Any hope for a slimmer waist at 50?

[Anonymous]

Also, protein shakes are not needed unless you are seriously weight lifting and going for muscle gains. Which, I do not think you are, and the extra calories from those shakes are not helping. Eat real sources of protein and ditch the shakes for a few months.

[Anonymous]

Or get sick. I've got bronchitis and have lost inches around my waist, and the hipbones have shown up.

[Anonymous]

Also dealing with this. It's a bummer ... I'm in quite good shape, but I can hardly stand to look at myself. It just doesn't really feel like my body anymore.

[Anonymous]

Same. My waist used to be size 4 pants and now I'm a size 8. (if I don't want a muffin top to show)

I do intermittent Fasting, aerobics and walking but the mid sections still there. I'm thin everywhere else. Ugh!

I have abs but they live under the thick layers of fat around my mid section... LOL.

The only solution is lipo with tummy tuck.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm thinking about intermittent fasting. Does anyone think it would help?

Not if you are peri or in menopause. I was doing really well with it but started listening to Stacey Simms and she gives compelling reasons for why it’s lit good for us at this stage of life.

[Anonymous]

I miss my bikini bod.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What are you talking about? At 5' 4" and under 130 lbs. you are not even close to the overweight category, much less obese. Why are you saying that? People are so weird.

Waist circumference is a better indicator of health risk than BMI.

[Anonymous]

I'm 52 with a 26 inch waist. I'm nearly thru meno. Not on hrt yet but open to it soon. I've always eaten three meals of whole home-cooked basic food and maybe a snack once a week. I have always been slender but as I got into my early 50s I felt that three meals a day was too much food. A few months ago I started skipping breakfast and having daily brunch instead and then dinner. Bc I only have 2 meals a day, my brunch is bigger than when I had standard breakfast. And then lunch I eat around 10 or 1030am and then have a cup of afternoon coffee with cream. Unsweetened. Then dinner at 6. In the early morning I have one cup.of coffee at 7am and then food at 1030am. Works out well for me. I do a daily 30 min brisk walk and after work I do a daily 30 min home mat pilates. I do this 7 days a week.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Also, protein shakes are not needed unless you are seriously weight lifting and going for muscle gains. Which, I do not think you are, and the extra calories from those shakes are not helping. Eat real sources of protein and ditch the shakes for a few months.

Disagree. I’m 59, male, went w shakes, and stronger immediately, felt better. Go big into strength training… most woman don’t, “ fear of muscles”. Truth is, it’s harder that’s why women don’t do it. Muscle weighs more than fat, so focus on your shape, how you feel.

Get hard core, boot camp, or my favorite, boxing. Boxing as a workout is second to know, you also come away w swagger, and it never hurts to be able to throw a punch ( just in case).

Good for you for reaching out, there is always more to learn. Good luck

[Anonymous]

You still don’t need protein shakes for non-athletes. To lose weight, you need fewer carbs so your body can burn stored fat. Continue to lift weights and do cardio at the same time but unless you are a bodybuilder, you don’t need protein shakes.

[Anonymous]

Zepbound.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm 52 with a 26 inch waist. I'm nearly thru meno. Not on hrt yet but open to it soon. I've always eaten three meals of whole home-cooked basic food and maybe a snack once a week. I have always been slender but as I got into my early 50s I felt that three meals a day was too much food. A few months ago I started skipping breakfast and having daily brunch instead and then dinner. Bc I only have 2 meals a day, my brunch is bigger than when I had standard breakfast. And then lunch I eat around 10 or 1030am and then have a cup of afternoon coffee with cream. Unsweetened. Then dinner at 6. In the early morning I have one cup.of coffee at 7am and then food at 1030am. Works out well for me. I do a daily 30 min brisk walk and after work I do a daily 30 min home mat pilates. I do this 7 days a week.

This, we need to be very careful and listen to hunger cues. The women I know who remained thin post 50 (like my mother) eat way less than at 45 yo. She is not hungry but she doesn’t eat at all meals like she used to or out of habit. It is not an easy change to make because it is so ingrained in us that we should eat 3 meals a day and that we need as much food as we used to. But we don’t.

2 meals a day max and one of the 2 is light… (and of course Whole Foods, balanced meals etc…). Or you accept to become thicker which is perfectly fine too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You still don’t need protein shakes for non-athletes. To lose weight, you need fewer carbs so your body can burn stored fat. Continue to lift weights and do cardio at the same time but unless you are a bodybuilder, you don’t need protein shakes.

I am a 50 year old woman who works a boring old desk job. So I am not an athlete. I also lift 4 days a week and do cardio on 2-3 days. I eat protein shakes and am a big fan. I have done this long before it became the trend. Some people are instinctively against trends.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You still don’t need protein shakes for non-athletes. To lose weight, you need fewer carbs so your body can burn stored fat. Continue to lift weights and do cardio at the same time but unless you are a bodybuilder, you don’t need protein shakes.

I am a 50 year old woman who works a boring old desk job. So I am not an athlete. I also lift 4 days a week and do cardio on 2-3 days. I eat protein shakes and am a big fan. I have done this long before it became the trend. Some people are instinctively against trends.

Okay but most of them are full of sugar that nobody needs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You still don’t need protein shakes for non-athletes. To lose weight, you need fewer carbs so your body can burn stored fat. Continue to lift weights and do cardio at the same time but unless you are a bodybuilder, you don’t need protein shakes.

I am a 50 year old woman who works a boring old desk job. So I am not an athlete. I also lift 4 days a week and do cardio on 2-3 days. I eat protein shakes and am a big fan. I have done this long before it became the trend. Some people are instinctively against trends.

Okay but most of them are full of sugar that nobody needs.

Not mine because I know how to read. You just like to speculate on the internet that everyone else is doing it wrong.