ANY 40(ish) YEAR OLD WOMEN ON WEIGHT LOSS JOURNEY??

Hi. I am 41 and just lost 15#. I aimed for 1/2 a pound a week, as 15# isn't a lot and I wasn't overweight.
(sometimes people here lose weight at a completely normal rate and think it's slow. be patient. )

I ate 1400-1600 calories and exercise 2-3 times a week.

I am now lifting weights and hoping to lose 2-4% body fat.

(I am 5'6" and went from 148# to 133# after my hysterectomy last year)

Hi I'm 44 years old. I'm also 5'2". I've really been struggling with being able to lose weight since I turned 40. I tried what felt like everything. I joined MFP in January, lost 5 pounds the first week, gained 3 of them back over the rest of the month, and in February joined Anytime Fitness and signed on with a trainer. I'm losing weight consistently now, but it's taking a lot more work than it did even in my 30's. I work out 3 times a week for 30 minutes with my trainer (strength training), I'm just starting Week 4 of C25K, and I do other cardio (walk outside, treadmill or bike at gym) on 3 of the days that I don't do C25K. I do take one rest day where I typically just go for a light walk. I eat 1200-1500 calories a day, depending on my activity level and how hungry I am.

I am 43 and closing in on 60 pounds lost since September, pics in my profile if interested in before/afters. I lost the first 30 pounds fairly easily with little exercise, that was up to about the end of 2012. I was blindly following MFP calories and was in the 1200 range which was not satisfying and had me stalling, I switched to maintenance calories for a time then to TDEE less 20 percent and added lots of exercise including strength training. I upped my calories to 1600 to 1900 most days, I have lost about 13 pounds since January, which is slower then before but thanks to my exercise I am actually down about 2 full sizes in that time.

I have about 19-25 pounds I would like to lose and had hoped I would lose this in total by the end of the year, but not sure that will happen now. This is ok, for the most part I am very happy with my loss I am down from a tight 18 last summer to a comfy 10 and a few 8's as well. I also feel I am at a place where my eating habits are realistic and sustainable, and hopefully in a maintenance mode I can eat at or near the top of my current range, ideally 1800-2000 cals daily with some exercise.

It is my current plan to eat at a deficit through July 4th, then switch to maintenance slowly upping cals to give my body a rest from a 10 month pace of near constant deficit in some quantity. I will sort of allow myself to even gain back a few pounds, then hit it again at then end of summer, fully expecting it to take many months to get to my final goal, which in some ways I have yet to fully identify.

In the Beginning I was desperate to lose weight fast and that's what I set out to do and given my way I should have with good eating lost very quickly. After I Dropped those first 35 to 40 pounds I felt much more comfortable and was able to settle into a comfortable losing pace which continues today. While I still am very much focused on weight-loss I have come to a place where the number on the scale is not nearly as significant as it was in the beginning. I know continuing on this path is my only option and the weight even though it's coming off slowly is coming off.

42 this year and finding the same slow weight loss at lot of other 40's are finding. Being a shorty does not help too lol
I love MFP for the awareness it gives me of what I'm fueling my body with. (switched to fat free creamer so I can still drink
all my coffee) and have *sigh* given up my wine for the most part. I realized most of my calories were liquid form! Good luck ladies!

Hello
I'm 55, I've lost a total of 16lbs in total so far, but only came back to this site 2 pounds ago. I want to reduce around 50lbs in total, so I will see how things go. I am reducing my carb intake and living on good protient and vegetables. So far it's going good, as I spend a lot of time searching out new meal plans and experimenting with recipes. I can't believe I can eat so much food. But so far so good. Today I added excerise to my plan hoping to get to the next 10.

I'm 37 right now but I'm bound and determined to punch 40 in the throat. Get it ladies!

I'm 55 and on the same journey. Our metabolism is not like the young ladies on here so we have to things a little differently then them. It will be a slow journey but it can be done last year I list 18 lbs just by walking. I had to start eating breakfast too because I usually don't. I lost 2 lbs a week in 9 weeks. So we can do it we have to change a few habits.

Well, so this so slow for me. Short, and 3 kids to boot. Got on here when one my thirty (young) lost 33 pounds since January eating 1200 with 5 vegetables and 2 fruit servings a day. I did really strict and good the first four week. Then lost track the two weeks just because of stuff going on in my life. Back on here again. It's slow. I go between 30ds and c25k. I am also weight lifting in the arms, shoulder, chest, and some legs. I did lose 10.2 inches and my cholesterol went down by 25 points. Something is working just not the pounds. Proud of your weight loss and would trade you if I could.

Hi, I am 42, 5'4" - and I changed my views regarding fitness and weight loss about 1 year ago. I've lost about 26 lbs and hired a personal trainer. My blood pressure has returned to normal levels...thank goodness.
It is definitely harder to loose weight in this decade than in my 30s!!

Hello
So l've recommend this book before by Jackie Warner, "This is Why you are Fat" losing weight and keeping it off over 40. Honest I don't get any perk for recommend it but it's a good book for those of us in our 40s struggling to lose some and get fit.

Also I'd recommend real weight training in this decade for a variety of benefits.

I did loose about 10 and had some winter creep of about five pounds and working on that now. There are groups here for everybody....Good luck