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[quote=Anonymous]I'm with you on this, also in my 40s and I used to eat anything I wanted and absolutely love food, cooking, baking, dining out and more.

I just started weight watchers. It's sorta an easier way to track what you eat via points and is helping me find ways to keep full during the work day via better protein sources. Otherwise just do a few days of scrupulously measuring how much of everything you eat (measure and count calories for every tablespoon of mayo, oil, sugar each day).

It really just takes a few days of calorie counting to understand where your extra is coming from. That also helps me figure out then where to prioritize... i.e. much of my extra is pretty much sweets and alcohol. I'd be fine if I could just cut those out. Next thing is how much oil in how I cook.

For instance, I like greek yogurt but don't usually care if I buy 0 percent or 2 percent (I actually don't notice the taste difference with a brand like fage). So it helps remind me to buy 0 percent, all the protein, I like it, etc. Little things like I don't need to dump olive oil on my vegetables, just a little spray of it and I'm still happy and satisfied.

Recent discovery is PB2 powder which is delicious mixed into a paste with a little water and spread on a pancake or waffle or thrown in a smoothie... less calories, less fat, satisfies my sweet tooth.

You can find ways to cut out excess calories and still eat foods you like.

For snacks, I make batches of health(ier) whole wheat apple or choc chip muffins to eat as a snack. Keeps me satisfied and full including my sweet tooth and then I'm able to resist when someone in my office brings in cake or cookies.

All of this is time consuming, but it literally just takes a few days or one week of measuring everything and then you can just speed up figuring out how you can adjust what you eat to suit your cravings and diet preferences.[/quote]

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