My hubs and I got Fitbit Versas on Canada Day 2017. My mom and dad actually got us on to this. So we decided to try for 10,000 steps daily. Hard when we both had sedentary desk jobs! So we walked our dog about an hour each night after supper to get those steps. Then we decided to start using the app to track food. I resisted the weighing and measuring at first, but as I watched my hubbie start to lose weight doing it, I gave in and we never looked back! I absolutely love being able to see what I've eaten and also "earned" by activity in calories. I always say "I walk for snacks!". I find it super motivating. I used to look for parking spots near the door of a store; now I park far away to get more steps. At work I used to file patient charts in the filing cabinets at day end; now I get up and file each one as I'm done with it, for more movement! My husband lost about 60 pounds this way, over about 8 or 9 months. I lost 16 pounds over about maybe 5 months. We have easily kept it off and in fact we have both become leaner than ever in our lives. I am 54 and my hubs is 45 so age isn't a factor, anyone can do this! We found out how much and how poorly we were eating too. We eat lighter versions of what we used to eat. We "fall off the wagon" a few times a year- Christmas, Easter, Thanksgiving, and take a few days of eating whatever the heck we want with no measuring. We put on like 5 pounds! Then go back to our normal eating and it's gone in a couple of weeks. You can do this and won't want to go back to how you were before!
Theresa