60 yrs and up

Hey all, new + returning + never left!
I never left, but haven't been as active posting on here of late.
I too began this last time ever pursuit of weightloss/health in August 2021 after retiring and had good success the first year (45+ lbs down) and then been up & down the last year (still down 35+) - which if I was in maintenance would be fine, sigh, but I still have 100 lbs to lose...@Pdc654 is my hero & inspiration!
I am pleased not to have thrown in the towel and commenced regain in earnest however, and feel victorious in that. This time it is for life! And I too have embraced the philosophy of not doing anything this time around I can't see sustaining, and trying to build healthy habits - I am just a slow study lol.

I am happy to report I am nearing 100% after the cold to end all colds...was not really feeling up to it last week, but had my family over for a BBQ yesterday (one of my brothers birthday is on the 12th) and I am so glad I did, a good time was had by all and I am pretty much rested up and cleaned up tonight from it all.
We had so many houseflies come in though! Double doors were open onto the deck, and by the time everything was out on the kitchen island I had to keep covers on as there were literally dozens of flies buzzing around.
One of my sisters in law said they had several flies, more than normal, come in that week too. Certainly more than I've ever had.
Funny thing (and good thing!), they didn't really bother us as we were eating (some ate inside & some outside).
After everyone else left, my daughter spent a couple of hours with our zappy flyswatter killing flies, and we estimate 50 minimum!! She has incredibly good reflexes and hand-eye coordination. So grateful she stayed behind to help clear them out as I am not so talented. I was contemplating hanging one if those disgusting molasses strips but there are only 1 or 2 left today so can live with them (tried but they evade me with the flyswatter lol).
I did good with food over the weekend, enjoyed what I had but didn't overindulge.
Lots of easy meals starting off this week with leftovers 😋.
Have a great week everyone!

Good afternoon, just wanted to check in. I took my client to her podiatry appointment this morning & it was too early for me to eat before I left so I had a ham & swiss croissant at the Starbucks she usually likes to stop at on the way home. There's a shop next to it called The Meat Up where they sell smoked meats & she ordered her usual tri tip sandwich & fries then we sat at Starbucks where she gets her goodies & drink from. I usually don't like to eat out but didn't want to be starving when I get home & didn't make the time to bring a sandwich from home so it was all good. The weather's heating up here. The good thing is it's a dry heat but does get very hot. Going to work out with YouTube today inside. Have a good evening everyone

I don't think I mentioned this, @GinLee61 reminded me...the last 20lbs took me over a year to lose. I lost 1+ lb a month but I lost it when I didn't think I could because mfp gave me 1200 cal/day to keep losing at the weight I was at & I wasn't willing to eat that low so I'm happy. Time passes whether we lose or not, right? I've lost a total of 50lbs & over that time I practiced habits that became "normal" The one that still bothers me some of the time is I used to eat till I was full which I think is what kept me overweight but now I wait 10min after I'm done eating for the day on days where I still want more. It takes at least that long for the food I ate to hit stomach & feel the fullness. I'm not an emotional eater, I actually lose my appetite when I'm stressed, sad or angry. The time I do get cravings is right before I get sick. I crave mashed potatoes with chili beans & lots of cheese the most, weird

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Spending a few days in Lake Placid with the grandsons this week. I've definitely been eating off plan but doing a lot of walking and still eating much less than I would have 2 years ago. Missing my normal aerobic workouts though.

We took the gondola to the top of little Whiteface Mountain today. A little scary but the view was worth it.

Heading home tomorrow then I'll get back on track.

(snip amazing photo for reply length, but please do scroll up and look at it again!)

Isn't amazing to reach the point where one's regular exercise activities are fun, desirable, so evidently beneficial, missed when they can't happen? So good!

It sounds like you're having a wonderful time. That view is breathtaking!

Hey all, I am in the midst of 10 days holidays, scale up a couple of lbs but it is my travel scale so never matches home exactly; I like having it for accountability.

Here is the view from our shady spot at our Motel, very hot here but so relaxing! And full AC in our suite to retreat to lol.

This area is the northern tip of the Sonoran dessert where it peaks into Canada and this is the warmest lake, so no greenery here!

Lots if wineries and orchards, loving all the fruit & veggie stands - helps mitigate the snack food.

@LolaGatto , glad you found this group. I too was very discouraged 1.5yrs ago when, after an injury couldn't exercise at all & gained back 18 of the 50lbs I lost. This was in 2020 & I did maintain the new weight till 1.5yrs ago & never thought I'd lose it & accepted it but I stated listening to a podcast & it encouraged me to make small changes which I did & it took a year but I'm down 21lbs!! I have a friend who is in a wheelchair & she lost 70lbs so it goes to show you really don't need to workout to lose weight. I was still able to walk (my dogs) but that was it. I've started back to the gym about a month ago, some treadmill but mostly swimming. I don't think I can go back to the level I was doing but I'll do what I can & I sure feel better doing a little more. It also turned my habit changes into normal after all this time so good things did come out of it. Welcome & hope to hear more from you

Hi all, it sure is quiet here! Hope everyone is having a nice summer and managing to stay cool! I just wanted to share a quick update. In a nutshell, I quit my job in June due to too much stress and have been on disability since. With the stress gone, and no stress eating for over a month, I had a blood test the other day and wanted to share the results.

Hemoglobin A1c went from 6.6 to 6.0.
Cholesterol went from 365 to 148.
LDL Cholesterol went from 290 to 108.
Glucose went from 121 to 100.
WBC went from 30 to 6.

I take my blood pressure daily and it is down from 200/94 to usually a number like 120/74 (this morning's BP), and I've lost 19 pounds.

I walk about a mile a day.

My hope is that this encourages someone. Things look very different after just a little over a month, and my hope in getting healthy has been restored.

I also wanted to thank so many people who posted advice and suggestions for me back when I first signed up.

Apologies for the fuzzy photo, but this is a thing that rarely happens**. It's a whole quad rowing shell in which all of the rowers are 60+. (** We row mixed ages, 20s to 70s, so there's often at least one person in the boat under 60.)

That's me at the left (in bow, because we face the stern), two guys in their early 60s in the middle, and a woman who just turned 78 at right in the stroke seat. This was taken by another club member in a different boat, on one of our regular bridge-to-bridge round-trip rows, just under 7k - takes about an hour, including a couple of water breaks.