60 yrs and up

Changing things up and adding a 40 gram protein breakfast to help build muscle. I'll keep you posted on how it works out. So far I'm still full after 5 hours!

This. ^^^

But also: At first, when either new to strength training or resuming after a long break, strength can improve surprisingly fast. It's from neuromuscular adaptation, better recruiting and utilizing the muscle fibers we already have. Since strength is useful in everyday life (and feels good!), that alone is a wonderful thing. Muscle mass gain tends to start happening as current muscle fibers' contribution nears being tapped out, in a context of progressive training stimulus and that very important protein that Jthanmyfitnesspal mentions.

@BigDfromNJ - keep up the great work!

honestly, unless you’re participating in a weight loss challenge (found on the Challenges board) grouos here are mostly dead.

The friends newsfeed was removed last year.

Your best bet is to participate here on threads that interest you.

Sign me:

Former Woman3X. (Thanks, MFP. It works!)

Ok thanks for the info. This one seems alive at least ! Not really interested in challenges. Find dealing with myself challenge enough.

Have you requested the newsfeed be brought back? Why was it taken away? Do you know? Just curious….

they said it was under-utilized and wasn’t necessary.

Unfortunately, most my friends fled for another site that had a social aspect. I found it very awkward to use, too open (couldn’t select friends), and had a sorta Reddit vibe. All MHO, of course.

I was also too dang lazy to learn a new site, because their logging was a PITA? And when it boils down to it, that’s the most important thing to me.

But Lordy, do I ever miss my friends. Always a laugh, always someone with a win or an NSV, or a pic from their bike ride. It was just…..uplifting and cheering.

@springlering62 : "Researchers found that those that consistently exercised in adulthood could enjoy a 30-40 percent lower risk of death from any cause later in life."

Yet, the risk of death from any cause later in life remains solidly at 100%. 🤔

Endorsed. I started getting routinely active in my late 40s/early 50s, shortly after completing full-bore treatment for advanced-stage breast cancer. Even though I stayed obese for another dozen years while quite active athletically, just the fitness improvement was a huge quality of life increase. It didn't resolve every health problem, but I suspect - for example - that being active was one reason my blood sugar never went into dangerous territory.

The later weight loss resolved pretty much all of the other negative health indicators: Blood pressure, cholesterol, triglycerides. Oh, and gave me another huge quality of life increase.

A few years back, after both the fitness increase and healthy weight, I did one of those "predict your lifespan" quizes from a reasonable source. If I recall correctly, I was 66 at the time. I filled it out two ways: What was actually true for me at 66, and where I would've been if I'd stayed at the weight, lifestyle and health markers from my earlier 40s.

Obviously, I don't think those things are magic crystal balls, but the difference was dramatic: Continuing my earlier lifestyle, my predicted age at death was 67. With my actual lifestyle at 66, predicted age at death was 102!?! In reality, based on family history, I think mid to late 80s is more realistic, but still, that statistics-based prediction difference is pretty stunning.

@AnnPT77 : Tongue in cheek, sort of. Our chance of death from all causes is 100%, undeniably. IMHO, the goal of healthy living is to improve our overall quality of your life in the moment. It's impossible to guarantee any particular benefit in the future, as everyone in their 60s knows, bad things can come up no matter how good your physical condition, but you are more prepared for success when you are in reasonable shape. And, you can have more fun when you are in good shape.

Visiting my grandbaby this week, watching my diet as much as I can, I don't like traveling because it's harder to count calories. I stick to a healthy breakfast, and lunch, but never know about dinner. Keeping up with the water during the day!

Hope everyone is having a great Labor Day weekend!

Every time I visit SoCal, I really look forward to getting Handel’s Ice Cream.

We were in line last night and my son in law noticed they were using an ice cream bucket to hold wooden tasting spoons, and the ingredient label was facing out. SIL exclaimed,”Corn syrup is the #1 ingredient?!”.

I didn’t beleive him til I’d looked at the (butter pecan) container myself

By that time they’d handed me my salted caramel truffle cone.

It didn’t taste the same .

I’m just over Handel’s now 😭

I grew up near Youngstown, Ohio and going to Handel’s (60’s- 70’s) was a big treat for our family. Pretty sure everything was made on site then.

but the tub we saw in the window was the butter pecan. 🤷🏻‍♀️

I’ve tried googling and can’t find a definitive answer. Some says Handel’s doesn’t use corn syrup, others say it does.

It may be a misimpression, but I always figured butter pecan ice cream was a kind of riff on pralines and pecan pie . . . both of which, to me, are sickeningly sweet. I could be wrong about the ice cream's vibe for sure, though, because I really, really don't like butter pecan ice cream, either.

I do like pecans. In the ice cream, they always seem . . . soggy.

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