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I don't use the word "cheat" because no food is really off limits for me. Basically use the 80/20 approach where I eat healthier foods 80% of the time. Even when I choose less than healthy foods there are nothing like what I used to eat and sometimes I just eat more than my calorie range for that day. Looking at it over…
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Tracking my food AND then staying within the recommended range more days than not.
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Get a new doctor! I started changing the way I eat and move at age 61 and lost about 50 lbs BEFORE having heart attack. Continued to lose weight and have lost over 80 lbs and kept it off for over 8 years. It can be done.
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WOW! You are a real inspiration. Thanks for sharing your story and keep up the GREAT work.
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2,577 days!
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I think it was a lot of things. Getting older was one reason and the fact that my weight was making it harder and harder to get up off the floor. and I heard a report about how dangerous drinking every day was.....finally decided to start making healthy changes for my HEALTH and figured it would result in weight loss. That…
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I started at age 61 and ended up losing over 80 lbs which I've kept off for 7 years. Did it gradually by making small sustainable changes, tracked me food and now exercise EVERY day! Even on rest days I'll walk and stretch. At age 70 I feel better and am in better shape than at any time of my life. It is possible to get…
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First off so happy that you are doing better. Does your doctor have advice? Do you have an appetite? If so, I'd add in whole milk dairy products if you can tolerate dairy. Bet a daily milk shake in mid afternoon would help....not too close to dinner to spoil your appetite.
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Right now it is limiting the wine during the week. Not having the gym makes it even more important to keep the calories in check & that is harder with that extra glass of wine.
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WOW! What an accomplishment and you show everyone that it can be done. You look so happy & may you stay that way.
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Site is terrible lately. When I open the app most times I get "updating" and it takes forever. Syncing with Garmin is hit or miss. Support is basically non existent! Keep being told "they're working on it."
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That is awesome! What an incredible accomplishment.
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Two moments: first was the morning after a night of overdoing it and I realized that my weight and drinking too much was going to kill me and I had to do something or I would soon be fatter and fatter and not able to do the things I wanted to do. Decided to not diet and take it slowly as this was for life. Set a goal on…
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I'm about the same. My weight fluctuates around 2 lbs around my goal and that's where I am. Did eat and drink more many days and was super cautious when I could. Exercise every day. Bet you lose those 5 lbs pretty quickly.
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I don't for the most part. As careful as I am with tracking I'm sure there is a lot of errors in what I enter. My Garmin calculates the calories burned and sometimes that seems VERY high. Right now I'm maintaining and have been for over 6 years so what I'm doing is working. It does seem that while I go over my calorie…
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I like it. Have the one w/little chocolate and it is great on an apple for a nice treat.
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I have no plans to stop. Believe that tracking helped me to lose the 86 lbs and keeping it off (6 + years and counting). By now it's second nature and takes no time. Keeps me focused.
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Welcome. As someone who has lost over 80 lbs AND kept it off for more than 6 years there are a few pieces of advice that I can give (it worked for me). Don't diet - diets don't work. There is lots written now about it being a lifestyle and that is in fact true. What we do to lose weight is basically what we'll do forever.…
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That was my history for years and it wasn't until I decided to stop dieting that I was able to lose the weight & keep it off. Still track my food every day and exercise every day. You can do this. Take it slow and get back to what worked for you.
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I got the same comments. Started at 226 and when I got to about 160 (the high end of "normal" BMI) I started to get the "don't lose anymore weight!" I basically acknowledged for their comments with a neutral comment and changed the topic. I've ended up at about 140 +/- 2 lbs and strangely enough don't get those comments…
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I've been maintaining for over 6 years (4/13) and the best advice is to keep doing what you were doing to lose weight. I still track everything and I exercise everyday. And I weigh a couple of times/week no matter what.
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Truthfully I don't really worry about it. I manage my breakfast and lunch on Saturday (and the weekend) and may go over on Saturday night. But when I look at the whole week I'm generally at or under on net calories. And I've been maintaining for over 6 years. I do exercise every day w/cardio and strength a couple…
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I have PB on an English muffin for breakfast and will add 1 T to a couple stalks of celery as a snack.
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After a night of eating too much and drinking too much wine I heard a program on the radio that detailed the dangers of drinking every night. For some reason that hit me. I knew I was too fat and at age 61 I just said "enough!" I can at least stop drinking during the week and start eating healthier. Knew that it was only…
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Ben & Jerry's has a light ice cream that's delicious!
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Can only speak to my experience. My initial goal was to get to 174 and when I hit that I didn't change much at all and kept losing weight. Then I had a heart attack :D That prompted me to get serious about losing enough weight to get to a normal BMI and I started cardiac rehab. Ended up going to 162 (the high end of normal…
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Boy is that a loaded question. Speaking from experience and years of yo yo dieting the big reason I gained back the weight (as do SO many others) is that I looked at the diet as a finite thing. I'd go on it, lose the weight and go off it. Finally I realized that I had to make changes that I could and would stick with for…
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Fletcher and I get at least one long (35 - 45 minutes) walk every day and several shorter walks.
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Funny, when I think back on when I started I don't think I saw anything as a real challenge. I made small changes so I wouldn't be overwhelmed & had no timetable for losing weight. Knew that what I did to lose weight was what I'd be doing for life.
