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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am 41 and about 10 pounds heavier than I want to be. I lift weights 3 times a week, walk around 15,000+ steps a day every day, and run 3ish miles a few times a week.  I am 5'7" and 145 pounds. Realistically I would like to be 135. Ideally I would like to be 125.  Is this even possible at my age? Do I just have to starve myself? I don't really drink (maybe 2 glasses of wine a week) and eat healthy (trying to increase protein).  I had 3 large babies in my 30s but last kid was born 5 years ago. Should I just resign myself to being overweight? [/quote]

Use a mirror rather than a scale to determine your ideal body.

5'7" 145 could be fat looking or muscular in shape looking, depending on the body composition. Look at the woman of a similar height in these pictures.

[img]https://cache.cosmopolitan.fr/data/fichiers/4n/sweatlife-fille-femme-sportive.jpg[/img][/quote]

lol they all look very skinny to me.[/quote]

Because she is in all of them. A woman that tall will hide 20lbs quite easily. Half of that weight difference is also not shown in the pictures as it's a torso shot rather than full body. 
The first pic she is "skinny fat" as they say, like a marathon runner look, lacking muscle. 
Second pic is still skinny fat, just lower body weight and even less muscle. She did the diet thing and lost some fat, but also lost muscle. 
Third pic is where she did a bulk and gained some muscle by eating mostly meat and fat and cutting out carbs and lifting weights everyday. [/quote]

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