Diets & Weight Maintenance Support Group

Chat about how well your latest diet is -- or is not -- working. This group is a great place to find support and accountability as well as share success stories and valuable lessons with the community. From where to start to weekly weigh-ins, get help from others to reach your dieting and weight maintenance goals.

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LivingWater 01/31/2015

Hi, just reporting my dieting result for January, 2015. I set up a goal to lose 40 lbs. this year. If I lose 3.3 lbs. per month, I will make the goal. Well, in January I lost 4.2 lbs. and I'm pleased. I am 69 years old, which makes dieting tough.

I am shooting for 1,400 calories a day. Also using a supplement that is available cheap from Swanson Health Products (it's online and an old, reputable company).

It includes,

Kelp, Lethithin, Vit. B-6, and Cider Vinegar.

LiliannB 01/31/2015

Great job water!!! Happy losing for February!! Keep it up!! :)

Liliann

JAYUS 02/02/2015

Awesome!! So happy for you!! I can't take kelp bc I have thyroid issues, but if you have an underactive thyroid that will help for sure.

Best of luck to you!

Do you think that dieting when you are 69 is more difficult just because metabolism is slowing down and it is more difficult to be active? I just ask bc my grandma (she's 80, so she's older than you) could probably use some tips, but I don't really know what to tell her and/or buy her to help her out.

Thanks in advance!

deleted_user 02/02/2015

Livingwater, that is wonderful. Slow and steady is the way to go.....

LivingWater 02/02/2015

Actually I have always had a slow metabolism. Getting old just makes it worse. I take Levothyroxin for my thyroid, but still can't eat as much as others do.

My mother lost weight as a senior, BUT her problem had been overeating. When she cut her calories a bit, she lost a lot.

As for activity, when you have pain and stiffness, it's easier to lie around than move around! But I do try to walk the halls.

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