Is walking and weight lifting enough?

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Anonymous wrote:Well are you maintaining/losing weight now?

But in reality no you’re not doing enough weightlifting. If you have been using the same (fairly light) weights you’re not making progress/building muscle. Lift more and heavier. It will get harder to maintain as you get older.

Op - I have never lifted weights before. I went from using 5/10 pound weights to 10/20 pound weights. I dont think I can lift higher weights right now. If I up the number of days a week would I be able to increase weight?

Look into bodyweight exercises, OP. Unlikely to result in injury and very effective.

Are you trying to lose weight?

OP - yes I need to lose 10 pounds (or more). I am 5'7" and weigh 150. Before kids I was 140 (have had 3 kids in the past decade). When I got married I weighed 128. So in the past 13 years I have put on 22 pounds!!

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That is a lot of weight. Mostly it's diet...you need to be in a caloric deficit to lose weight. Even if you do literally nothing, you will lose weight in a caloric deficit. However, adding workouts is more beneficial in the long run. You will just need to make sure you are consuming some lean protein and lots of veg and fruit (natural carbs). You will probably feel "hungry" but it's just your mind. Drink iced herbal teas (no sweetener), and lots of water when you feel hungry.

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Anonymous wrote:That is a lot of weight. Mostly it's diet...you need to be in a caloric deficit to lose weight. Even if you do literally nothing, you will lose weight in a caloric deficit. However, adding workouts is more beneficial in the long run. You will just need to make sure you are consuming some lean protein and lots of veg and fruit (natural carbs). You will probably feel "hungry" but it's just your mind. Drink iced herbal teas (no sweetener), and lots of water when you feel hungry.

Op - I have gained 180 pounds with pregnancies over the past decade. Lost it, gained it, lost it, gained it, etc. I gain 60 pounds with each pregnancy no matter what I do. Big babies (9 plus pounds) with no GD.

Agree I would prefer to be 128ish but not sure it attainable anymore without starving myself.

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I think your exercise regimen sounds very appropriate and healthy!

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128 at your height is very thin, just going by BMI. 140 is still slender but a much more reasonable goal. You can achieve this by eating at a caloric deficit, not too low. I recommend checking out the sidebar at Reddit XXfitness which gives an easy explanation of how to do this. Then I would follow a weightlifting program, 3 times per week and be consistent. You can add more weight as you go, a little bit each time. It’s called progressive overload. I love Cheryl Coulombe on YouTube, she is over fifty, has short but very effective workouts. I have been lifting for almost a decade and have seen the most changes with her program. It’s very doable!

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Read "built to move" and then "becoming a supple leaopart" by Kelley and Juliette starette

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In terms of overall health and aging you also need to work on flexibility and balance. Yoga will do this and also work on strength as well (in interesting ways that lifting doesn't).