Weight loss in your 30's
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I feel like its actually a lot easier. I think that maybe stress, lack of options, and lack of time made it harder for me shed pounds when I was in college / early 20s. My late 20s and early 30s have been great for fitness.0
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I am 30 and I have never had a point in my life where weight would just drop off. I was chubby as a kid & teen, and I had a short period of time when I was 19 that I was pretty slim, but after that it's just been steadily gaining. I tried several times throughout my 20's to eat right & exercise, but ultimately failed to lose weight. I've kept up my workouts for a few years but always struggle with food.
I'm jealous of people who had a point in their life when they could eat whatever they wanted and not gain, because I never had that.0 -
that's the issue for peoplemichellemybelll wrote: »nah i think it's an excuse people tell themselves as they get older. put in the work, and you'll get the results. patience.
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Jankatherton wrote: »Ugggg I can see now after reading these comments that I just need to suck it up . I just don't feel like I'm overeating so it's sooo hard to make any cuts
I think people might be being the tiniest bit harsh. I really haven't noticed much of a difference between now and my twenties, but we all have our own annoyances.
For you, your age is an issue. For me, I've been majorly slowed down by having moved from a tropical climate to one where that stupid frozen stuff keeps falling from the sky. I'm sure there are plenty of people on MFP who would say "suck it up, snowshoeing rules, go have a snowball fight, but just having taken away the surfing is throwing me off, to say nothing of the five hundred other warm season activities I miss.
If age is a real stumbling block for you, then that sucks, even if your only real option is to "suck it up."0 -
FoCoAlphaNerd wrote: »Jankatherton wrote: »Ugggg I can see now after reading these comments that I just need to suck it up . I just don't feel like I'm overeating so it's sooo hard to make any cuts
I think people might be being the tiniest bit harsh. I really haven't noticed much of a difference between now and my twenties, but we all have our own annoyances.
For you, your age is an issue. For me, I've been majorly slowed down by having moved from a tropical climate to one where that stupid frozen stuff keeps falling from the sky. I'm sure there are plenty of people on MFP who would say "suck it up, snowshoeing rules, go have a snowball fight, but just having taken away the surfing is throwing me off, to say nothing of the five hundred other warm season activities I miss.
If age is a real stumbling block for you, then that sucks, even if your only real option is to "suck it up."
I don't view it as harsh at all. It's better to feel in control of your weight than to think that you have zero control over it because of age. Also, as someone who just exited my 30's, it's hard for me to take it seriously when someone says that being over 30 makes it so hard to lose weight when I didn't find that to be the case once I set my mind to actually doing it right.0 -
It's always harder the older you get! I could eat whatever I wanted at 18 and not gain a pound.
Now at 24, I have to count and monitor every little calorie to get those last 15 lbs off and it is a painfully slow process.0 -
I haven't noticed. I lost 30 pounds when I was 27 and it was pretty easy. I've lost almost 20 pounds so far and I'm 30 and it's still pretty easy (as long as I don't over eat and drink too much beer). I'm shooting for another 25 and I'm quite certian I'll be able to get there by the end of summer
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I think age is an excuse. I dont find it any harder now than it was then, do the work watch what you eat? and DONE! Actually, easier sometimes b/c I have more resources to purchase quality foods in lieu of being a college student and living off Ramen....0
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I'm one of the ones it's always been hard for......I started counting calories when I was 11. In my 20's I can honestly say that the years that I was slim, I ate a lot less. Yes, I would go out for pizza or burgers, probably a lot more often than I do now, but the rest of the time I would eat an apple for lunch or a plain 1/2 turkey sandwich. Maybe it's our appetites that change..... I'm getting much closer to finding a happy balance now (that's the plus that maturity brings!).0
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randomworldgirl wrote: »I'm finding it easier to lose in my 30s, but I attribute some of that success to having better tools and knowledge than I did in my 20s.
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holly55555 wrote: »It's always harder the older you get! I could eat whatever I wanted at 18 and not gain a pound.
Now at 24, I have to count and monitor every little calorie to get those last 15 lbs off and it is a painfully slow process.
24? really sounds like you're making excuses for this. 24 is young.
when i was 24, there was no myfitnesspal to make it extremely easy.0 -
kristen6350 wrote: »I never tired in my 20's. Didn't need to. I didn't even notice my weight going up until 32.
Seriously, I don't find it THAT hard even now. Maybe I'm strange.
Same here. Must be a cat thing
This is actually my first time dieting - I couldn't be bothered to before and besides, I love cheesecake. But, yeah, I'm actually kind of amazed by how the weight has just melted off so far.
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I personally don't find it any harder now at 37 than it was in my 20's, actually for me it's easier to find the time to go to the gym. We eat out a lot less now than we did when I was in my 20's as well. Yes it takes work, yes for some it's harder than for others in general. However even if I was giving scientific proof that it's harder to lose now that I am 37 I would disregard it. It gives us an excuse to give up and is mentally self defeating. I am not going to buy into it. I can do this, I will do this. Any other mentality is not something I am willing to entertain.0
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Those of you saying that it's no more difficult in your 30's, were you quite overweight? According to my BMI I am not overweight now nor was I ever in my 20's. Just finding it more difficult to stay at the lowere end of healthy Bmi in my 30's. Maybe we just aren't meant to be as thin in our 30's? Or could we be putting on muscle mass?
To give you an idea the first 3 photos are of me in my 20's and the next 3 are me now
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Jankatherton wrote: »Oops that didn't post correctly. These are me in my 20's
Look the same!0 -
Jankatherton wrote: »Oops that didn't post correctly. These are me in my 20's
Look the same!
Nope, I'm 20 pounds heavier
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All I know is that I've just hit the weight I was when I was an active teen, but I doubt I'll ever have that waistline again. I'm still 3 inches away from that, despite being the same weight I was then. I keep thinking my organs are bigger now, if that isn't totally absurd.0
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Jankatherton wrote: »Jankatherton wrote: »Oops that didn't post correctly. These are me in my 20's
Look the same!
Nope, I'm 20 pounds heavier
Can't tell!0 -
Jankatherton wrote: »Jankatherton wrote: »Oops that didn't post correctly. These are me in my 20's
Look the same!
Nope, I'm 20 pounds heavier
Can't tell!
I don't know what is happening then ! Lol
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Jankatherton wrote: »Jankatherton wrote: »Jankatherton wrote: »Oops that didn't post correctly. These are me in my 20's
Look the same!
Nope, I'm 20 pounds heavier
Can't tell!
I don't know what is happening then ! Lol
Me either! It's your body lol0 -
Jankatherton wrote: »Those of you saying that it's no more difficult in your 30's, were you quite overweight? According to my BMI I am not overweight now nor was I ever in my 20's. Just finding it more difficult to stay at the lowere end of healthy Bmi in my 30's. Maybe we just aren't meant to be as thin in our 30's? Or could we be putting on muscle mass?
nope, I've never been overweight a day in my life according to bmi. I got within 5 pounds of overweight in my 30's and then stopped making excuses. I currently weigh 103 pounds which is around what I weighed in high school and then slowly gained in my 20's and 30's. I just found mfp in my late 30's, stopped making excuses and it was super easy to lose the weight.
You are not putting on muscle mass unless you are putting a lot of effort into doing that. Muscle mass doesn't just appear out of thin air.0 -
dontjinxit wrote: »All I know is that I've just hit the weight I was when I was an active teen, but I doubt I'll ever have that waistline again. I'm still 3 inches away from that, despite being the same weight I was then. I keep thinking my organs are bigger now, if that isn't totally absurd.
Bwahaha this is how I feel. Once upon a time I had a vaguely hourglass figure. Now I'm a total block, despite being in the best shape and close to the lowest sustained still-healthy weight of my life. I look down and I'm like, "I guess my lungs got bigger? Go team?"
ETA: I've never found weight loss particularly "difficult" or "easy." Once I decide I need to lose weight, it's simply a matter of sticking to a calorie deficit. Historically, I have been pretty good at that; turns out I still am. I think in high school I edged up into an overweight BMI, but only barely. It's all been bouncing around in the normal range or occasionally skating below (hence the reference to sustained *healthy* weight. I do not look good when I am underweight and do not wish to return there.)0 -
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I jumped into this thread late, but I find it odd that you think this makes that much of a difference. It's not like aging works differently if you're "quite overweight."Jankatherton wrote: »Those of you saying that it's no more difficult in your 30's, were you quite overweight? According to my BMI I am not overweight now nor was I ever in my 20's. Just finding it more difficult to stay at the lowere end of healthy Bmi in my 30's. Maybe we just aren't meant to be as thin in our 30's? Or could we be putting on muscle mass?
I would fall under the "quite overweight" category because I have a lot to lose. But - wouldn't that make it even harder if I've spent almost all of my life fat?
In any case, fwiw, I was put on my first diet at 7, and other than a short period of time at 4 years old, I've always been overweight/obese and I would gain weight year after year. My dad - God rest his soul - would say that it would be harder to lose weight as I got older - he said that to motivate me to diet when I was a kid. Needless to say, it didn't work.
I am now 33 years old and using my MFP tracker, I have lost more weight and a greater percentage of weight than I ever had with every single diet, exercise program, "new way of eating," or "lifestyle change" I have ever tried - ever.
Maybe I can see age being a significant factor in at a more advanced age - maybe - when you have lost a great deal of muscle mass, but in your 30s? I don't think 30 is really that old.
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40's = definitely harder.0
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marinabreeze wrote: »[
I jumped into this thread late, but I find it odd that you think this makes that much of a difference. It's not like aging works differently if you're "quite overweight."Jankatherton wrote: »Those of you saying that it's no more difficult in your 30's, were you quite overweight? According to my BMI I am not overweight now nor was I ever in my 20's. Just finding it more difficult to stay at the lowere end of healthy Bmi in my 30's. Maybe we just aren't meant to be as thin in our 30's? Or could we be putting on muscle mass?
I would fall under the "quite overweight" category because I have a lot to lose. But - wouldn't that make it even harder if I've spent almost all of my life fat?
In any case, fwiw, I was put on my first diet at 7, and other than a short period of time at 4 years old, I've always been overweight/obese and I would gain weight year after year. My dad - God rest his soul - would say that it would be harder to lose weight as I got older - he said that to motivate me to diet when I was a kid. Needless to say, it didn't work.
I am now 33 years old and using my MFP tracker, I have lost more weight and a greater percentage of weight than I ever had with every single diet, exercise program, "new way of eating," or "lifestyle change" I have ever tried - ever.
Maybe I can see age being a significant factor in at a more advanced age - maybe - when you have lost a great deal of muscle mass, but in your 30s? I don't think 30 is really that old.
The reason I thought it would make more of a difference if someone is more overweight is because the last 10-15 pounds are known as being more difficult to lose..
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I have found it easier this go through. I lost 80 lbs when I was 25 and it was pretty hard work (then again I was eating raw vegan and felt like I was starving to death). I've lost 62 lbs in the last few months at 31 and it's melting off.0
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This is what gave me my big push to lose weight. I'm 28 and i think it only gets harder! But you can definitely do it, it just takes time.0
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If you think it is hard in the 30s, wait until the 50s! LOL
I do think it is harder to lose and maintain weight loss the older we get.....unless we truly modify the amount we eat. I lost weight much more easily in my 40s than now trying to "re-lose" it in my 50s.
I hear ya -- Thank goodness I’m only 61…
Photo success page - http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10080664/lost-191-lbs-photos-success-after-999-failures/p1
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