Anyone in or near 40's?

Turning 47 in a few days! I never had trouble with my weight until my hysterectomy and have gained some weight each year. I also discovered I suffer from pernicious anemia (B12 shots every month for rest of life). It has been a struggle to gain balance of my body again. I feel better when I move and eat home cooked/grown meals. Stick with it

ME!! 45 years old, you can add me if you would like. I know what you mean about the struggle. Some days are easy, but it's the weekends that are really hard! I do enjoy working out though. I love Focus T25!!!

Hi, l’m 44 and from the UK. I agree as we get older it does get harder to stay fit. However with age comes wisdom and determination. Unlike the younger generation l go into the gym, focus on my workout then leave. Not sit around chatting on my phone between sets, or playing with the weights and scoping the ladies or myself in the mirror. OK maybe once or twice!!! lol

I feel fitter now than l was in my twenties, currently following Kris Gethins 12 week daily programme, thanks to Bodybuilding.com.

Feel free to add me, although l do come with a flirt warning.

Good luck in your quest, remember lasting results take time, there are no quick fixes, it took you ages to put the weight on, and just as long to get it off.

I'm 42, anyone is welcome to add me, always looking to give and receive support!

The age factor is a myth in my book and I'm speaking to you from experience. Growing up I was very athletic, but once I got married and the kids came into the picture it became very easy to pack on the weight. I hit my heaviest of 168 at the age of 36-37 long after I should have taken pregnancy weight off. I was 5'3" weighing 168 pounds in a size 12. I was miserable. Hated shopping for clothes, hated looking int he closet for what to wear. I worked out here and there, but wasn't consistent with it and hated lifting weights. I was done though with feeling miserable with myself and I didn't want to set this example for my daughter and my son. I got back into the gym, started taking spinning classes which I loved, started running and trained for a 5k. Things were happening, but I know that I would have to get some help so I did. I started working with a personal trainer former bodybuilder who provided training out of her home. I teach and have summers off, but spent that entire summer getting up at 4:30AM to be at her place by 5AM to get in our 3x's a week workouts on the other two days I would get on the treadmill and run between 1-2 miles, sometimes 3 miles. She gave me a diet to follow, I wasn't totally compliant with it, but I started to see the weight come off and my body change. Her workouts were brutal. Strength training via weights, conditioning, metabolic training, plyometrics, TRX, flipping tires, you name it, we did it. As brutal as the workouts were, they were AMAZING. It felt so good to get through them, I learned to love the workouts. I looked forward to every session because I had no idea what she had in store for me. I took off 15 pounds working with her for 12-15 weeks. After working with her I went on to work with her trainer at his semi-Crossfit gym and worked with him for another 3 months. Not sure what I took off working with him, but we continued to focus on strength and conditioning. After working with him I hired an online bodybuilding coach for help with my diet. John Gorman of TeamGorman.com put together a diet for me and OMG did the weight come off. 6 meals a day of CLEAN eating and workouts. I reached my goal of 135 and went from a size 12 to a size 8. I worked with John for 12 weeks. That was over 2 years ago. I am now 39 years old and go between 135-139 and am in a size 4-6. I will be 40 in April and feel better than ever. I am not on a set diet, I pretty much eat what I want, but in moderation. I continue to workout, not as consistent as I was when I was trying to lose the weight, but I do make the gym a priority. I love lifting weights and really do believe that it's the only way to change the shape of your body. I am really happy with what I see in the mirror these days with or without clothes on which is a huge deal for me because I was so ashamed of how I looked for a while there. My goals are different these days, I do not want to lose anymore weight, I want to add muscle and continue to tighten up my body.

So with all of that said, age really has nothing to do with it. It is how we approach it and how bad we want it. I talked about it for a while and didn't do anything about it. The gym makes me happy, I love feeling strong. Love that my kids take notice and are proud of what I have done. My daughter is 10 and my son is 12 and I always tell them, it's not about being skinny, it's about being strong and healthy. My son works out with me at times and my daughter is dying to be able to come along. I am working on creating a healthy mind set for them so they don't struggle the way I did with weight. So! Get to it and just do it!!! Envision that goal, see yourself there and just keep at it. I swear if I was able to do it, ANYONE CAN!!!! Good luck and feel free to add me. We can all use a push here and there!!!! All the best of luck to you!!!!!!

Im almost near lol, ( about to turn 35.)
Ive got to say I really dont buy the myth that age slows you down. One of my greatest mentors and inspirations is a 53 years young group instructor\nurse who can work me like you would not believe!!!! She completed the though mudder in Copper CO with her 24 year old daughter a year ago. does a crazy 3 day mountain bike marathon yearly...the list goes on.

The only thing slowing you down is your mind set. change your mind change your life!!!

I will be 40 in February. I'm within 20 lbs of my original goal, and already in the best shape of my life, by far, Though I'm not at my lowest weight, I'm at my smallest ever size thanks to a good combination of cardio and strength. I want to get into heavy lifting soon. It can be done! Would love to add you as a friend!

Just turned 44 a few weeks ago and feel like in 24. : ) At 41 and already on high blood cholesterol meds my doctor told me that I would soon be Type II Diabetic if I didnt start losing weight and eating healthy. 13 months later I had lost 83 lbs and havent looked back since. : )

I'm 45 and in better shape than I was in my 20s. I haven't found it harder to lose weight but I do find that my body hurts more. Sending you a friend request.

38 here. I want to go into my 40s fit and strong!

I turn 40 in October. Feel free to add me.

I am 46!! Age is just a number.... ready to whip this body back into shape! Tired of being tired.

45 and never felt better. However, it doesn't get any easier! My determination just get stronger.

I am 42, and strive hard to burn over 1000 calories a day.
anyone can add me

As I'm getting older I am finding that the only real difference is that I ache a bit more and I am finding I need to give myself a bit longer to recover - my solution is to diversify. I've got fit before by running, now I am aiming for Triathlon. This means i end up exercising 3 separate sets of muscles .There is a lot of research (there are plenty of references in "The Triathlons Training Bible") which shows the physiological differences though aging. Our MHR drops quite a bit for example but total level of fitness capacity doesn't drop off that much. We can still get very fit. I watched a programme last year about a 55 year old reporter who joined the SAS training scheme (they are the elite UK Commandos). He kicked *kitten* and made it though when a lot of the younger guys couldn't. Also there are some very useful aspects of getting older. We usually have experience which tells us we are not invincible, we can (on average) use this experience to regulate what we do - we know stretching is good and important, we know that going full pelt all the time is not going to give long term results, we can read our bodies well, we understand the usefulness of structure. I am in no way saying younger people can't do this but it seems that wisdom is engrained with age. I know Joe Friel (World class tri coach) has said on numerous occasions that if only he could put the wisdom of a 40+ athlete into a reasonably competent 18 year old and he would have a record breaker.


OP and anyone else, please feel free to add me if you are serious about increasing your fitness and are willing to drop the odd supportive comment :-)