[lotsoweiners]

Love this. I am also 45 and been a beer loving “alcoholic” since me mid 20s. I was rail thin until maybe 22-23 and then gained around 40 pounds over the next several years. I’ve lost maybe 20 of those pounds once and looked and felt great but couldn’t keep it off. I’ve currently lost 15ish pounds in the last 2 months and am determined to get to my high school weight. I now only drink on weekends. I eat ok but not great (but certainly not horribly). My biggest new thing is running 5 days a week. I start my morning every day with a 4-6 mile run and don’t let myself make excuses for why I can’t run. If I have an early meeting, then I run in the evening. This has helped me so much.

[noduerme]

Wow. Good for you. A 4 mile run would almost certainly kill me. I think I'd drop dead after about a mile. Cardio is the one thing I'm really not good on, and I have a minor arrhythmia. About 20 burpees and I feel close to blacking out. I want to improve on it, but very carefully. But it's still been possible to lose a good amount of weight without putting a lot of strain on my heart. Still not at my high school weight, though! I was 130. I've come down from a high of 175 to 155, and have a hard time getting below that.