Why would you stop running? Yes, weight lifting is very important at our age but so is cardio.

I have 10 pounds that crept back on. Ir re-joined noom last night to get me ready for winter break.

Anonymous wrote:Op here. example of a weight-stable behavior. Asterisk for a slow-loss improvement possibility.
-bagel with butter. An egg or two
-chips and apple snack
-salad with dressing, chicken, cuke, tomatoes at lunch
-home cooked dinner, small burger or veggie soup over rice
-not every day. Extra snack like popcorn or ice cream or a three cookies. Maybe a candy bar instead **could drop this + morning snack for slow progress. But there’s not really a “wall” to help me attack this mentally.
-lots of water daily, sometimes a Coke Zero.

This is comfortable but I stay the same.

________
And an example of effective, actual progress that takes months of mental dedication.
-scrambled eggs, Greek yogurt and fruit. If my stomach hurts, a whole what toast with butter to settle it. Alternatively protein shake.
-salad with homemade dressing, chicken, cuke, tomatoes at lunch
-home cooked dinner, burger in a lettuce wrap or veggie soup over rice. Big salad, roast veggies, bolognese over rice or veggies. I really really like these dinners.
-barely any snack. Maybe something outside of the rules 1-2 a week. If I’m hungry, apple, tea, water, pack of nuts.
-lots of water daily, sometimes a Coke Zero.

So you can see it’s not much change or sacrifice but my body attacks, attacks, screams mentally. This is a rally effective for loss if I can endure it.


Exercise similar on both. More time given for effective loss which I *completely enjoy* but it’s a sacrifice for my wfh.

I see the potential for quite a big calorie difference in what you listed.

I cut out sugar completely at 40 and it allowed me to maintain my weight at 130lbs for 10 years. Hit peri-menopause at 49 and have put on 15lbs. Still on not eating sugar!! I am now on wegovy, hardly eating anything and weight is finally coming off. I have realised my food requirement at this age has dropped by around 50%. I exercise a lot, very heavy lifting and have had a DEXA scan. It is not muscle loss - just far from not needing much food anymore

Try eating less. Yawn.

Like, my kid has a 60 yo teacher that looks amazing. She hasn’t eaten sugar in something like 5 years. At all.

And logically, I’d be ok with that. I want to lose my excess fat more than eat ice cream. I do not care about ice cream, doesn’t tempt me.

But when I’m in the weight loss, mentally, I lose all reasoning.

There is no solution. All paths lead me to staying within the same 6 pound range. How I was able to endure longer a couple of years ago?? Maybe better mental focus and TIME and space. I cannot get that now.

Anonymous wrote:I was always thin eating a pretty good diet with splurges whenever and no thought. Now losing requires no bread/pasta/added sugar. It really sucks, but cutting these out for me improves my body composition more than just calorie restriction alone.

This. This is how I feel
-op

It’s not *that far* different but on day 3 of no bread (effective), I’m like… give me hot chocolate, give me candy, give me a hoagie sandwich.

(I apologize if talking about cravings affects anyone.)

So I eat the bread or I eat the candy bar. And I actually stay the same weight. And no one is hurt by my eating a snack, but I didn’t lose anything.

I was always thin eating a pretty good diet with splurges whenever and no thought. Now losing requires no bread/pasta/added sugar. It really sucks, but cutting these out for me improves my body composition more than just calorie restriction alone.

Op here. example of a weight-stable behavior. Asterisk for a slow-loss improvement possibility.
-bagel with butter. An egg or two
-chips and apple snack
-salad with dressing, chicken, cuke, tomatoes at lunch
-home cooked dinner, small burger or veggie soup over rice
-not every day. Extra snack like popcorn or ice cream or a three cookies. Maybe a candy bar instead **could drop this + morning snack for slow progress. But there’s not really a “wall” to help me attack this mentally.
-lots of water daily, sometimes a Coke Zero.

This is comfortable but I stay the same.

________
And an example of effective, actual progress that takes months of mental dedication.
-scrambled eggs, Greek yogurt and fruit. If my stomach hurts, a whole what toast with butter to settle it. Alternatively protein shake.
-salad with homemade dressing, chicken, cuke, tomatoes at lunch
-home cooked dinner, burger in a lettuce wrap or veggie soup over rice. Big salad, roast veggies, bolognese over rice or veggies. I really really like these dinners.
-barely any snack. Maybe something outside of the rules 1-2 a week. If I’m hungry, apple, tea, water, pack of nuts.
-lots of water daily, sometimes a Coke Zero.

So you can see it’s not much change or sacrifice but my body attacks, attacks, screams mentally. This is a rally effective for loss if I can endure it.


Exercise similar on both. More time given for effective loss which I *completely enjoy* but it’s a sacrifice for my wfh.

Anonymous wrote:5 pounds in 4-5 weeks isn't slow progress. You yoyo because you're impatient to lose too quickly. Aim for half a pound a week or even less. You'll be at your goal in less than a year.

I don’t know how to do otherwise. My regular diet, even slightly improved, does not work.

What worked in the past is a lot of mental focus when my body wants to have sugar, soda (after turning it down for say a week at a time). 1 hour walks every single day.

I can do this, I’ve done it. But why is there such as wide berth between like a fairly healthy diet and the one that changes my body? One is easy (weight stable), one is so mentally taxing but actually works and is also healthy.

I don’t know how to lose a medium amount.

Try Qsymia.

Weight gain diet (rarely happens), lots of snacks and sweets, chips etc.

Weight stable diet, already pretty good. All the food groups, I don’t eat to huge fullness ever. Maybe too many brownies occasionally. Could maintain this forever.

Weight loss, no flour, no sugar. Almost perfect (ok, sometimes one snack every other day). A good amount of really comfortable intermittent fasting. Takes a lot of thought but is mostly comfortable. On day 3 of new motivation, my body starts screaming for comfort.

-OP

Anything to add considering this?

So for me it’s hard, bc my regular diet isn’t

5 pounds in 4-5 weeks isn't slow progress. You yoyo because you're impatient to lose too quickly. Aim for half a pound a week or even less. You'll be at your goal in less than a year.

I went to my doctor this week for a regular checkup and she did not feel concerned enough to prescribe Wegovy.
-op

Sorry for typos. I’m on a walk in my neighborhood right now on a work break. And wanted to get this on dcum now.

I’m I a couple of years long yo yo.
I’m short, and my excess fat is starting to really bug me. Recent pictures have reminded me that I look very big. Again, my short height, just.. I don’t carry it well.

My highest was about 2 years ago at 160.
My lowest was last summer (1.5. Ago) at 145. I still had more to go then, but I was really proud of myself for how far I had changed.

I’m at 155 now. Was 160 around Halloween and I’ve been motivated to eat well, and I’m making slow progress again.

One of my deep feelings about it is that I just enjoy moving, running, sit-ups, exercise. And my fat gets in the way. In fact I stopped running worries my excess weight is making me have to world harder, putting more on my joints than necessary. For my joints sake, I would only want to run 1-3x per week anyway. Fun run 5ks on Thanksgiving.

Any thoughts? I don’t have questions but a lot of concern over just.. I can’t lose this excess fat. I’m putting waaaay more effort into eating well to combat it but again it’s hard to keep up over the years. I’m not even that terrible of an eater but again, my small body size makes it all worse.