central joe
Senior Member
I'm not old!! I just have a lot more experience than some people joe
After Bariatric surgery I got back under 200 pounds. But now have about 20 pounds to go. I use my fitbit to monitor my heart rate and steps. Doc suggest a 1700 calorie 75 carbs a day diet. No sugar.
Believe it or not, when you are not loosing pounds you are loosing inches. Just increase protein and exercise to get the weight coming back off.
So I decided to go re-hunt one of my older sites that I used to detect a couple of decades ago. The place is a wooded area on the side of a hill.. When I was in my 20s I'd spend hours detecting there with a big heavy White's 5900 Di Pro and not even get winded. Today after hunting for a whopping 45 minutes I was out of breath with every bone in my body aching. Had to call it quits. The sad part is the hill isn't even all that steep and I was swinging the 2 lb Deus.
Anyway, no real point to this thread other than to tell you younger guys to enjoy it while you can. Detecting ain't always easy when you're old and fat.
Definitely get yourself in good shape now while you're still in your 50's and it will be easier to maintain it when you get older.
I'm 64 now, but back right before I turned 50 I used to be about 360 lbs, thing is, I didn't feel like I was overeating, so I started reading the calorie/fat labels on food packages when at the grocery store and saw that I was eating high calorie/high fat foods. So when I turned 50 I started eating lower calorie/lower fat foods, (helping me have a big reduction in daily calories eaten) baked or broiled food instead of frying, cut way back on sugar, and gradually built up to 2 miles of a fast walk on the treadmill 3 times a day for a total of 6 miles a day. Results: I went from 360 to 180 in 7 months without pills or surgery, just doing the above. Now a few years later I started splurging too often and I gradually gained some of that back, and need to lose some weight again, but nothing like the weight I had to lose back then. I've been trying to get back to regular exercise again with an elliptical machine and lifting weights. The months I had to take to recuperate from hernia surgery a few years ago got me out of my routine that kept me in better shape.
EDITED to add:
"always check with your doctor before starting any strenuous exercise program or drastic weight loss diet to be sure you don't overdo anything as far as your specific health condition"
Definitely get yourself in good shape now while you're still in your 50's and it will be easier to maintain it when you get older.
I'm 64 now, but back right before I turned 50 I used to be about 360 lbs, thing is, I didn't feel like I was overeating, so I started reading the calorie/fat labels on food packages when at the grocery store and saw that I was eating high calorie/high fat foods. So when I turned 50 I started eating lower calorie/lower fat foods, (helping me have a big reduction in daily calories eaten) baked or broiled food instead of frying, cut way back on sugar, and gradually built up to 2 miles of a fast walk on the treadmill 3 times a day for a total of 6 miles a day. Results: I went from 360 to 180 in 7 months without pills or surgery, just doing the above. Now a few years later I started splurging too often and I gradually gained some of that back, and need to lose some weight again, but nothing like the weight I had to lose back then. I've been trying to get back to regular exercise again with an elliptical machine and lifting weights. The months I had to take to recuperate from hernia surgery a few years ago got me out of my routine that kept me in better shape.
EDITED to add:
"always check with your doctor before starting any strenuous exercise program or drastic weight loss diet to be sure you don't overdo anything as far as your specific health condition"
Lol, old guys complaining about being old.
Next they'll be saying, "Hey, get off my grass!"
WOW, that's Great! I'm only 54 and have always been thin and muscular. However I had to have an aortic valve replacement when I was 49. That knocked me for a loop for about 6 months. Now I take a very brisk walk of about a mile on trail near where I drop my kids off for school. The thing about this walk is that there are four benches along the way and do a set of anywhere from 10-25 pushups on each bench while I'm on my walk. I've noticed a lot less aches and pains if I keep up this regiment than if I just work. I do work as a handlyman/carpenter so I'm not exactly sedentary at my job, but the exercise makes all the difference.
hey, good for you, GKL! Kudos. Most folks just give up and blame genes.
Thanks, my doctor back then said I was the first patient they ever had where they had to tell them "don't lose any more weight, you're good now !"
Most of the battle was in the mind as I had tried unsuccessfully several times before I turned 50 to lose weight. When I turned 50 I figured I needed to lose weight then while it would be easier to exercise. I simply made up my mind that I was not going to give up until the weight was off !
A very effective extra motivation back then was when I told my wife I was determined to lose ALL the weight I needed to lose, and she, knowing how I previously had been unsuccessful, jokingly said "Yeah, right !" ......THAT made me extra determined
The best you can do is hope you make it into the club, sorry to say a lot never do ! The sad part is now that I know what I should have done , there is no do overs ! My biggest lesson learned is how to be a married man , without being a husband . HH
Found some old before/after photos, before = 360lbs after = 180lbs
.....before is from soon after I turned 50, after is 7 months later
(these photos are from about 14 years ago)
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Found some old before/after photos, before = 360lbs after = 180lbs
.....before is from soon after I turned 50, after is 7 months later
(these photos are from about 14 years ago)
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Found some old before/after photos, before = 360lbs after = 180lbs
.....before is from soon after I turned 50, after is 7 months later
(these photos are from about 14 years ago)
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