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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Now that I’m mid 40s yes. Before that I could eat whatever I want which was mostly deli sandwiches and pizza and cake and stay 125 5’6”. [/quote]

I’m mid-40s and I still eat all of that, just smaller portions than before. And I run a lot. Works for me.[/quote]

Do you have children who are teens and does your job stress you out?[/quote]

I wonder about this too. My job stresses me out, my teens stress me out. My default mode is stressed out. So I overeat. On the rare occasions I have a low stress week, eating well is a lot easier. If I were a lady of luxury with no job, tons of money, someone handling college stuff...I'm sure I'd be thin.[/quote]

Do you think as a middle age person with wisdom and experience you could find ways to manage your stress that doesn’t involve overeating?[/quote]

No because there is no time. You are crushed by work, housework, kid events and parental care.

My friends who shipped their kids off to college lost weight because there was finally time for healthful meals and exercise.
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+1. I only have so much time, energy, and executive function, and it gets spent on work and parenting with not much left over by dinner time. I've started skipping breakfast and only having a drink on the weekend, so there's not that much besides portion control that's in easy reach. [/quote]

I lost weight as an empty nester because I was able to remove all the food from my house that I shouldn’t eat.

Also the foods my very large boys needed to eat to maintain their weight was very fattening and it was hard to not eat food. I was cooking for dinner.
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This is so good to hear. I am heavier than ever now with two teens who are athletes exercising 5+ hours a day and constantly eat, plus their friends. The house is packed with food, and it's never enough. I indulge too much, stress about them, college, work...It's there and I eat it. I am really hoping that with a sparse fridge and pantry next year I will turn it around.[/quote]

There’s definitely science behind having willpower. People who claim that they lose weight because of willpower have less times in the day that they have to say no to things. There’s just so many times you can say no.

When they come home, they are so sad to look at my fridge. I only buy for the dinners I’m cooking and then I tell them go get chipotle. They are not sad about that.[/quote]

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