Try sneaking in exercise however you can, even if it’s just doing planks while you watch TV; calf raises as the shower warms up; 20-minute walking meeting at work. At my workplace, we have an informal “walk and talk” meeting practice, which has been great! But even if you set your alarm 10 minutes earlier, walked twice around your block, and then got in the shower, you’d be doing a great thing for yourself.

If you happen to live near a gym that has a pool and can afford it, even walking the length of the pool and swimming a few laps is great. You can eventually build up to more and more swimming. This is how I got back into movement, and I’m not going to lie: the biggest draw for me is the 5-minute hot tub soak at the end of every swim session.

Standing desk; ballet/barre type moves; get up and walk through the hallways at work. Something, anything: just make sure you are moving!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am 44 and have lost 25 lbs in 3 months.

- drastically reduced alcohol, added sugars, and takeout

- increased produce and fiber-rich foods

- 10-15k steps per day, every day, no exceptions

- weight training 4x/week

- intense cardio 1-2x per week

Congrats on your weight loss but this would not be sustainable for most people.

That's not hard at all. Why on earth wouldn't it be sustainable? Many of us do it (or more) with jobs and life commitments.

PP's habits describes me, except my cardio and strength are switched. And I get closer to 15-20k steps/day.

NP. 20k steps a day is at least a couple of hours walking, plus 6 workouts a week. I mean, sure, it can be done but you can't spend 2 hours a day working out AND give 110% at a traditional job, even a hybrid one, cover a couple of tweens' chauffeuring, feeding, supervision, as an example of "why on earth" it wouldn't be sustainable.

Now, if you're fully remote and working 2-3 actual hours a day, and/or outsource cooking and cleaning and/or outsource parenting, and/or have older or no kids, yeah, that self-obsessed fantasy can be lived in middle age.

It doesn't take hours a day. It takes 1 hour, with bits of activity built in throughout the day. You also don't have to do 20k. When I was an elementary teacher, I woke up at 4:45am to get a run/walk in. Plus, you move your body all day long. Of course, it's hard if you don't make an effort. Nobody is going to put in the work for you.

1200 calories a day, 1-2 hours of fairly intense (ie it makes you sweat) exercise 6-7x a week, plus walking 1-3 miles a day. Lotsnof water and 8-10 hours of sleep.

I've been doing this for years and still fit into my college jeans in my 50s. And yes, I've had 3 children (all adults now)

[twitter]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am 44 and have lost 25 lbs in 3 months.

- drastically reduced alcohol, added sugars, and takeout

- increased produce and fiber-rich foods

- 10-15k steps per day, every day, no exceptions

- weight training 4x/week

- intense cardio 1-2x per week

Congrats on your weight loss but this would not be sustainable for most people.

That's not hard at all. Why on earth wouldn't it be sustainable? Many of us do it (or more) with jobs and life commitments.

PP's habits describes me, except my cardio and strength are switched. And I get closer to 15-20k steps/day.

NP. 20k steps a day is at least a couple of hours walking, plus 6 workouts a week. I mean, sure, it can be done but you can't spend 2 hours a day working out AND give 110% at a traditional job, even a hybrid one, cover a couple of tweens' chauffeuring, feeding, supervision, as an example of "why on earth" it wouldn't be sustainable.

Now, if you're fully remote and working 2-3 actual hours a day, and/or outsource cooking and cleaning and/or outsource parenting, and/or have older or no kids, yeah, that self-obsessed fantasy can be lived in middle age.

Imagine what your life might look like if you spent the time you spend on the internet arguing dumb points walking instead.

Imagine what PP's life accomplishments would look like if they spent the time they spend obsessing over having a firm a**, getting things done instead. Their and my time on the internet aruging dumb points isn't going away, obviously.

I see no evidence that PP isn’t accomplishing what she wants. However you have told us all that you would rather type on DCUM than get steps in.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am 44 and have lost 25 lbs in 3 months.

- drastically reduced alcohol, added sugars, and takeout

- increased produce and fiber-rich foods

- 10-15k steps per day, every day, no exceptions

- weight training 4x/week

- intense cardio 1-2x per week

Congrats on your weight loss but this would not be sustainable for most people.

That's not hard at all. Why on earth wouldn't it be sustainable? Many of us do it (or more) with jobs and life commitments.

PP's habits describes me, except my cardio and strength are switched. And I get closer to 15-20k steps/day.

NP. 20k steps a day is at least a couple of hours walking, plus 6 workouts a week. I mean, sure, it can be done but you can't spend 2 hours a day working out AND give 110% at a traditional job, even a hybrid one, cover a couple of tweens' chauffeuring, feeding, supervision, as an example of "why on earth" it wouldn't be sustainable.

Now, if you're fully remote and working 2-3 actual hours a day, and/or outsource cooking and cleaning and/or outsource parenting, and/or have older or no kids, yeah, that self-obsessed fantasy can be lived in middle age.

Imagine what your life might look like if you spent the time you spend on the internet arguing dumb points walking instead.

Imagine what PP's life accomplishments would look like if they spent the time they spend obsessing over having a firm a**, getting things done instead. Their and my time on the internet aruging dumb points isn't going away, obviously.

The most productive people are usually the ones that actually have themselves together enough to make time for some form of physical exercise. But you probably don’t operate among them so I guess you wouldn’t realize that.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am 44 and have lost 25 lbs in 3 months.

- drastically reduced alcohol, added sugars, and takeout

- increased produce and fiber-rich foods

- 10-15k steps per day, every day, no exceptions

- weight training 4x/week

- intense cardio 1-2x per week

Congrats on your weight loss but this would not be sustainable for most people.

That's not hard at all. Why on earth wouldn't it be sustainable? Many of us do it (or more) with jobs and life commitments.

PP's habits describes me, except my cardio and strength are switched. And I get closer to 15-20k steps/day.

NP. 20k steps a day is at least a couple of hours walking, plus 6 workouts a week. I mean, sure, it can be done but you can't spend 2 hours a day working out AND give 110% at a traditional job, even a hybrid one, cover a couple of tweens' chauffeuring, feeding, supervision, as an example of "why on earth" it wouldn't be sustainable.

Now, if you're fully remote and working 2-3 actual hours a day, and/or outsource cooking and cleaning and/or outsource parenting, and/or have older or no kids, yeah, that self-obsessed fantasy can be lived in middle age.

I’m PP who lost 25 lbs. I have tweens who require chauffeuring, and I work full time. As a result, I don’t have 2 hours per day to work out but I do have 30-40 minutes. At home - because I don’t have the time to go to and from the gym. Free weights from Target and YouTube workout videos.

I need to walk in place during conference calls to get to 10k steps during weekdays, but steps are steps. I also don’t outsource cleaning - but again, steps are steps.

The first two weeks were really difficult, but I now have more energy as a result of all of these changes, which makes everything easier to manage.

Walking in place during a conference call. Yes, that does sound like what is required and that just doesn't sound serious or sustainable, does it.

Give up alcohol and sugar.

Move more
Eat less

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am 44 and have lost 25 lbs in 3 months.

- drastically reduced alcohol, added sugars, and takeout

- increased produce and fiber-rich foods

- 10-15k steps per day, every day, no exceptions

- weight training 4x/week

- intense cardio 1-2x per week

Congrats on your weight loss but this would not be sustainable for most people.

That's not hard at all. Why on earth wouldn't it be sustainable? Many of us do it (or more) with jobs and life commitments.

PP's habits describes me, except my cardio and strength are switched. And I get closer to 15-20k steps/day.

NP. 20k steps a day is at least a couple of hours walking, plus 6 workouts a week. I mean, sure, it can be done but you can't spend 2 hours a day working out AND give 110% at a traditional job, even a hybrid one, cover a couple of tweens' chauffeuring, feeding, supervision, as an example of "why on earth" it wouldn't be sustainable.

Now, if you're fully remote and working 2-3 actual hours a day, and/or outsource cooking and cleaning and/or outsource parenting, and/or have older or no kids, yeah, that self-obsessed fantasy can be lived in middle age.

Imagine what your life might look like if you spent the time you spend on the internet arguing dumb points walking instead.

Imagine what PP's life accomplishments would look like if they spent the time they spend obsessing over having a firm a**, getting things done instead. Their and my time on the internet aruging dumb points isn't going away, obviously.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am 44 and have lost 25 lbs in 3 months.

- drastically reduced alcohol, added sugars, and takeout

- increased produce and fiber-rich foods

- 10-15k steps per day, every day, no exceptions

- weight training 4x/week

- intense cardio 1-2x per week

Congrats on your weight loss but this would not be sustainable for most people.

That's not hard at all. Why on earth wouldn't it be sustainable? Many of us do it (or more) with jobs and life commitments.

PP's habits describes me, except my cardio and strength are switched. And I get closer to 15-20k steps/day.

NP. 20k steps a day is at least a couple of hours walking, plus 6 workouts a week. I mean, sure, it can be done but you can't spend 2 hours a day working out AND give 110% at a traditional job, even a hybrid one, cover a couple of tweens' chauffeuring, feeding, supervision, as an example of "why on earth" it wouldn't be sustainable.

Now, if you're fully remote and working 2-3 actual hours a day, and/or outsource cooking and cleaning and/or outsource parenting, and/or have older or no kids, yeah, that self-obsessed fantasy can be lived in middle age.

Imagine what your life might look like if you spent the time you spend on the internet arguing dumb points walking instead.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am 44 and have lost 25 lbs in 3 months.

- drastically reduced alcohol, added sugars, and takeout

- increased produce and fiber-rich foods

- 10-15k steps per day, every day, no exceptions

- weight training 4x/week

- intense cardio 1-2x per week

Congrats on your weight loss but this would not be sustainable for most people.

That's not hard at all. Why on earth wouldn't it be sustainable? Many of us do it (or more) with jobs and life commitments.

PP's habits describes me, except my cardio and strength are switched. And I get closer to 15-20k steps/day.

NP. 20k steps a day is at least a couple of hours walking, plus 6 workouts a week. I mean, sure, it can be done but you can't spend 2 hours a day working out AND give 110% at a traditional job, even a hybrid one, cover a couple of tweens' chauffeuring, feeding, supervision, as an example of "why on earth" it wouldn't be sustainable.

Now, if you're fully remote and working 2-3 actual hours a day, and/or outsource cooking and cleaning and/or outsource parenting, and/or have older or no kids, yeah, that self-obsessed fantasy can be lived in middle age.

I’m PP who lost 25 lbs. I have tweens who require chauffeuring, and I work full time. As a result, I don’t have 2 hours per day to work out but I do have 30-40 minutes. At home - because I don’t have the time to go to and from the gym. Free weights from Target and YouTube workout videos.

I need to walk in place during conference calls to get to 10k steps during weekdays, but steps are steps. I also don’t outsource cleaning - but again, steps are steps.

The first two weeks were really difficult, but I now have more energy as a result of all of these changes, which makes everything easier to manage.

Accept that when you are perimenopausal, you have to make permanent dietary changes and can never again eat the way you once did.

Start by eating the same diet you once did, just half of it.

Slowly cut out all processed foods.

Drink lots of water/clear soup before you start eating. Many times hunger is just thirstiness. If you fill up on the water, you won't eat food.

Make your plate half vegetables, quarter carbs, quarter protein.

Go to an estate sale and replace all your dishware with smaller sizes.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am 44 and have lost 25 lbs in 3 months.

- drastically reduced alcohol, added sugars, and takeout

- increased produce and fiber-rich foods

- 10-15k steps per day, every day, no exceptions

- weight training 4x/week

- intense cardio 1-2x per week

To respond to the weirdly quoting poster. This is absolutely sustainable for most people. It’s not even that big of a time commitment versus mindlessly snacking and watching TV. The above is nothing more than a commitment to health.

Complete disagree for most people. Unless you are walking to work, or walk as part of your job, finding time to walk 4-5 miles a day is extremely difficult for most people on top of a weights workout.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am 44 and have lost 25 lbs in 3 months.

- drastically reduced alcohol, added sugars, and takeout

- increased produce and fiber-rich foods

- 10-15k steps per day, every day, no exceptions

- weight training 4x/week

- intense cardio 1-2x per week

Congrats on your weight loss but this would not be sustainable for most people.

That's not hard at all. Why on earth wouldn't it be sustainable? Many of us do it (or more) with jobs and life commitments.

PP's habits describes me, except my cardio and strength are switched. And I get closer to 15-20k steps/day.

NP. 20k steps a day is at least a couple of hours walking, plus 6 workouts a week. I mean, sure, it can be done but you can't spend 2 hours a day working out AND give 110% at a traditional job, even a hybrid one, cover a couple of tweens' chauffeuring, feeding, supervision, as an example of "why on earth" it wouldn't be sustainable.

Now, if you're fully remote and working 2-3 actual hours a day, and/or outsource cooking and cleaning and/or outsource parenting, and/or have older or no kids, yeah, that self-obsessed fantasy can be lived in middle age.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am 44 and have lost 25 lbs in 3 months.

- drastically reduced alcohol, added sugars, and takeout

- increased produce and fiber-rich foods

- 10-15k steps per day, every day, no exceptions

- weight training 4x/week

- intense cardio 1-2x per week

Congrats on your weight loss but this would not be sustainable for most people.

That's not hard at all. Why on earth wouldn't it be sustainable? Many of us do it (or more) with jobs and life commitments.

PP's habits describes me, except my cardio and strength are switched. And I get closer to 15-20k steps/day.

The poster you are responding to thinks its unsustainable because they are lazy and addicted to garbage.