In my 40's dieting 1300-1500 cal a day and can't hardly loose weight. Need to loose 70 lbs.

Are you logging accurately? Weighing everything you eat?
Being active really helps me drop pounds. I stopped walking during the winter and had to adjust my calories because of that. Now that I'm back at it I can eat more/lose faster!
I know the struggle though, I'm working on eating more "volume foods" like veggies to help me feel full.
Also you have to give it time!

ilndprncs wrote: »

Seems impossible and it's so discouraging when so hungry and hardly no result are achieved. Need support, accountability and friends !!!

I do not think you're logging accurately. At 1300-1500 cals/day, you will most assuredly be losing weight, unless you're about 5' tall or less.

A fitness tracker, a treadmill/bicycle/cardio implement of your choosing and a small kitchen scale will be your friends.

First, you need to be sure how accurately you're tracking what you eat. I'm an engineer, can estimate the weight of things just by looking at them, and you'd be surprised how many times I've weighed something only to go 'wow, never thought it was THAT much'. Unless you're eating prepackaged foods (and don't do that for everything you eat, you'll go nuts after awhile), you need a scale.

A tracker will let you be honest with how many calories you're actually burning. Not losing enough? If you've verified that you're eating right and nailed down an accurate caloric intake estimate, the next step is to make sure you're burning enough. I like Fitbit, but there are plenty of options. Get friends there, do some challenges - force yourself to walk more, even if it's just up and down in the house.

Unless you have the luxury of time, like most of us you'll have a hard time trying to shoehorn in some time to work out. I had great success with the p90x3 program, but it's painful and can lose people early on. At a bare minimum, try to have some way to work out in your home when you have some spare time, and just force yourself to do it. Use the tracker, and ensure that simple maths is being met - burn more calories per day than you take in.

Avoid foods you know you have little control over, don't eat junk (different people have different definitions of this, but my rule is - no expiration date, don't eat it). Nothing calorie dense, whether fats or carbs. Smaller, lighter meals throughout the course of the day to make yourself feel fuller. And for the love of God, don't skip breakfast! That's the worst way to kick things off. Takes a minute to crank out a quick and healthy breakfast, and it'll both kickstart your metabolism and keep you feeling full.

Good luck!

I am 56. I lost 60 pounds sibce 2010 and in the last 2 years I have gained 20 back! I acquired sciatica 2 years ago (for you younger ones it is a shooting pain that starts in your *kitten* and shoots down your leg). I went to physical therapy for months but could not
do my exercise routine. Then I started eating wrong when I met my man... hence 20 pounds are back. I have started so many times and failed. I cannot just diet I must exercise. I remember feeling so go 20 pounds ago I want to be back there.

We're a similar age...you'll get there. It just takes time and feels like it takes FOREVER but once you lose a few weeks in a row you'll be hooked.

Just keep active. If you can walk then walk...if you need to drive park faraway, every little bit counts (and I just walk because everything is close and it's easier than driving and I park faraway because I hate parking and have depth perception issues that make every parking spot look tiny)

And I forgot the thing I always mention in cases like this- don't be too aggressive with your weekly weight loss goal. 2 lbs/week is rarely necessarily and can reduce your calories to the point you become discouraged and it is unsustainable. Go with 1-1.5, and if you can manage a little more of a deficit on a particular week, or get in some exercise, great- consider it a bonus