Sometimes when we’re stuck, it takes a loved one’s guidance to help us take the first step toward reaching a goal.

It can be that way with fitness over 50, whether the loved one is a spouse, friend – or even an adult child.

Fitness has a way of bringing people closer together.

Take Sandy Bauer, 77, who admits that, until recently, she never cared for exercise. She wanted to lose weight, gain confidence, and feel better about her appearance, but nothing motivated her.

“The worse I looked and felt, I just sat around feeling stuck,” she says. “I couldn’t get out of it.”

But now, Sandy can’t stand to miss a workout. She’s hooked – losing pounds and feeling better than ever.

The difference? She took the advice of her daughter, Kim Chiodo, 52, and started working out with Kim’s trainer at a gym.

“It’s taken me a lot to get started,” Sandy says. “But now that I’m doing it and feeling better, I really enjoy it. I like the way it’s helping me, so it makes me want to keep going.”

Working out with other people is an excellent route to fitness that millions of older people have found. As Sandy learned, the social interaction provided by exercise is one of its most essential elements for older people.

And exercising with family members is a great way to share common interests, encourage each other, and establish positive habits without feeling nervous about stepping into a gym or studio for the first time.

Sandy recently moved to Kim’s city, and that helped, Kim said.

“I knew her potential, but I could see her aging in a way that I knew she didn’t have to,” said Kim, 52. “She was exhausted, down, and frustrated by her limitations, and I knew she was capable of more.”

Sandy has been enjoying lifting weights for the first time in her life for more than four months now. And she has learned the vital importance of strength training for older people. It staves off muscle loss, known as sarcopenia, and improves bone density, balance, sleep, and mood.

Sandy arrives at the gym smiling, happy to talk with everyone she sees because she’s so excited.

“I feel proud that I have done this,” says Sandy, a former dental assistant.

But no one is prouder than her daughter, a speech pathologist.

“I’m so happy that she has this newfound confidence in doing something that she never really explored,” Kim says. “She’s happier. It keeps her mind engaged. It’s elevated her mood. She feels better about herself.

“It gives me goosebumps and peace and happiness. It’s been a bonding thing between the two of us.”

The admiration is mutual between mother and daughter.

“Every time Kim puts something on, she looks so beautiful,” Sandy says. “That’s what I’m striving for. She looks so good, she feels good, and she’s strong. She’s my idol. I hope I can continue as she does.”

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Significant life changes often follow a moment of clarity that can be startling, liberating, or even painful.

For Gina Gross, 59, her epiphany came while she and her husband were taking a gym tour in their new community.

Gross was a recently retired nurse and had become obese over the years, weighing 340 pounds at 5 feet 10 inches tall.

“That was a very tough day,” she recalls, two years after the gym tour. “I felt like a failure. I’m too smart to have done this to myself, and I did it.”

Gina turned that heartache into determination. So far, she’s down about 100 pounds and determined to get below 200.

She says the demands of her ER job contributed to her weight gain. It made her final working years even more complicated, particularly her feet and knees. “Once you get to my size, with pain and arthritis, you don’t feel good working,” she says.

She has enrolled in a healthy eating course and stuck with her exercise routine. She even keeps building on it. She walks, takes water aerobics, and spends hours a day at the gym working out with weights. Her husband has joined her, and they’ve started hiking in the nearby hills.

“Now it’s a part of our lives,” she says. “I still have a long way to go, but I feel so good. I feel proud and like my whole life has changed.”

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There’s nothing quite as inspiring as a truly jaw-dropping before and after picture. I’m talking about a 50+ pound weight loss where they look like an entirely new person.

It’s striking how much younger people look when the extra fat comes off. An attractive, happy, energetic person was inside of them all along.

Many popular magazines showcase transformation success stories like this at the beginning of a new year. Flip through the pages of before and after photos and it’s hard not to feel inspired to make healthy changes in your own life.

It’s also interesting to read how each person managed to lose all the weight. What was their exercise routine? What diet plan did they follow? The truth is that there are many routines and plans that bring success.

The key is to choose your plan and stick with it.

Of course, this is where things get tricky, during the stick with it period. This is when life tempts you to lose your focus and get lazy. This is when even the best intentions don’t help you win.

Below I have compiled a list of Best Transformation Tips that came from the mouths of those who have actually done it. Every tip below is from a fat loss champion who lost 50+ pounds and some even half of their body weight.

• Fat loss is 80% mental and only 20% physical. Get your mind right if you want to succeed.
• Focus on non-scale victories like how your clothes fit, how you feel, and how much healthier you are.
• Fix what’s going on inside before you attempt to fix what’s going on outside. The mind is a powerful part of your transformation.
• Don’t stress as much on what you are eating, but instead on how much you are eating. Keep calories under control.
• Find a workout routine that you won’t be bored with, so that you’ll stick with it.
• Stick to your workout plan no matter how tired you’re feeling that day. Push your body through the motions even if you’re tired.
• Don’t be afraid to make healthy changes. You have nothing to lose and so much life to gain.
• Use a slow cooker to have healthy meals on hand to avoid unhealthy meals. Here is a recipe you can try.
• Use a fitness app to log your meals, workouts and water consumption. This helps to stay on track on those days when you aren’t feeling it.
• Try eating leafy vegetables and protein throughout the day to increase your energy. As a bonus this also increase the speed of your results.
• Find a plan and stick with it. Jumping from diet to diet never works in the long run.
• Get creative with your healthy eating by trying out new recipes. This helps prevent boredom from creeping in.
• Find an accountability partner who will keep you going strong when temptation hits.
• Make healthy changes gradually. If you ate a whole pizza yesterday then don’t swear off pizza completely. Just eat one slice today.
• Don’t give yourself the option of giving up. If you messed up then pick yourself back up and keep moving forward.
• Remember that the best part of getting into shape over 50 is no longer the six pack abs. It’s about improvements to your self-confidence and overall outlook on life.
• Be willing to ask for help. Seeking the help of a knowledgeable fitness professional or functional aging specialist to ensure that your efforts are safe, effective and successful.

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Carol’s Success Story