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I am 57 and well into menopause. Since last May I've been using workouts with dumbbells (not heavy: I started at 0.5 kg and have now progressed to 3kg or sometimes 4kg) and I am realyl pleased with how my muscles have developed. I use BodyFit by Amy who has a great range of workouts, and includes modifications for women…

I was swimming until it closed. Since then it's been home only. I am a fan of BodyFit by Amy (lots of variety); I bought some dumbbells; and I also have a rower (WaterRower for me). I try to walk as well, though that's harder at this time of year. I'd say that I haven't been so fit for years.

Name: Charlotte Age: 57 Height: 5'11" (180cm) Maintenance range: 75kg (+/- 2.5 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 below 77.5 kg, and mostly below 75 kg) from February 2015-July 2017; was then put on a…

I am wondering how you are? The weights you are lifting are way above what I would aspire to (I have just turned 57 myself), but I thought of you yesterday when I decided to go lighter on my weights for a workout because my elbows were still sore from the day before. (To put this in perspective, this was 2.5 kg DBs instead…

You have my sympathy! I lost down to my goal weight at Christmas, but have put 2kg back on again. Back to logging...

Someone posted this on another thread, and I found it really helpful for assessing feelings of hunger:

Great flowchart: I have saved that.

In other words, this!!!

One of the things that surprised (and delighted) me was that you can lose weight eating what you like so long as it is within your calorie goal. Unless there are medical reasons, you don't have to eat carrots and yoghurt if you don't want to. I have found that its helpful to my energy levels to keep my carbs up along with…

Down to 75kg (my goal weight) just after Christmas, for one weigh in, but I am back to 77kg at present. That's probably partly because I have changed my exercise pattern, but also I have not been logging. It's within my mintenance range but at the top and I want to be lighter. So I am starting logging again today, and…

This, and this, and this again! I hit goal over Christmas but my weight has crept up ca. 2kg since then. I am still in maintenance, but only just... So I am back to logging and aiming to be back at goal properly. At least I am intervening now and not waiting until I got back to where I started... (I hear your pain,…

I used 4kg dumbbells for the whole of today's 45 min workout (probably about 30 mins were with weights). That's up from struggling to get through 10 mins with 0.5 kg DB back last May. My husband commented last night that my shoulders now have muscles. I had noticed that too but it's great that he can see it as well. My…

Yes, exactly that! Good luck!

Name: Charlotte Age: 57 (since yesterday... how did I get to be this age?! Height: 5'11" (180cm) Maintenance range: 75kg (+/- 2.5 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 below 77.5 kg, and mostly below 75…

@speyerj That's really helpful, thank you. I am in Germany at present so can't shop where you do and don't have the same products available so will need to do a bit of translating, but I have been thinking too that I probably need to go higher protein for my lunch. My challenge is that if I cut back on carbs I don't feel…

Name: Charlotte Age: 56 (for another week...) Height: 5'11" (180cm) Maintenance range: 75kg (+/- 2.5 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 below 77.5 kg, and mostly below 75 kg) from February 2015-July…

I had the opposite problem for a long time: I was slim (and at times painfuly thin) from childhood all the way through to my early 30s, and then put on quite a lot of weight quite fast. (Family pattern, it happened to my mother and to her father too...) It took me years to see that I was now overweight. I was buying larger…

Name: Charlotte Age: 56 (for another couple of weeks...) Height: 5'11" (180cm) Maintenance range: 75kg (+/- 2.5 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 below 77.5 kg, and mostly below 75 kg) from February…

I hit my goal weight briefly (= in one weigh-in) over Christmas, but am back up a bit (1.5-2 kg) again, with my trend at around 1 kg above where I would like it to be. So my (mini-)goal is to tackle that 1 kg. It's proving pretty stubborn so I am going to give myself until Easter. On the plus side, I am within my…

That's fantastic, Lietchi: what an achievement!

Finding that the clothes I bought after losing weight a few years ago were becoming too tight - and then watching the post-Easter-egg scale rise to show a weight that I have never been before. (Now I have lost it again the challenge is to keep it off.)

Hi Ruby Helena, I don't think it is possible to answer that question without knowing a bit more. How tall are you? How do you manage your diet? What are your weight trends at this level of activity? Obviously if you increase your activity level you can eat (a bit) more, but when you do the calorie calculation you will…

Name: Charlotte Age: 56 Height: 5'11" (180cm) Maintenance range: 75kg (+/- 2.5 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 below 77.5 kg, and mostly below 75 kg) from February 2015-July 2017; was then put on a…

Name: Charlotte Age: 56 Height: 5'11" (180cm) Maintenance range: 75kg (+/- 2.5 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 below 77.5 kg, and mostly below 75 kg) from February 2015-July 2017; was then put on a…

@lesdarts180, also sending my sympathy to you and your family.

Name: Charlotte Age: 56 Height: 5'11" (180cm) Maintenance range: 75kg (+/- 2.5 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 below 77.5 kg, and mostly below 75 kg) from February 2015-July 2017; was then put on a…

This, though actually for the last few weeks I have maintained without exercise and not tracking food and that feels good. Yes: I maintained over Christmas and New Year! I hit my goal weight in that period too, though I am bit above it now.) No-one told me how challenging the switch of mindset to maintenance is, or how…

Name: Charlotte Age: 56 Height: 5'11" (180cm) Maintenance range: 75kg (+/- 2.5 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 below 77.5 kg, and mostly below 75 kg) from February 2015-July 2017; was then put on a…

Laughing here as suspenders mean something quite different in British English, and are not generally worn by men... But I know you mean braces really. ;)

Body composition changes too; it's not just clothes sizing. I lost 30lbs and regained it, but was exercising more and still fitted into my previous small clothes (just, in the case of the trousers). I have just lost the 30lbs again, but was onto the tightest hole on my belt well before I reached my goal weight, and have…