i see 20s 30s and 50s, what about 40s?

i neeeeed help!! i turned 40 this year, and found out that its not a myth, its true, my metabolism has died

Not died - slowed down
The slow down probably starts in the 20s
I am at the end of 40s I lose weight fine. Maybe not as fast as a 20 person but I am not in a hurry

Good luck with your journey

my breasts have gone from a b to a d, just like while i ws pregnant, as a matter of fact, my weight, my whole body looks like it always did after pregnancy, i dont like it

Well you know what you have to do. It is not easy
This happened to be too when I hit the 40s I put on tons of weight and become obese. But I have turned it around. You just have to adjust your eating to where your body is now. And maybe start some exercise to go along with it.

I am 45! I also have discovered that the weight does not come off like it used too! I thought I was ok until I got on the scale. Not so ok! 31 lbs over weight!

I am 43, and over 50 lbs overweight. My metabolism also has slowed to a crawl. I just keep execising and trying to eat less, I'm losing weight, but it is a slow journey, but I have time, so on we go.

i will be 50 in a minute but i am still in my 40's.only 3 months into this journey but i have come to realize this is a way of life for me.all good food everyday and exercise.i will get to my goal weight but that is not the end.i have to do this for life....mine!

The decline in metabolic rate with age is mostly due to a loss in lean mass - i.e., less muscle. It's not that your body processes incoming food/energy that much more efficiently.

See here (PDF):

And here:

The upside is that we're not doomed to choose between getting fat, or eating like hummingbirds for the rest of our lives. The "downside" is that we need to retain our muscle mass - meaning, we have to stay active in general. And if you really want to keep your metabolism humming, we need to lift weights, not just do cardio. Studies have shown that among active older populations, there are only tiny differences in resting metabolic rate.

See here:

There is similar research available for women. Basically, it all shows (repeatedly) that we get fat when we age mostly because we're less active and gradually losing muscle - not just because we're older.

I am 48. At 41 I lost 30 lbs in 3 months. This time around, at 48, it's taken me 8 1/2 months to lose 45. That's a huge difference and I didn't expect it at all. I thought it would come off like it did just 7 yrs ago. But in the long run I think it's better this way. The longer it takes, the more I get used to it. If I do bad a day or two I get right back to it. Where before I went off of it and stayed off of it. Gaining it all back as fast as I lost it was SUPER depressing.

u look great beware5289!!! thats amazing u lost 30pounds in 3 months, i hope i can do it as well, ill be 41 in a few months...for 48, u look great, do u work out alot?

I'm 44 and have lost 30 lbs since the end of July (just shy of 3 months). I found that I gained weight very easily after 40, which is why I slowly creeped up about 35 lbs in the last 3-4 years. I'm not finding it that difficult to lose weight at all (so there is hope), but I must be more vigilant. In my early 30's, I lost about 55 lbs mostly through exercise and cutting back calories. I got to a pretty good level of fitness, but with that, I reverted to that early 20's mentality that I could "eat whatever I wanted", and I did.

The biggest thing at 40 I realized is that I have to take better care of my body and moderate my workouts. It took my body longer to heal and that meant less working out. Because, I never adjusted my portion control, the weight piled back on (quicker too).

This time around, I went on Nutrisystem (because my wife was having good success) and I find it VERY EASY to succeed on it, because, by it's very nature, it controls my portion sizes. I find the weight coming off pretty quick (averaging 2+ a week). I still have to be careful with my exercising to keep my body healthy, but it's not that bad. Instead of running 3 days in a row, I might do 1 run, 1 fast walk, then one run. I find that the biggest difference between losing in my 40's and losing in my 30's.

Bottom line, metabolism is slower (so there's less room for error) and there are certainly things you need to pay more attention to, but you can certainly lose weight just as steadily in your 40's as you can at other times.