Same height as yourself, Im now 130 - 132 lb having come down from around 160lb , but Ive maintained that weight now for 2 years or more
I was 58 when I decided I wasnt going into the last stage of life overweight and unfit
It isnt easy , the weight dropped slowly - 1lb a week on average
I did my first marathon aged 60 :)
I need to keep at around 1300 calories
To keep full , white has gone, pasta, bread and rice are now whole meal. I add beans and veg to everything - making a chicken curry then in go the chickpeas , cauliflower and spinach . I eat a lot of cheaper protein - cottage cheese, tinned fish , greek yoghurt ( make my own so I can eat it freely ) eggs and whilst I do include healthy fats and I do eat cheese, I have cut out butter - I love it too much and its just too calorific for me to be able to eat enough to stay full without busting the calories if I include it
Meals are just the normal family meals we have always eaten, just cooked differently - my Indians arent as authentic as they once were, because I cook with so little oil, use the air fryer etc, but still very passable , and I will have a side of broccoli or asparagus instead of garlic bread with the lasagne
I eat a lot of veg, but very little fruit, usually frozen berries and the odd pear
I still have a belly, even though I have dropped so many clothes sizes, I think that's the middle aged spread - well that's what Im telling myself
My body is never going to be the same body as it was when I was last at this weight - possibly early 30's - but that's ok - kind of. Im getting used to it. I think I did really have this idea that getting back to my wedding dress weight and size , the body would be as it was back then . But things have definitely shifted
I get my steps in, I cycle, I have a physical job. I could go gym or a class of some sort, but I dont. Maybe I will get there at some point
The drop to what feels too few calories can be scary, if you dont make some changes to what you eat. I possibly ate a lot less ( volume wise ) at my highest weight, all high calorific foods that didnt satisfy my hunger, now Im rarely hungry and eat more normally, I no longer demolish a loaf of bread or eat half a bag of pasta in one sitting , portions are more normal and if we do eat out, I dont stress about choices because I know Im not going to be licking the plate clean and ordering dessert , I eat till Im full, and then put the plate aside. Like Id manage the steak, but half the chips would be left , a burger - I leave the bun
I just made wee changes slowly. I was the original veg dodger, but now eat piles of the stuff , adding grains and beans instead of defaulting to bread, keeping the cheese portions to measured amounts dropping butter completely ( only because I really have no control - it triggers me ) , using potato or mashed root veg as a pie topping rather then pastry
Im happy with my weight and am coming to terms with body shape