Anonymous wrote:PP who is 5'7" and went to 147 - that is a great weight, and even 167 was not bad at all, so why is your goal now 135?So that you have some wiggle room? I am 5'8" and was super slim before we moved to US and now I am trying to desperately get back to my good old 165, from 185pds...When I hear that people think the proper number is 147pds for roughly my height, I am so discouraged since it was basically my high school weight. Unless you are a much younger person? Anyway, congrats to you all ladies and guys moving to your goals....

Anonymous wrote:PP who is 5'7" and went to 147 - that is a great weight, and even 167 was not bad at all, so why is your goal now 135?So that you have some wiggle room? I am 5'8" and was super slim before we moved to US and now I am trying to desperately get back to my good old 165, from 185pds...When I hear that people think the proper number is 147pds for roughly my height, I am so discouraged since it was basically my high school weight. Unless you are a much younger person? Anyway, congrats to you all ladies and guys moving to your goals....

Anonymous wrote:PP who is 5'7" and went to 147 - that is a great weight, and even 167 was not bad at all, so why is your goal now 135?So that you have some wiggle room? I am 5'8" and was super slim before we moved to US and now I am trying to desperately get back to my good old 165, from 185pds...When I hear that people think the proper number is 147pds for roughly my height, I am so discouraged since it was basically my high school weight. Unless you are a much younger person? Anyway, congrats to you all ladies and guys moving to your goals....

Anonymous wrote:Congratulations, OP and PPs!

I'm 51 and this past year has been the first time I've really seen weight creep up on me. I'm very active, but this post is making me realize how much I need to clean up my diet.

Anonymous wrote:Congrats on the weight loss. When you say that you exercise, how long every day do you exercise and what type?

I'm struggling to lose more than the 7 pounds that I gained during Covid and lost the past year, mostly through increased exercise. I sure do feel a lot more fit though.

Anonymous wrote:I kept it off for over five years, did gain 15-20 during COV.iD which is a lot for my height but now just have 5-10 to go to get back. What works for me in maintaining is to always avoid certain foods unless they are very limited. For example, a small piece of cake at someone’s house is OK but if I make a cake at home for the kids etc I don’t touch it. I can never eat just a few potato chips so I never eat any. No starchy vegetables ever especially potatoes or rice including brown rice. Avoid bread.

For weight loss, I eat high protein, extremely low carbs, clean foods, lots of water. Mostly get fats from olive oil or avocados, not a butter lover. For weight maintenance, I still eat high protein, low carb but feel free to eat moderate carbs. I’ll eat low carb pasta, throw a can of black beans into chili, low carb beerr one glass of dry Pinot.

The biggest things to learn were how to avoid carbs while making good interesting food. We’re just so used to carbs being a base or a super plentiful side to everything, awareness that taking a day off doesn’t just mean gaining weight, it brings back craving food when I don’t need it, and changing how I go out to eat. People fuss about fast food but that’s easy for a lot of people to avoid. Sit down restaurant upscale and casual are the real problem. Chefs prioritize flavor and experience which means they use a ridiculous amount of fat, salt and high carbs. The average meal at a sit down restaurant is 1250 calories. The plant based is even worse in terms of carbs.

Gaining some back during COVID was a bummer but I understand more now how to maintain and losing has been relatively easy. It is far from impossible to maintain. If you do gain some back, just get back on the wagon,

Anonymous wrote:I kept it off for over five years, did gain 15-20 during COV.iD which is a lot for my height but now just have 5-10 to go to get back. What works for me in maintaining is to always avoid certain foods unless they are very limited. For example, a small piece of cake at someone’s house is OK but if I make a cake at home for the kids etc I don’t touch it. I can never eat just a few potato chips so I never eat any. No starchy vegetables ever especially potatoes or rice including brown rice. Avoid bread.

For weight loss, I eat high protein, extremely low carbs, clean foods, lots of water. Mostly get fats from olive oil or avocados, not a butter lover. For weight maintenance, I still eat high protein, low carb but feel free to eat moderate carbs. I’ll eat low carb pasta, throw a can of black beans into chili, low carb beerr one glass of dry Pinot.

The biggest things to learn were how to avoid carbs while making good interesting food. We’re just so used to carbs being a base or a super plentiful side to everything, awareness that taking a day off doesn’t just mean gaining weight, it brings back craving food when I don’t need it, and changing how I go out to eat. People fuss about fast food but that’s easy for a lot of people to avoid. Sit down restaurant upscale and casual are the real problem. Chefs prioritize flavor and experience which means they use a ridiculous amount of fat, salt and high carbs. The average meal at a sit down restaurant is 1250 calories. The plant based is even worse in terms of carbs.

Gaining some back during COVID was a bummer but I understand more now how to maintain and losing has been relatively easy. It is far from impossible to maintain. If you do gain some back, just get back on the wagon,

Anonymous wrote:I kept it off for over five years, did gain 15-20 during COV.iD which is a lot for my height but now just have 5-10 to go to get back. What works for me in maintaining is to always avoid certain foods unless they are very limited. For example, a small piece of cake at someone’s house is OK but if I make a cake at home for the kids etc I don’t touch it. I can never eat just a few potato chips so I never eat any. No starchy vegetables ever especially potatoes or rice including brown rice. Avoid bread.

For weight loss, I eat high protein, extremely low carbs, clean foods, lots of water. Mostly get fats from olive oil or avocados, not a butter lover. For weight maintenance, I still eat high protein, low carb but feel free to eat moderate carbs. I’ll eat low carb pasta, throw a can of black beans into chili, low carb beerr one glass of dry Pinot.

The biggest things to learn were how to avoid carbs while making good interesting food. We’re just so used to carbs being a base or a super plentiful side to everything, awareness that taking a day off doesn’t just mean gaining weight, it brings back craving food when I don’t need it, and changing how I go out to eat. People fuss about fast food but that’s easy for a lot of people to avoid. Sit down restaurant upscale and casual are the real problem. Chefs prioritize flavor and experience which means they use a ridiculous amount of fat, salt and high carbs. The average meal at a sit down restaurant is 1250 calories. The plant based is even worse in terms of carbs.

Gaining some back during COVID was a bummer but I understand more now how to maintain and losing has been relatively easy. It is far from impossible to maintain. If you do gain some back, just get back on the wagon,

This is really helpful and true - get back on the wagon. I'm not the OP but I'm one of the 53 yr old women posting here.
I have now lost 20lbs since April and I am not hungry (this is in response to the doubting poster who says check back in 5 yrs) in fact I sometimes have to remind myself to eat because I am not hungry at all at times. I think weight can certainly creep back on, during times of Covid, during times of comfort eating but if you've changed your whole dynamic with food consciously then that's less likely to happen.
I'm really enjoying not being Humpty Dumpty shaped any more (all weight gain above hips for me!).