Anyone else hit 40 and pile on weight? Is it reversible ?

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Always the same weight all my adult life after about the age of 25, I was very skinny before this!

I’ve been a size 10 all my life, no diet, always took moderate exercise. An hour walk a few times a week. But the exercise made no real difference 😳 if I skipped a few weeks through work, or stress or illness my weight didn’t change.

I turned 40 last year and I’ve put on a stone and it’s really not suiting me. None of my clothes fit me and I don’t like feeling this way.

I’ve taken up exercise, since December I’ve been using an exercise bike. I can now manage 21 km with fairly significant inclines. I mean I sweat in a way I never have before with even my hair dripping at the end.

I’m getting heavier.

No one would look at me and say I’m fat but I don’t feel me anymore at almost 11stone. I was a nice 10 stone before and my clothes sat well and I felt good.

Is the weight past 40 inevitable?

I feel so down about it. Husband is no help as he just says I’m perfect 🙄

Dickory IMO and E it needs a 2 pronged attack, I have never joined a gym, I do pilates type stretches, dancing before breakfast. walking and gardening etc. Not every day. But as I said upthread it was the Food Combining that worked really well for weight loss when I was 40ish. It does get more difficult as I've get older though. I use Paul Mackenna too now.

Thanks peat I'm looking at doing pilates online and will look into Paul Mckenna. I'm no good with diets.

I think we just moved across from the weights room threads 😂

To the poster that asked what to do, I would always say so what you love! Then you will keep doing it, so try everything.

Classes, HIIT, weights, yoga, running, swimming just anything that you fancy, try it all and keep doing the ones you love.

I'm desperate to be a yoga person they always look so swish and beautiful and graceful, truth is I get bored it's just not for my build I'm too short and muscular, I'm flexible but and I'd rather challenge myself to squat a heavy weight and feel like superwoman.

With weights this always makes me cringe as it's like telling everyone on MN to get a cleaner, but with weights get a personal trainer.

And get one with a degree, not with an online course grade 1 of the back of a cereal packet. The difference will be huge don't waste money on a rubbish one, most of the chains don't really have the best, so do some research and stay clear of the ones that just put up before and afters and talk about transformations, you want mature and long term in depth training that will keep you safe.

I have never been on a mainstream diet in my life Dickory no CC or weighing of food, low fat foods etc, I do watch what I eat though! I eat for health and Paul Mackenna says the same including mindfulness; eating slowly, sitting down at the table without screens!!! Enjoying the food, eating when you are properly hungry BUT stopping when you're full. (not being a member of the empty plate club)! Etc.