Anonymous wrote:Mediterranean diet, more weight lifting (more muscles), and increased walking. I found I really needed to kick up the weight lifting. As for walking, the more moving the better. No junk food. Carbs are limited to high glycemic carbs.

Meant low glycemic carbs.

Mediterranean diet, more weight lifting (more muscles), and increased walking. I found I really needed to kick up the weight lifting. As for walking, the more moving the better. No junk food. Carbs are limited to high glycemic carbs.

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Anonymous wrote:Whenever i need to lose weight, I fast until lunchtime and skip all simple carbs. I eat everything else whenever I want, just not between 8pm and say 12pm. Works like a dream.

I skipped a bunch of meals with IF and ate healthy for a month on Weight Watchers (like plain yogurt and eggs) and lost 3 pounds. It all came back on with a few treats over Easter. So vicious, it’s hard to stay the course. Lots of deprivation and no results here.

That's the problem I have (age 49, would say this has been consistent through my 40s). Exercise has stayed the same/gotten a little more, and my weight has creeped up - and I can lose it, but if I even look at an extra slice of pizza it comes right back on in a hot second. Honestly I've been doing my best to, by and large, try to make peace with weighing a little more - I'm still in a healthy BMI range, no doctor has told me to lose weight. I miss being a skinny minny but I also really enjoy food.

PP again, that should say 30-45 mins. Point being I don’t go to the gym for hours (in fact I usually work out at home).

Logging food, eating at a slight deficit alternating with maintenance days, working out 5-6 days a week (about 40-45 min, mix of cardio, weights or Hiit depending on day). That keeps my BMI around 20-21 with muscle definition. I don’t count macros except protein and not always protein. I still drink alcohol socially and eat sugar if it fits in my calories. Just what works for me. I really don’t like cutting out all sugar, fasting, or any of the other tricks. Everyone is different and counting calories is not for everyone but I enjoy the structure and ability to eat what I want within parameters. And VERY predictable results.

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Anonymous wrote:Stop trying to be at the bottom of your BMI it’s not healthy

Normal BMI for someone 5’6” is 118-154.

So 154 is fine.

I'm 5'7 and look and feel terrible over 145. 134-140 looks and feels best for me. Everyone is different.

So you're good at 140 but at 145 you look "terrible"? Somehow I doubt it. I'm 5'7 and 5lbs up or down barely registers

Get off her tits. Who are you to comment about what someone else feels?

Oh please. Saying you would look "terrible" if you were 10lbs heavier (still at an objectively healthy weight) is not a neutral statement about how you "feel."

"That weight might be fine for you but personally I'm not ok with looking terrible"

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve been going through this. Agree with cutting carbs a lot. I do well for awhile and slip and the weight just pops back on. I feel like there’s little room for error.

Because cutting carbs is not losing fat, it’s losing water.

Well sure, the first few pounds are water weight. But eventually if you eat low carb, you will lose weight. Go ahead and ask your doctor. If she’s a woman familiar with menopause she will tell you to cut carbs and lift weights.

This. A friend of mine has lost over 50 pounds eating low carb. She did not have 50 pounds of water weight.

Anonymous wrote:Stop trying to be at the bottom of your BMI it’s not healthy

Huh? She is 5'6". At that height, 155 or 156 (I cannot remember the line) is overweight.

quote=Anonymous]I reduced refined sugar intake (still eat carbs and natural sugar). Also started intermittent fasting - I only eat between 10am and 6pm most days.

I already was running and lifting.

Easily lost 5 pounds.