Ladies, at what age did you realize that you need to drastically reduce portion size?

[Anonymous]

I was never able to eat a lot or whatever I want and be slim. I had to eat about 50% of what I wanted to eat to be “normal” weight.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:50. Perimenopause. Lifelong skinny person who could eat whatever I wanted. Trying to accept and comes to terms with it. Sucks to watch what you eat and leave the table hungry.

Ugh... this makes me nervous. I'm also 50, but haven't yet noticed weight creeping on. I have started working out more regularly in the past 6 months and am hoping that lifting will help keep the menopot away. My goal right now is to keep my bones strong.

I'm 51 and still eating whatever I want. I have added more weight training but everything else is the same. I've always done it but I've increased the frequency and intensity this past year. I weigh the same as I did a decade ago (120lbs). I like to eat. A lot.

[Anonymous]

Hmm 39 and not yet. I am still about the same weight as I was in high school.

[Anonymous]

I'm 51 and still getting in all my meals and snacks at 5'4 and 118 pounds or so. I've always had a big appetite. I am more active than I was when I was younger (60 to 90 minutes of Peloton classes most days), which probably helps.

I've been heavier, but that required stress eating 2000 extra calories of junk food a day for years (early to mid 40s were kind of rough)

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:8

Oink oink

NP. You are a horrible person.

[Anonymous]

I’m 44, and my 46yo sister and I have embraced what we call “Size 10 Livin’.” This is where you do exercise, you do try to eat healthfully, you do pay attention to your portion sizes…but you also live. You also enjoy yourself. You are healthy, but your goal is not to be “slim” or “skinny,” just strong and healthy, enjoying life.

[Anonymous]

50, when I hit menopause in the height of the pandemic. Good times.

[Anonymous]

At 40 I was told, I needed to limit my fruit intake. LOL! Wait so I can't have an apple and an orange that's too much sugar. kill me now.

[Anonymous]

I’m 38 and have also recently realized that all my pants (which fit me like 6 months ago) are starting to get tight and uncomfortable. It’s all around my waist and my thighs. I’ve never had to exercise to stay thin, so this is coming as a real surprise.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m 44, and my 46yo sister and I have embraced what we call “Size 10 Livin’.” This is where you do exercise, you do try to eat healthfully, you do pay attention to your portion sizes…but you also live. You also enjoy yourself. You are healthy, but your goal is not to be “slim” or “skinny,” just strong and healthy, enjoying life.

Hmm I do this and wear size 2.

[Anonymous]

I am 40, and noticed this the past 3-4 years. I used to be 5’8 and 128 for years, and now I’m 5-7 lbs more, and the only way to make the scale move is to practically starve myself. So u just keep exercising and try to eat as healthy as I can, but accept mid 130s weight. I’m just worried if I’m too accepting, I’ll start gaining more as I get older v

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’m 44, and my 46yo sister and I have embraced what we call “Size 10 Livin’.” This is where you do exercise, you do try to eat healthfully, you do pay attention to your portion sizes…but you also live. You also enjoy yourself. You are healthy, but your goal is not to be “slim” or “skinny,” just strong and healthy, enjoying life.

Hmm I do this and wear size 2.

“Hmm,” OK? I’m 5’11 and my sister is 5’10. If you are a better person because you are a size 2, that’s great. I think my sister is the best person I know: she and her husband fostered and later adopted a girl who really need a home, and she is a grief counselor and a hospital chaplain. I really admire her, who she is, and what she does. I’m also proud that we both at one point held state swimming records. You sound great, though, what with your insistence on trying to make total strangers feel inferior to you based simply on their size.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wonder if this is a struggle for, among others, past teen athletes because my spouse eats like a teen football player and has trouble eating less. The old habits are hard to change.

I read that the way we ate in the past affects our cells. That then carries forward as to whether we will struggle with weight gain or not.

My husband was very thin and muscular as a high school athlete. He ate everything in sight and didn’t stop growing until he was 20. He didn’t play sports in college but I think the growth spurt kept him thin and when he started gaining weight in his 20’s it looked good.

The thing is he still eats like that…

And he never stopped gaining weight.

Around 30 was the last time he looked good and after that the weight gain started detracting from his looks. It started with “chubby” then “dad bod” and at 40 he’s obese. I’m kind of terrified of what the next 10 years will look like. I met him in college and he eats the same way as he did back then. He’s spent the last 2 decades overeating and gaining weight, so that’s his normal. He gains 4 to 5 pounds every year.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m 44, and my 46yo sister and I have embraced what we call “Size 10 Livin’.” This is where you do exercise, you do try to eat healthfully, you do pay attention to your portion sizes…but you also live. You also enjoy yourself. You are healthy, but your goal is not to be “slim” or “skinny,” just strong and healthy, enjoying life.

Hmm I do this and wear size 2.

“Hmm,” OK? I’m 5’11 and my sister is 5’10. If you are a better person because you are a size 2, that’s great. I think my sister is the best person I know: she and her husband fostered and later adopted a girl who really need a home, and she is a grief counselor and a hospital chaplain. I really admire her, who she is, and what she does. I’m also proud that we both at one point held state swimming records. You sound great, though, what with your insistence on trying to make total strangers feel inferior to you based simply on their size.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m 44, and my 46yo sister and I have embraced what we call “Size 10 Livin’.” This is where you do exercise, you do try to eat healthfully, you do pay attention to your portion sizes…but you also live. You also enjoy yourself. You are healthy, but your goal is not to be “slim” or “skinny,” just strong and healthy, enjoying life.

Hmm I do this and wear size 2.

“Hmm,” OK? I’m 5’11 and my sister is 5’10. If you are a better person because you are a size 2, that’s great. I think my sister is the best person I know: she and her husband fostered and later adopted a girl who really need a home, and she is a grief counselor and a hospital chaplain. I really admire her, who she is, and what she does. I’m also proud that we both at one point held state swimming records. You sound great, though, what with your insistence on trying to make total strangers feel inferior to you based simply on their size.

I appreciate you, PP.