In order to be thin after age 35?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Huh. I'm a 50 year old woman and I eat well. Not hungry, and I eat maybe 2 meals a day: breakfast is a big omelette with veggies and sausage or bacon, dinner is fish and veggies or meat and veggies and a salad. And chocolate. And coffee/tea all day. Paleo/primal. Lots of fat, lots of protein. A bit of fruit.

I walk daily---two dogs in an apartment need exercise! And lift 3-4x week. Sprint a couple--ie the dogs and I run. No work, lots of fun. I'm 5'5", 130, size 4-6. And I can do pullups! So it isn't all horrible.

How do you live like that and still raise 3 kids under 7, as well as working 50 hours a week?

Exactly.

Therein lies my problem. Finding time to exercise without sacrificing my limited time with my children. End result - I don't exercise often enough and mostly just during the weekends when I bike with my kids, etc.

[Anonymous]

I did the same when my kids were little. Walked/ran with the kids, hiked on the weekends, lifted/did videos at home. And it's a good bit more than 1000calories a day. If you really want it, you'll do it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Huh. I'm a 50 year old woman and I eat well. Not hungry, and I eat maybe 2 meals a day: breakfast is a big omelette with veggies and sausage or bacon, dinner is fish and veggies or meat and veggies and a salad. And chocolate. And coffee/tea all day. Paleo/primal. Lots of fat, lots of protein. A bit of fruit.

I walk daily---two dogs in an apartment need exercise! And lift 3-4x week. Sprint a couple--ie the dogs and I run. No work, lots of fun. I'm 5'5", 130, size 4-6. And I can do pullups! So it isn't all horrible.

How do you live like that and still raise 3 kids under 7, as well as working 50 hours a week?

Exactly.

Therein lies my problem. Finding time to exercise without sacrificing my limited time with my children. End result - I don't exercise often enough and mostly just during the weekends when I bike with my kids, etc.

This was me. For the longest time, I thought I didn't have time to exercise. But when I hit fifty, I realized that I had to get with it, or I was going to be one of those old people who can barely get around. Now I go on to the gym the way to work twice a week, and meet a trainer two times a week after my child goes to bed, and go at least once on the weekend. I feel great and have so much more energy. Getting started was the hard part.