The never ending battle

kokoxo
kokoxo Posts: 10 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Why is so hard to lose the weight after 30

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  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,149 Member
    It still all comes down to CICO.
  • stephinator92
    stephinator92 Posts: 162 Member
    I'm 23 and it's hard to lose weight... I've been struggling since I was a little girl. Mind over matter
  • IsaackGMOON
    IsaackGMOON Posts: 3,358 Member
    If you find it hard; it's probably because you're not accurate with your calorie counting?
  • bpetrosky
    bpetrosky Posts: 3,911 Member
    As we age, metabolism slows down (all other things being equal). So you have to eat less to maintain the same weight.
  • blankiefinder
    blankiefinder Posts: 3,599 Member
    edited June 2015
    Also, choosing too many of the wrong foods will make losing weight very difficult as you will either be hungry, or going over your calories.

    Make smart food choices, use a food scale, and eat in a deficit, and you will lose the weight. I'm 44, and weigh less than when I was in my early 20's.
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    I'm 33 and I honestly haven't had many problems. I'm losing slower than I should, but I'm still losing.
  • Jmgkamp
    Jmgkamp Posts: 278 Member
    I'm 42 and I've lost 43 pounds. And I'm a short woman! CICO hasn't failed me and I haven't found it difficult, other than around TOM when I am the hangriest B you'll ever see.
  • senecarr
    senecarr Posts: 5,377 Member
    It's because you don't know CICO. You see, knowing is half the battle, GI JOEEEEEEEE.
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 26,069 Member
    I'm 48, right in the middle of perimenopause ... and I just lost 15 kg in 16 weeks. I just simply ate fewer calories than I burned for 16 weeks.

    In addition to that, I was about the thinnest and in best shape of my life from about my late 20s to my late 30s. But for that decade (late 20s to late 30s), I cycled a lot, and walked, and participated in winter sports, and lifted weights and took yoga and spinning classes. I was ACTIVE! It has only been the last 6 or 8 years that my fitness level has dropped a bit, and because of that, I've ended up here. Fortunately my fitness level is increasing again.

    There is no reason why it should be more difficult to lose weight after 30 ... trust CICO! :)
  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 10,436 Member
    I'm 41 and I have no problems losing weight. Hey, as I'm trying to maintain I'm still losing weight slightly. Get a good set of muscles as they burn more energy and eat at a deficite.
  • BWBTrish
    BWBTrish Posts: 2,817 Member
    Almost 50 and lost 94 pounds, and not finding it hard at all.
  • hobbeskastiel
    hobbeskastiel Posts: 221 Member
    I'm going to take a different route here and say it's because the bad habits have been ingrained for so long that it seems even harder to break them the older you are. For me I'm fine as long as I keep to relatively healthy eating habits, but once I break it for a whole day it takes me several days to behave myself again. CICO does work, but actually doing it is a habit that you have to form and stick to.
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    edited June 2015
    bpetrosky wrote: »
    As we age, metabolism slows down (all other things being equal). So you have to eat less to maintain the same weight.

    I really don't think losing 100 calories every decade, all things being equal, is that big a deal if I'm honest.

    Particularly when that loss is mainly based on being less active / having less muscle .. the solution is pretty clear to me .. lift heavy stuff and put it down again
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