Harder to lose weight the second time around??

It shouldn't be harder. Losing weight is all about calories in vs. calories out. Start tracking food in your diary, log honestly and accurately. Start using a food scale so you can get good at eyeballing when you reach maintenance phase. Weigh everything solid (oatmeal, apples, meats). You have done this before and you can do this again. Best wishes!!

I feel the same. I gained 60 pounds when I had my son. I lost it, got down to 140. Now he's 11 and I'm up to 202. Seems impossible to do it again now that I'm 10 years older

You can always loose weight again! You just have to stay focused on your goals. It can be hard sometimes but consistency is key! Track everything and weigh your food and remember proper portion sizes! I follow the iifym system (if it fits your macros) good luck!

calyspencer wrote: »

Ladies add me as a friend. I am "new"- a re-start. I need to lose abt 60lbs. It is hard- believe me I've tried everything. But we can change our habits & we can do this! 2015 is my year to get to my goal!

You can add me

mentally it can be more difficult...but not physically.

When I lost all of my initial weight I was extremely dedicated to logging and was very consistent in hitting my goals. I purposely put on about 15 Lbs from Sept through the holidays for lifting purposes and I'm in a slow cut now...it is more difficult this time around for me largely because before I was losing weight and doing things largely for my health...this time it's just trying to get down to a certain BF% for aesthetics so there are definitely days where I'm like, "meh...beer me"...so I'm losing, but much slower and less consistently than I was during my first go around.

crystalberries426 wrote: »

I feel the same. I gained 60 pounds when I had my son. I lost it, got down to 140. Now he's 11 and I'm up to 202. Seems impossible to do it again now that I'm 10 years older

I definitely found it harder after each child - metabolism can change after a pregnancy, depending upon how active you were during it, as well weight loss being harder with each passing decade (apparently we need to eat 10% fewer calories each decade we age, and I certainly was eating more and not less!). Pre-kids, if I wanted to lose weight, I just walked a little more and lost it... still ate the same. After baby no. 1, I had to go to the gym and diet. After no. 2, it was even tougher - had to be super strict with diet and went to the gym lots. But I still lost 20kg. I then gained the lot back during a close family illness, and only now am I losing it, 8 years on. I think I got demoralised each time I tried because of the long time it took to actually see progress. I have now lost 6kg and that is very motivating, but it took over 2 weeks before I actually saw any progress at all. But it can be done, and I am proof of that, as are many millions of others. Running helps hugely... I used to mess about at the gym, but now run instead for half an hour, albeit slowly! Speeds things up no end.

Generally - as you age your metabolism does slow down. So if you're older than last time, you may have to go with fewer calories. I think building muscles and exercising is key - otherwise you really don't get to eat very much you get older.