Calorie input after 55+ It's not shifting!

London granny,
Please tell us the rest of your story ; it's intriguing.
I wasn't quite sure if you're telling us to stay slim its endless hard hard work or even by eating virtually nil you've still put weight on

RetiredTravel it’s complicated! If you’ve dieted all your life (as I have done) then it’s the hardest thing ever to try and lose weight in the later years. My metabolism is at a standstill and to lose any weight I would have to restrict my calories to 800, anything more than that and the scales stay the same or I gain weight! And that’s with being quite active! (Walking daily and looking after grandchildren)

We are all different and you have to find a solution that you can live with.

I'm going to do both. I'm going to try a week of high protein , veg & low carb. I'm going to try a week of coffee and cup of soup lunch time one meal fish and veg.
I miss the bread already but I'm going skiing in January so I have to shift this weight.

I'll feedback.. ? No pressure...

SirChenjin. To answer your question about bread, I don't eat it at all. I eat a small amount of granola with extra berries for breakfast and then no other carbs all day . there are some carbs in a lot of vegetables: i know I am getting enough to keep me health but I don't do bread, pasta, rice , potatoes , biscuits, cakes etc. as i said it works very well for my OH and basically I have joined him.

I do not think food has much to do with it. It is other factors. I put on nearly 2 stone after the menopause despite a change in my circumstances meaning I changed to a much more active life then, and watching what I ate.

At 70, I lost that 2 stone and more in four months. I think it was a combination of hormone changes and what we now know of the human biome, the 2lbs or so of bacteria in our bowels. Twin studies have shown that identical twins on identical diets and exercise, can still be different weights. This has been atrributed to the different types of bacteria each has in their bowels

agnurse Mon 21-Oct-19 22:29:45 good advice but is it accurate? Mine was checked over and over again and was 'normal' until they discovered the gland was so big my life was in danger! Now I don't have the gland my dosage is very, very low and apparently the latest blood test was 'bordeline'. I really do eat very little, no breakfast, fruit and fat free natural yogurt for lunch, maybe an apple or pear mid afternoon and lots of fresh veg with a small amount of meat or fish (or not) for dinner. I have two rich tea fingers with my bedtime drink, alternate nights warm milk/sleepy tea. I am physically able to do some very brisk walking.

M0nica

I like the idea of that. Is it possible to have 14lb of bacteria in there?

Maybe it depends how much overweight we are? Depending on my height I am either 1 lb or 8 lbs overweight according to the BMI charts (wish they did `1/2 inches!) However, I feel more overweight than that and would be happier in the middle of normal.

I'm really interested in the gut bacteria notion.

Not sure there's enough research yet to prove it works but apparently faecal transplants are the way to go...

Considerable evidence actually oldgimmer1. the New Scientist magazine is sponsoring a several lectures on this subject in the next few weeks.

Thanks MOnica.

I saw a programme a while ago where a slim woman was given a faecal transplant from her overweight daughter to cure a chronic condition. The condition was cured but the woman became very overweight in a short space of time.

There was no other reason other than the transplant to explain it.

RetiredTravel
My GP got me to keep a food diary and my typical intake is between one thousand and one thousand five hundred calories a day. I don't have a car so I walk a fair bit and (I'm a brisk walker), run up the stairs etc. I also do exercises given to me my a ph(ysio to help my arthritis as when I am immobile I seize up a bit. I don't do ten thousand steps a day (I had one of those step thingies for a while) maybe half to two thirds of that.
There are two distinct body types in my family. Tall and thin and eat like horses and short and dumpy with a tendency to put on weight by looking at a sandwich. I am the latter group. Most of my life I was a size 14 or 16 depending on the shop. M&S 14, usually, but not always as I have big boobs so it depended on the cut of the garment. Occasionally I had to buy a size 18 if it had a tighter bodice. I was always a 14 in trousers though. I wasn''t obese until my menopause. My Mum became obese after her hysterectomy in her thirties. This may or may not be hormonal. My mum got very depressed after her hysterectomy. Her sister got very fat after her menopause too although my maternal GM stayed tall and slender until she died. .