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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I guess I will be the outlier here.  52 yr old female, almost done w/ menopause.  I deeply believe all diets will fail, in that they don't result in sustained weight loss.  Research bears this out.  https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/82/1/222S/4863393

I've lost about 30 lbs and kept it off for 4+ years by **not dieting**  (Nothing is off limits, I don't fast, I don't count calories, no tracking anything on my phone, no WW, no meal replacements, etc).

I just exercise, regularly, quite a bit.  Not gentle exercise, either: running, swimming freestyle laps, distance cycling, studio classes, plus yoga just for balance.  I'm also

I realize not everyone can do this due to serious injuries, but truthfully, most middle-aged women can indeed do hard cardio if the will is there.

Bonus:  better sleep and mood.  Hard cardio exercise has been demonstrated to be as good as SSRI for mild to moderate depression.

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You probably regulate your food intake too. You might think a large meal is x amount of food, and another person will think something else is large. Your large meal might be 1000 calories, another person's 3000 calories. Research.... shows that there are many genes involved in weight control.  Also, heavy people lose weight easier because they have higher metabolic rate. You might not call it dieting, but you were restricting calories one way or the other. Call it what you want, it is a weight loss journey, and exercise is a huge part of it, regardless of couple pps here who think it makes no difference.
https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/why-people-become-overweight [/quote]

Thank you for clarifying.  I agree that there are multiple possible inputs that affect an individual's weight, some of them genetic.  I also agree with you that my big dinner is not the same as my neighbor's idea of big dinner.

However, I want to reiterate - because it wasn't clear the first time, I guess — that I lost weight and have kept it off for years without restricting calories one way or the other.  Put another way, I eat about the same way that I did five or eight years ago.  But I weigh a lot less.

I do worry about what will happen if/when I can no longer burn 300+ calories every day with intense exercise.  I'm 52, this can't continue forever :) There was a thread recently about "outrunning the fork" and I freely admit that is what I'm currently doing (and how I lost weight in the first place).  I'm lucky that I genuinely love cardio and moving fast.[/quote]

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