60 yrs and up

GoRun2 · May 2022

I'm down about 12 lbs and have 18 more to go. Yesterday I ate something salty and my weight shot up by .8 lbs. I don't generally eat salty things but I know this happens when I do.

I know weight loss is slow and not linear. I'll keep chugging along and get there when I do.

Happy Anniversary Neena

rubyjulylj · May 2022

I am so glad to find older folks working on their weight loss journey. I'll be 64 in a few months, have fought my weight since I was 10 years old, and need both my knees replaced after several accidents in my life. Also have arthritis in one hip and a bum shoulder. So no running or weight lifting is happening here. Shortly before my 40th birthday, I got into really good shape logging my calories and mainly walking for exercise. I stayed in good shape for a few years until a surprise hysterectomy threw me into early menopause. It's all been downhill -- in the bad sense of the word -- since then.

A few years ago, while in a just miserable job, I hit a lifetime high of 216 pounds, but went back to logging my food for a while and lost 20 pounds, which I mostly kept off until the Covid years, when my knees also got worse. Now I'm back logging again and relying on vigorous housecleaning as my main exercise. I was at 203.6 on May 14 and 199.6 this morning. I see my doctor for a check-up on June 14, so sharing some weight loss happiness with him is my first goal.

Susanna527 · May 2022

Thanks, everyone, for the welcome wishes. Hope you all had a nice day - it's beautiful here in southern Connecticut - the sun is shining and there's a slight breeze. Good night & sweet dreams

BCLadybug888 · May 2022

@rubyjulylj - welcome and congrats on reaching onederland!👏
I was first chubby in grade 3, so I can relate 😁

Pdc654 · May 2022

@rubyjulylj Congratulations on reaching onederland!

Timberlan127 · May 2022

Welcome to all the new people. Thank you Ann for all the useful info!! Happy Anniversary, Neena!! Everyone here is working so hard. I love being part of this group. I'm doing well right now. The up and down weight has fallen into a pattern that I can deal with. I have found a routine with food items and that helps. I also have a good exercise routine established. So things are good. I have to say I am not able to log food in advance either. I can see why they say it is helpful. I have done it on a busy day when I knew what I was having and knew I couldn't get back on line to log it. But that is rare for me. Breakfast and lunch I stick with a few things that I eat all the time. Then just watch that I don't over eat at dinner.

aqua14lisa · May 2022

BCLadybug888 wrote: »

I was first chubby in grade 3, so I can relate 😁

was put on my first diet at birth - was 8lbs 13 1/2ounces - Doctor told her to put me on skim milk. This was back in the mid 1950's.

My highest was pregnant with DD, over 270 (had issues during pregnancy, they stopped weighing me), lost it all by nursing and walking. Ballooned to over 236 recently and started MFP at that point 2021 aged 65. CW 177, still want to go lower and healthier. Logging, walking, knitting, it's what I do.

rubyjulylj · May 2022

I was a preemie and my parents spent the first 10 years trying to fatten me up. Unfortunately, they succeeded far too well.

nsk1951 · May 2022

rubyjulylj wrote: »

I was a preemie and my parents spent the first 10 years trying to fatten me up. Unfortunately, they succeeded far too well.

Ha ... we all come in our own unique way! .. I was a preemie and was skinny as a skeleton until puberty at age 13, then I quickly blossomed into a normal full-sized woman by the age of 16 and stayed that way until my late 30's. I didn't start gaining weight until I hit early menopause stages. But boy, was I ever good at gaining weight when it started! ... A good 10-20 pounds added every year until I had gained 150 or so. OF course, during that decade of weight gain it wouldn't have become as bad as it did if I had followed a realistic and steady weight loss plan such as MFP ... but instead I tried all the gimmick fast loss diets that were ever written in the women's magazines. ... which created a bad fat to muscle composition that I still struggle with today.

Pdc654 · May 2022

OMG @aqua14lisa Skim milk at birth! Glad you survived all that.

I was one of those kids that could eat anything and not gain weight. I was so underweight at about the age of 12 that the doctor told my mom I must eat a milkshake every day with an egg in it. That did help I guess. Gained about 10 lbs in a year and they stopped the milkshake. Lost it all. By the time I graduated high school I was about 95 lbs fully clothed. I could eat sweets every day and not gain weight. That all changed when I got pregnant. Gained a lot of weight then and never really lost it all. It seemed like I just added a few more pounds every year after that.

@Timberlan127 Glad you are getting in the groove with your logging and exercise.

AnnPT77 · May 2022

I think a thing that doesn't sink in for a lot of people - at least until they start calorie counting and really think about it - is how little it takes to gain that 10 pounds a year, year after year. From a theoretical standpoint, eating a mere 100 calories daily above maintenance calorie needs is going to result in gaining about 10 pounds a year.

That's like half a standard (i.e., pathetically small) serving of peanut butter . . . or maybe around 4000 daily life steps (for a small-ish person), or a combination of partly that much more food and partly that much less movement.

It isn't much. I don't know about y'all, but when I was 20, in college, using my bike for transportation, working a couple of hours most days in a big dormitory dish-washing room slinging racks of plates and cups around, I was burning a couple more calories than I do nowadays with a few home chores. 😆

Those little differences add up.

Pdc654 · May 2022

So true, @AnnPT77

nsk1951 · May 2022

That's so true @AnnPT77 ... for me at least ... I know exactly where those 10-20 pounds extra came on ... life style change, activity level change, a propensity to satisfy the 3PM office break with a Snickers Bar or have that donut with my Donut Shop coffee on the days it was my turn to make that morning break run for the department. Oh ... and why bring lunch when Wendy's is just down the street and has a drive-through window! And .. I don't have TIME to do formal exercise ... and, and .. and. ...

ilsesl1 · May 2022

73 here. I lost 40# on noom about 5 years ago and gained 30 back during covid lockdown. started WW and lose 20 then plateaued for 8 months. bought the Beck Diet Solution, which is all about mind set and is really helping. Started mfp about a week ago and have lost 3#

ridiculous59 · May 2022

One of my many loves is paddling a dragon boat. We usually start the season in early May and paddle till late October. Our weather has been really unsettled this month with lots wind, rain, hail, lightening, etc and so last night was the first time I've been out in the boat this season. It felt wonderful!! And we were rewarded for our efforts with this:

FYI, our youngest paddler is in her late 20's and our oldest one is 80. The 80 year old is one of our strokes (the paddlers in the front seat who set the pace) and the coach always has to remind her to slow down! Oh, and our coach, who also sometimes paddles, is 75.

Here's a picture of some of us from a couple of years ago:

Timberlan127 · May 2022

Love reading all your stories. I have always had to fight to keep my weigh under control. But I was always lucky when I was younger and if I put too much on I could lose it quickly. But I've learned that it's even easier to put it on as you get older. As Ann pointed out only adding a little adds up quickly over time. Now at 72 it doesn't come off as easy. But logging on MFP and reading all the good advise here really helps me to keep control of my eating habits. Thank you all for sharing. It always helps too to know I'm not alone on this journey.

SbetaK · May 2022

@ridiculous59:
Wow, dragon boats look like such fun! Don't think I'll ever see one where I live, it's mostly big winds and ocean waves here and way too rough. Your post inspired me to look them up on YouTube and want to try it sometime, maybe on a vacation where they offer the experience.

AnnPT77 · May 2022

SbetaK wrote: »

@ridiculous59:
Wow, dragon boats look like such fun! Don't think I'll ever see one where I live, it's mostly big winds and ocean waves here and way too rough. Your post inspired me to look them up on YouTube and want to try it sometime, maybe on a vacation where they offer the experience.

@SbetaK, keep your eyes open. Here, even before there was a dragon boat team, a local city brought in a commercial outfit to run a one-weekend race. Usually, there'd be a day of practice (on some river or lake) then a competition day (just fun-competition, mostly, though some teams were more rabid than others). There were always teams - maybe sponsored by a local community organization or charity group - that were looking for members to fill out their teams.

The folks from the commercial outfit provided boats, paddles, life jackets, basic instruction, and had their staff man/woman the rudder for safety. The races were short (500m), so pretty do-able. I never competed, but several friends did (including um, mature ones like us). I did get to paddle one of the boats from a put-in point to the competition/practice site one year when my rowing club was providing volunteers to help staff the event.

coblujay · May 2022

My vacation to Botswana and Zimbabwe (Victoria Falls) was incredible. My plan was to eat everything I wanted, but in smaller portions. That plan didn't last long. The chefs were amazing and the food was some of the best I've ever eaten. So, I enjoyed myself. I'm still getting over the jet lag and caught a cold, so I'm giving my body the chance to rest.

The exciting news is that the weight I gained, over 8 pounds, is already dropping off. When I left I weighed 189.2 and on Monday, my weight was 197.6. Today I'm at 193.4. After I get over the cold, I'll be back to exercising and meal planning.

This trip was made even better because I'm 70 pounds down from when I last traveled to the African continent. It was so much easier to climb in the safari vehicles, to fly on the small planes, to carry my luggage and to do everything else. I can't wait to do it again when I'm down another 20-30 pounds. I've started saving already.

nsk1951 · May 2022

Good advice from James Clear (author of "Automic Habits") in this morning "3-2-1 Thursday" email ..

"before you try to increase your willpower, try to decrease the friction in your environment."
and ..
"Most big, deeply satisfying accomplishments in life take at least five years to achieve. This can include building a business, cultivating a loving relationship, writing a book, getting in the best shape of your life, raising a family, and more. ... Five years is a long time. It is much slower than most of us would like. If you accept the reality of slow progress, you have every reason to take action today. If you resist the reality of slow progress, five years from now you'll simply be five years older and still looking for a shortcut.

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