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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know I’m premature in saying this as I’m “only” 40, but so far it hasn’t been an issue and I cannot fathom it will ever be.  I’ve managed to have three kids with normal weight gains and able to lose it without drastic measures within a year of each baby.

I work out regularly, but more importantly, I weigh myself regularly.  At least a couple times per week.  Weight cannot creep on if you don’t let it.  5-10 lbs can be easily gained in you live on athleisure and don’t weigh yourself ever.  Then another 10 if you don’t make changes and so on.  But if you are happy with your weight and monitor it, you can adjust what you eat and your exercise as the needs of your body change with age.  While a few pounds may be acceptable to gain with age, there is no reason anyone has to become overweight or obese as they age if they actively take steps to maintain a heathy weight [/quote]

So I used to say exactly all of this when I was 40. ALL OF IT. Couldn't understand how anyone could ever let themselves gain weight like that, always thin, easily lost all weight after my pregnancies within a matter of just weeks, could literally eat whatever I wanted, etc, etc.

I'm now 46, and I am shocked at how much this has changed for me in just the past year or so as I enter the perimenopausal stage of life. The body changes in this stage of life are very real. For the record, I'm very athletic and have been all through adulthood: competitive runner, workout 5-6 days a week, very toned. And I'm still very much in shape. However, my metabolism is nothing like what it was; it has completely tanked. In my 20s I used to eat an entire pound of pasta for dinner most nights, no joke. No way would that fly now. Just over the past year or so, I gain weight way way more easily, and it's much MUCH harder to lose, even just a few pounds. My weight management strategies of years past just don't work anymore. I read some interview recently that Heidi Klum only eats like 800 calories a day to stay thin at her age. Just a few years ago I would have thought this was nuts, but now that I'm "here", I completely believe it.

I still wear the same size, and I'm still the same healthy weight I've had all through adulthood. However, it is MUCH MUCH MUCH harder to keep it that way. I'm definitely eating crow from the way I viewed this earlier in life, even just a few years ago. More power to you and your 40 year old self, PP, but it's not nearly as easy as you think it is now.[/quote]

I definitely recognize it is harder to maintain weight as you age and your body requires less.  But as long as your actively are in tube with what your weigh and adjust your eating, there is no reason you need to gain 20+ lbs with age [/quote]

DP Sure what happens when you get arthritis in your knee or your ankle goes out? Think that will not happen to you? You are dreaming,[/quote]

Also, the list of estrogen allows testosterone to have a bigger effect.  Unless you take HRT, this will change how you gain weight and where. Even if you are active. Trust us on this one.[/quote]

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