Age ain't got nuthin to do with it!!!

Robin,

Congratulations on your 20 pound weight loss. I know what some of these women mean about the age thing and weight. Menopause can place real havoc on ones body. I guess you just have to get a handle on it.

I gained 23 pounds last year, while I went to school full time on an accelerated program. I exercised the same, but started eating more processed foods.

In the last 8 weeks I have lost 20 of those pounds by following the Eat Clean diet and doing the STS program. So, I know what you mean, it can be done. I am fitting in all of my old clothes and it feels great.

I noticed when I gained the weight that it was mostly in by bust and my gut. My bust got huge and heavy. I felt as though I just had a baby. Actually, that is how my body looked. I know that had to do with being past menopause. I never had my weight distributed like that.

Keep up the good work, Robin, you are a great woman. By the way I am 53, too.

Cheryl
 
Vanilla - but it has to be French vanilla with vanilla bean flecks in it!

Wedding Day 116 (all I did was run, run, run)
Pre Preggers (15 years ago/age 35) 128
Post Preggers - 134
Surgical Menopause - 138
AntiDepressents - A solid 10lb weight gain to 148.
Going off Drugs - down to 143 and cannot bust it.

I'm 5'4" btw and have one child.

Diets

WW - it worked but what bothers me about it is you can eat crap and still stay under or at your points.

RAW Diet - gained weight but I think it was too much of the nut thing.

Detox type diet - felt great, lost weight but it was difficult to maintain.

I have a best buddy who teaches about 6 different types of fitness classes a week and runs about 20-30 miles on top of that. She gained weight and said it was age. Then she did WW and lost 10 and said "half age/half too much crap shoveling into my mouth".

I think it's a combo of - less calories as we age, quality of those calories and keep moving!

Just my opinion.
 
Yup, you're right..

buffettgirl said:
I've been reading several threads lately that blame age for weight gain or the inablility to lose. I'm here to tell you that age ain't got nuthin to do with it! I'm 53 and lost 20 pounds over about a two month time frame. The trick was to stop fooling myself and start seriously watching what I ate. Yes, exercise helped, but it was the 1500-1600 calorie/day diet (with a cheat day every week or so) that made all the difference. Stop using age as an excuse! That dawg don't hunt.
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Age has nothing to do with it - it has to do with how you eat & getting enough of the right kind of exercise, period. Nothing fancy, that's it.
 
Exactly. Age IS a factor, but that just means we have to try harder if we want to lose weight.


LaughingWater said:
*nods* Right.

It's not that once we turn 40, we fall apart and can't do a thing to help ourselves. Of course you can lose weight at any age.

However, I cannot eat and workout like I did when I was 25 and still get the same results. That's what I mean when I refer to age.
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Hey Robin-

Congrats on your weight loss!!

I just turned 48 and have put on weight over the past 10 years even while working out 1 hour+ per day. I have concluded that, for me, it has everything to do with what I put in my mouth. While the weight may come off slower than when I was in my 20's, it can be done.

Vanilla!!:p
 
Just wait till you reach 65 and then say age has nothing to do with it. I could drop 5 to 10 lbs in a month in my 40's and 50's just doing some step work and watching what I eat. Not happening now.

Susandean
 
I think Robin makes a valuable point that age should not be used as an excuse for giving up. I also agree wholeheartedly with those who say that "dieting" is not the answer. If you want to be at a healthy weight for the rest of your life, you've got to learn how to eat right for life. The old-fashioned "dieting" doesn't work for the long term. And life is a marathon, not a sprint.

Vanilla, although I won't say no to chocolate.
 
nancy324 said:
I think Robin makes a valuable point that age should not be used as an excuse for giving up. I also agree wholeheartedly with those who say that "dieting" is not the answer. If you want to be at a healthy weight for the rest of your life, you've got to learn how to eat right for life. The old-fashioned "dieting" doesn't work for the long term. And life is a marathon, not a sprint.
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ITA and congrats to you, Robin! WTG!

I deleted the part about Nancy's ice cream choice as I'm lactose intolerant and cannot legimately opine on such dairy delights. :(
 
Okay... here's a question. Do you think that you should change the type of workout program you do as you get older if you want to see results?

for instance- when i was younger- i could run alot faster than i can run now and was able to lose weight doing intense workouts. now, most times i can't get as intense. Should I change my focus? maybe-- walk and lift weights? I am sure if I was lighter- I could run without it bothering me as much.

I don't want to talk ice-cream... that's why i am struggling now:eek:
 
Sydney, I think variety is critical. The body eventually adapts to whatever one throws at it, and if you toss a changing metabolism into the equation, a person will definitely hit a wall at some point in their fitness goals.

If we naturally lose muscle mass as we age, it makes sense that we'd have to change up our workouts to offset this. So yeah...try weight training and walking. :) See what happens. You'll have plenty of company here on the forum. :eek:
 
okay chocolate decadence ice cream: which is chocolate ice cream with chocolate chips & chocolate syrup for the true chocoholic.
 
I think variety is *key* as is watching your diet. I'll be 40 this year. I dropped 12 pounds in the last 5 weeks or so from changing up my workouts and being more mindful of what I eat. And I'm certainly not starving myself. I'm eating about 1800-2000 per day. My diet was pretty clean to begin with so just tightened up on the extraneous nibbling.

Sparrow
 
I'm with Kathryn....I was part of that diehard nutty contingent in the 80's with the 2 hour workouts....more moderate in the 90's...but the key was, to stay thin, I only went above 1200 calories once or twice a week...that is simply the truth of my metabolism since I was a kid...I never could eat what other kids could.....I now think its because I'm very evolved - when the nuclear catastrophe destroys the world, 6 cockroaches and I will survive as I can probably sustain myself on water and dirt!

But back to what Kathryn says - at 48 I am OVER living that kind of deprivation, though I do work at keeping it clean....the result is at 5'5 hovering at 135 plus or minus....just ain't worth it to be 121 again!
 
sparrow13 said:
I think variety is *key* as is watching your diet. I'll be 40 this year. I dropped 12 pounds in the last 5 weeks or so from changing up my workouts and being more mindful of what I eat. And I'm certainly not starving myself. I'm eating about 1800-2000 per day. My diet was pretty clean to begin with so just tightened up on the extraneous nibbling.

Sparrow
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Yes, that's a good point. I did pretty much the same routine w/a few tweaks here & there for about 15 years. When I gained the post 40 weight I decided maybe I need to shake things up a little, & I've done about 4 different routines over the last year--some similar w/less sets & weights & higher reps or w/same sets, more weights & less reps, & some drastically different.

Yes ladies, I do 1000 cals a day (actually usually less, around 800-900) M-F. I eat what I want on the w/e. That combined w/the switching up the routine has enabled me to lose about 5-6 lbs. But it's still a struggle.
 
buffettgirl said:
I've been reading several threads lately that blame age for weight gain or the inablility to lose. I'm here to tell you that age ain't got nuthin to do with it! I'm 53 and lost 20 pounds over about a two month time frame. The trick was to stop fooling myself and start seriously watching what I ate. Yes, exercise helped, but it was the 1500-1600 calorie/day diet (with a cheat day every week or so) that made all the difference. Stop using age as an excuse! That dawg don't hunt.
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I agree, I just turned 50 yesterday and I have never had really a issue with keeping my weight down. I eat healthly and exercise and feel better then I did when I was 30. Even my 12 year old sons friend at my sons honor night said " Hey Connor your mom's Hot" lol
 
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