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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was extremely frustrated at a complete inability to lose weight... weeks of hard work could be destroyed by one or two days with the in-laws or celebrating a birthday, travelling for work, etc. Felt like after 40, my body would not let me lose weight.

Posted about it two weeks ago on DCUM ("can't lose weight" thread) and then doubled down on being religously careful about what I eat, logging it in my Noom app... and I've shed 5lbs in slow, consistent declines every day. Made it through a weekend with good food and nights out, and didn't slip. Once again feeling like I have the power to do this![/quote]

thanks for the inspo … did you increase activity or try to do low carb?[/quote]

No, noom doesn't push you towards either, just staying in your calorie range. I upped my activity a bit—but am conscious of needing more calories when I exercise too much. Not just per the Noom recs, but I get super hungry and inevitably eat something less than healthy.

Also, I'd say that when I posted in frustration, I had [i]started[/i] trying to eat better and had been more active and had lost 1.5-2 lbs over the previous two weeks, but it felt like it was the same 2lbs I had been losing over and over and over, and it's been 3lbs since then. So five pounds over 4 weeks, which is pretty conservative, but it's been steady. Minor but steady.

I guess the frustration for me is that previously, I was able to shed weight very quickly with minor changes to my diet or increases in activity, and okay, the weight always came back, but it came back slowly. Recenlty it's felt like it comes off SUPER slow and comes back SUPER fast. I'm still far far from my goal, and then keeping it off obviously will be key, but for the first time in a long, long time, I feel like I've made some decent, sane progress, feel in control and have had two weeks of wins.
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