over weight, pensioner , happy person,

[annadoig]

I'm 1 stone over weight, 78yrs old, try to keep active, enjoy going out with my friends 1 day a week for lunch. My husband has MS so I'm on the go but have a nice life style.

Wud luv to lose 1/2 stone but find it hard.

[IndigoBlue61]

Hello and welcome to the Weight Loss Forum annadoig 😊

You seem to have a quite a lot on your plate, keeping active socially and caring for your husband. You may find this post about why we find weight loss harder as we get older healthunlocked.com/nhsweigh...

You will have been given links to our Pinned Posts in your Welcome message when you first joined, please read them carefully, especially the Welcome Newbies and the Security Post. In particular, I notice you haven’t locked your post and appear to have used your real name.

We have found active participation is very helpful, please see our What’s Happening thread here for today’s list healthunlocked.com/nhsweigh...

This is a very busy forum with lots going on but feel free to ask if you have any questions 😊

Best Wishes in your weight loss journey

Indigo 😊

[S11m]

Hi, annadoig , Welcome.

I am 70, and I was four stone overweight when I arrived here.

Dietary advice is changing.

What works for some of us is a combination of the Low-Carbohydrate, High-Fat (LCHF) diet and Not eating All Day aka Intermittent Fasting (IF). See:

health.unlocked.com/fasting...

[annadoig in reply to S11m]

I like my porrige for breakfast with 1 slice of brown toast, meat & 2 veg for lunch, snack around 4.30pm , but stick can't shift this belly