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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

The pic on the left is flabby, of course the one on the right is the best and what they want you to pick as [b]"weight is just a number"[/b]
 [/quote]

It really is. Go to the top of a mountain and one weighs less than at the beach. :D

Here's another example for OP.

[img]https://wykop.pl/cdn/c3201142/comment_Iv5H4pD4vVuVF9UlSfFVGwJ7rtYJ59rG.jpg[/img][/quote]

+1 I’m the after. I have always weighed “heavy”. I have big bones—large wrist bones, large rib cage and muscle (soccer player for 18 years/track). When I got to 139 at 5’5” I started getting told by everyone I looked anorexic/too skinny,  145 has been my set weight for about 30 years (through 2 kids now in college.  I’m 55. I got up to 151 for the first time (barring pregnancy) literally overnight- last period was in November.  I had to truly kick it in high gear- weighted vest walking in addition to my usual daily workouts and eating way more protein, less carbs. I lost about a pound a week (6) and back where I was.

My figure is like the after- I have a flat stomach, bodily ab and oblique muscles but the bit of fat around the belly button will likely be the new normal—you don’t see it too much and it’s flat with yoga pants.

I feel great- no need for HRT. Never going to do glp, etc. [/quote]

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