How do women over 60 get in shape?

[Shelley]

Hi all!  I am starting this thread to help all the ladies from our old forum get started up again over here in the new place.  Hope you all find this thread.  Getting in shape after 60 has its own challenges especially when you have lost muscle, have slowed metabolism and hormone changes.  How are you getting and staying fit?  What s working for you?  

[Wibb]

Thanks!  I'm trying to be more active, and also eat healthier.  


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[marfaanne]

Just received my Fitbit for Christmas.  Although successful in the past, I have not been able to lose weight or motivate myself to be active consistently for several years now.  Am counting on the Fitbit to help me focus on me for 2015. I have never weighed as much as I do now, nor been as out of shape!  Ugh!

[JulieInMadison]

Congratulations on your new Fitbit! I hope you enjoy trying it out, and I empathize with your growing frustration with your weight issue. I also suffered from low energy and slow weight gain. Then, on 10/10/10, I decided to do something significant to commemorate the special date. I decided to become vegan. I had not even been a vegetarian before! But deep down I had always known that my convictions did not match my diet, so I decided to give it a try and reevaluate on 11/11/11. So I did. I reevaluated again on 12/12/12. Both times I thought about how my energy level was higher now, how my overall mood level was happier and calmer, how the twenty pounds I had effortlessly dropped in the first two months had not reappeared, and both times I decided to continue being vegan. It makes exercising so much easier and more fun! And I feel good about living my convictions. I highly recommend it for anyone who wants to improve their health. Good luck with your new Fitbit!

[Sunnylane]

Hi Marfaanne,  Glad your here. I have to say, for me and my heavy work schedule my exercise time is erratic, so my weight loss is  slower. However the motivation from just wearing  the Fitbbit One has provided me  keeps me more active and always aware of  what I am doing. It takes time to see results. lol  and for me even longer. lol  Enjoy you Fitbit

[Sunnylane]

Hi Ladies,  I am happy to say not only have I lost 10 pounds with the slow but steady excercise program, thank you to my Fit Bit  🙂   But. My husband is now wearing his very own fit bit and enjoying it. Since he had a pacemaker  put in last February he quit smoking ( not a heavy smoker), quit drinking, and quit caffine. So he has gained 25 lbs.   So we will be working in the same diet and exercise routine. I will be adding Yoga for  over the 60 group here at my house next week but He refuses to wear yoga shorts  lol     ok  I'll give him that one.

[Grace2015]

I am excited to get started with Fitbit.  I work at home so I can do as lot steps at my desk.

[cdpatches]

and walk in front of the TV, while doing dishes, keep the feet moving

[mom23sons]

Today is my one year anniversary with my Fitbit Flex--I have walked/jogged/run 1,803 miles! I am doing maintanence and have stayed within my targeted weight goal ( 2 lbs. over or under) the entire year! The Fitbit sure does help keep me accountable with my steps & food intake! I feel better,sleep better and have lots more energy! 

[marfaanne]

Wow!  mom23sons!  That is just what I need to see!  Congratulations!

[tasia]

I am getting motivated to start moving more too as I plan my new year's resolution! Good luck!

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[cshaf]

I am 57 and have started to eat organically and leave out sugar and processed foods.  I walk daily and have hand weights at home that I lift for my arms and also do leg lifts.  It is a process, but I feel so much better and don't have the swelling and my hunger has gone away. I drink my water and drink organic tea.  I will drink a cup a coffee every so often.  I eat three meals a day and snack on fruits and pop corn popped in organic coconut oil.  I will have a piece of dark chocolate as a treat. 

[Norma-m]

I retired in 2011, I thought I was at my heaviest weight. Oh no, add 25 more pounds to that a year later & I knew I had to do something. I joined Weight Watchers June 2012. After encouragement from another WW member, I started Jazzercise a month later. Originally I had planned on going three times a week. Although I can hardly beleive it myself, I go everyday. Who knew.

[GrammyMax]

I am 60 and find it very difficult to stay on track.  I welcome the encouragement and accountability this group could offer.

[cpamama]

I know what you mean, GrammyMax.  I did pretty well (for me) from about mid-August to mid-November.  In early November (Oct. 29) I went on a Danube River Cruise and also to Prague, Czech Republic.  I was gone for 2 weeks and went over 10,000 steps for the first time.  I was around 10,000 steps several days and over 8,000 most other days.  For me, that was very good.  STILL, I could not keep up with lots of people my age.  I nomally only went on one excursion a day instead of two.  There were some less active people, but not many.

When I came home, I had to get busy doing things for a 25 person family Thanksgiving (out of town) of which I was in charge.  After Thanksgiving, I had a whole slew of doctor/dental appointments.  (They were all very happy with me, thank you very much. ) Then Christmas shopping, cooking, out-of-town again...and I have hand surgery in the morning--trigger finger on 2 fingers.  And throw in there getting ready for income tax season...clients calling asking questions; ordering supplies, software, education, paying licenses and fees etc.  (I still have much to do about getting ready for tax season!)

Bottom line...I have continued to wear my fitbit since being back from Eastern Europe, but hardly pay attention to steps.  YOU HAVE to look at it to stay motivated.  I plan to call the Y next week and join some sort of exercise class.  I pretty much work 7 days a week during tax season, but if I put something on my calendar, I will do it and not schedule any work for a few hours.  (I have regular pedicures and facials to get myself away from the taxes and relax.)

I am the treasurer for our homeowners' association.  I have just prepared the bills for 2015 homeowner's dues.  So I think I will go walk the neighborhood and deliver them.  (It's 40 degrees about to rain!):womanwink:

[JulieInMadison]

For me, feeling tired is a big obstacle to being motivated to get in my steps. I avoid this by eating a vegan diet. I rarely feel tired anymore. Eating plants gives me energy because they are easy for my body to process and turn into fuel. If you have trouble with motivation, I would suggest eating more plants. Good luck!

[lazygirl]

Hey,

Glad to find this group; Recently retired and went from 130 to 165...I am told that is much to High...Walking at least 2 miles a day..Hey for me that is  really really good :).  Praying that I can become more active.  Keep your fingers crossed for me please...

[Norma-m]

My Quote tfor the day: Just believing you can is a good start that you will.

[GrammyMax]

That is a good start....2 miles a day.  Keep it up! 

[lazygirl]

Thanks! I am finding that my fitbit flex is a Big help..I love watching the steps and lbs lost...it is
a big bonus...So gratefull for this group!

[Sunnylane]

Wibb-   That is always a good Goal. Hang in there.