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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It certainly gets tougher after 50 but it's very doable. First, set a realistic target. Shoot for a pound a week and simply reduce your calories especially processed food such as snacks. Working out doesn't burn a ton of calories (sad but true!) but it can help add some muscle tone. Years ago I could cut back my calories and lose 5-8 pounds in two weeks. It doesn't happen now. If you target 20 pounds assume it will take at least 20 weeks and require a modest diet modification. Extreme diets don't work. Think of the hare and the tortoise. Slow and steady wins the day. It takes discipline but not a major sacrifice. Once you get some momentum going you will feel really good about yourself.[/quote]

I eat 1500-1800 calories a day and walk 3-5 miles a day (any further and my knees swell up and my plantar fasciitis kicks in). If I eat fewer than 1500 calories I start getting low blood sugar and migraines.  Please tell me how I can lose 1 pound a week merely by reducing the number of calories I consume.  I am GF, added sugar free, almost completely decaffeinated,  almost alcohol free (average 3-4 glasses of wine a month) local/sustainable fruits and veggies and treat meat as a side dish a few times a week.  I drink 80 oz  filtered water, one cup of decaf coffee in the am and 1 cup of green tea in the pm.  According to my doctor, my thyroid is fine.  I have been doing this to maintain weight.  My BMI is considered to be in the obese range. I am 52.

In my 30s, I was able to lose 1.5 pounds a [i]month[/i] on this program (well I only walked three miles a day then, but I had a 2 and 4 year old too).  I have never ever been able to lose as much as a pound a week.  That is crazy talk in my world. [/quote]

Can you eat 1500 calories a day, versus 1500-1800, and add heavy weight lifting twice a week? If you increase your muscle mass, you will burn fat better.[/quote]

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