re: Can you truly change and reshape your body in your 50's?

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i'm sort of skinny fat. Large gut, but muscular and low body fat in arms, chest and legs. I was a competitive powerlifter off and on for years. 6 foot 5, currently at around 300 lbs.

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First step is be honest with yourself.

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Just a question. What are your AHI's reading daily, 7 day and 2 week averages ?

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I fall asleep at my desk at work as well and my AHI with my CPAP is usually under 5 a night, which is normal. Not sure why I am so sleepy at work all of the time...well at work and not at work I'm always sleepy.

You can definitely change/reshape after 50. It's about a life change and you have to want it (discipline).

I am 52 and was recovering from Stage IV kidney cancer. I balloned up to 240 pounds and was just miserable with how I felt and looked. I had enough. I started eating healthier (not 100% healthy - baby steps) and started exercising. I also started taking vitamin C and D, magnesium, & omega-3.

In just a couple of weeks I started feeling better, and in a couple of months I started to see the results, which gives you more motivation to keep going. It's all about discipline though. You can take a couple of days off or have a cheat meal, but you have to get back to the routine. I also change my routine up every 2 months to help with the monotony, but remember this is a lifestyle change.

If you ever feel like quitting, remember why you started.

I now feel great and I'm in great shape. You don't realizing how much your mental health involves being in good shape.

Invest in yourself…

This mindset is difference maker for me.

I don’t go less than 4X per week and am in same age bracket.

It’s not reshape for me. It’s just what it is. If I can do it. You can do it.

Make it your priority today. It will be your lifestyle before you know it.

I'm 43 and I have. I didn't have to overcome that much weight, but i lived a totally totally sedentary lifestyle for the last 20 years. After work, it was drink 3-4 beers every day, and sit on my arse, and eat whenever I wanted to.

Last year I got into jiujitsu, and it has changed me from head to toe and psychologically. You have to sort of invite health back into your life and one positive step lends to the next.

Start with something realistic. Take the goal down. Progress.

Sleep 7+ hours. Drink plenty of good ole water. Also drink electrolytes. Eat vitamin d+k3 and fish oil supplements (and whatever else floats your boat there if you give it some research.) Be cool with 1% improvement and progress every day. But get the 1%.

Everyone I know says "i'm too old for that." You are not. Take it easy? Sure. Are you going to outperform a 20 year old? No. Can you feel strong, healthy, and excited to be awake and alive? Yep.

Don't focus on the weight number itself. Focus on what gives your daily life balance mentally. Whether you do jiujitsu or not, DO have an exercise you can do that you straight up enjoy and love, if you can find one.

Comfort is a killer. Be -comforted- that you are tired and exhausted from all you're doing. Get into yardwork, or gardening, or fishing.... or whatever the hell you can that you LOVE doing. Make changes. Life is too short to not work on heatlh.

I know that's mostly anecdotal, but this all boils down to you making a decision to get it done. But it doesn't have to be boring or miserable. I think a lot of people dont' want to deal with some of the woes that come along with being consistent every day/week. Get a routine. Stick to it. but above all else, the hardest step is usually the first one. just deciding to get out there and do it. best luck.

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I know that's mostly anecdotal, but this all boils down to you making a decision to get it done

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for me it has been easy. Lost a couple of childhood friends to heart disease and strokes and decided i was gonna do my best not to put myself in their shoes. 3 of the 4 were very heavy smokers for years - I've never so much as puffed a cigarette.

fitbit user and it has been huge. especially in preparing for one of my part time jobs. going from a 71 to a 60 resting heart rate from 54 years old to 60 has blown away my health care providers.

limit to one fast food or restaurant meal a month.
NO soft drinks(save for sugar free tonic for gin and tonic)
almost zero processed food.
eat way more fruits and veggies than i used to.

walk 7-8 miles a day
get 200 plus mins of cardio (on echelon bike costco version of peleton)
3 hours of strength training.

annual doc visit last week nurse took my blood pressure and laughed and said WOW these are numbers for a teenager.

10 years ago I had high BP.

also I do the 15 min slow breathing exercise twice a day.

dude that's awesome!

yeah 10 years ago I was on 10mg of amlodipine, 5 years ago lowered to 5mg

now zero.

The garbage the average American puts in their bodies is astounding, coupled with the fact that the human body was not meant to be sedentary.

Can someone recommend good Boron supplements and regime you followed? Thank u