I will be 60 in October, and my 10 year McDougall anniversary will be around then as well. I watched Forks Over Knives about 2 days after returning from an overseas trip and we went plant based the next day. Previously we had been Paleo/Keto/zero carb. It was a big change!
I lost around 100 pounds and regained my life. I now trail run (I use the word run loosely as I am almost 60 and lame in my left leg).
I have retired early as my job left me due to the world situation and my husband hopes to retire at the end of 2023. We have 3 children, all grown, working and living away from home. My husband eats what is put in front of him, and is very supportive of plant based eating for environmental reasons. He eats high calorie density as he is an ultra runner.
My challenges are home baking...even compliant baking is very high calorie density....and I bake a lot for my husband to help keep the weight on. Its hard not to join in. And vegan eating out, although we have rarely been out recently, mainly due to the pandemic.
I am about to start training for the Mt Somers race in October. It is 16 days after my birthday so I will be in a new age category, 60+ which is very exciting. At the moment I am in 40-59, which means I am against people only just out of their 30's. Mt Somers is very hard. I did it last year with my daughter as a guide runner. This year I will be going solo, although my husband and daughter will be out on the hill as well, but both will be well ahead of me.
I hope to try and pop in here most mornings. And I know a number of people from the old busy days, Buns, Lyndzie, Trinity, all long timers, and others too. So hello again, and keep McDougalling.
If a host asks me about food preferences, I say I am vegan, and I love fruit. I say dont worry about fancy puddings, fruit is my favourite. Then even if they do a fancy desert, they always have a fruit bowl or maybe a fruit salad around as well. However, there has been no travel for the last few years, and the world is different now! Who knows what will be happening over the next few years.
Thanks again ! 
) I pretty much did vanilla SS in the losing phase. As I neared my goal weight I added a few more veggies and changed my afternoon tea from fruit to veg sticks...carrots, capsicums etc. But only because I was anxious to get there. I think it would still have worked. I did exercise though. That helped with the eating because I had to think about what to eat and when, not because I was 'restricting' but because I didnt want cramps when running! I also never ever ate after supper. We eat at 6pm, cup of tea afterwards and that is it. I dont sleep well with a full tummy, so that made it easier to stick to this rule. I actually sleep better if I go to bed mildly hungry. I think a lot of non compliant snacking happens in the evening. This no food after supper rule changed my 'danger time' to 3-4pm, particularly after I retired. To this day that remains a danger time, and I have to plan more for this time than for the rest of my day.
