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[quote=Anonymous][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. [b]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!! [/b]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]

I started from a place where I was eating tons of junk (like kid's cereal, cookies, ice cream on a daily basis), so I just focused on eating very little added sugar and processed food. While I was losing, I usually tried to eat between 11 and 7, but I was not strict and I never skipped meals. I would have breakfast at 11, lunch at 2, dinner by 7 and a snack between lunch and dinner.  I didn't count calories or track my food (former ED - can't get obsessive about that stuff).  I didn't cut dairy or whole grains, added fruits and vegetables, and still ate whatever DH made for dinner (sometimes healthy, sometimes not).  I avoided drinking calories (I already liked black coffee and disliked alcohol anyway).

When I reached my goal, those dietary changes stayed, and so did my weight, even when I went back to my natural tendency to eat 3 meals and many, many snacks at all hours of the day.  I just don't indulge in the 800 calorie "snack" anymore which I guess is a no brainer for most people, but had to be learned for me. I probably eat over 2000 calories a day to maintain my current weight. [/quote]

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