Hi!! Losing weight is SO HARD when you are over 40!!!

you are right about being over 60 the harder it is, but just think of all the experience you have!!!good luck on your weight Journey--just starting mine.

I new to this group ( second day) and I went over my calories already at a family bbq. I'm 60 + and need to lose weight for health reasons.

If one more doctor says how difficult it is to lose weight after 40 - yikes! I am 47 and have been losing slowly and steadily since turning 41. This past week I really cut my carbs - some days by more than 1/2. I have lost a pound and I know inches (because my clothes are way looser). I have my official weight and measure on monday but I'm feeling great. Lunch all week was a turkey and cheese wrap using romain lettuce leaf instead of a tortilla. It was actually pretty good too. Eggs for lunch and a healthy dinner. It's been a good week for me.

I too am losing slowly and steady by doing low / no carbs .. it just seems to work better for me

Its funny that I've ran across 2 other people that are looking to meet their fitness/weight loss goals by July 4th 2011 just like me! I am very motivated now that I see that others are fighting daily to reach the same completion goal date!

Hi - my name is Jill and I started my fitness journey in October. I'm 36 and decided that this was my year to get in shape! I lost my mom last march and she had many health problems due to obesity - I want to be healthy and around for my kids in the years to come. So far I have lost about 35 lbs…but it has been a slow battle. I exercise whenever I can which includes Zumba, biking, and jogging - and recently had been at a plateau I just could not get past! Then I found this website and it has helped me to start losing weight again. Feel free to add me - would love to hear what everyone else experience has been! I love this website - it really holds me accountable for what I eat and helps encourage me in my exercise…and of course, it always helps when you see that scale going down!

Keep experimenting until you find foods and activities that work for YOU. All I've ever needed to do for exercise in the past 3 years is walk, and I've gone from 215 down to 119 pounds. I walk a LOT - it works well for my lifestyle because I have dogs, love to hike, and need the long, slow, destressing activity of this nature. I do arm and ab exercises while walking. It's worked wonders on my body. I'm toned from head to toe and haven't needed anything else.

As for foods, I've completely changed what I eat. Fast food rarely happens now and I don't miss it a bit. I've cut way back on saturated fats, added healthy fats, and vastly increased the fruit and vegetable content of my diet. I eat very simple foods most of the time and am perfectly happy with them. If I go out to a restaurant with family or coworkers I can eat whatever I want and not worry about it because it's only once in awhile - and usually I want something healthy anyway, lol.

Some people enjoy going to the gym or working out to videos. That's great if you do. I can't stand it!!!! So if you find you don't enjoy those things keep searching until you find what you really like to do. In my experience the main difference for those of us who are older is that we usually have to work a bit harder at it than our younger selves did. But we also usually have more inner strength and know by now that it can take a lot of work to get where we want to be, but we can do it.