I’m 59 (&new to this site) and at 5’3″, I have ballooned up to 169 lbs. Over the years I have tried so many diets, it seems that I have never NOT been on a diet. I take several medications for rheumatoid arthritis and fiber myalgia, so I stay in a sleepy fog most of the time and it zaps my strength and will power. Does anyone else have problems like this or possible solutions to my perpetual weight problem?
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Sounds very interesting.
I empathsize; I’ve lost “hundreds” of pounds on the many diets (they all work) but was never any more overweight than you are now; it’s an ongoing struggle that still seems to happen again and again, the creep upward, the diet downwards; disinhibition followed by remediation
for me, finding other than food rewards for “treating” myself to something special is where I’m focusing (along with my current diet and excersize plan, which is , like literally the 7th or 8th major diet of my fifties. I’m happier at a lower weight in some ways, but do love to eat, hoping to strike a balance sooner or later
I’m VERY happy at a lower weight, but I haven’t seen my lower weight in such a long time. I used to have energy, strength, drive. Now I barely get through a day. I have no appetite, so I don’t eat at all sometimes. I have no idea what exercises will help or do harm. I can’t afford a gym or trainer, and there’s no way my husband will pay for another diet plan (i.e.; Jennie Craig, Nutrisystem, etc.). So it’s a vicious cycle. Stay depressed and gain weight – gain weight and get more depressed. Yeah, I know exactly what you mean about striking a balance.
Are you drinking enough water? Sometimes it helps make you feel full. If you’re eating all the time, pick foods that are low caloried like cerlery, carrots, peppers etc. to munch on. Eating is an obsession with me. I think of food constantly and am on a diet that I have had success with in the past. My top wt is 175. Currantly, I’m down to 159 and working toward a goal of 145 which I’m told is my ideal wt. I’m 5’4″. Anyway, take it slow and don’t be hard on yourself. You didn’t gain it all at once so you’re not going to lose it suddenly. If you can’t afford a program, I suggest you make out menus and try to stick with them. Eat your fruit, one a day early in the day. Limit yourself to 2 slices of 45 calory bread. Sarah Lee has one the call Delightful, I think. Check it out. Water, water,water. 64 oz per day. Keep a journal and don’t weigh everyday. Weigh once a week about the same time of the day. Best of luck. I’m tired of being fat too sister!
think the key is keep doing just enough to take your weight and fitness in the direction you want to move it, working just as hard at it as you can sustain long term; short term fixes do work, they just don’t stay fixed
I’m trying to take it slow and easy, moongoddess gives great “how to” advice: it didn’t happen overnight, there’s no race to lose it; there’s something really rewarding in a sustainable ongoing way about making the right “baby steps” and not beating up oneself with that crappy “all or nothing” desperation that has sabotaged so many of us so many times; even weighing a bit more than you’d like or feel your best at, you’re still a person of worth and in fact your worth won’t increase when you are lighter…so, since it ain’t about being “good enough” and is just about feeling better, it makes it easier to be good to oneself in the heathful ways that advance you to where you’d prefer to be
When reading your post, I thought it was me. I’m new to this site,too, age 62, 5’2″, and have RA also. The first 45 years of my life, I spent trying to gain weight – average was 89-92 and now I weigh 158lbs. The most I ever weighed was my 3rd pregnacy, 127 lbs., until about 12 years ago and it started slowly. When I was 51, I had reached 140 lbs., so I went on the Atkins diet and within 4-6 months I had lost down to 123 lbs. Kept that weight for about 2 years because I was active – working in the yard, etc. and watching the amount I ate even though I was off the diet. From 53 to 60 I gained about 10-15 lbs. and now here I am. My RA is worse because of the weight gain and lack of exercise. Lack of exercise because I don’t feel good and must my have any will power. Got to do something – on a down hill spiral. Help!
I am also over weight and have a fused ankle so it is hard to walk any distance and most exercise is impossible because I cannot bend my ankle.
I think it is going to start in my head. Last week I got up and every joint hurt. I decided to drink green tea. No sugar.( if I can help it) I find that I forget what to do. I am now going to journal and if I write down my program I think I will be able to stay on it.
Today I went to a neighborhood party. It was a stupid cookie exchange. So I now have 36 cookies and I do not want. I have to go to a few get togethers with my neighbors or I will be in my house all alone and get really despressed. I try to make to effort to connect with people.
It is so hard when you are a depressed person. I am 67 yrs old so I know it is not going to get better unless I make the effort. Good Luck to Hunney .
Does the green tea help? I understand alot of people drink it and also apple cider vinegar. I have a friend who takes yucca root for gout and works for him, I take one a day but can’t say it actually helps. I know what you mean about depression, I wish I could get a passion for something. I am trying to get back to sewing, I used to love it. I have to get my mind set going again because, I too, believe that’s where it’s going to begin. Good Luck, Hunney, and you, too, duckyone59. Stay in touch!
I think the green tea helps because it is not acidic like coffee. I heard about the apple cider vinegar a long time ago but I have not tried it. I think I will try it. for me I have to find a new passion, the old ones just don’t do it any more for me. At this stage in life it has to do with people for me. The problem is— I don’t really like that many people I come in contact with. That sounds so bad, but it is the truth. I like the women on VN better than most people I meet. We are probably just bored. Talk to you soon Breezy