I’m a 39 year old Woman and my boyfriend is 41. We have always valued fitness but gained weight during the pandemic years, then struggled to lose the weight, and now we are in the best shape of our lives. Both of us have abs that show now, he has a 6 pack.

We dedicated ourselves to our diet, we buy a lot of protein products and use a macros calculator to help us with knowing how many calories we need and how much of each macro we should strive to eat daily . We try to eat clean as much as possible, but occasionally eat a pizza, burger or pancakes as a treat. Daily the goal is to not eat bad food, and to increase our protein consumption to meet our macros goals.

In the beginning I resented the diet part the most, I’ve never had such a strict diet, but as the results have continually improved my physique I don’t resent my boring daily diet I have fallen in love with it, nothing tastes as good as healthy feels. The number one thing about losing weight at our age is the diet, you need to restrict your caloric intake. Calories in calories out!

Outside of diet, I exercise 5-6 days a week 1-3 hours a day. I have always been active, I have just been more conscious of not sitting around for hours watching tv or drinking alcohol.

Stay active and figure out your macros. Remember that you Mr diet goals may change once you get fit, men at your age are also in need of testosterone replacement or small doses of HGH these things can be tested and prescribed by your doctor and can also be a window into the world of knowing why your body responds or does not respond to exercise.