OVER 60 AND CAN'T LOOSE A POUND!!!!!

I am not in your age group, but I did get a piece of advice from a nutritionist that told me if you eat something really hot or really cold then it helps a little with weight loss as well b/c your body has to adjust to keep your body temperature stable and as a result of it working you are burning calories...Hot tea or soup and ice in the water she said would make a huge difference...I don't know if it is true, but I am going to give it a try today.

The older we get, the more our metabolism slows down. Add in some strength training during the week to build some muscle tone. And you may need to eat more often/more calories. You can do this!!

Hi Ladies! I just found an interesting article about how aging affects metabolism. It's very interesting!

http://health.msn.com/fitness/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100119089

I'm in the same boat. I'm a little younger as well (52) and I've never really had a problem loosing weight before. In 2000 I managed to loose 40 lbs. It took about 6 months to loose it all and I did really well at maintaining until about 2 years ago. Menopause started to hit and I gained back 15 lbs before I thought I'd better getit under control again. So in January I started and I lost 5 lbs by June. Now I just keep gaining and loosing the same 2 lbs. I log all of my food and I exercise... I walk/run on the treadmill for 60 minutes every day except Tuesdays and Thursdays when I do zumba and pilates reformer. Both are great! zumba is super cardio and the reformer is great strength training.

I've heard that once menopause has finidhed doing it's thing, your body kind of gets back to 'normal' and the weight will start to come off again. So until then, I'll just keep on doing what I'm doing... at least I'm kind of maintaining.

I can relate and will share the stuff just what seems to help me. I. No lecture here just a few things that seem to be helping me. Note I have several injuries and not very good health. I started walking at a slow pace with some days for only 5 minutes. I have to drink the water so far I have made 8 glasses maybe 2 times in 20 days . Most days I drink 5 or 6. Water is a key component to this. Colas are my weakness and Friday I slipped and drank 2 cans 78 grams of sugar and the daily allowance is 25. If you cut down on sugar, as I understand it ,your body will use stored up. Fructose syrup is in everything. Portion size is very important. You have heard all this all before. It is one day at a time. Make little goals. You want to lose 50 by Thanksgiving break that down into small goals like let us try walking around a big box store for 30 minutes or drinking 3 bottles of water a day for a week. Stuff like that. You will find encouragement here and we know you can do it. My first week was to concentrate on walking since I had not done any in 1 and 1/2 years and very little in seven. When I walked 7 days in a row, I had a success. Mind games to encourage myself. It might help. I thought it would be better than feeling defeated by not making my goals. You can do this. People on here will encourage you. Let me say that I have had asthma all my life and when I have a spell, I might only walk to the mail box . I work up to a mile and have an attack and back to ground zero. Small goals are encouraging to me.

Did you ever find the Silver Slm Club or a group for Over 60's?