Anyone in or near 40's?

Hi, I'm 45 and I too find it harder to lose weight and keep my energy up. I finally decided that this year I will take better care of myself. I have cut down on sugar, and eat regular meals (no skipping breakfast!!) and already I feel so much better.

42 and in the best shape of my life. Started my actual lifestyle makeover as a quest to drop weight 6 months ahead of my 40th bday. Picked up running about 8 weeks before my 40th and fell in love. I now adore strength training and distance running. I'll never be a fitness model or fool anyone into thinking I'm in my 20s (heck, my 2 oldest boys are in their early 20s), but I feel great, love wearing fitted clothing, enjoy learning new things about fitness and just loving life!!

It may take more effort and more discipline, but you can achieve any reasonable fitness goal you set for yourself. Heck...I ran my first full marathon at age 42 in just over 4 hours. Not setting any land speed records, but reaching new milestones all the time.

You - CAN - DO- IT!!!

I am not new to MFP but have not been on in ages. I turned 40 this last year and feel worse than I have ever felt (and weigh more than I ever have) so I'm back on the bandwagon. I noticed as I neared 40, my body changed a lot and has stopped responding to exercising...it's true...it does get harder at 40!

So I'm looking for others who are in their late 30's or in their 40's to help encourage each other to keep on this!

I disagree, I turned 40 around 3 weeks ago, I'm now fitter than ever and I weight less than I ever had in my adult life, but would been a good idea to got into shape before turning the 40, I was worried I was not in shape for 40, so I did something about it, but body changed in my 30s, I put on weight easier, nothing was working, exercising less until I learnt how to calories, and then I didn't even have a home scale, I didnt know how much I weighed, all I knew I was big, round, needing to be comfortable in now x7 xl shirts, trouble sleeping, and terrible aching feet that had to hold my weight up everywhere.

I always do better with a goal. My current goal is based on a "biggest loser" contest that we're having at work. I'm not the biggest one in the contest but, I know that if I reach my goal, even if I don't win the contest I'll still be celebrating.

So I have a little over 2 weeks in here and I am 49. So doest that mean that when I turn 50 in October this year that you will defriend me?
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38, coming up on 39 here..... would love to be pals and encourage each other! I'm pretty active on here, committed to being in the best shape of my life by 40. Good luck to you!

I'm a first hand witness that you can lose weight effectively by adapting a healthy lifestyle of eating and exercise combined together with loyalty and persistence. And the way of eating which I'm talking about, is an approach to organic foods which include vegetables, fruits, and meat (lean chicken and deep cold water fish, and plenty of pure water before, and after meals, and after exercising). One important factor that plays a significant role in weight loss is to do a detox cleansing before starting a weight loss plan and adhere to it for a period of time . An important note, chicken and fish, vegies and fruits, whole grain breads are important. Avoid red meat.

After the cleansing, slowly incorporate red meat in small amounts. The digestive system does a harder time digesting red meat than chicken or fish. Above all, abstaining from foods made with white flour, sweets, sweet drinks, sweet breads and lowering your intake of sodium is important for an effective weight loss. One reason why older people have a problem losing weight is because of a dirty and toxic colon which discourages the body to respond to weight loss. For a successful and effective weight loss a cleanse is important (do a cleansing 4 times a year to maintain a clean colon).

I am 39 going on 40 and my mother is going on 64. I was 215, lost 6 lbs. and now 209 an my mother was 292, lost 13 lbs. and now she is at 279. And we're still losing. My mother's problem was fluid retention. Exercise benefits little if you expect results with bad habits. Both of us are walking together, exercising, eating at our hours (very important), drinking water is a catalyst in weight loss, and sleeping early. We give our digestive system a rest for the night not wanting to deplete the pancreas of it's insulin from over working itself because of late night eating. We didn't expect some miracle overnight but after five days we have seen satisfactory results. However, exercise is a big plus because of what it can do and it does work wonders, but there're other things that must be contributed in order to achieve your desired goal. All it takes is a willingness, desire, and commitment with a tenacious, determination, and persistence attitude. So avoid all the negative comments that dampen and discourage your desire and motivation to reach your weight loss goal and just do it and don't listen to the words of others that will only cause more harm than good and it will make MFP look useless instead of a help tool. Being optimistic and positive really affects the choices you make. May you have a prosperous and happy journey on your weight loss goals and make yourself and everybody proud on my fitness pal.

Yup.....

I'll agree with Fatdoob that I don't think it's hardER...but it certainly ain't easy to change from inactivity and poor eating habits to movement and eating well. I'm 43..lost 21 so far...another 93 to go :laugh:

I'm on here just about everyday...add me if you wish.

SW: 264
CW: 243
GW: 150 (*or* 160-170 if it's muscular/toned...I'll revisit this when I get a lot closer to goal...)

Thats the nice thing about the MFP Bandwagon.....LOTS OF PEOPLE PULLING IT :bigsmile: I turn 50 in October and I WILL have 70 lbs gone as my birthday present to myself, another 30 lbs gone as my New Years 2015 present to myself, and another 50 lbs gone as my Summer 2015 present to myself!!!