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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Weight loss has never been mainly about exercise, OP, even though of course it helps expend the calories you eat. But by far the most efficient way to lost weight is to just eat less. Calories in, calories out. I know lots of people don't want to believe it, because it's really hard for them to eat less (and a lot don't want to count calories and don't understand how caloric some foods actually are!). But that's how it works.

I'm 45, in perimenopause, I had my thyroid surgically removed 10 years ago. Hormonal fluctuations lead to difficulties with weight loss, I'll be the first to recognize it! But weight loss is STILL calories in, calories out.

Eat less. It's OK if you go down below 1000 calories! Nutritional information isn't tailored to small people like you and I. When I'm losing weight, I have to go down below 1000 calories. If I stay at 1200 for long, I gain. In order to make it easier, I advise you to switch to a higher-fiber diet which will keep you feeling full longer. The first month, you'll go to bed hungry, and[b] it will be particularly hard around your period, when hormones are yelling at you to eat more carbs[/b]. I love farro, and barley and other such grains. I have switched them out for refined white rice, white bread and conventional pasta. My personal difficulty is that I'm surrounded by processed food eaten by my husband and teens, and that's hard to resist sometimes when it's right under my nose.

You can do it, OP.
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I'm the same age as OP, and this made me chuckle. As another 5-footer, I agree with the rest of what you wrote. [/quote]

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