Over 40 - easier to put on and harder to shift!

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  • DMRinehardt
    DMRinehardt Posts: 34
    I started gaining weight about age 48. I am currently 52.

    It's more than just age. It is being female - sorry guys, it DOES make a difference - and soon, for you, peri-menopausal. Your body simply doesn't burn the calories like it used to!

    It will take time, but you can figure out what works for you. Good Luck!
  • pinkshoe23
    pinkshoe23 Posts: 4
    Me, too! I'm 40, early in the cycle of weight related health issues, and struggling to get the motivation to get going. I've got about 50 pounds extra, too. The weight gathers when you don't pay attention, then its work to take off.

    I am adding a few of the people who have posts I can relate to. Feel free to add me, too!
  • Calliope610
    Calliope610 Posts: 3,783 Member
    per http://www.bmi-calculator.net/bmr-calculator/

    BMR for a 25yo female 5'4" weighing 140# - 1447.3
    40yo female 5'4" weighing 140# - 1376.8
    50yo female 5'4" weighing 140# - 1329.8

    So the difference between in metabolic rates for a 25yo woman and a 40yo woman is 70.5 calories/day. That's less than 6 calories per waking hour. Metabolic rates for the same woman at age 25 and 50 is only 117.5, or 10 calories per waking hour.

    If the metabolic rate has not changed significantly as a woman ages, what causes that weight gain? Again, I say it is lifestyle choices, not biology or age.
  • judeveg
    judeveg Posts: 22 Member
    I have always been very overweight but I am a long term yo yo er and it used to be sooooooooo much easier to lose weight 10 years ago... that could be age or yo yo ing.
  • AlyPally1
    AlyPally1 Posts: 2 Member
    I've just had my 49th Birthday and I am determined not to be fat and 50 next year so, I started the 5;2 diet which has gone well but my weight has stalled and I have had no loss for two weeks and getting a bit frustrated. I signed up here after a friend recommended it. My meal plan is public so feel free to have a look and give advice. I have another 15-20 Lb to lose and my failing is sugar :(
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  • trm68
    trm68 Posts: 55 Member
    At 68, I can eat all I want to, and nothing changes, even with exercise of at least 30 to 50 minutes 3 times a week. I guess I could lose 10 lbs of tummy flubber, but hey, if it comes off fine, if it does not, fine. I only weigh 180 lbs at 5'9'', so what the heck. When I got home from Nam, I weighed 140 lbs, so 40 lbs gain to me is not much, but I know it is to a lot of folks.

    MY wife exercises herself to death, really, and counts carbs, and so on to the letter on MFP and not much change and I do not understand that. How someone can work so hard for loss of maybe one or two lbs a week is frustrating to me. Yes she hates me because I can eat a ton of food and really no weight gain.

    For 10,000 dollars I will give you my DNA code/metabolism code. My BP runs 120/80 to a low of 117/77 when I really walk the 3 mile power walks on youtube( Leslie Sansone walks) . I eat peanut butter alot, but dont list it on MFP, what the heck. I tried some of the Tae Bo stuff, but at my own pace, some of that is hard to me, but I do some of it, but with less reps.

    I know many in here struggle with weight loss, mercy it must be tough. I think it must be one of those you gotta keep , keeping on...........like in the Navy Seals in training, Don't ring the bell, or your out of the Seals for good,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,so,,,,DON'T RING THE BELL.!!!!!!!!!!!!!! one more push up, leg kick, one more bench press, or squats for the 50th time, don't ring the Bell.
  • SnuggleSmacks
    SnuggleSmacks Posts: 3,731 Member
    I turned 41 a few months ago, and I did not notice any significant change in metabolism when I turned 40 or 41. I did notice a slow and gradual decrease in metabolism over the past 20 years, but it wasn't major...I probably burn 100-200 fewer calories per day at the same activity level than I did 20 years ago. Enough to make a difference in the long term, but not a huge difference on a daily basis. Also, I find it more difficult to achieve the same activity level that felt natural 20 years ago, but I feel that has less to do with age than with habit...going to school fulltime while working fulltime for the past few years has left little time for fitness.
  • DazzlingJ
    DazzlingJ Posts: 1
    I am reading Gottfriend now. It's amazing information! I have already tried the Progesterone cream and gotten huge results. Where can you get a saliva test done?
    Thanks
    Jenny

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