individuals may need to limit protein intake.

    For those who are in the US, like me, 1.0 to 1.2 grams per kilogram is about 0.5 to 0.6 grams per pound; 1.2 to 1.5 grams per kilogram is 0.6 to 0.7 grams per kilogram.

    I'm still reading the paper in detail, but I'd encourage others to take a look if at all interested. There's some good information, much more detailed, about how certain health conditions play into our protein needs as we age (things like diabetes, insulin resistance, COPD, and much more), more details about timing and types of protein, etc. There are many, many footnoted links to relevant research (with brief summaries in the body of this paper). Good Stuff.

    This next is just my opinion, and I may change my opinion as I look at more of this: I think we can use our healthy goal weight to think about that "grams per kilogram/pound bodyweight" stuff, if we're still carrying some fair amount of excess fat.
  • swimmom_1
    swimmom_1 Posts: 1,302 Member
    @AnnPT77
    Thanks for the article!
  • LardArseBird
    LardArseBird Posts: 5 Member
    Hi. I’m 62. Just starting with about 1.5 stone to lose.
    I’m in the uk.
    All friends welcome.
  • coblujay
    coblujay Posts: 688 Member
    Congrats @swimmom_1 You are inspiring!!
  • coblujay
    coblujay Posts: 688 Member
    Yay @MargaretYakoda Woohoo!! So happy for you.
  • swimmom_1
    swimmom_1 Posts: 1,302 Member
    coblujay wrote: »
    Congrats @swimmom_1 You are inspiring!!
    @coblujay
    Thank you.
  • suzduz
    suzduz Posts: 5 Member
    Hello, I recently turned 60 and 2 weeks ago had a MAJOR health scare. I had very painful diverticulitis and was in the hospital for observation for 2 days (while being administered intravenous antibiotics). Thank God I didn't have to have surgery, but my goodness WHAT A WAKE UP CALL!! I've been a member of myfitnesspal for a long, long time, but over the last 2 years of the pandemic my diet/exercise routine was horrible. I cooked a lot of meat / pork recipes and didn't have anyone to share it with, so I froze the extra and had it for lunch. So, I was eating a much higher fat content than normal and wasn't exercising as much as prior to the pandemic.

    When I got out of the hospital, I had (and still have) a MAJOR motivation to have a more healthy lifestyle. Over the last 2 weeks I've pretty much only been eating fish, soft cereal, yogurt, and bananas. Pretty soon I will start introducing higher fiber foods. In the last 2 weeks I have stayed below the target for total saturated fats and have been within my calorie limit.... so I've lost 5 pounds so far, but I still have about 10 or 15 pounds to go. I am highly, highly motivated because if I go back to my old ways, I could end up having to have surgery.

    I'm very thankful that I have a second chance to change my lifestyle. Some help I could use is to find high fiber foods that I like and that I will eat consistently.
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 34,617 Member
    suzduz wrote: »
    Hello, I recently turned 60 and 2 weeks ago had a MAJOR health scare. I had very painful diverticulitis and was in the hospital for observation for 2 days (while being administered intravenous antibiotics). Thank God I didn't have to have surgery, but my goodness WHAT A WAKE UP CALL!! I've been a member of myfitnesspal for a long, long time, but over the last 2 years of the pandemic my diet/exercise routine was horrible. I cooked a lot of meat / pork recipes and didn't have anyone to share it with, so I froze the extra and had it for lunch. So, I was eating a much higher fat content than normal and wasn't exercising as much as prior to the pandemic.

    When I got out of the hospital, I had (and still have) a MAJOR motivation to have a more healthy lifestyle. Over the last 2 weeks I've pretty much only been eating fish, soft cereal, yogurt, and bananas. Pretty soon I will start introducing higher fiber foods. In the last 2 weeks I have stayed below the target for total saturated fats and have been within my calorie limit.... so I've lost 5 pounds so far, but I still have about 10 or 15 pounds to go. I am highly, highly motivated because if I go back to my old ways, I could end up having to have surgery.

    I'm very thankful that I have a second chance to change my lifestyle. Some help I could use is to find high fiber foods that I like and that I will eat consistently.

    What do you like? Most of my fiber comes from veggies & fruits (especially broccoli, legumes, berries, avocado), oatmeal, red lentil pasta (flavor/texture similar to wheat pasta, but more protein & fiber), flax seed (in my oatmeal), Ezekiel pita . . . but most veggies, fruits, and whole grains have some.
  • CapeKell
    CapeKell Posts: 1 Member
    Hi! I am 62. Today is my first day on here. I just retired a month ago and looking to lose weight and start exercising more!
  • Arc2Arc
    Arc2Arc Posts: 484 Member
    edited March 2022
    Hello all...I'll try to do better plugging in...ahem...I know I said this last time. I've spent the last couple of months trying to avoid further surgery for a digestive issue. @AnnPT77 your comments on fiber are very helpful.

    I've managed to keep my weight within my maintenance range and finding it easier than I could have imagined. Two months in and I still weigh and log everything. It's wonderful how much improvement we can make as our dietary skill sets expand!

    Spring it just around the corner...love the snowdrop photos.
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 34,617 Member
    Arc2Arc wrote: »
    Hello all...I'll try to do better plugging in...ahem...I know I said this last time. I've spent the last couple of months trying to avoid further surgery for a digestive issue. @AnnPT77 your comments on fiber are very helpful.

    I've managed to keep my weight within my maintenance range and finding it easier than I could have imagined. Two months in and I still weigh and log everything. It's wonderful how much improvement we can make as our dietary skill sets expand!

    Spring it just around the corner...love the snowdrop photos.

    Wishing you a speedy recovery (non-surgical if possible), too, @Arc2Arc! I empathize, having had some issues in the past myself, though not so extreme as to require surgery (unless we count the gallbladder surgery, which for me was not stones/sludge but something called adenomyomatosis, that caused me severe heartburn and reflux that I'd never had before).

    I think I forgot to say this earlier: If anyone is working on getting more fiber in their diet, it's a good idea to do that gradually, rather than all at once; and to be sure to get enough water/fluids and fats alongside. Sometimes, if that isn't enough, probiotic foods (live-culture yogurt, kefir, raw sauerkraut/kim chi, live-culture miso, kombucha, and that sort of thing) or even probiotic supplements can help.

    There's an adaptation that needs to take place in our digestive system, including adaptation in our gut microbiome (a bunch of helpful critters who despite being good helpers, technically and genetically aren't even "us"!).

    There was a "10 servings of veggies/fruits daily" challenge here on MFP a few years back. A few people who went from very few to lots had . . . issues (in that specific case, constipation, relieved by increasing fats); but some of the gassiness that people experience from beans and some cruciferous veggies (broccoli, cabbage, etc.) is mostly about microbiome adaptation, and will decrease for many people as the microbiome's variety catches up with the change in diet, assuming the new way of eating stays consistent.

    Fluids are needed for . . . um . . . softening, and fats for smooth throughput.

    Eating lots of fiber can be good, for those who don't have a medical condition contraindicating higher levels. I usually eat 45-60 grams of fiber daily - all from food, not supplements - because I love me some veggie and fruits. That "10 servings daily" is still something I shoot for, most days. (It's probably overkill, looked at just from a fiber standpoint, but it keeps me happy in other ways. YMMV, as always! 😉) I think the US authorities generically recommend around 25 grams of fiber daily for women as a minimum, maybe something like 38 for men.

    If you want some more authoritative numbers, this would be one place to get more personalized minimums:

    https://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/dri-calculator/

    P.S. I think their protein minimums are way too minimal, given the more recent research review report I linked on a recent previous page of this thread.
  • albamarie61
    albamarie61 Posts: 40 Member
    BCLadybug888 wrote: »
    @barnatchezk - welcome and don't you love retirement? I retired last year on my 61st birthday. 🙂

    Thanks all for the congrats on my weightloss but it was a tad premature - I am at exactly 39 lbs off and that 40 is so tantalizingly close! I will get there - soon. 😄 I am in a new "decade" so that's something! 30 weeks exactly today since I joined MFP and began focusing on my health and weight - great decision 👍

    My double vision continues to improve since my surgery last week, and I'm feeling hopeful, but it was disconcerting to have entirely different vision (but still double) coupled with intense vertigo for days! The brain has to adjust to my new eye position apparently. 🙃

    The weather here too is getting warmer and more Spring like, went out for a little walk yesterday and will do the same today to just breathe the air and enjoy the sunshine. Really need to get at some clearing up in my garden too but it's going to rain again for days so probably not until next week.

    Thank you @AnnPT77 for posting the photo of the Snowdrops, lovely. 😍

    @alteredsteve175 - so glad you were able to wrangle a 4 day weekend - your family is in my prayers. ❤

    Ladybug,

    I had strabismus surgery almost 2 years ago (lifelong esotropia and my third operation). What you are experiencing after the surgery will pass and the eye/brain will indeed settle. The feeling of vertigo and being highly disoriented, particularly in crowded or unfamiliar places lasted about a month for me. I am sure you received after-surgery care information, but they did caution me from lifting heavy things or exercising intently for a few weeks. Take care and good healing!
  • BCLadybug888
    BCLadybug888 Posts: 1,767 Member
    edited March 2022
    albamarie61 wrote: »
    Ladybug,

    I had strabismus surgery almost 2 years ago (lifelong esotropia and my third operation). What you are experiencing after the surgery will pass and the eye/brain will indeed settle. The feeling of vertigo and being highly disoriented, particularly in crowded or unfamiliar places lasted about a month for me. I am sure you received after-surgery care information, but they did caution me from lifting heavy things or exercising intently for a few weeks. Take care and good healing!

    Thank you so much albamarie for taking the time to write this!
    I had the same strabismus surgery in January 2019 on my other eye and don't remember anything like this - but of course that surgery was only partially successful. This gives me real hope!

    @AnnPT77 - like you I am at least functional now, can drive and read, so count myself blessed. Thanks for sharing.

    And you were most delicately graphic somehow discussing fibre - it's a gift 😝
  • albamarie61
    albamarie61 Posts: 40 Member
    BCLadybug888 wrote: »
    albamarie61 wrote: »
    Ladybug,

    I had strabismus surgery almost 2 years ago (lifelong esotropia and my third operation). What you are experiencing after the surgery will pass and the eye/brain will indeed settle. The feeling of vertigo and being highly disoriented, particularly in crowded or unfamiliar places lasted about a month for me. I am sure you received after-surgery care information, but they did caution me from lifting heavy things or exercising intently for a few weeks. Take care and good healing!

    Thank you so much albamarie for taking the time to write this!
    I had the same strabismus surgery in January 2019 on my other eye and don't remember anything like this - but of course that surgery was only partially successful. This gives me real hope!

    @AnnPT77 - like you I am at least functional now, can drive and read, so count myself blessed. Thanks for sharing.

    And you were most delicately graphic somehow discussing fibre - it's a gift 😝

    Ladybug,

    There are a couple of private groups on Facebook dedicated to adults with strabismus. For me, it was nice to know I was not alone and to hear similar stories/struggles.

    And I also enjoyed Ann's description of fiber!
  • swimmom_1
    swimmom_1 Posts: 1,302 Member
    @alteredsteve175 and @Arc2Arc
    Thank you for the congrats on my weight loss.

    @alteredsteve175
    Glad you had some respite.
  • BCLadybug888
    BCLadybug888 Posts: 1,767 Member
    @coblujay, I am so sorry for your loss and feel what a marvellous gift Bubba gave you by waiting for you to come home. 18 years was so very special.

    Glad you had such a good time connecting and laughing while away - that's so important!

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