Anonymous wrote:I have never maintained an ideal weight or lost weight without being hungry. Hungry all the time - on my mind several times an hour. I can resist but it is such a chore. It's not a feeling I like. I think some people do not experience this. I have been at an ideal weight about half of my life, and with decades mixed-in when I needed to lose tens of pounds (once as much as 60) Doesn't mater. Same very uncomfortable feeling.

The hunger is triggered by hormones that are released from carbs and insulin. The reason that low carb or low glycemic index diets work is because once you have been on them for a while, you don’t feel hungry. People eat so much less food on these diets. Insulin increases hunger hormones. Read the South Beach Diet book and it explains what happens to your body when you eat high glycemic foods.

Just get gastric bypass

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Anonymous wrote:My friend is 65, lost 60 lbs over two years by going on a NO carb diet and exercising by walking on a treadmill 30 minutes before breakfast and 30 minutes after breakfast.

She says she is proof it can be done. But she said she RADICALLY changed her diet, and she used to get away with eating carbs, but not anymore.

I don't think its the healthiest diet, but it worked for her.

I should add that all her bloodwork is spectacular, though. Cholesterol, etc.

Sorry, we need carbs.

I have never maintained an ideal weight or lost weight without being hungry. Hungry all the time - on my mind several times an hour. I can resist but it is such a chore. It's not a feeling I like. I think some people do not experience this. I have been at an ideal weight about half of my life, and with decades mixed-in when I needed to lose tens of pounds (once as much as 60) Doesn't mater. Same very uncomfortable feeling.

Anonymous wrote:My friend is 65, lost 60 lbs over two years by going on a NO carb diet and exercising by walking on a treadmill 30 minutes before breakfast and 30 minutes after breakfast.

She says she is proof it can be done. But she said she RADICALLY changed her diet, and she used to get away with eating carbs, but not anymore.

I don't think its the healthiest diet, but it worked for her.

I should add that all her bloodwork is spectacular, though. Cholesterol, etc.

My friend is 65, lost 60 lbs over two years by going on a NO carb diet and exercising by walking on a treadmill 30 minutes before breakfast and 30 minutes after breakfast.

She says she is proof it can be done. But she said she RADICALLY changed her diet, and she used to get away with eating carbs, but not anymore.

I don't think its the healthiest diet, but it worked for her.

I’m 52 and I think it’s disordered to want to be the same weight I was at 16 so I would not take any of this advice.

I’m a bit overweight so I plan to lose 10 to get to the top of my BMI, which I think is more healthy than being at the bottom of my BMI.

I hike and do yoga.

I think flexibility and core strength is way more important than seeing the muscles in my stomach.

BMI is a terrible measure but it is what we have.

I think if you can move, slept, are flexible and do your job, I would not worry about the # unless you are obese… which leads to health issues.

I have always kept my body looking the way I want it to look. I am 49, in menopause, I work out with weights, I climb mountains, I climb trees, I have osteoarthritis (early-onset, diagnosed in my 30's) I need a cane to walk, and I have end-stage COPD. I have had six children. I weigh 125 and I have worn a size zero for years. I am solid muscle and I have never been on a diet. I eat only what I crave. You are your own limitation.

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I’m 51. I have gained weight this last year. In the past, I’ve been my current weight, but it looks and feels so different on my body! Specifically, my belly - like all of a sudden my abdominal muscles no longer work so I have a pop out belly.
Wondering if it’s more wine, menapause or a combo?
Anni my to incorporate more cardio.

Good luck!!

I'm down 30 pounds - started process at age 50.

"midlife fat doesn't go away" - you need to challenge that thought

I recommend the Beck Diet Book - great CBT program

Also listen to the Weight Loss for Busy Physicians podcast. She has a great episode about targeting your weight loss goal - made me LOL - don't label your body defective.

Come to the diet forum here too.

good luck!

The people who are saying “this is impossible” are right.
The people who are saying “no it’s not” are also right.
And your baseline is your eating habits. Vegetarian doesn’t matter for weight if you’re eating a ton of nuts/seeds/pasta.
I think the people saying this is possible are the people who already have a fitness baseline of 45 minutes per day of walking/moving, with additional high-intensity or weight-lifting added on. These folks also eat a 60-70% whole foods diet, mostly plants (credit Michael Pollan).
The people saying this is impossible are more normal American habits in both exercise and eating.
No one is wrong, it’s just a really long and countercultural journey from normal American to the other place if you’re not already there. I’m moving down that road and it is not easy but it definitely gets easier and more habitual the more you do it.

Anonymous wrote:Midlife fat isn’t magical. I’ve heard that excuse from so many of my clients. It’s fat. It will go away if you change the way you eat and the way you move. I’m 55. I’m the same weight I was at 16. The only time I gained was during pregnancy. I have had to change the way I eat as I’ve aged. People who stay fit and healthy through middle age and beyond are typically health conscious and not fooled by ridiculous fad dieting.

Yep. 51 and still same weight since my 20s. And I gained 45-50 pounds with each of my pregnancies. I worked to get that weight off as quick as possible and made sure I had taken it off before getting pregnant again.

I do not have a fast metabolism. I can gain weight easily so I have always worked out very consistently and eat healthy during the week, cheating and indulging more on the weekends. I never sent myself the cake or the bread, etc. But I eat in moderation and when I start to fluff up slightly I immediately clean up eating habits.

I never weigh myself. Once a year at the doctors. It’s always within 1-2 pounds.

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Anonymous wrote:Midlife fat isn’t magical. I’ve heard that excuse from so many of my clients. It’s fat. It will go away if you change the way you eat and the way you move. I’m 55. I’m the same weight I was at 16. The only time I gained was during pregnancy. I have had to change the way I eat as I’ve aged. People who stay fit and healthy through middle age and beyond are typically health conscious and not fooled by ridiculous fad dieting.

Naah, while maintaining weight throughout makes sense, that doesn't really happen. Menopause kills it. You aren't fully through it.

Post menopausal 3 yrs now. Try again.

Not buying it. And you were menopausal at 52. I was menopausal at 56. That's when it all happened...at 60. Come back here in a year or 2 and we will chat. No one, I mean no one, escapes this unless one works out hours a day. Not sustainable. Btw, if you have clients, and you say those things you have and/or will lose a lot of credibility. Everyone will know you live in an orbit that isn't real world. Shaming doesn't work.

Np. I’m a few years past menopause and have lost 25 lbs in the past year without working out hours a day. It’s ridiculous to say that weight gain is a foregone conclusion post menopause. There’s nothing magical that happens to everyone 4 years in that causes them to pack on pounds. Metabolism slows as we age, but it’s possible to tweak diet and exercise to counteract the weight gain.

Try Noom. It worked really well in our house. More than 50 pounds lost and you can eat whatever…just less of it.

Exercise is okay but reducing calories is what’s mainly needed for weight loss.