Lose Weight Over 60 - 3 Practical & Tested Tips from Those Doing It

As we age , some weight loss strategies stay the same but others have to be tweaked to be practical and effective .

I am currently eight years away from 60 years old so I can't give direct advice .

But there are many members of my weight loss coaching program in this age group .

In this video , I will be sharing stories from those members so that you can see what is actually working for weight loss after 60 in the form of my Freedom Health Program , I asked members who are over the age of 60 about the unique challenges that they face as well as the strategies that have worked to get the pounds off .

So let's start with the challenges .

Many members identified the slowing down of metabolism as well as the inability to exercise as they once did as challenges that can slow down weight loss .

And while those may be realities , they don't prevent weight loss , as we will see as we progress through this video .

Another obstacle that was brought up often was the fact that bad eating habits have had a long time to get ingrained into our daily habits by the time that we reach 60 habits have an element of being automatic .

Uh , we don't have to think about grabbing a piece of candy out of a candy dish , but we do have to think about not grabbing it out of the dish .

So habits can be hard to change .

But one of the more surprising challenges that was widely mentioned , dealt with mindset at or beyond 60 .

It's easy to adopt the mindset that this is how it is .

For me , I just can't lose , I've tried every diet under the sun or to lose confidence in your ability to lose weight .

As this member mentioned , when she said that it's easy to resign yourself to the thought that I'll try anything , but I doubt I'll follow through anymore .

So if you're feeling discouraged or hopeless , just know that those feelings are not yours alone .

And I would add that if weight loss has been hard for you up to this point , it's not due to a lack of wanting to eat healthy .

Um Much of the blame lies in our confusion over what exactly healthy eating for weight loss looks like .

Uh starting in the 19 seventies , we entered the war against fat and this was an easy war for us to pick a side for because it sounds very logical that if we eat fat , we'll get fat .

However , it took until the recent decade for us as a mass society to start questioning that assumption .

We now know that weight loss is a hormonally driven process .

And that the most important hormone for controlling your weight is insulin .

That light bulb understanding changed everything because we now know that when we select foods that keep insulin levels low , we encourage our bodies to lose weight and the nutrient that keeps insulin low is dietary fat .

Yet , despite the fact that this new understanding of eating fat has been well studied and documented learning to allow fat into your diet is a tough thing to do because it is essentially learning a new way of eating .

That is in direct contrast to the rules that we have been living by .

But switching to a higher fat diet is one of the strategies that was often credited for the success that my members have had , which is illustrated in the words of this member , I had to understand that eating whole fats instead of low fat , everything was much healthier and would help me to lose weight .

Almost everything that I had learned over the years was turned upside down .

And I loved this contribution as well .

I've modified an apple a day .

Keeps the doctor away to an avocado a day .

Keeps the hunger away .

Not that an apple is bad , but an avocado is a great healthy fat fruit for weight loss .

Now , it is good to note that just increasing your fat intake is not going to yield the weight loss results that you want that dietary change needs to be accompanied by a drop in sugar and refined carbs .

Those are the foods that spike insulin and therefore block weight loss .

And I acknowledge that cutting down on sugar is a scary notion because cakes , cookies and candies um are not only fun foods to eat .

Um but as we age , they become forms of entertainment and ways of showing love .

Um I have videos here on youtube about moving away from sugar .

But it is one thing for me to tell you that you can stop eating sugar .

It is quite another for me to share the words of those who have successfully done it .

After the age of 61 member wrote , I never thought I'd be able to not want sugar .

But after only a few days , I didn't , I think when people read that they think well , fine for her , but they don't know how much I love Oreos or whatever .

But I was one of those people , Hershey's milk chocolate for me and I can easily turn down sugar , best of all , not be tempted .

And that temptation does subside because you lose your tolerance to sugar .

And once you get in the swing of how to make this shift to a high fat , low sugar lifestyle , you discover that it is truly enjoyable and that the food is very satisfying as shared by this member who said love the recipes .

I didn't realize that I could lose weight and eat So , well , another strategy that was mentioned by many members is intermittent fasting , intermittent fasting simply means that you split your day between eating hours and fasting hours much .

Like if you've ever had a blood test scheduled for the morning , and the technician asks you to not eat after dinner the night before practicing .

Intermittent fasting is no more complicated than that .

And this works for the same reason that a high fat low carb diet works because it has the same effect on your insulin level .

Insulin is pumped into your blood when you eat a meal .

So if there is no food coming in , insulin stays low and your body stays in a state that encourages fat burning .

So three practical and tested strategies that work after the age of 60 are to increase healthy fats , decrease refined carbs and sugar and incorporate intermittent fasting by shortening the number of hours a day that you consume calories .

And I wanted to share a few more very encouraging comments from members .

I asked members to share the positive side effects they've experienced since losing weight .

I'm going to share their words about getting off of medications improved , sleep , less joint pain and improved mood .

And their words are so powerful that I wanted to step out of the way and let you read them .