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Welcome Renee I'm 63 also. I started tracking the other day. Like you, I was not serious about weightloss. I'm still undecided if I should lower my carbs or not, but I guess it can't hurt.

Welcome Renee I'm 63 also. I started tracking the other day. Like you, I was not serious about weightloss. I'm still undecided if I should lower my carbs or not, but I guess it can't hurt.

heybales I sent you a PM. with more questions.

How many carbs do you do a day? I'm not losing anything!!! I am so lost on what I shoulddo. I was eating single ingredient foods like chicken , fish vegetables eat but I'd lose a pound and then gain a pound and a half. I'm ready to quit and just get old and fat

If I did this right, it says I should be eating 1890 calories to lose weight. (step 6). I'm only eating 1200-1300 calories. (and I'm not losing anything) 1890 sounds scarey. You think that's right? I forgot to add that I lift weights for 45 minutes 3 days a week and walk 2.6 on treadmill 3 times a week.

But if I'm not eating enough calories due to strength training and cardio, my weight would stall because my body needs more fuel and I'm not giving it. Does that make sense? I know girls who lift weights and eat around 2000 calories. I'm gonna track this week and see if I have any loss at all. If not I'll bump the calories…

I do like exercising. I have been going to the gym for about 16 years now. I feel guilty if I miss. I was over maybe 200 to 350 calories. I agree I probably do have a deficit but I don't want to use the exercise calories . I am wondering though if 1200 calories is enough. I thought I'd track this week and if my weight…

I wasn't concerned so much about the challenge, I just wanted to join the thread haha..

I want to join!!! I just turned 63 three weeks ago. So far I have lost nothing :# I go to the gym 3xs a week, every week. I lift weights and I walk for 30 mins. on the treadmill. If I try to jog, my knee acts up. I have a slight tear. These past few days I started logging my food for the umpteenth time. I do not allow for…

Good for you! I can see the difference already. I tried P90X. I thought it was going to kill me :) Mary Ann

That's amazing! I struggle just to lose 10 lbs. Congratulations!

I'll do that. Thanks. I am tracking. I don't always stay at my 1200 calories and pick the best foods, but it's a process. Better than what I had been doing (which was yo-yo ing) Mary Ann

I also added you..message included.

I'm guilty of this too. Normally I order something and only take a few bites and bring the rest home (my husband the eats it). He gets upset with me and say You always do that!. I don't eat a few bites because I'm trying to lose weight, I probably wasn't hungry to begin with :) Banking calories...I like that idea. Mary Ann

OMG! That's scarey. So glad you finally know what's going on.

I lift. I am eating 1580 cals 150 P/ 75 F and I carb cycle around 40 a day and 75 on 7th day. I've been off for almost 3 months due to back and sciatica. Starting back up on wednesday.

If you are a beginner I would recommend machines for maybe 2 weeks just to get your form down correctly. If you lift free weights and your form is off, you could injure yourself and maybe not work the muscle correctly. I would start with machines and do a circuit. Your form will not suffer on a machine unless your are…

Hi. My name is Mary Ann. I am going to but Chris's latest book. I just haven't found it yet. I am a regular in the gym, with strength training 3xs a week and either cardio intervals, or walking/jogging a trail near my house twice a week. I started 3 months ago and have only lost 6 lbs. I am losing inches, but not fast…

I am finishing up my 11th week and have only lost 6 lbs. (very disappointing) I am however losing inches.

Set treadmill at a very low speed and do walking lunges. You can hold on. Mary Ann

What kind of weightloss class is it? Sounds like great incentive if you have to pay. Mary Ann

Hi I'm Mary Ann and I'm from Middletown. My weight was 198 at Christmas time. I hooked up with a personal trainer in April but had never had a decent nutrition plan. Two months with her and I had only lost 4 lbs. She worked with me, she tweaked what I was doing wrong and I lost 3 lbs in 1 week. Beth..you are from long…

Watch the fruits, they have sugars even though they are natural. I do maybe a banana with my oatmeal or maybe an apple with 2 HB eggs for a snack and then that's it for the day (for me). I react to the sugar so this works for me. If you are new to lifting and your gym has a circuit, try using that for a few weeks. That's a…

this is so true. I am losing inches, before scale weight. mary ann

i lift 3xs a week with a trainer. Since my nutrition was so bad, she had me start with writing down everything I ate. She would look at it and tweak the mistakes. Example was carbs in the morning such as oatmeal (you need the carbs for energy if you want to lift)/ but then you don't want to keep adding carbs all day long.…

That sounds good! I am a Chai Latte freak and it's killing me in sugar. Mary Ann

Nope! I hate it too. I started cutting up fruit and blending it then adding to yogurt. I love the Yoplait Greek yogurts.

Manti Teo !!

If you are exercising, you may want to up your calories. Mary Ann

Thanks for the replies. I am loggin everything I eat. I'm far from perfect. Do you all belong to any groups? For the record, I had brain surgery too. Mary Ann