Fat and over 60 - what do you do?

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Hi
I'm wondering what all you over 60 mumsnetters do to lose the flab. I’m in my 60s trying to lose a stone in weight and I can't seem to get on with slimming clubs or diet speak. I have a strong bullshit detector so much of the diet-speak puts me right off. Im trying to follow my own plan of healthy eating and trying to eat less. I wonder if it's an age thing as it's it's slower to shift.

I'll tell you about my eating and weight. I've faffed about trying various diets and eating plans for the past couple of years or more. I lost about a stone doing low carb high fat a year ago til I got fed up with the rules and restrictions and that I seemed to be constipated all the time, which is no good if I want something that is sustainable long term. I seemed to rebound for the next 9 months and have put it all back on again and have tried various no diet type plans as well as intuitive eating. Then 6 weeks ago I got so frustrated by my weight, i thought sod it!! and signed up to Weight Watchers, going against my view that diets don't work, I thought I'll lose the weight and then I can get on with my life. So here I am I'm starting to rebel against the whole WW/slimming club ethos again. I've lost 7 lb in 6 weeks and I've been constipated for the past month despite all my usual efforts - again, I can't see it being a way of life. I'm thinking I need to eat less but from a broader range of foods. Eating proper food not diet food. I need to eat for my health and fitness eg IBS etc
There's also a part of me thinks - life is too short to worry and stress about weight, diets and fat but then I look at myself naked and think arrrgh- I've got to shift this blubber.
So, what's the answer - is there one?? What works for you. Or have you decided to be fat and happy?

I'm 58. I've got a great bullshit detector too-for me, MFP is the way to go.

I eat 1200 cals' worth of anything and try to do around 300 cals' worth of exercise. I try not to eat the exercise calories back.

I'm not into lchf, blood sugar or anything like that.

I've lost about 1.5 stone and kept it off. It's bloody hard though. I'm still 28-30" around the waist, although much slimmer than I was.

I do weights and walk as much as I can. Beyond that, nothing.

It seems to get much harder as you get older. My 60 yr old friend has just lost a massive 5 stone and looks fantastic, so it can be done.

@buggerthebotox thanks, you've done great to lose so much. I'm working on eating smaller meals and trying to identify when I'm hungry and when I'm comfortably full - not always easy as I've often eaten for lots of reasons that aren't to do with hunger and I don't always know when to stop eating.

Anyone else?

I know you've said you've tried Low Carb High Fat but I am the same age and after decades of dieting (all the groups - Weight Watchers, SW, Rosemary Conley etc) I have now lost nearly 2 stone with LCHF. I followed the Boot Camp on here which has been incredibly motivating & supportive. I don't find the 'rules' at all restrictive because I can fill up with cream, cheese, sausages etc. I genuinely loved carbs before but I can honestly say I don't miss them, I just 'tasted' some rice I was cooking for the family to check it was cooked & thought it was totally bland & unappealing. I spat it out.

I do a bit of exercise (not nearly enough) so I know I do need to tone up a lot more & aim to lose another stone and a half. Good luck with whatever you decide.

Maybe not too many over 60s on here, OP!

Can I speak for a friend of mine, who's over 70? She has a figure to die for..... I've been watching her lifestyle habits with interest.

She seems to eat whatever she likes BUT it is always small portions. She is very active and walks a lot, mainly for pleasure. She does not go to the gym.

She stops eating when she is full. She does not have family to feed. She has not had children. She is flat chested. Clothes hang well on her.

If she thinks she has put on weight, she modifies her habits until any extra weight is gone. She does not make a drama of it.

She has a "meh" attitude to food.

I like how your friend eats @buggerthebotox
That's what I a spire to eat like - smaller amounts of a wide range of food.
@Ragwort thanks for that. I'm glad lchf boot camp works for you but for me it didn't - it's felt like rules and dos and Don't