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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m 41, still having regular periods and have no symptoms of perimenopause although I suspect it’s beginning (though my mom went through menopause @55 so maybe not?).

I’ve put on about 15lbs in the last 5 years and have been trying to lose some of them. I have been tracking my food on My Fitness Pal and really curbing my eating for months but especially since Sept 1. I’m eating around 1500-1800 cal/day, lots of protein, almost no sugar or processed carbs, almost no processed foods, mostly I eat “whole foods” I cook for myself… and I haven’t lost an ounce. I only drink water or unsweetened tea and drink alcohol maybe 1/week.

I am very active - walk at least 10,000 but usually 15k+ steps every day, I run, cycle, play tennis, do yoga, weight training etc. - I walk daily and do at least one other activity almost every day.

My gynecologist (last doctor I saw) said that “your metabolism is probably just very slow” but that doesn’t seem like it’s all of it. I’ve had my thyroid checked and it was normal.

The food tracking (which I’ve only been doing a few weeks) is hard for me as I struggled with anorexia as a teen and being so “on top of” what I eat is difficult for me. I’ve pretty much been able to eat whatever I want and maintain about the same weight for years. Now it seems like I can’t eat anything and I still weigh more than I’d like.

Anyone btdt and have advice? I’m 5’7” and currently weight 160 (actually 161 this morning). I’d really like to get back to 145 (I weighted about 130/135 pre-kids and 140ish post, my youngest is now 10). This doesn’t seem like an unrealistic goal but despite months of watching my food and exercising and over a month of really restricting the scale isn’t budging. [/quote]

1500-1800 calories is a really wide range.  Your 1800 calorie days may be keeping you from losing any weight.  If you want to lose you have to consistently stay under a certain number for a very long period.  You are trying to convince your body to use its own stores for energy and it’s not going to do that if you periodically eat more. I find that “cheat” days essentially keep me from losing weight.  If I want to maintain I can “cheat” but I’m not going to lose.[/quote]

+1. I’m 5’7 and my target is 135. My target is 1500. [/quote]

Is that net of exercise or entirely? And what do you weigh now?[/quote]

1550 calories of food. (Sorry typo above).  I do not add calories back due to exercise.[/quote]

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