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I am 57 so a fair bit younger than you, but can tell the same story: I lost around 25lbs, maintained for a while, and then gained it back plus some. May last year I was back at 195lbs. I've lost those 25lbs again now; in fact I've lost around 28lbs, so 2 stone in British talk. My plan going forward is to try to trigger…

I weigh myself every day too, to give myself information to assess my weight trends.

The point is that there is really no such thing as right and wrong food. If you like someting (e.g. pizza) eat it, in moderation. It's not about cheating or not cheating; it is about adapting your diet to provde you with a sensible calorie intake. You may need to try things out to see what you find filling within your…

Name: Charlotte Age: 57 Height: 5'11" (180cm) Maintenance range: 75kg (+/- 2.5 kg) - but we'll see, maybe a bit lower. (I'm currently wondering about 73kg +/- 1 kg.) Weight lost: 86kg to 80 kg (January-August 2012); 85 kg to 69 kg (October 2014 - March 2016); 88kg to present weight (May 2020 - now) maintained (i.e. was…

@g2renew and @solieco1: thank you!

I am 57, and I can resonate with so much of what you are all saying. This past few months I have been working out regularly with BodyFit by Amy. I still have that lower belly bulge, but my knees and shoulders are so much stronger. I've also lost 14kg (2.2 stone, so over 30 lbs) since last May. ddly with more exercise I am…

I hope you are healing well and getting back to being able to exercise.

That's really great progress!

For those who are concerned about maintenance (who include myself) there are lots of helpful threads in the maintenance forum. Over the last seven years I have I lost over 30lbs (2014-15), then maintained for a while, then gained over 30 lbs (2017-20) and lost over 30lbs again (2020-21). This time I'd like to stop the…

At 74.1 kg today, with both my 7-day rolling average and my April monthly average to date firmly below 75.kg. I am defnitely in maintenance now. My goal is to stay here until the summer and then to think about dropping another 1 kg or so. I am working out most days and another goal is to keep that up and work out at least…

Name: Charlotte Age: 57 Height: 5'11" (180cm) Maintenance range: 75kg (+/- 2.5 kg) - but we'll see, maybe a bit lower. (I'm currently wondering about 73kg +/- 1 kg.) Weight lost: 86kg to 80 kg (January-August 2012); 85 kg to 69 kg (October 2014 - March 2016); 88kg to present weight (May 2020 - now) maintained (i.e. was…

That's amazing: well done!

Goodness: I'm 5'11", also female and I am aiming to maintain at around 165 lbs, which is a healthy weight for me. These are your goals, and I wish you luck whatever goal you set for yourself,, but I am wondering why you feel the need to take your weight so low?

@"figurethefat;c-45893732" did you post twice here by mistake?

Oh yes: I had been pretty much maintaining for two years. I had some weight gain, but was within my maintanance range. Then in summer 2017, I was put on omeprazole and put on over 3 kg in as many months. Here are my monthly averages: April 75.02, May 76.66, June 76.83, July 77.76, August 79.04, September 79.42, October…

Name: Charlotte Age: 57 Height: 5'11" (180cm) Maintenance range: 75kg (+/- 2.5 kg) - but we'll see, maybe a bit lower. Weight lost: 86kg to 80 kg (January-August 2012); 85 kg to 69 kg (October 2014 - March 2016); 88kg to present weight (May 2020 - now) maintained (i.e. was below 77.5 kg, and mostly below 75 kg) from…

This is exactly what I did: lost to goal, kept it off (ish) for a couple of years and then put it all back on over the next three years. I have designed myself a spreadsheet to help me track trends and to encourage me to intervene if I get above my maintenance level, instead of waiting for another 30lbs. If it would be…

I honestly thought this was going to be a thread started on 1 April. Very intrigued that it isn't and it makes perfect sense. (I love mfp!)

We are very much in the same situtation! Wishing you (and me also) luck! @speyerj's advice seems really good to me, as I work out what maintenance looks like for me.

Name: Charlotte Age: 57 Height: 5'11" (180cm) Maintenance range: 75kg (+/- 2.5 kg) - but we'll see, maybe a bit lower. Weight lost: 86kg to 80 kg (January-August 2012); 85 kg to 69 kg (October 2014 - March 2016); 88kg to present weight (May 2020 - now) maintained (i.e. was below 77.5 kg, and mostly below 75 kg) from…

I have also lost 13 kg (ca. 30 lbs9 since last May, and I am 57. What I do notice is that I have had to log more carefully and do exercise that was more bodyweight focused than swimming which is what I did when I lost the smae amount of weight a few years ago. For me getting through to menopause from peri-menopause alo…

Thank you for posting the links, Ann. I've looked a them (and my uni has access to the actual research) and I agree: what they are trying to establish was what "over training" might look like. What I find odd given the aim of the research is that massive jump from 90 minutes/week (which came in with real benefits) and 152…

Yes, I was thinking that too. I remember looking at guidelines to healthy eating and thinking, "But I am doing all that already." Eventually I signed up for a weight loss recipe service with the Guardian newspaper (UK) and it was immediately clear that my portions of many things - especially carbs like pasta and rice -…

I really sympathise. I lost less than you did first time around, from around 88kg to around 72kg. However, I never got my head round maintenance and I can now see from my graphs that my weight was creeping back up all the time I was thinking that I was "maintaining". Then came some medication, peri-menopause, a year with a…

This seems to be researching the effects of continuous high intensity exercise, and I think it is pretty clear that this is not great for the body. Also, I was left wth some questions about how active their test group was outwith this particular form of exercise? I quite often do an hour or more of exercise in the morning,…

This! Weight gain for me is mostly about portion control (though last Easter milk chocolate Easter eggs proved the final straw as I gained back 7kg to end pretty much exactly where I had started in 2014, which is right on the borderline between overweight and obese for me in bmi terms). Generally -apart from those Easter…

I think you look amazing and stylish in both those photos, but that's a great achievement: congratulations!

Exactly this!

I am so glad to hear this!

Today I weighed in at 74.5 kg, so below my goal weight. Monthly average for March currently 75.47 kg, I have effectively reached where I wanted to be by Easter nearly two weeks early. I am very happy about this! Now to keep this and not have it just be a dip as it was before Christmas. But it feels good: my 7-day average…