SherryHam

I'm a lot older than you and I've dieted a number of times, mostly after my children were born. Now I'm 40 pounds overweight and I'm trying to lose as much as I can by November for an event I'm attending. I've tried Weight Watchers, but it costs money every month that I don't have, and I despise the requirement to weigh in…

I'm amazed you were able to run the whole three miles. I used to run 3 miles a day, too, but since I started back a month ago or so, I've only been able to walk - and sometimes run/walk - two miles. Of course, weight and age are working against me, but I intend to get back to where I was. For me, though, it's going to be…

Maybe you need more fat in your diet.

You might be surprised at how little exercise it's possible to do! I'm living proof of that, at 50 pounds overweight. :laugh:

Your BMR is the number of calories your body uses up if you're just sitting still and doing nothing all day. If you eat more calories than that and do no exercise to offset it, you gain wait. If you eat fewer calories than that and/or exercise, you lose weight. If you're only eating 113 calories less per day and doing…

You're not the only one. I've been up and down a number of times, and I'm now at my highest weight ever - 50 pounds over my former panic weight. All I can say is, we've both done it before, so we know we can do it again. Let's hope we can learn to stick with a program for life!

I don't think you need to worry. Most of us have a natural layer of fat that actually makes it incredibly difficult to display those muscle lines. That ripped look only comes with extreme workouts and a diet that minimizes fats. You can more than likely do all the weight lifting you want and still not end up looking like…