Any 40 something people out there??

Fundimentally you can't honestly expect different results doing the same thing. From what I've read to you have a large breakfast and then starve your body through out the day. You need to get your body to work with you and not against. Start your day with a glass of water to hydrate. Its very common for people to eat when in truth your body is just thirsty. Then have a soft boiled egg and toast. Its simple and small and should keep you going until you have a snack later in the day. Training your body that food is available will help will help it not want to store it. P.S. the trick to a perect soft boiled egg is get about an inch of water in a pot boiling first. You cooking the egg in the steam more than the water. Put the egg in and a lid on for 6 min and 45 seconds then immediately place it in cold water to stop the cooking. It should be a perfect soft boiled egg with i think is the tastiest way to have eggs.

Pompey66 wrote: »

I train hard been to spinning class 4 times this week and used cross trainer. Done over 10000 steps every day. Counted my calories and only lost 0.2 pounds this week. How come is my body holding on to the fat? Will it move eventually

You've only just started; it takes time to get the body going. Expect to lose some water weight the first couple weeks, then, if you're consistently burning more calories than you eat, you'll lose that fat. The key word here is "patience". You didn't gain that weight in a week, so don't expect to lose it in a week. Good luck!!!

Pompey66 wrote: »

I train hard been to spinning class 4 times this week and used cross trainer. Done over 10000 steps every day. Counted my calories and only lost 0.2 pounds this week. How come is my body holding on to the fat? Will it move eventually

If you aren't losing weight, you're eating too many calories. Period. There's no other way around it. You can't exercise away the weight if your calories are too high. Buy a digital food scale and weigh all of your solid food.
And read the first post in this thread: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1235566-so-you-re-new-here

you can do it ! add me and we can motivate each other. I'm 48 and am doing it. It isn't easy but once you start dropping weight it becomes easier and very rewarding.

I'm 44 and am losing weight steadily. MFP had me at 1200 calories a day a I was losing but very slowly. I bumped it to 1400 calories do a variety of workouts weekly, walk daily and am losing more weight now. Plus I am not giving up all the foods I love, including beer.

47 here. Back on track now. Weight can be lost just stay motivated.

I'm 47 and lost the 40+ pounds I wanted to lose, but it did take a lot longer than I thought it would. I think as you get older, your body does want to hold onto more fat (at least that's what my doctor said). I can say losing the last 10 pounds (getting down to low teens in body fat) took WAY longer than I expected.

As others have said, losing weight is all about what and how much you eat. You should view exercise as something you do to stay healthy, not lose weight.

michelepiper940 wrote: »

Please don't use that excuse. I am in my 40s and lost 35 pounds.

This! I didn't try losing weight until a year and a half ago. I am 48 and down 173 pounds in that time.