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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just wait for perimenopause and you’ll be wishing you changed your diet.  Even with same amount of exercise and same amount of food, you will start to gain weight.  Really hard to lose it. [/quote]

OP here, and this makes me so sad. As a result of this thread, as of this weekend, I've upped my routine to 1 hour 15 minutes x five days per week vs. the previous 1-hour x five days per week. Not sure how much of a difference that will make, but I am willing to work harder to continue to eat what I like.[/quote]

Doesn’t work like that.  I’m late 40s and I actually eat pretty healthy and used to only exercise 2 or 3 days a week.  Now I work out 5 days and it includes strength training, spinning classes, rowing, running, HIIT classes and it is still not enough.  Weight in the mid section cannot be prevented.  My weight is only a few pounds more than before and I’m in excellent shape overall, but once you get to your mid to late 40s, unhealthy eating cannot be compensated with an extra 15 min of exercise per day. [/quote]

+1. I'm early 50's and stopped being able to eat whatever I wanted (butter, red meat, ice cream, cookies, rich desserts, etc) in my late 40's. I run and strength train 1-2 hours a day and thought I could eat whatever I wanted because I never gained weight. The problem was that even though my weight was on the very low end of normal, my cholesterol was through the roof and my skin was bad. I always ate a lot of fruits and vegetables and cooked most of my meals from scratch, so that was not a change I had to make. The change I had to make was to eat less red meat, dairy, chips, and sweets, and to add more whole grains. I did not cut out any foods, but just eat less of the processed foods and more of the good. I used to eat a bag of potato chips for lunch but can't do that anymore.[/quote]

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