any 49 yrs olds needing to lose 49 lbs??

Hi! Age is just a number. Eat at a reasonable deficit, lift some weights (so long as your Dr. okays it), do a little cardio (walking is great to start), always stretch after a workout and remember to get some rest.

You can do it, I promise!

Corinne, You can do it. One of my excuses in the past couple of years was that I was reaching that age where it would be so hard to lose weight cause of my age. (currently 49). But since starting last March I have lost 43 lbs.. Found fitnesspal along the way and helps to keep me on track. For me what works is moving. At first my goals was 30 min a day, walking. I am now up to a min of 60 min and usually over 100. Now I know that seems like a lot but is adds up fast. 30 before work on the treadmill at home, I walk at each break 15x2 and another 20 or 30 at lunch. Then after dinner another 20 min walk with my hubby or son. Somedays are better than others, and now I am up to intermittant jog/ run on the treadmill. I also used to say I hate to sweat and at the end of my am session, I am soaked. But the rest of the day is just more movement. At my work they gave us all pedometers last year as part of a wellness program. I remember thinking how am I ever going to get to 10,000 steps a day. Now it is rare if I am under 18,000 and I know that I am doing more each week.

For diet, I am following WW at work, but I use fitnesspal for my tracking (its free) and usually eat 1200 - 1300 cal a day. But it is the good stuff, veggies, fruits, lean proteins and light versions of cheese ect... I will occasionaly splurge, but I make sure it is worth it.

Ok this is too long, but you have made real progress so far, just hang in there and put yourself first. Half the battle is just showing up..
Renee

Hi, You can do this if you are determined too. I was in that boat.I finally got really tired of yo-yoing. I am 55 yrs old and been on here since Sept. 2011. I lost some weight for my sons wedding in oct 2010 and didn't keep it off to long.It started going back up so I started working out again. The workouts were hard and I knew I wouldn't be to do them long term. So I started walking more. Then someone suggested this site to me. Best thing that ever happened. The food diary really showed me the calories I was eating, That was a wakeup call. I now try to make better choices, but I don't deny myself anything. I just make it fit into my calories. On my profile page it says I have lost 35lbs, but I have lost 48lbs. all together. I am trying to maintain now. But I plan to stay here because I don't want to slip back. You can add me as a friend if you want. You CAN do this .

I'll be 49 Monday and want to lose 34 pounds. Just joined today, but looking forward to using all these great tools. I think it will help to keep me motivated and honest!

Feel free to add me as a friend. I think it's easier when you have someone to support you and keep telling you, "You can do it!"

:happy: I am 46 and needed to lose about 50lbs. I signed up a little over a month ago. Down 14lbs. This is doable and i would love to be a friend. just started checking out the boards.

Cricket

I'm 45...have lost 103 pounds in 14 months. The key to success for me was getting pissed off enough to do it...NO excuses, zero, zip...that's right N-O-N-E. I think everyone finally reaches a moment in life where enough is enough...maybe this time is yours!

I'm 45 and want to lose 120lbs, 75 of them this year is my goal! I've only been here a week and haven't started logging cals etc yet but I've read so many inspirational stories of people our age and older who have lost a tremendous amount of weight. I too started looking at this a week ago like it was 1000lbs, but after reading about so many inspirational people my mindset is changing. It really IS possible.
I don't have a link for it but when you are looking through posts see if you can find a thread that says "most inspirational loss ever" or something like that. It's a short video about a man who lost a bucketload of weight in a relatively short time, changed his life in amazing ways and really against the odds. We sit here starting 'thinking' we can't do it - he was told by everybody he talked to that it was impossible..... yet he found a way.

We CAN do it and with help and support of great people around here we WILL do it!

I'll send you a friend request!