Anyone 50+ actually succeed in losing weight in your 50s?
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Anonymous
| I'm looking for some inspiration on weight loss in middle age. I am a 55 y.o. female and have a lot of weight to lose. It feels so much harder to lose weight in my 50s than the last time I tried losing weight, in my 20s. I know I have to eat less and exercise more (calories in, calories out) but is there some particular strategy/approach or combination that worked best for you if you lost weight in your 50s? TIA |
Anonymous
| I lost 30 lbs and have kept it off for 4 years (with continued work). Changed my diet, reduced portion sizes, exercise regularly. To lose the weight I also had to basically stop going out to eat for a while. Also use Diet to Go periodically, which I find very helpful to remind myself of the amount I should be eating. |
Anonymous
| Should add, I actually found it much easier to lose weight now. I seem to have more will power and less interest in sweets than I used to. Also more recognition that it's a health issue, whereas in my 20s it was only about looks. |
Anonymous
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I have the same question/problem, OP. I am actively trying to lose weight. I've cut out all sugar (except on holidays and birthdays and on vacations), and I'm exercising more. I'm trying to be very careful about what I eat, keeping only really healthy foods in the house.
I have not lost any weight, though. I think I'd have to starve myself to lose weight. But at least I'm healthy. I feel good. No aches and pains. Cutting out sugar, dairy, wheat has really made me feel better. I've done this gradually over the past 10 years. Sugar only in the last two years. I drink a lot of coffee, no alcohol. I really want to hear from someone who has lost weight after age 50! I exercise moderately, so I'm thinking hard workouts 5 days a week might do it. But I don't have the energy for that! I would suggest trying to focus on getting healthier. I'll let you know if I lose any weight. I am trying. The other idea is to skip dinner once or twice a week. I'm trying to do that too. No success so far, though. But I'm told it works. |
Anonymous
I know someone else who used diet to go and was very successful. |
Anonymous
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I am 50+ and a website referred by DCUM (in the sports/fitness section) changed my life:
marksdailyapple.com OP, the short story is calories in=calories out is not the correct way to go about it. Eat what your ancestors ate. (Like that saying, if you want the rocket to fly, give it rocket fuel) I got down to my pre-pregnancy weight without being hungry, and without doing "chronic cardio." I gave up eating grains and added sugar, I go for walks, I lift weights a little bit, I get sleep. I can eat meat, fat, butter, bacon! Before I figured this out, I used to excercise like crazy, was in weight watchers, etc. and I was just stuck on a hellish hamster wheel of excersise, hunger, calorie (point) counting and tiredness. |
Anonymous
| I am approaching 50 and I have been loosing weight slowly but steadily in the past 3 months without being tired or hungry. I lost 15 pounds (still about 10 pounds to go). I continued to exercise about 2-3 times a week, as before, but I also changed my diet: no alcohol, no sugar (except fruit once a day), whole grain/cereals only 3 nights a week and always with veggies, whole wheat bread (2 slices with a bit of butter) in the morning (with low fat cottage cheese, or an egg or a slice of turkey ham), reasonable portions of proteins and veggies for lunch and dinner (with either fruit or plain yogurt or cottage cheese), and only 1 table spoon of olive oil per day (at lunch only). I cook without fat except for the one ts of olive oil or 4% light cream from time to time. For 'snacks", I make a soup which helps clean up the liver and eliminate: celery, tomatoes, leeks, coriander. I lost weight and I have better skin, hair and sleep. Hope this helps! |
Anonymous
Do you eat fruit? |
Anonymous
| The key for me was lifting heavy weights 2X starting at 49. I'm 51 and have lost 12 pounds in 2 years. Have to watch the carbs. |
Anonymous
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Rowing machine. Row 5K 4x a week and 7K 2x a week.
Always did 5000 steps a day. I've dropped 25 pounds, very slowly over the course of a year. Still losing. I don't eat junk, but can have carbs, wine, etc... I rarely eat out or do takeout food. I hate exercise but love food. |
Anonymous
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I'm 50 and am losing weight on weight watchers. I've lost 20 since January. Hope to lose another 30 by end of this year.
I walk every day and need to add in some weight lifting. |
Anonymous
| My mom lost about 50 lbs, but she did HCg injections. |
Anonymous
what is this? |
Anonymous
http://www.m.webmd.com/diet/hcg-and-weight-loss |
Anonymous
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I know a handful of women over 50 who have lost 20 more pounds on Weight Watchers. I think the accountability aspect of it helps, plus there are lots of recipes on the web to choose from.
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