I actually started losing weight around then

started when I was born only the Marine Corps kept it down.

I an just 49 am about 50 lb overweight I was very skinny in my youth. Do to back issues, I can not do the extreme things I had done in the past. I bought an exercise bike on the doctor's suggestions. Just got it a couple of weeks ago have not put it together as of yet. Mostly because of the laundry room is full of building supplies. When I get that project completed, I will try to bike. I have arthritis in my back L5 S1 have been fused I have a polymer cage and 4 titanium screws in my lower back. I would like to lose at least half of this weight. I know from my past I was in shape had tons of energy and the girls were more attracted to me. Trying to get past the initial pain seems to be the hard part. The agony that I feel for days after I try to do some monumental task is my only stifling factor.

I find the decrease in strength the past 10 years to be frustrating. T 71 yrs I can only Bench press 150 lbs and only do 3 military pull ups, and 25 pushups. At 40 I could bench 265, do 16 military pull ups, and do 70 pushups in a minute. It is hard working out and recovering. I can only do heavy lifts once a week and moderate once a week. Any more and I start losing strength and break down. So many things in ageing I did not know till I got here.

I am 71 and actually gained weight in my mid fifties after starting High Blood Pressure and Cholesterol meds. I went from 180 to 210 in 6 months. Stayed around 200 for 3 years and started losing some when I became a little more active at around 60. Then I went from 190 to 180 and in 2 yrs. I was at 150. Had a good check up and docs found nothing wrong. I ate lots of pies and ice cream but made no difference. I had moved to Texas 2 years prior and wad more active doing physical work. But I found out that I wss using a lot of weed killer on thorns and such around my yard. Read an article and realized I may be breathing in too much of the poison. Stopped using 90% of it and within 6 months was back up to 160. I stayed at 160 to 165 until just the past year when I now hover around 168 +/- 2 lbs.
I have not been as active lately. I need to do more walking and keep up the weight lifting. I do not diet and other than poisoning myself some years a go I have no idea why I gained so much when I started meds for BP and such. Or why after losing so much and then gaining it back I stabilized around 165, which was my weight when a Senior in High school, and 15 lbs under under my weight from 19 yrs to 55 yrs old. my height was 5'10", until the past ten years when I shrunk to 5'9" and shrinking.

My job keeps me on my feet and moving all day, I’ve got a litttle belly but being vegan I mostly stay within a 5lb fluctuation, 170/175... the week I found out Oreos were vegan I gained a few extra lb and hit 178lb but I don’t have a cookie problem, lol

Yes, but.
I got hurt at work when I was in my late 40s and became much less active. I am also a boredom snacker. So I do blame my weight gain on lifestyle.

I did notice however that where the fat is has changed.