It’s hard to loose weight
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Age has very little to do with losing weight. Becoming more comfortable and eating more as we age is common though. I lost 18kg at over 40, with untreated hashimotos without problems.1
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This is the easiest I’ve ever lost weight, logging everything and eating at a deficit. I’m 62 and have lost over 30 pounds since the beginning of this year. Nope-age is not an excuse! You can do this, OP.5
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I’m 27 and a single mother of a 9 month old I hear you! Haha I’ve been doing mommy and me work outs with charli and I’ve been dieting off and I’m trying to find one that I can work with and I’m trying the cabbage soup thing right now so fingers crossed! 🤞 good luck12
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40 is the new 30, haven't you heard? Seriously, 40 is young and you can lose at any age. It's all about CICO, honest logging, and knowing that what's really hard is being overweight. You're so young yet that knowing this will change the entire course of your life.2
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chelseamj91 wrote: »I’m 27 and a single mother of a 9 month old I hear you! Haha I’ve been doing mommy and me work outs with charli and I’ve been dieting off and I’m trying to find one that I can work with and I’m trying the cabbage soup thing right now so fingers crossed! 🤞 good luck
How about eating the foods you like, but just in appropriate amounts?
Seriously, forget the cabbage soup thing (and any other similar "thing"), and just weigh and log your food honestly here. It will work.13 -
I’d say it’s easier at 40 ... when you are younger it’s all going out, fast food loads of beer etc etc
At 40, sure you move less with that desk job, but it’s so easy to control what you eat and drink ... ie no alcohol on a week day, cook your own food 95% of the time
What is harder is recover and building muscle
Very true.
Partying at 25: 5000 calories in drinks followed by 2000 calories in drunk food
Partying at 40: maybe 2 glasses of wine at a dinner with friends and family. Total calories: 1000 (1300 if there's desserts & canapes).7 -
This posts are inspiring, thank you!3
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Strength/resistance train, build muscle mass. I'm in better shape at 40 than I was at 25. It's not easy, but it's doable.1
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46 here - for me, the only hard part was getting started. CICO and consistent, accurate logging. I'm more than 60lbs down from my highest weight, all of it has been shifted post-40.1
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Weigh everything---simple.1
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Lost 135 lbs age 49-51. It was easier at this age for me, because I didn't have little ones around distracting me from my purpose!1
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I'm 53, started losing weight beginning 2013 and have been on maintenance since October 2013 (give or take the odd post-vacation blip!). Food scales + eating at a deficit = weight loss, food scales + sticking to daily target = maintenance. Its all about weighing and logging, weighing and logging. If you want to eat more, eat less the next day or exercise more. The only difference age makes is to make your metabolism slower - but not enough to blame all the weigh on!2
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I'm 59 years old and have lost 45 pounds over the past year and a half without exercise. It's all about measuring (not estimating) your portions, logging EVERY bite of food and beverage you consume and staying in a calorie deficit at least 80% of the time consistently.1
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BTW, the difference in estimated TDEE for a 150-pound sedentary 5'6" woman from age 20 to age 40 is approximately 110-120 calories per day . . . so, around two slices of light bread, half a McDonalds small fries, about 10oz. of Coke Classic/Sprite, or an ounce of an indulgent cheese. (Just one of those; not all of them. ).
Making the 40 year old "lightly active" more than wipes out the difference (this is based on the Sailrabbit multi-formula TDEE estimator, which defines "lightly active" as exercise or light sports 1-3 days a week, or walking 3-4 days a week).
Harder? Sure. Much harder? Mmmm, well . . . .
P.S. I'm 62. In theory, that means giving up the other half of the daily Micky D's fries, compared to 40. Or it would, if I weighed 150, wasn't active . . . and ever ate the fries (not a fan).
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The only difference age makes is that the older you get, the more conflicting priorities are at play.
Metabolism does not slow down with age (it really doesn't slow down or speed up - it just is). The only decrease is associated with decrease in lean muscle mass - associated with decreased activity.
At 44 I lost 60 lbs in the first year of MFP just by gradually implementing a moderate caloric deficit and gradually increasing my activity.
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It is hard. But not impossible.1
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Of course it's hard - if it weren't there would be no fat people in the world. It's not a matter of age, though.1
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It is as hard as we tell ourselves!
Let's motivate each other!!1 -
I'm looking forward people to encourage and help us stay focused on our goals together!!1
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dansengrl1 wrote: »It is as hard as we tell ourselves!
Let's motivate each other!!
Thank you 😊 very polite0
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