pony4us Member

If you lost 7 lbs in a month you are doing great. My tip is to enjoy this special time with your family and get right back to what you are doing when you get home knowing that with travel you will see a bump up on the scale. This is four days not four weeks. You can try to make choices and choose treats that are "calorie…

You posted great pics in the photo section, you look great!!! Since you are active and are at the lower end of "normal" I can see why you are getting comments. !30 puts you about on the edge, try a trial run of "maintenance calories" at 130 and see if that's what you want to do for the reast of your life compared to…

The WAWA website has a calorie counter for you to build meals. Take a look at what you may want to get and calculate a meal, or a couple and keep them logged in your "meal" section or just keep track. WAWA does a good job of grab and go (and is a local icon for those in Delco)

Another thing to consider is your goal weight. Calculate your calories needed to maintain at goal and test drive that for a week or so. I did that when I was 5 or so pounds from goal, I switched to estimated goal calories to see if this was something I could live with, and yep...eventually the weight came off to goal. That…

I have a decade on you and really want to encourage you....BUT 30 pounds in about 8 weeks is probably not a good idea. My question to you is have you been active at this level normally? Do you normally workout...even if that workout is walking the dog, major cleaning, gardening not always formal "workout", have you…

Consider your age and talk to your doctor (who will probably tell you that you are fine). For older folks the lower end is not ideal...I'm at goal which is 5 lbs "overweight" and my doctor told me to not even consider losing weight..but I'm in my mid 70s. Other factors are more important than the number on the scale.

Look at Skinnytaste for ideas.

If you are having a mild laxative effect try different brands. I know that several do not agree with me so it was a learning curve. There are so many choices now.

I do use shakes for most lunches...have for years and am in maintenance for about a year. Yes I do plan on using them for the rest of my life. Otherwise I find I either skip lunch and overeat for dinner, don't get my protein in or go to sandwiches instead. It is just a choice that works for me. I am in my 70s, a very very…

You can add different measurements in check-in or progress.

I basically did the same thing. I ate at goal weight maintenance and got to goal. I figured if that amount of calories would make life too hard I needed a higher goal. At my age (mid 70s) I wasn't going to spend the fewer years I have left stresing about somethig silly like calories. Almost a year in still working.

I have a dumb pedometer because I don't carry my phone all day and don't wear a watch. I enter steps in the "check in" section manually, I created the new measurment. Old school but then I'm old.

Last year I was with in 5-10 pounds of goal weight when we left to snowbird for two months. For those two months I ate at goal weight maintenance, logging to the best of my ability. Sort of maintnance in training. Like a miracle ... without the benefit of a scale or weighing my food I was at goal range when we got home.…

Maybe the gym isn't for you...nothing wrong with that, find something that you want to do and stop spending money on something you don't want to do. Working out does not mean going to a gym.

I'm not that obsessed. If it bothers you don't eat the crumbs.

Walking is exercise.

I am your age and set tiny goals. First I set an exercise goal of 15 min for three days a week, with stretching and tai chi more regularly. Often it was just a walk around the yard. Then I slowly increased activity. Now at goal weight (happens to be 150) my goals are still very doable. 30 min of something at least five…

I do the same as nossmf (I thought I was weird). I have always had the "menu board" on the fridge, I log the week dinners in advance then fill in the day either as I go or at the end. I'm retired now but when we were working it just made life so much easier, both from the shopping and preparing point of view.

I so relate to this. I picked a goal weight that I had been able to maintain for decades and now that I am the mid70s one I could live with. I am 5-10 pounds "overweight". After reading so much here about "healthy weight" and looking at what others do I felt sort of like a failure for not wanting to be in the middle (or…

Big congratulations. I know nothing about the process but do know it a major achievement.

This thread is from 2014. I'm not sure if Sudoku was even a thing in 2014.

You should talk to your doctor and at this age get a prescription for an official dexa to track your bone density and muscle mass. Not for aesthetic or vanity reasons but face the reality that as we age there is a tendancy for bone and muscle loss. At that low a calorie level and rapid weight loss you could maybe put…

I actually find maintaining pretty easy. I'm older (mid 70s) and short, and am maintaining at about 1450 cals. When I was within 5 pounds we left to snowbird in Florida for a couple of months, I used it as training wheels for maintaining. I ate at 1450 cals, I did not worry about weighing food but did my best to eyeball…

Doesn't your caf have a salad bar? In today's world I would think there are healthy options, like grilled chicken breast, fruits, assorted steamed veggies. Be careful to make smart choices and watch portion sizes. Don't forget drinks too, are you drinking water or soad and juices? Are you also going out at night, having…

You don't need the premium, just use the free version

You don't need to complete the diary, it does nothing but give you the silly "in five weeks" prediction.

I agree, no drive just pick an easy lifestyle. I picked a goal weight based on maintenance calories. Took a slow route to lose 30-35 pounds, the last 3-5 we were snowbirding for two months so I "test drove" maintenance for that time, no scale, just eyeballing food and logging and by the time we got home I was magically at…

I hope that you have discussed your fears with your treatment team, they know you better than strangers on the internet. I hope you do enjoy this time with your family. I am 75 years old. My family was loud and scrappy. I would give anything to hear my mother and her sister fighting, and my grandmother telling them to cut…

Again, to follow up on your goal weight. Find your calorie goal at 125lbs and follow that for a two weeks at least. You will still not gain weight. Then ask yourself if you are happy eating that way for the rest of your life. If not continue back to your weight loss plan and every 5-10 pounds lost do a test drive at that…

I just look at the weekly average if I see a gain and need to dial it back.