For All The Oldtimers

grannygethealthy1111
grannygethealthy1111 Posts: 422
edited October 3 in Success Stories
I am 61-years-old and was 5'1" and weighed 232 pounds. I am 93 pounds lighter now. It has taken a lot of hard work and a total lifestyle change to get to where I am at today. I haven't reached my goal yet, but I WILL. It is hard to share these "Before" pictures, but I want everyone to know it CAN be done, especially my fellow seniors. There was no magic, no surgery. I made a lifestyle change and a commitment to be the best I can be.

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Thank you to all my pals here on MFP for encouraging me on this last leg of my journey.

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  • sunkisses
    sunkisses Posts: 2,365 Member
    You're AWESOME! You look great!
  • TheAncientMariner
    TheAncientMariner Posts: 444 Member
    You look amazing! Fantastic work!
  • janiebeth
    janiebeth Posts: 2,509 Member
    Dang!!!!

    Not only do you look so much slimmer, but so much younger.

    You are truely an inspiration to young and "not so" young...

    thanks for sharing... JB
  • AuntSissy152
    AuntSissy152 Posts: 27 Member
    Absolutely FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!!!
  • grannygethealthy1111
    grannygethealthy1111 Posts: 422
    I still have thunder thighs, but the thunder is smaller. Hee! Hee!
  • texasmagz
    texasmagz Posts: 35 Member
    An amazing transformation! I love how you look happier during the progression. Keep up the great work and you'll be there in no time. :))
  • drvvork
    drvvork Posts: 1,162
    Wow! Knocked 15 / 20 years off! Great Job!!! :flowerforyou:
  • pauljsolie
    pauljsolie Posts: 1,024 Member
    WOW, congratulations "granny" You look amazing and alot much yournger and happy. You seriously look like you're in your 40's. Keep up the good work.
  • Gemini_1980
    Gemini_1980 Posts: 349 Member
    You look fantastic! You look younger too:happy:
  • manjingirl
    manjingirl Posts: 188 Member
    Cannot believe you are 61! Awesome achievement.
  • onebigbutt
    onebigbutt Posts: 48
    Wow!!! You look so much younger! You're gorgeous!! What an inspiration you are!! Thanks for posting, even though you DID call me an "old fogey" HA HA!!! :laugh:
  • jamk1446
    jamk1446 Posts: 5,577 Member
    Your after smile says it all! Congrats and thanks for sharing!
  • loriannmartin
    loriannmartin Posts: 209 Member
    wonderful results :-) thanks for sharing your loss pics XOXOX:smile::flowerforyou:
  • flutterby6973
    flutterby6973 Posts: 50
    thanks for being brave and showing us : )
    you are an awesome woman!
  • Cathy92
    Cathy92 Posts: 312 Member
    Congratulations, you look so cute! No Granny look there!
  • momcindy
    momcindy Posts: 194 Member
    Definitely gives me hope as I turn 55 in a few months. Every day I deal with doubts that I can succeed at my age so your story is one I need to hear.
  • jensmithdc
    jensmithdc Posts: 28
    You look fabulous. I have to share your story with the seniors I work with. We are doing a 12 week walking program!
  • daves160
    daves160 Posts: 600
    Dang! that is awesome! you look fantabulous.

    Well done.
  • jennykcmo
    jennykcmo Posts: 101 Member
    You look fabulous!!! Way to go! I will have to share your post with my mom. She's 63 and started MFP, she's trying to get back on track w/it now. Thanks for sharing!
  • spicypepper
    spicypepper Posts: 1,016 Member
    You look amazing!!!!!!!!
  • Sunrize1
    Sunrize1 Posts: 27
    You look fantastic!
  • Sunrize1
    Sunrize1 Posts: 27
    You look fantastic!
  • asyouseefit
    asyouseefit Posts: 1,265 Member
    Congrats! You look great!
  • Runninginafatsuit
    Runninginafatsuit Posts: 78 Member
    Wow! It's amazing how the weight put years on you! You look so much younger! Great work!
  • grannygethealthy1111
    grannygethealthy1111 Posts: 422
    It was very difficult to post those morbidly obese pictures of myself. If it helps one person, it is worth the embarrassment. I especially want all seniors to know that it is never to late. I was losing my mobility and thinking of getting a wheelchair because I was having trouble walking across the room due to my weight. I have the double whammy of being short at 5'1" tall. I could not cut my toenails or shave my legs anymore. I was having such difficulty breathing. Day before yesterday I ran 2 miles! Can you believe that? It gave me the highest of highs! Losing weight is a GIFT everyone should give to themselves. Now I can participate in all of the activities with my grandchildren. I feel so blessed and experience such joy each day. My cholesterol is only 150 now. My blood pressure is 99/52 this morning and my pulse 68. I take NO medication other than a multivitamin daily. One of the byproducts of losing so much weight is you look better. People actually don't recognize me anymore. That gives this old gal a thrill! Hee! Hee! All these fad diets work temporarily, but the weight returns. Losing weight permanently is about changing your lifestyle. It has to come off the same way you put it on ... one pound at a time. Exercise is the KEY. I hated it at first. I cursed at God, I cursed at my husband, and I certainly did not like it. It was embarrassing ... I didn't know my darn calves could flap in the wind. Some parts of losing weight were funny, some not so funny. What didn't work, I discarded. Everyone has to find the right combination for them ... in calories, in exercise, etc. I tried Zumba my first week on the diet. That God I didn't take pictures of that! That is definitely not for seniors that are 100 pounds overweight. It is on my list of things I want to do and I will shake it with the youngsters one day soon. Be kind to yourselves during this journey. You CAN do this!

    "You must take personal responsibility.
    You cannot change the circumstances,
    the seasons, or the wind, but
    you can change yourself"
    - Jim Rohn
  • cmDaffy
    cmDaffy Posts: 6,991 Member
    You are TOTALLY wonderful!!!
  • Cooriander
    Cooriander Posts: 2,848 Member
    Wow!
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