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Ok I get it - really fit people can exercise and diet

Have you ever wondered why on the front of MyFitnessPal they only allow really fit people and people who do not need to diet.

I am 61 years of age and disabled- none of the exercises shown on MyFitnessPal are appropriate for me.
I have logged in over 400 days for the food recording part of the program. The rest of it is just not appropriate unless you are 20 years old and as flexible as .............

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  • Posts: 1,283 Member
    Huh? I'm 48 and I don't get that at all.
  • Posts: 41,865 Member
    Have you ever wondered why on the front of MyFitnessPal they only allow really fit people and people who do not need to diet.

    I am 61 years of age and disabled- none of the exercises shown on MyFitnessPal are appropriate for me.
    I have logged in over 400 days for the food recording part of the program. The rest of it is just not appropriate unless you are 20 years old and as flexible as .............

    I'm almost 46 and can do most things. I had to build my fitness up, and that started 7+ years ago. Fitness is something that is built over time. Heading out right now to hit the trails for a couple hours on my mountain bike.
  • Posts: 381 Member
    I never use any of the exercises in MFP. Just use an activity monitor to make the calorie adjustments.
  • Posts: 31 Member
    Honestly it couldn't hurt to showcase, older and or larger folks performing exercises. Plenty of older and fatter people do them. Come on MFP guve everybody a chance. Also l think the ideas about concentrating on what you can do is a great idea. Let us know if you do start up a thread.
  • Posts: 7,887 Member
    Jax_Grim wrote: »
    I never use any of the exercises in MFP. Just use an activity monitor to make the calorie adjustments.

    I logged exercises in MFP when I was losing (I don't log food here anymore and track my exercise on a spreadsheet), and there was a huge range. OP seems to be talking about the MFP blog, not the MFP tool, and frankly I didn't even realize that MFP's blog had recipes and exercise routines until long after I was successfully using MFP, and wouldn't find that all that valuable anyway. OP, just do the exercise that works for you and log that.
  • Posts: 2,995 Member
    I don’t know if anyone will see this : Will I come back from my original post above? I have logged on to MFP now for a total of 1904 days streak. I have lost 18Kg , I have cycle from Lands End to John O Groats over 1000 miles. I am training to: walk 10 km ( as long as it takes ) - cycle 20 Km ( in an hour ) and lift 10 tonnes ( in an hour ) I am raising money for Scope on Go Fund Me. - so I guess I will say MFP has been a useful tool in my journey.

    Excellent!

    I am really glad you stuck with it, despite the struggles.
  • Posts: 10,200 Member
    Thanks so much for coming back with that great update. What a plot twist!
  • Posts: 5 Member
    Many thanks for your lovely comments - We will meet up in another 1900 days - enjoy your journeys
  • Posts: 5 Member
    2200 days: I just liked the number of days and thought I would post something

    weight 74kg - walking 10Km regularly ( foot injury on my good foot has limited my walking over the last 6 months) - regularly cycle 20km ( cruising at 14 mph now sprinting 16 mph short distances) - lifting 12 tonnes in the hour ( bad session now is 10 tonnes rather than my goal to be achieved) - so all good really. 👍
  • Posts: 19,213 Member
    edited January 8
    2200 days: I just liked the number of days and thought I would post something

    weight 74kg - walking 10Km regularly ( foot injury on my good foot has limited my walking over the last 6 months) - regularly cycle 20km ( cruising at 14 mph now sprinting 16 mph short distances) - lifting 12 tonnes in the hour ( bad session now is 10 tonnes rather than my goal to be achieved) - so all good really. 👍

    Amazing!! Thank you do much for coming back and updating!

    Can I ask, what are your thoughts now on your original post? Genuinely not being a smartypants, I'm really interested on what you would say to the self that posted that 4-5 years ago!
  • Posts: 37,497 Community Helper
    2200 days: I just liked the number of days and thought I would post something

    weight 74kg - walking 10Km regularly ( foot injury on my good foot has limited my walking over the last 6 months) - regularly cycle 20km ( cruising at 14 mph now sprinting 16 mph short distances) - lifting 12 tonnes in the hour ( bad session now is 10 tonnes rather than my goal to be achieved) - so a ll good really. 👍

    Once again, you've hit it out of the park: Hooray!

    I'm so happy to hear that you've stuck with it and made such excellent progress. I hope you're very proud, because you should be, and also hope you're very glad you stuck with it and plowed ahead despite sounding like you had some misgivings initially.

    Thanks for the update: Best thing I've read all day!

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