50-60 olds needing to lose 50

joy31021
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  • diinva
    diinva Posts: 57
    Right there with ya! 55 yrs old - need to lose about 40 pounds (again) :smile:
  • hanniejong
    hanniejong Posts: 556 Member
    63 year old needing to loose at least 60 lbs.
    Feel free to add me to your friends list.
  • joy31021
    joy31021 Posts: 216
    was 124 both times PG -was way too thin with X pressure. Last felt good at 150 but now at 215 and 75 days no cheating am so
    confused as to no loss. I am going to try upping my cals but is so scary.
  • dottheyes30
    dottheyes30 Posts: 39 Member
    Hi everyone,
    I am 61 and need to lose 50 lbs. I gained from quitting smoking. I really need some support because I have
    never been this heavy even when I was pregnant. Please can I join your group?

    Dot:flowerforyou:
  • joy31021
    joy31021 Posts: 216
    you are my twin. Please join and help us all
  • pitbullmama
    pitbullmama Posts: 454 Member
    52 with more than that to lose. Friend me if you like.
  • wk9t
    wk9t Posts: 237 Member
    I'm 63 and I've lost 52 lbs since last Sept. I have 18 lbs to go!
  • amibeachcomber
    amibeachcomber Posts: 28
    Hi everyone. Just turned 50 on New Year's Eve. I have 84 pounds to lose to be at a healthy weight where my BMI should be. I've lost and regained weight several times in my life and now that I've had a health scare with a post meal blood sugar of 210 last week (I am not diabetic.......yet) I got the "wake up call". I started a med that increases your blood sugar just a few months ago and I think that has something to do with it........not to mention the tremendous stress that I have been going through with the death of my father and my first born son going off to college this past fall. So, the plan is to follow the low glycemic index plan, exercise daily....no excuses, and find a way to destress. Thanks for listening.
  • 1PoisonIvy
    1PoisonIvy Posts: 933 Member
    53 year old lady from Texas, lost ~25 and I have ~100 more to go!
    Friend me if you have the same goals as myself
  • bevsdietfor2011
    bevsdietfor2011 Posts: 361 Member
    Hello all, I am 54 and trying to lose 60 lbs also. I love to motivate, support and encourage others. Any of you please feel free to check out my profile and add me as a friend if you would like. I am there for all of you as we are all on this same journey and we can do this together!!!

    Hugs to all
    Bev
  • Avandel
    Avandel Posts: 283 Member
    I'm 61 & still need to lose another 25 lbs
  • joy31021
    joy31021 Posts: 216
    yes please
    my gain was quit too
  • jhansonfan
    jhansonfan Posts: 9 Member
    Sorry for your loss, both of your father and your child going away to college. Both are very big stressors. I turned 49 the day BEFORE New Years Eve and I have 50 pounds to lose. I too had some health scares recently, not mine but my daughter put her hand through a mirror and severed her artery, nerve and tendon. She had to have emergency surgery and maybe one more. My good friend suffered liver failure and was in a coma for almost two weeks. It has really made me think twice about the way I am treating my body. I love life and want to be around as long as I can. Good luck and take care.
  • butterflync105
    butterflync105 Posts: 29 Member
    52 years old and need to lose 126 total. Just finished my first week and I am down 8 pounds. YAY!
  • ViSalus2012
    ViSalus2012 Posts: 6
    Hi, I am new to this. I am 54. I joined because I had to keep track of my daily calories of 1200 or my weight wasn't coming off. I guess our bodies go into starvation mode. Weird to eat more....to lose weight. My journey started last July when I discovered I was 180 and my size 16's were getting tight. I can help others with ideas that I have learned along the way. Today I am now 134 and am wearing a size 8. I NEVER remember ever wearing a size 8 in my life!!!!! I am now trying to get down to 130 and see how I look/feel.
    The first thing that we need, to start this journey, is to do some deep soul searching and discover deep in our hearts, that we are fed up with how we look and feel. Only we can do this. Write down what your dreams and goals are and then take it one day at a time. I remember never looking at the 45 - 50 pounds that I wanted to lose. That seemed to overwhelming so I broke it down into just 10 pound increments. I could handle 10 pounds. That seemed doable to me.
    I hope to find other friends here who can encourage me to stay with this and learn how to maintain once I get there. This will be a lifelong journey for me as I have already learned from the past, that if we fall back into our old ways of eating, the weight does come back.
  • joy31021
    joy31021 Posts: 216
    OK we all relate, how do we form a group to talk? I think we are all in sync and am so excited to have support
  • joy31021
    joy31021 Posts: 216
    My angel daughter was born 1/1/91
  • madiseanderson
    madiseanderson Posts: 3
    me too and I know it won't be easy
  • ViSalus2012
    ViSalus2012 Posts: 6
    Hi Bev,
    My gosh, I felt like we were sisters when I read your post. I, too, feel the same way. I am 54, have 3 adult children. Two are living in other states and one still with me who attends college and works. We are like 2 ships passing in the wind. LOL My husband lives and works 2 hours from here when he lost his job and this is where he found work. I decided I am taking my life back and am getting to know me all over again. My journey started last July when I discovered I was 180 pounds. Today I am now 134. I am trying to get down to 130 and see how I look/feel. My husband has lost 18 pounds now and he is trying to get healthier as well.
    Wishing you a wonderful Sunday and I look forward to taking this journey with you.
  • Ditur
    Ditur Posts: 2 Member
    Hi there. I just turned 59 and i need to lose 35 lbs. It seems over the years the pounds just keep adding on slowly until you find that size 14 is your new size these days. I was always a size 10 and rarely a 12 but now even size 16 fits some days.
    UGH>..I need to get serious and get back into shape. Nice to see that this site does not have only tiny ladies with 10 lbs to lose and bodies like the old twiggy we used to know.
    nice to meet you all!
  • madiseanderson
    madiseanderson Posts: 3
    I'm in the same boat, but I am determined
  • Coach74sb
    Coach74sb Posts: 13 Member
    I turn 60 in May and my goal is to flee from my overweight BMI and embrace a healthy, normal weight for my size. So far I have lost 17 since January 1 and have 38 more to go.
  • shutterbugteresa
    shutterbugteresa Posts: 12
    58 and need to lose 50...That would put me @ 148 and I AM 5'9
  • joy31021
    joy31021 Posts: 216
    Hi
  • shutterbugteresa
    shutterbugteresa Posts: 12
    Go to groups and start one, then come back here and give us the link-
  • honestyp
    honestyp Posts: 1
    Hi, I am soon to be 58 and would like to lose 50 pounds. I had always been under weight until about 8 years ago when I moved from a big city to my smaller home town and find I am no as active as I had been before. I seem to think I can still eat like I used to , and NOT execise- as I used to could eat anything and no gain weight. I look in the mirror and do no recognize myself. I quit smoking two years ago in October and that has added to the weight gain. So I am hoping that this will help me stay on track.
  • rileamoyer
    rileamoyer Posts: 2,412 Member
    Been there and was successful, have b een on maintainence since Aug/Sep 11. Feel free to friend me. I am 61 and lost 70 lbs using this wonder tool. MFP is my fountain of youth!!
  • rookmb
    rookmb Posts: 84
    Hi there....
    I'll be 57 this year and almost half way to my goal weight. If any of you would like to add me, please do.
    I'm doing this one day at a time and MFP has given me the tools to change my lifestyle. :)
  • joy31021
    joy31021 Posts: 216
    OMG you need us hugging you. Please join:love:
  • parisch1930
    parisch1930 Posts: 2
    Hello,
    I am 61 years old had the same goal of losing 50 plus pounds. My daughter got me on a 24-day weight loss challenge. These products put my life back on trackand lost at total of 10 pounds and went down one dress size. My energy level had inceased and continues. The best part is how other has taken notice in my recent weight loss. The products have been a wonderful addition to my life. My daughter also did the challenge she lost 12 pounds. We both felt amazing! and could not believe the results. People have been calling and asking "What are you doing?"

    Now I am sharing with everyone about what this challenge has done for me and what it can do for them.


    parisch1930

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