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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Keep in mind, it will be much harder to lose the weight in 5 years than now. Late 30s, I was a bit smaller than your size and didn’t do much about it. I felt fit enough, ate a balanced but not restrictive diet, exercised, etc. 10 years later, I’m 20 pounds heavier even though I eat better and exercise more. It’s impossible for me to drop any weight.

If I could, I’d go back to 38 and work on my fitness and lose that bit of baby weight (last kid at 37). [/quote]

I am 5 years older than OP and losing weight now (just 10lbs worth of vanity pounds). It is coming off the same way it always was. Calories in vs calories out will always work,  before, during and after menopause. [/quote]

Calories in, calories out works, but it gets harder as you get older because you lose muscle mass, which means you have to eat fewer calories at 65 then you did at 45 to be in a caloric deficit. In my 40's, if I ate 1600 calories per day, I would drop weight steadily and easily. Now that I'm nearing 60 and post-menopausal, I have to eat under 1300 calories to move the needle, and even then, it's slow. I've begun focusing on building more muscle mass to help, but I'll never be able to eat like I did 20 years ago and still lose or maintain weight with the same ease. [/quote]

Losing muscle is not an obligation. Just keep lifting weights. You are likely also moving less now than in your 40s. It is not the age per se that makes fat loss harder. [/quote]

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