NFT: Successful middle-aged weight loss for women?

fighting father time has proved to be a losing battle for everyone who waged it so far. My wife is 51 and still a has her youthful glow and appearance (still very thin), but if you ask her about it she's Jabba the Hut. All you can do is the right things, eat well, exercise, get spiritual fulfillment and then mother nature and genetics will do their thing. And as the husband your job is to basically stay out of it and offer compliments.

thats pretty active to be putting on fat.

if she is weight training and eating plenty of protein, id wonder: 1) if the scale weight isnt reflecting increased muscle mass; or 2) her "plenty of protein" (protein sources, esp whole foods, are calorie-dense). Her intake may be a little higher than she needs, esp if the focus is lifting and only light cardio.

Id bet she just needs to recalibrate the diet or adjust the routine to bring her cal intake in line w output.

Assuming no health issue.

And related to that there is such a thing as overtraining and creating too much stress and adrenaline hormone in the blood as a result where that can have the negative intended effect on metabolism. More isn’t always better and as she ages she may have to re-examine her training. Does she feel recovered before each workout? Questions to ask herself.

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I guess I have nothing to add.

intermittent fasting. She can combine it with her use of keto and her workouts.

If she is eating less than she is burning then by laws of physics she will lose weight. It is good that she is being healthy and remind her that much of the things she is doing is having great effects that are not visible to the eye (e.g. decreased visceral fat, increased cardiovasuclar health and more curve of living a life without debilitating disease).
But yeah, accurate calorie counting is the key if she's really upset. It's annoying but works.

As an aside, Water retention can lead to feelings of bloating and can be combated slightly by increased water intake and less sodium if she has a high Na diet. Either way, this is not something to worry about long term as it is a not a true reflection of weight and evens out.

Ozempic, Mounjaro, Victoza, etc.

Intermittent fasting also works but not as fast.

In comment 16520222 Festina Lente said:

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If she is eating less than she is burning then by laws of physics she will lose weight. It is good that she is being healthy and remind her that much of the things she is doing is having great effects that are not visible to the eye (e.g. decreased visceral fat, increased cardiovasuclar health and more curve of living a life without debilitating disease). But yeah, accurate calorie counting is the key if she's really upset. It's annoying but works. As an aside, Water retention can lead to feelings of bloating and can be combated slightly by increased water intake and less sodium if she has a high Na diet. Either way, this is not something to worry about long term as it is a not a true reflection of weight and evens out.

This is the answer. You can lose weight on a diet of hot dogs, Cheetos and Twinkies if you limit caloric intake to less than what you burn. Not a good idea, but the point is you have to determine caloric intake and make reductions in order to lose weight.

...is 100% accurate.

Calories in vs. calories out.

Nothing else matters.

Caveat, if she's increased her water consumption it will show up on the scale. But, it will plateau.

I will add that walking is better than jogging for weight loss as is weight training over cardio.

Give her one of your "oversized shirts" and if it's tight on her ...

I think she'll get the idea

My wife is a personal trainer that specialized with woman over 40. She has helped women fromages 40-80 get in shape and lose weight

Weight gain is common in the first couple weeks of cardio. Can be the body retaining water and/or converting fat to muscle.

of interviews with trainers of high level athletes. They’d highlight one every week and talk about their processes. Anyway, one of them talked about losing weight as we age, and he suggested adding HIIT sessions to your strength workouts.

I’ve worked out regularly for most of my adult life, but as I got older (just turned 63), I found it hard to lose weight despite how much I worked out. I started incorporating HIIT sessions between my strength sets, and lost 25 lbs in 3-4 months. I made some dietary changes too, but nothing drastic.

I have a treadmill, so my HIIT cycles involve a warm-up 1/4 mile (7 mph), and then a faster 1/4 (8.5 mph). It’s worked well for me.

Did well for me. Got off the wagon at the holidays and really feeling it again, just started again and can already feel a difference.

All kinds of ways to do it. But for me what I was able to do with very little effort was not eat anything after 4pm, Then don’t eat again until 11am.

I eat whatever I want between those hours, though do try to keep it healthy and limit bread/beer intake. Weekends I do whatever the hell I want. So yes you could be more strict about it but you don’t have to, to see a difference.

You want to be the husband who supports her efforts and says, "Poor Baby" when she does not lose weight that week and who encourages her to do her best next week.

You do NOT want to be her supervisor--the calorie police--who tells her to "Put down that cookie!"

See if you can find a female friend of hers who also wants to lose weight, to take on that role. Maybe somebody who goes to Weight Watchers with her (although I'm not big on
Weight Watchers.)

I lost a ton of weight on a ketogenic diet, which I continue to follow and have kept the weight off for the last 20 years.

are still going to matter a lot, even if the calories are clean. Upping exercise to 15 more minutes per day and cutting out 100 calories would be tiny adjustments that could make the difference for her.

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In comment 16520367 widmerseyebrow said:

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Weight gain is common in the first couple weeks of cardio. Can be the body retaining water and/or converting fat to muscle.

Been working out for maybe 15 years now.

Also, a woman approaching menopause is wading into the waters of extreme hormone changes. Thyroid blood work etc are a good path to suggest. My other half is dealing with it too and she's about to hit 50.

In comment 16520366 tator said:

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My wife is a personal trainer that specialized with woman over 40. She has helped women fromages 40-80 get in shape and lose weight

They lost weight by eating French cheese?