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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Intellectually, I know it's extremely common and even to be expected that you will gain weight as you age. I've posted about this before, how the # on the scale really effects me. I don't want to live like this but I also don't know how to be ok with it either. I mean, truly ok. Not just something I would tell other people because I know that's how you're supposed to feel but genuinely feel ok about it.

I'm 5'7 and 122 lbs. I want to be 120 because that's what I've been my entire adult life. But I am having an impossible time getting those 2 lbs. off. I realize how utterly absurd it is to mentally obsess about 2 lbs. I don't want to be this way but I can't make myself stop. The worst thing is that I have children and I would die if I thought any of them felt this way about themselves. I try to hide it as much as possible of course.

[b]How did you convince yourself that it is acceptable to gain weight as you get older?[/b] Was it something you read?[/quote]

Honestly, I don't accept it so there's no need to convince myself of it. Staying lean as you age, extends your life.

I'm 54yrs old. 5'9, and 123lbs., and have had no trouble keeping my weight stable.  I'm post menopausal, and am on HRT. I exercise daily (one hour), and eat sensibly.  I also practice intermittent fasting, whereby I stop eating at around 7pm, and don't eat again till around 9am-10am the next day.

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