I have been trying to walk 10,000 steps a day for the last three months.
My knees don't like this. I'm not the only 75 year old who is having this problem.
Being 40 lbs over weight doesn't help.
In April I weighed in at 195 lbs I am now 183 lbs. I'd like to get down to 160 lbs.
Is my diet healthy. NO. I have been eating double cheeseburgers and fries a few times a week.
I try to keep calories under 1000.
I also love potato chips. My doctor has a fit when he hears I have been eating all this bad food;
but I'm still walking four miles per day.
I complain that my weight loss is slow. I suppose if I gave up MCD, I would loose weight a lot faster.
Getting back to my knees: They hurt going down stairs, but not going up stairs.
Being old is no fun.

Maratom,

My aging knees improved greatly, and I attribute it to eating two small handfuls of walnuts daily.

In the past I have had two cortisone shoots in my right knee over a period of eight years. I haven't had any more shots for several years now. I do not use a cane, but I do not kneel at church, but just sit at the edge of my seat instead.

I am 79 now, and get a lot of health tips from articles and slide shows at Web MD. Great motivators! Right now the only medication I take is one baby aspirin before going to bed.
That site can be very helpful with regard to good eating.

Being five feet tall and weighing 107 pounds consistently helps me feel best.

The food market is where I can check my weight and blood pressure!

Here is the section about diet and fitness:

http://www.webmd.com/diet/default.htm

I'm younger than you but in the same boat. I got down to 270 easily but have been stuck there for several weeks. And my knees and feet hurt some, though less since I went to the local running store and got them to fit me for good shoes.

"Being old is no fun."

Being old is "fade-out" time. We need to have a sense of humor about it! (gentle reminder from the Lord that this is not our permanent home.)

we had our 45th high school reunion this weekend... i did not attend but have seen some pictures... i am amazed that some of our alumni have changed so little in that period of time ... i wish i were one of them i know my health would be much better if that were the case

I am 86. Yes my knees hurt sometimes and I have had a hip replacement. My wife and I still walk about three km daily. We live in beautiful surroundings in a gated community and that helps.

The best advice I got from the internet for losing some weight at my age:- "Go hungry'.

Eat lots of vegetables. They have few calories so you don't have to be as hungry. It took time, but I retrained my appetite for smaller meals. It keeps away the supper binge.

What about weight lifting? My uncle is 70 and still works out. Of course he started long ago. Lifting weights is great for health and fat loss.

My left knee hurts at night, mostly because it is cold. I wear a brace if it hurts to keep it warm and have found that doing some lunges makes it stop.

My left knee hurts because I tore it up in the jungles of Okinawa battling "Charlie."

Why was Charlie in Okinawa?

My knee hurts because I fell off a building and broke that leg when I was 14. I take a turmeric supplement now and it no longer aches at night. If I stop taking it, it starts hurting again. I just take a generic 500 mg capsule. I take two a day most of the time now because if one's good, two's better.

i was wondering the same thing was it because he got lost and was a long LONG way from home?

I once had a boss who described his naval service in the 1960’s as “keeping the Mediterranean safe from the Viet Cong.”

Any particular brand?

Turmeric - me too.
Sometimes only one per day, but if I use two, I spread them out, and generally do not take on an empty stomach.

My favorite was Wellness Daily Tru-Organic, but I can't find it anywhere now.
Now, I'm using ... NatureWise. It's moderately priced.

https://www.amazon.com/NatureWise-Curcu ... CVR06&th=1

No. I took Spring Valley at first and now take Nature's Bounty. Switched because it is made in the US and Spring Valley is of unknown provenance. I prefer US to unknown. Really any western democracy. It might be better to buy from Canada/Europe when buying supplements as the market is not tightly regulated here.

Hi older aching knees guys!

I'll be 50 later this year, but have an aching left knee or rather DID have one.
Tell you what helped -

marine collagen daily with krill oil. After about 3 weeks of using those it calmed right down. Prior to that it took a shot of cortisone to do the trick.

Hope this helps. Oh, and the brand doesn't matter.

Good luck gents!

It's also good for increasing bone density. I do weight-lifting twice a week, take walks in between days or hop on the elliptical. I'd prefer to swim at the downtown Y, but I'd have to share a lane with someone. I'm afraid I'd have a head collision.