Almost 50 years old-help with weight loss 😩

onehottomatodmz wrote: »

Unfortunately I did gain the weight in weeks. I gained the weight due to medications for my heart. I gained over 40 pounds in less than 2 months. I’m not looking to lose as fast as I gained I just figured with my calorie reduction and walking it would workout to more

Do you suspect that - possibly because of either medication-induced fatigue/inactivity, or medication-induced appetite increase - that you may have eaten 2300 calories on average daily above the amount that you were burning? That would mean eating something like twice or more the number of calories that most women would need to eat to maintain weight. Could that have been the case, in those two months?

If the answer is no, not possible, then it's very likely that at least some of those 40 pounds is water retention, something that's pretty common with heart conditions and medications. It may not be fat.

As others have said, the answer is to go back to your doctors, and get a referral to a registered dietitian (RD). Severely undereating - which is what 1000 calories would be for most women - is a really bad plan for anyone, and even more so for someone with a serious health condition. Losing weight super fast (which 2 pounds a week would be, with only 40 to lose), ditto: Bad plan for anyone, especially bad plan if health is compromised.

Your doctor is wrong about age or menopausal status making it hard/impossible to lose weight, which is why you want that RD referral. Your health condition or medications may impose certain constraints, but age/menopause are not a big deal. (Like so many others here, I lost fine at age 59-60, of course menopausal, and even hypothyroid - about 50 pounds in less than a year.)

Doctor, regarding medication and how it may affect water weight. Registered dietitian, regarding weight loss and diet.