Old fat guy

FRISKY

FRISKY

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I was about 100lbs overweight, but lost 50lbs over the last year by exercise and diet. I have reached a plateau and am finding it hard to lose the last 50lbs without overexerting and/or starving myself. Other than less than perfect knees I'm in excellent health.

Any suggestions on where to start looking for a solution to this frisky 60-year-old's stymied progress?
 
Welcome aboard. Can you please define "starving yourself"? Do you track calories? And if so, how low are you finding you have to go to trigger further weight loss? Lastly, what is your current weight?
 
It seems the harder my workouts, the hungrier I get. I haven't been counting calories, but it doesn't matter if I feel that I'm starving and can't force myself to stop over-eating...and this of course is why I have reached a plateau. I'm apparently eating the same number of calories as what I burn while exercising.

I'm 5'11" and around 235lbs at this time.

BTW, I never eat or drink anything with sugar in it and I eat a varied diet with lots of vegetables, fruit and water.
 
As you have probably learned from your success so far, weight loss and overall fitness is best achieved with a combination approach that involves Diet + Resistance Training + Cardio

Diet is of course # 1
And it should not mean starving one self
This is a popular misconception in society at large

Resistance training of course firms the body,maintains lean muscle mass and boosts the BMR

Cardio is for heart and lungs primarily, with some fat-burning benefit --- although "burning fat" is another thing that gets overhyped in mainstream

heck just 6 small snack crackers have 240 calories in them
It would take a guy your size 20-30 minutes on an inclined treadmill to burn those off going at 3.0 mph

I am sure the gang here could offer some possible ideas if you could post a typical daily diet you now eat

Michael Spitzer
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FITNESS at 40,50,60 and BEYOND
 
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