Hello, I'm brand new to the forum so thought I'd follow rules and introduce myself.
I have worked out my entire adult life, I'm 5'5 and 128 pounds and I am a happier me and a healthier me in my jeans when I'm about 115 pounds. I'm also 51 years old and low and behold I've found out that once a woman is over 50 it honestly gets harder to stay trim. I've done great up until the last year and half and I've seen myself gain weight and i still work out daily.
So that means I need to work harder and count calories of which honestly i've NEVER counted calories before. Working out has always just worked for me. Over 50 I've learned I really have to learn again.
I'm active more in the summer, I ride my own Harley Softtail, I need muscles just to handle it, so weights also are a part of my routine. But a fat arse is not part of the profile I want to maintain. Anywho,
would love to share successes as well as things that no longer work for people in my age group.
thanks for listening.

Good luck to you. I've always been an active person, too. Pre-tv and computer life in Southern California as a child, plus a British household for whom entertainment meant walking and hiking.
I noticed that after menopause, my thin waist began holding fat. I'm working to get it lean again. I figure 10 pounds ought to do it. Mostly by exercise. I have a real hard time controlling my appetite. Good luck to me, too!

Welcome and good luck!

Dhani

thanks for the reply, for me 10-13 pounds is my goal. Never thought that amount of weight would be hard to do, but yes do believe after menopause that is a great part of the equation. I also think because i have worked out so much I am gonna have to hammer it to reach my goal.
I never skip meals, I know what is good or bad for me. I'm very much a morning person, so i work out at 5am, if I workout at night it ruins my sleep. I am going to have to combine calorie counting to my workouts though, no choice. The calorie counting does not amuse me, but I know I must. 500 less calories per day is the only way to get back to where I should be.
HERE WE GO!