Joan MacDonald a 73-year-old from Ontario, Canada, had hit 198 lbs and reached a size 22 after turning to food during a difficult time in her marriage.
The grandmother is showing off her shredded bod after losing 55 pounds, which she managed to do by tracking her workouts using her iPhone — according to Daily Mail.
Like most people, it took a simple struggle to jolt her into her new habits. After struggling to walk up the stairs after a knee surgery — enough was enough.
In January 2017, MacDonald kicked off her new healthy habit at the gym four times a week, doing cardio, and radicalized her diet by focusing on whole foods like vegetables and meat instead of the sweets and high-calorie bagels she used to regularly eat.
MacDonald told Daily Mail, “I was on a meal plan set up by [daughter] Michelle with ‘X’ number of calories; primarily protein, carbs and good fats, and as the weight and inches came down my intake of food went up.”
Naturally, people started to notice — including her husband, Joan noted, “My husband started remarking about how good I looked, and my family was so proud of my efforts.” In a year’s time she had dropped 55 lbs and a dress size.
“This fitness journey will undoubtedly improve my quality of life as I move deeper into old age. I’m very grateful for that,” she said.
Daily Mail reports, getting compliments from others – including much younger men – was not the biggest victory in MacDonald’s weight loss journey. She was able to get off of all her medications, which she used to take for high blood pressure, high cholesterol and acid reflux, among other conditions.
Watch and follow her journey on her Instagram account Train With Joan.
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