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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]I'm also 5'4 and a mom in my mid-40s. As recently as last summer I was around your weight. Now I'm about 20lb less, losing about half a pound a week. I know people say tackle diet first before exercise, but I think what got me started was to start with lots of walking. Then gradually adding weight training and running. Exercising is what allows me to see myself as strong and healthy and to not want to ruin that by unhealthy food choices. I think if I were just dieting, I'd see it as deprivation. As for food, I find batch cooking healthy meals to be helpful. Really anything that keeps me from having to think too hard about it.[/quote]

I had a similar experience (late 40's, dropped from 160 to &lt;120 in 7 months or so by eating less junk food and walking on the treadmill).  I'm not sure that I could have done this so easily if I still had kids at home, a commute to an office, a stressful job with long hours, etc.  I have an empty nest and a full-time WFH job with standard hours.  But I at least wanted to put in a plug for walking. My typical walk is about 65 minutes, covers 5 miles and 2000 vertical feet and absolutely burns fat.  [/quote]

NP. This is really inspiring, since I hear nothing but doom and gloom when it comes to weight-loss in your 40s. I am in my mid-40s, 5'5', and just tipped the scales at 180. As a former underweight person/marathon runner/generally healthy person, I'm kind of horrified but also admit that I've been using food and sloth to deal with the absolute massive amounts of stress I currently have at home and work. Did you do anything else besides eat less junk and walk more? I love a hard workout, but using that to mitigate my stress just made me gain more weight because I was always starving. I know I need to add lifting, but planning that into my day and finding the right program, etc is stressing me out more, which isn't helping. Maybe walking and being mindful with my food is a better strategy?! Please share more!! I have three elementary age kids, so my days are little busier, but I WFH 3 days a week and have a treadmill at home and access to them at my office gym. [/quote]

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