Middle age spread!!

[8811]

Anyone else struggling like me..... Always been okish with weight but since hitting 50 I am spreading fast and can't loose weight. Soooo frustrating!!!

[Diana]

Is it hormonal? I get bloating, due to the hormones upsetting the bile, therefore causing digestive issues, the Vogel site explains it all!

I get a few days and then things return to normal.

Or is it you are eating too much, find out, which it is, good luck!

[8811 in reply to Diana]

Thanks I will take a look, possibly hormones, I have bouts of binge eating at certain times in the month

[Diana in reply to 8811]

Maybe pmt or something, look at your diet, his and seeds, and eggs naively made a big difference to me

[June1965 in reply to 8811]

8811

Me too!!! Horrid...... Miracle cure please 🤗

[June1965 in reply to Diana]

Vogel site ? What's that when its at home !!! New one on me.....

[Diana in reply to June1965]

A vogel the health folk, they make more natural remedy stuff , I think it was on the menopause bit.

Came under bloating for menopause, google search

[June1965 in reply to Diana]

Brilliant thank you...

[Penel]

It's possible that you are becoming insulin resistant, unfortunately it's not uncommon as we age. Have a Google.

Perhaps try swapping to high fibre carbs, if you haven't already, and make sure not to eat too many.

[elliebath Maintainer]

Sadly for us, our Basic Metabolic Rate ( BMR) slows right down with age.

Between age 48-60 I slowly gained 2 stone... even though I thought I was eating the same way as always. Since then, I have managed to lose that excess weight, by planning and logging what I ate/drank and counting the calories. ( like many successful slimmers, I used myfitnesspal.app) and I also started to walk more.

It was a slow but steady process and took me a year to lose 30lbs. I now have a BMI of 23 and have maintained it for six months, give or take a 1-3lb fluctuation, which is normal.

Believe me, giving all my size 16s to charity and buying new size 12 has made me feel ten years younger, honestly! AND YOU WILL TOO 😊

[fenbadger in reply to elliebath]

It's a sad fact that it's harder to lose weight as we get older Good luck.

[brities]

I have no idea I am 50 and on the 12 week plan unsuccessfully but have loads of other issues going on

[2bFabnfit]

Try getting thyroid checked. If underactive it would account for your inability to shift the weight

[8811]

Thanks everyone for replies. Had good day today, went to coffee shop and had skinny cappacino and toasted t cake usually have full fat and slice of dirty Choc cake..... Measured myself today, have even more incentive.