Rogsman Member

You're doing it right! Figure out what you like to do, what your willing to do and stick with it.

I'm 48, started when I was 45 and am approaching 1,000 days of MFP logging. My routine includes both body building and cardio. Would like to add more 40+ onto my friends list (M/F welcome).

47 here. I sit 11+ hours a day between a desk job and commute. I'm not an expert, but I'll share what worked for me: 3 weight days (push/pull/legs) with 2 cardio days each week (35 min, 85% max HR). I'm seldom in they gym more than an hour a day, I have active weekends. If you're on a 1k a day deficit including cardio or…

Settings tab, Diary settings, under Diary Sharing set it to "Friends Only" or "Public" depending on level of comfort. When you complete your daily logging it'll post a notice in the news feed so friends can review it. Good luck!

Any vet can feel free to friend me. Navy 1985-2002. 47 years old, went from 250+ to 180 and approaching 700 days of logging. Lifestyle change - weights, cardio, logging. I won't say it's easy, but it's only as hard as you want to make it. Never make it harder than you can handle. Small changes make a huge impact over time.

SW: 255 CW: 196.7 GW: 180 * Weigh in Dates: 06/01 Mon.: 199.7 06/07 Sun: 196.7 06/14 Sun: 195.1 * Subject to change based on BF measurements Last update for me as I'm the only one here. chirp. chirp.

SW: 255 CW: 196.7 GW: 180 * Weigh in Dates: 06/01 Mon.: 199.7 06/07 Sun: 196.7 06/14 Sun: 06/21 Sun: 06/28 Sun: 06/30 Tues: End of Month: * Subject to change based on BF measurements

06/05 - 65 minutes. Leg day! Legs + 100 crunches + 65 decline situps + 5 min Elliptical (for HR). Back in gym on Monday!

06/04 - 35 minutes. Elliptical @85% MHR. HRM. Thursday is the definitely the toughest day of the week for me gym wise. Pretty beat up at this point.

06/01 - 65 minutes. Weights (Biceps, Back), Decline situps (abs), hanging leg raises, 5 min elliptical. 06/02 - 35 minutes. Elliptical @ 85% MHR. 06/03 - 60 minutes. Weights (Chest, Triceps)

SW: 255 CW: 197.3 GW: 180 * Weigh in Dates: 06/01 Mon.: 199.7 06/07 Sun: 06/14 Sun: 06/21 Sun: 06/28 Sun: 06/30 Tues: End of Month: * Subject to change based on BF measurements

THIS old? bah! Started at 45, now 47. Lifestyle change, 70 lbs down, abs like I'm 20, off meds I took for a decade and I consider this a "just warming up" period. Hard to believe I started all this just by taking a walk and wondering what was possible. Amazing things, that's what's possible. Small changes add up over time.…

It's very common. I'm not sure what you're doing exercise or diet wise but breaking through plateaus is usually accomplished by weighing everything with a digital scale, focusing on macros and changing up the routine a bit. Get some sort of scale movement and tweak the math from there. Be consistent.

Ice cream. Daily. It fits my macros. :smile: Everyone 3 months or so I crave cake. White cake with white frosting is the only thing that'll do. So my wife makes me a cake and I eat the entire thing in two days, snarling at anyone who approaches it. Then I'm tired of cake and can refocus until the next cycle. I also log…

Try your stats at IIFYM and see what it says as a comparison. You can manually adjust MFP to match IIFYM if you want. http://iifym.com/iifym-calculator/ All these calculators are just estimates, you have to tweak to you start getting results but also have to tweak till you end up with something sustainable. Everyone is…

It's really, really hard to add 4 lbs of fat in 9 days even when not calorie counting. It's water, normal fluctuations. There's dozens of reasons "why", just know that everyone goes through it and it normalizes. Example: Working out like crazy - you're muscles replenish glycogen and store extra water with it. This is a…

This site has a list of foods you should check out. It's under the Nutrition menu "short list of foods". The entire site is worth a read. http://simplesciencefitness.com/

Age is the ultimate excuse. Everyone has it, you can't change it. We might as well add it to the stack of reasons why we can't lose weight. "I can't reach goals because in my 40's I'm so ancient and brittle and so close to rolling over dead it's impossible." None of that nonsense for me. Metabolic slow down as you age is…

Incorporate almonds (or pecans/walnuts) and avocado's into your diet, they pack a powerful punch. Make sure you're paying attention to your protein and fat goals also. Once you start paying attention to macros the challenge will be to stay under calories while getting close to the targets.

It doesn't have to be that tough. If you're setting huge goals, stamping them with dates and have a definition of success tied to the scale hitting numbers on those dates you'll only find aggravation and disappointment. Focus on what type of lifestyle you'd like that contains elements of fitness and a calorie deficit, then…

Easy. Dr. Manhattan. Indestructible, controls all matter, teleportation, hot babes, runs around naked and could care less.

Don't starve. It's been a weak year for games on PC.

It really depends on the equipment you have available. Instead of saying to go with program A or B, I'd say read "The New Rules of Lifting for Women" which seems to be very popular.

Get a digital scale, watch videos on youtube to learn how to properly measure and keep going. The mobile version of MFP allows you to scan barcodes and the database is pretty good. There's a pattern to what your eating, it's many of the same things and ingredients. So after a couple of weeks you'll be a pro at it, after a…

I was "big" but when I started I slowly worked up to 85% HR in chunks of 10 BPM increases starting at 120 BPM, 35-45 minute sessions. It took about 3 months to do that safely. Now I generally do two 35 min cardio sessions a week holding weight, 3 to 5 on a deficit to lose weight. My cardio sessions are usually tough…

Starvation mode is a myth. There's plenty of articles debunking it, here's one that recently made rounds in the forums: http://goo.gl/Zt9G42 You need to hit your goal calories. Don't just look at your calorie counts, but your protein/carb/fat counts. Carbs are easy to hit, but how far down are the others? Start tweaking…

If you have lots of weight to lose 2 lbs a week is common and "easy". You may not think it is, but things get real challenging later. Losing under 20 lbs and being close to BMI it's usually best to shoot for .5 lbs a week. Half a pound a week doesn't seem like much, but it's a bunch when you're close to BMI level or in…

For those last few minutes of cardio Hans Zimmer's music from "The Da Vinci Code" brings me home. That slow build-up makes the final push a cake walk. I owe Hans a thanks for more than a few pounds I've lost. http://goo.gl/i6ckHa

Loss of lean muscle as we age is one of the causes of it. Aging plus a calorie deficit is a big punch in the face to your metabolism. You'll see this advice over and over again in forums.. but... lift weights and refuel if you want to keep that lean muscle. You're not going to bulk up like a guy on a deficit - it takes a…

46 here. 5' 8". The first 25 lbs was easy, but every ounce after that was a struggle. I'd lose a lbs or two, then two or three weeks of losing nothing, then another lbs loss overnight and the cycle repeated. Not sure if it had to do with age or just how my body wanted to lose weight. What worked for me: 1. Get scientific…