Anonymous wrote:OP - I've previously posted and lost 13 pounds now over the last few months. Follow plant based diet with a little meat, very little sugar, no fat and work out 2 hours a day. For the first two months, the scale did not move. The only thing that kept me going was knowing I was getting stronger, and I focused on the longevity aspect and gaining muscle. Eventually, my body gave up and is resetting my weight. I have a biochem background - there is something called homestasis - think of the thermostat in your house. Your body will set its weight based on your calorie needs and calorie in-take. So, when you have been a certain weight for a long time, it takes a while for your body to reset. Eventually, though if you stick to a plan, your body will give up and reset to the new reality. The tendency is for your body to stay within a certain small range. It's a bit more complicated than that if you've really messed up your metabolic health and become really obese - in that case I hear fasting can make the scale budge. This has been my diet/exercise plan for 20 years now, but my habits eroded over a period of 5 years and wham I was out of shape, drinking wine every night, eating cheese and bread mess.

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Anonymous wrote:For those of you who think you will not gain weight when you hit menopause, I thought the same as many of the responses on here, until it happened to me. I had always been thin and could easily lose weight, now I eat less and healthy work out 5 days a week including strength training, running, cycling, etc. Weight does not budge. Maybe generically some have an advantage, but for the most part, we are all bound to be heavier than in our 20s and 30s and 40s.

That is not the case for me. Meno at 52, still weigh 110. Regularly work out 6x a week, plus 2 mile walks daily, mostly WFPB diet of 1200 calories, with exceptions for special events. Most people think I'm in my early 40s, not post-50. I've lead a healthy lifestyle since my teens though and non of the women in my family were ever obese.

Do you work out in your house? what kind of equipment for you have? What kind of cardio is best for home setting?

You are trading thin for other health issues. At that consistent calorie level, there is no way you are getting enough of micro and macro nutrients. I am astounded that people think being thin is the only thing that will protect them from health issues later in life. And FYI, you probably have to stay so low because you have tanked your metabolism with severe calorie restriction.

I really am not trading for anything, I just need a 6 week boost to lose Covid weight. Weight loss food intake is by no means maintenance intake.

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Anonymous wrote:For those of you who think you will not gain weight when you hit menopause, I thought the same as many of the responses on here, until it happened to me. I had always been thin and could easily lose weight, now I eat less and healthy work out 5 days a week including strength training, running, cycling, etc. Weight does not budge. Maybe generically some have an advantage, but for the most part, we are all bound to be heavier than in our 20s and 30s and 40s.

That is not the case for me. Meno at 52, still weigh 110. Regularly work out 6x a week, plus 2 mile walks daily, mostly WFPB diet of 1200 calories, with exceptions for special events. Most people think I'm in my early 40s, not post-50. I've lead a healthy lifestyle since my teens though and non of the women in my family were ever obese.

Do you work out in your house? what kind of equipment for you have? What kind of cardio is best for home setting?

You are trading thin for other health issues. At that consistent calorie level, there is no way you are getting enough of micro and macro nutrients. I am astounded that people think being thin is the only thing that will protect them from health issues later in life. And FYI, you probably have to stay so low because you have tanked your metabolism with severe calorie restriction.