This is odd-not losing any weight

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Your biggest mistake is never weighing yourself. We live in a time when all types of food are readily available, plentiful, and a huge part of socializing. Plus humans are creatures of habit. How you ate at 35 might cause you to gain weight at 40, but you aren’t going to feel like you are overeating. You’ll only realize it if you see the scale creeping up. Better to catch being 5 lbs up than 15+

Weighing yourself regularly will help you stay in tune with the changing nutritional needs of your body.

You need the scale to tell you this? Anyone with any body awareness knows when they’ve gained a few pounds. You are oblivious is you gain 15 lbs and need the scale to tell you that.

Ok, and yes, A LOT people, including OP, are oblivious to how much weight they are gaining. That is reality.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Your biggest mistake is never weighing yourself. We live in a time when all types of food are readily available, plentiful, and a huge part of socializing. Plus humans are creatures of habit. How you ate at 35 might cause you to gain weight at 40, but you aren’t going to feel like you are overeating. You’ll only realize it if you see the scale creeping up. Better to catch being 5 lbs up than 15+

Weighing yourself regularly will help you stay in tune with the changing nutritional needs of your body.

You need the scale to tell you this? Anyone with any body awareness knows when they’ve gained a few pounds. You are oblivious is you gain 15 lbs and need the scale to tell you that.

Ok, and yes, A LOT people, including OP, are oblivious to how much weight they are gaining. That is reality.

You can’t fix stupid

[Anonymous]

As the OP I never get on a scale but it triggers my anxiety and eating disorders. Yes, I was oblivious to a weight gain however, I got in my clothes just fine, my arms are noticeably more muscular as are my thighs and butt from strength training and lifting and incline power walking. I never want to know my weight, I go by how I feel and if I can wear my clothes, many of which I’ve had for decades. Because my doctor said weight aloud I fixated and now I’m in the spiral. I need therapy again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think there has been any research showing that IF is great for women.

I agree with this. For women of this age (including me!)hormones play a huge part and your body really wants to hold onto fat. Eating too little or changing your eating patterns a lot from day to day can put your body into starvation mode so that it wants to keep all the fat.

[Anonymous]

What is the reason hormones cause women to gain weight (esp around the middle) during the 40s and 50s? I weigh the same as I did in HS but I had to go up a size to fit into any clothing. It's all around my butt and hips.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Your biggest mistake is never weighing yourself. We live in a time when all types of food are readily available, plentiful, and a huge part of socializing. Plus humans are creatures of habit. How you ate at 35 might cause you to gain weight at 40, but you aren’t going to feel like you are overeating. You’ll only realize it if you see the scale creeping up. Better to catch being 5 lbs up than 15+

Weighing yourself regularly will help you stay in tune with the changing nutritional needs of your body.

You need the scale to tell you this? Anyone with any body awareness knows when they’ve gained a few pounds. You are oblivious is you gain 15 lbs and need the scale to tell you that.

Ok, and yes, A LOT people, including OP, are oblivious to how much weight they are gaining. That is reality.

You can’t fix stupid

This happened to me. I wear dresses or skorts exclusively during the summer. Basically nothing with a real waist or inseam. I seriously had no idea how much weight I'd gained until I tried to put on real pants for work one day. I also carry almost all of my weight in my hips, not my waist, so everything else still fit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What is the reason hormones cause women to gain weight (esp around the middle) during the 40s and 50s? I weigh the same as I did in HS but I had to go up a size to fit into any clothing. It's all around my butt and hips.

This article explains it well. Basically, it’s hormones and aging that cause a loss of lean muscle mass and a redistribution of fat to the midsection as estrogen drops.

https://www.vogue.com/article/meno-belly-menopause-weight-gain-explainer

[Anonymous]

Thanks PP. I now weigh less than I did in most of my 30s and early 50s but had to go up a size in pants due to my wider hips and butt. So weird to me. I have started going to the gym and I actually like going.

[Anonymous]

OP back-down to 155!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP back-down to 155!

yay

[Anonymous]

Nuts are very caloric for the amount of protein.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No that wasn’t me. It’s all interesting. I never do weigh myself and make a point not to because I suffered from disordered eating throughout my early 20s. I’ve been eating pretty much what I like throughout the 30s and through having two children but I always eat pretty healthy anyhow but definitely way more cheese and carbs and sugar than I am currently doing and also more wine( I’ve cut that out entirely!) I wasn’t sure what I weighed and I’ve been doing strength and hard cardio 4-5 days a week for 4 years.I still wear the same clothes I did when I was in my 20s (mainly the old sun dresses) I’m 44 now but the scale number bugs me, I have stressed to my nurses taking weight that I don’t want to know the number and it’s never been a problem until the latest physical in early June and the Doctor blurted it out when talking basic health things and now I’m obsessed with it because I thought I was 145. I know this is probably stupid to most of you but I really do want to try at least to get to 150. I’m surprised because I’ve never given up so many things and exercised on top and not seen any progress.

Welcome to middle age.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:5'8 and 158 pounds is a normal weight. No one cares if some middle aged lady is thin or slightly less thin. No one is noticing you at all.

Just buy some new clothes and enjoy life.

Her clothes fit! She is obsessed with a number that has no bearing on her reality or every day life.

[Anonymous]

My thoughts are that if you're overweight, the scale and counting calories are immensely useful.

If your weight is in the healthy range and you'd like to be healthier, eat healthy and exercise. A month is too short of a time period, and unless you're weighing yourself at the same time wearing the same clothes (or lack thereof) nearly every day, there will be normal, large fluctuations - like up to five pounds for someone in the 150s. You really shouldn't focus on a what a pound or two means.

I'm approaching 50. I want to be strong and have improved mobility. I eat pretty healthy and try to stop eating when I may be full - which means eating less than I used to given my reduced metabolism. I get fat and carbs into my body before exercise and protein and carbs after. I'm eating more carbs than I have in years - I need them to fuel the exercise and not be low energy afterwards. (I was low carb before and couldn't figure out why I was so fatigued.)

I've been exercising 5-7 days a week for 10 weeks. The scale has perhaps budged a few pounds. But the size 6 pants are starting to fit again. In other words, I'm gaining muscle while losing fat. And my cardio health is much improved - I can keep up with my kid and my AppleWatch confirms it.

So, OP, if you do this for six months and you're still not losing, that would be weird. But a month is nothing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My thoughts are that if you're overweight, the scale and counting calories are immensely useful.

If your weight is in the healthy range and you'd like to be healthier, eat healthy and exercise. A month is too short of a time period, and unless you're weighing yourself at the same time wearing the same clothes (or lack thereof) nearly every day, there will be normal, large fluctuations - like up to five pounds for someone in the 150s. You really shouldn't focus on a what a pound or two means.

I'm approaching 50. I want to be strong and have improved mobility. I eat pretty healthy and try to stop eating when I may be full - which means eating less than I used to given my reduced metabolism. I get fat and carbs into my body before exercise and protein and carbs after. I'm eating more carbs than I have in years - I need them to fuel the exercise and not be low energy afterwards. (I was low carb before and couldn't figure out why I was so fatigued.)

I've been exercising 5-7 days a week for 10 weeks. The scale has perhaps budged a few pounds. But the size 6 pants are starting to fit again. In other words, I'm gaining muscle while losing fat. And my cardio health is much improved - I can keep up with my kid and my AppleWatch confirms it.

So, OP, if you do this for six months and you're still not losing, that would be weird. But a month is nothing.

Thank you. This is encouraging.