60 yrs and up

@elithea175, glad you got it all working! I am medium techie, but don't have all the gadgets you have lol.

My only thought was sometimes tablets have issues where phones don't, and vice versa, so linking apps with different devices sometimes helps.

And I've noticed some apps, like MFP, are hard to 'force' an update.

@AnnPT77 - fantastic news about your rib pain! Can be so tricky getting the correct diagnosis.

New to this program but not new to trying to lose weight I have Stage 3 CKD so I have to watch what I eat and don't eat. Covid Long Hauler - I have been off of oxygen a while and now just need to be motivated to keep moving. Would love to have a few people that just check in with me from time to time to encourage me to keep going with my diet plan and exercise and I can do the same.

Just want to say hello, I had to go to the discussion page & scroll through the discussions to find ya'll again & it is marked to my favorites. Don't know why it disappears. Time to eat lunch, will check in later

@BCLadybug888 one day won't matter, it's what we do on the other days consistently that makes a difference. Well at least I know where to find this group, it's on page 5 of the Discussions. I was surprised to find MFP gave me an anniversary badge for 8years! Has it really been that long? I was thinking 6, time sure passes fast some times. I started because a friend had lost 80lbs & she told me it was through counting calories. She was on Spark people. I decided to give it a try but not expecting it to work & have accepted me weight of 200lbs after trying many things to lose with no success. I was maintaining it & I was active & loved going to the gym. I went 5-6 days a week & even played racquetball. Spark people seemed complicated to me so I found MFP. My friend started coming to the gym with me. We went to aqua aerobics 3 days a week together. I still kept going more as I was used to. She has fibromyalgia so didn't feel up to more. Calorie deficit worked for me. I lost about 1lb a week. I learned so much about food & added so many new foods I wasn't eating before. It really wasn't hard because I didn't have to change what I ate just how much. I really didn't know much about calories before. I'd love to hear some of your stories how it began for you

elithea175 wrote: »

well, i’m here to report that my experience was almost exactly the same and today was my first weigh-in after restarting last week: the 1.3# i lost was the first actual loss in well over a year! the plateau finally broke!

Congrats on breaking your plateau!

MargaretYakoda wrote: »

My news?

I’m BACK IN ONEDERLAND
And this time it’s permanent.

WOOHOO!!! Well done 👏 👏 👏

KeaKawa wrote: »

Hi everyone. Just joined, I'm also in 60s and my goal is really to eat healthier, less fat, less sugar and lose a couple of kgs as well.

Make sure you get some of the good fat like that in avocados, salmon, olive oil etc. They have calories but they help your metabolism.

Just got back from our family annual camping trip which we haven’t done since COVID. However since my husband is still healing from a car accident (the other guy got the ticket) we didn’t tent it and stayed at an inn at night. They had a beautiful, salt water, big pool so we did our Aquafit before getting back to the camp the 1st day. I got a lot more exercise and activity on the trip so hoping that will help kick start a regular exercise routine. Lost .4 lbs so not bad for a camping trip.

@ridiculous59 Thanks for passing on the great advice. Right now I no that I need to focus on my health. Then I want to get back into my art. But still I need to hear these words of wisdom. I had too many friends on my newsfeed because of group I started. But now I don’t know how many of them are doing. I used to have the top of the line Fitbit smart watch but started to react to it. I just got a slimmer one but not sure it is the best one yet. However I need it more for tracking my activity levels than for exercise and longer walks. I am being careful to rest my wrist this time around.

@Evanmutt part of my goals now is to limit eating out or taking out meals. Working full time and before that remodeling our kitchen eating out was hurting my health. We try to eat healthy foods when we cook our meals but really just eating at home and getting some exercise is what works for me to lose weight. We remodeled our kitchen not because we wanted to but we had to replace the floors and counters. We finally have a dishwasher that works after decades. Finally we have our house in shape enough to have friends over. Friends are important to our health. Before we had to meet them at cafes etc. I love reading but now that I am retired I am wondering if I should keep it for later in the day like I did when I was working or whether I just read when I want to.

@SummerSkier yes that is a loss having the newsfeed gone. Give yourself time to heal even if it is frustrating.

@AnnPT77 thanks for your insights on retiring. I think I miss the interaction with co-workers and I decided that for now I need to be less other focused. However, I need to work on developing friends that are retired too. Our best friends are retired but live here only in the late spring summer and early fall. Yes I have a good sized list too and that had something to do with why I retired when I did because I couldn’t get these important things done. My husband isn’t retired but works mostly remotely so I am not alone during most days. I was an artist before and plan to get back into it once I get some priorities addressed. I appreciate you confirming that it can take a while to find the new routine. My son who lives in Houston just decided to take a trip rather than deal with Beryl. You do not know whether they will increase their category or change direction at the last minute. He wanted to make sure his family was safe. They came home and stayed with friends since the electricity was still out. He is trying to move up here.
@MargaretYakoda glad you are close to onderland.
@elitheal75 yes you did that right. Sometimes people use the “Quote button on the bottom of the post you want to comment on and it adds that post to comment on. You can get rid of the part of the quote you don’t need. I am having trouble with fitbit too. My iPhone version of MFP isn’t working for me yet. Although we have done some renovating we have more to go but not as fun. We plan to add some heat pump split systems upstairs since our radiator doesn’t get much heat upstairs and with climate change we need a bit of air conditioning up here in Seattle. We need a new roof, and I can’t believe we need to paint again. We need new blinds and except for the kitchen and bathroom we need to paint inside. Yes there is actually a thread on MFP for all of us working on de-cluttering. I am lucky that my 30 year old youngest lives with us and is helping with that. @BCLadybug888 I used to have my fitbit and MFP linked but need to do that again since all the changes with both apps and I have a different fitbit.

ridiculous59 wrote: »

As Red Green says "We're all in this together" 🙂

We definitely are!

I saw the news about Jasper. When I was traveling with my husband’s band we used to play in various little clubs up around there. It’s heartbreaking.

Disclaimer. In my professional life I am an accountant who is still trying to retire. I can keep track of just about anything.
In my private life I don't want to count anything including calories, but that is one exception where I just have to force myself.
To those of you who track all kinds of other things - sleep, steps, heart rate, macros, whatever - how do you use the information you collect?

BCLadybug888 wrote: »

MargaretYakoda wrote: »

I saw the news about Jasper. When I was traveling with my husband’s band we used to play in various little clubs up around there. It’s heartbreaking.

It is frightening, one of 2 wildfires coming for the town covered 5km (3 miles) in less than 30 minutes and was a 3-400 feet tall wall of flames (higher than the trees) when it reached the outskirts... this is a small tourist town with only 5000 year round residents. Everyone had to retreat including firefighters. Thankfully, there has been no loss of life but the mayor estimates 30-50% of structures have burned, and fire is not out.

https://nytimes.com/2024/07/25/world/canada/jasper-wildfire-canada-national-park.html

are you in jasper? @BCLadybug888 ?

tnh2o wrote: »

Disclaimer. In my professional life I am an accountant who is still trying to retire. I can keep track of just about anything.
In my private life I don't want to count anything including calories, but that is one exception where I just have to force myself.
To those of you who track all kinds of other things - sleep, steps, heart rate, macros, whatever - how do you use the information you collect?

I'm a data geek in a general way: I like basing my plans (and adjustments to them) on data, when practical.

Even before seriously trying to lose weight, I tracked resting heart rate and various other heart rate data during workouts as a guide to athletic training. That's a pretty normal practice for people who do cardiovascular sports, even just recreationally. Loosely, resting heart rate should drop with training of the right sort, but may increase if overtraining or under other kinds of systematic stress.

I track a bunch of sport-specific metrics, too: Distance, pace, strokes per minute (rowing), etc. It helps me evaluate fitness and performance, such as to know whether certain technical changes are making me faster or slower, or taking more effort vs. less, etc.

I do track macros, usually just within a day, but sometimes I use the weekly averages in MFP.

I pay attention to fiber and some micros, too. I want to be sure I'm getting enough protein (because that's more important as we age for maintaining muscle/bone, and also because I'm vegetarian).

I also want to get enough fats. Many people get enough fats (even at reduced calories) without paying attention, but that's the one macro where I'm most likely to fall short - even more likely to fall short than protein, these days. If I get too little fats, I'm more likely to have digestive tract problems (TMI: usually constipation).

I use a weight trending app for body weight as a way to statistically smooth out some of the day to day water/waste fluctuations and better visualize how my maintenance is going. To get the most out of that, I record my weight daily.

My fitness tracker theoretically tracks a lot of things automatically. Some of those things (like sleep) I don't consider accurate enough to bother paying attention to. (I have weird sleep issues, and I know my tracker frequently thinks I'm asleep when actually awake, and vice versa to a lesser extent.

I think it's close enough on some other things, maybe not exact.

It tracks steps, but I don't pay much attention. I don't try to increase/maximize steps. My knees are kind of trashed, so maximizing steps (even just walking) tends to be hard on my body. I try to walk enough to stay conditioned to it (so I can enjoy art fairs and music festivals and such where walking is required), but I don't emphasize it beyond that.

tnh2o wrote: »

To those of you who track all kinds of other things - sleep, steps, heart rate, macros, whatever - how do you use the information you collect?

I use them for entertainment, to game myself into a better lifestyle, to measure success (or at least improvement) beyond the scale. But I am retired 😆

@MargaretYakoda …. “I won’t be giving up tracking after this. I’m done with this whole overweight thing.”

I had a gastric sleeve 6 years ago. I maintained until last summer and hormone changes threw me off the tracks… tracking is really the key for me too. I know most people weigh weekly, but I’ve found I do better if I weigh daily. I know whether to be extra careful -strict and try to get in more fluids (extra couple pounds up from something salty) or if I can give myself some grace that day… (losing a bit or maintaining). It gets out of hand quickly when I don’t weigh and track food.

I went on a weekend vaca to meet up with son’s family near the beach. I did well for the most part. Up a little over a pound, but splurged on things I wanted to eat/drink. Back at it now…

School starts back Thursday and kids come on the 12th. I’d like to have a food routine in place that hits macros. I’m close… I can eat the same things daily (I’m one of those people), so when I find the sweet spot I’ve got it made… lol

My Go-to food right now is prepping a ground Turkey mixture from the recipe section with onion, garlic, Italian spices and a can of Italian flavored diced tomatoes, no salt or low salt variety. I put a couple ounces in a low carb tortilla and can eat those multiple times a day! I hate cooking so it’s perfect. I also like the spinach & chicken salad from the recipient but the dressing is time consuming, so I just bought some low carb, no sugar kind. I prep egg bites as well and cottage cheese, light string cheese are staples. As for snacking, Legendary brand pop tarts are pretty good with lots of protein, Wilde chicken chips, Quest chips and cookies and parm crisps are what I keep around.

What are some foods you all eat regularly or like to make - keep around?