Cannot lose weight

[Anonymous]

I am 50 years old, 5'4" and 132 lbs. I would really like to get back down to around 126. I exercise daily, avoid processed carbs and sugar (except for a small square of dark chocolate per day), and am not intaking more than 1300-1400 calories a day. After four months of doing this, my weight has stayed exactly the same. I really despise HITT workouts, and cannot see myself sticking to them on a regular basis, but I do weight training in addition to cardio. Is it possible that my weight is never going to get to where I want it? What is wrong with me?

[Anonymous]

You’re 50. 132 is where your body is happy. It doesn’t care about those last 7 vanity pounds. Stop weighing yourself.

[Anonymous]

You’re 50. 132 is where your body is happy. It doesn’t care about those last 7 vanity pounds.

I get it and on some level I don't either, but I really do not want to have to buy all new suits, and cannot fit in my current ones. They're nice and I have also paid a bunch to have them tailored to fit my former body.

[Anonymous]

Try intermittent fasting or intense workouts for a week or two to shock your system/wake up your metabolism from its hibernation.

Sucks you despise hiit- it is probably one of the most effective and easiest workout routine to sustain for body maintenance and weight loss.

[Anonymous]

You don’t need to lose weight.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am 50 years old, 5'4" and 132 lbs. I would really like to get back down to around 126. I exercise daily, avoid processed carbs and sugar (except for a small square of dark chocolate per day), and am not intaking more than 1300-1400 calories a day. After four months of doing this, my weight has stayed exactly the same. I really despise HITT workouts, and cannot see myself sticking to them on a regular basis, but I do weight training in addition to cardio. Is it possible that my weight is never going to get to where I want it? What is wrong with me?

You will get hate for this post, but I empathize with you including the issue of your clothes. I am same age and am a person who maintained my body weight my entire life outside of pregnancy so all my clothes are one size. I gained 10 lbs and none of them fit right. So it was either lose the weight or buy a whole new wardrobe.

I walked 45 minutes every day, did some more intense cardio combined with weights when I had time (mostly weekends and I tried to fit it in 1 day during the week) and I ate less. For me it was skipping lunch, which for me isn't a big deal. I cut out all sweets and no alcohol. I get busy at work and the day flies by. I have never counted calories. But in the end, what I did that worked I think was just eating less.

[Anonymous]

Track everything that passes your lips for the next month. *Everything* and the exact amount.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

You’re 50. 132 is where your body is happy. It doesn’t care about those last 7 vanity pounds.

I get it and on some level I don't either, but I really do not want to have to buy all new suits, and cannot fit in my current ones. They're nice and I have also paid a bunch to have them tailored to fit my former body.

I’m 51 and 132 is my goal weight! But I’m not dismissing you at all. I REALLY hear you on clothes. Ive lost a lot of weight and it’s frustrating that nice pieces just don’t fit. It feels even worse when they’re too small, and boy have I been there. Is it possible that it’s not about the weight so much as changing body composition/shape that comes with age and the dreaded M word? Thats something I have noticed and have heard same-ish age friends commenting about, too. Even if the weight comes off, things aren’t fitting the same way they did.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:


I get it and on some level I don't either, but I really do not want to have to buy all new suits, and cannot fit in my current ones. They're nice and I have also paid a bunch to have them tailored to fit my former body.


I’m 51 and 132 is my goal weight! But I’m not dismissing you at all. I REALLY hear you on clothes. Ive lost a lot of weight and it’s frustrating that nice pieces just don’t fit. It feels even worse when they’re too small, and boy have I been there. Is it possible that it’s not about the weight so much as changing body composition/shape that comes with age and the dreaded M word? Thats something I have noticed and have heard same-ish age friends commenting about, too. Even if the weight comes off, things aren’t fitting the same way they did.

Oh, that is possible and had not even occurred to me.

[Anonymous]

Try an anti inflammatory diet

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

You’re 50. 132 is where your body is happy. It doesn’t care about those last 7 vanity pounds.

I get it and on some level I don't either, but I really do not want to have to buy all new suits, and cannot fit in my current ones. They're nice and I have also paid a bunch to have them tailored to fit my former body.

I’m 51 and 132 is my goal weight! But I’m not dismissing you at all. I REALLY hear you on clothes. Ive lost a lot of weight and it’s frustrating that nice pieces just don’t fit. It feels even worse when they’re too small, and boy have I been there. Is it possible that it’s not about the weight so much as changing body composition/shape that comes with age and the dreaded M word? Thats something I have noticed and have heard same-ish age friends commenting about, too. Even if the weight comes off, things aren’t fitting the same way they did.

I’m 51 and the exact same weight I’ve been for decades (120 ish). Things are fitting differently these days. It sucks. I’ve always had a fairly flat stomach but it’s getting puffier these days. I can still fit in most of my clothes but things are definitely changing. I’m not in menopause yet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

You’re 50. 132 is where your body is happy. It doesn’t care about those last 7 vanity pounds.

I get it and on some level I don't either, but I really do not want to have to buy all new suits, and cannot fit in my current ones. They're nice and I have also paid a bunch to have them tailored to fit my former body.

Clothes fit people not the other way around.

You shouldn't be wearing 4 year old suits anyway.

[Anonymous]

It sounds like you are doing all the right things and that you are incredibly healthy. Was there anything in particular that caused the weigh change that you can pinpoint?

[Anonymous]

You shouldn't be wearing 4 year old suits anyway.

Not OP, but hy not? I have very plain black, navy, and gray suits. I wear them at most once every other month.

[Anonymous]

Most people can’t afford to buy new clothes every few years. I can’t.