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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Age matters. At least the tricks I used to swear by no longer do the trick for me now.[/quote]

It does! I used to be able to fairly easily lose weight by tracking calories, running and yoga. Then this stopped working. Since I had been tracking for a while, I could see that my body had changed, not what I was doing. As I gained weight, I was trying to lower calories, increase running, and my sense of desperate hunger was only increasing. I was not losing weight. My overall conclusion is that as you age, your caloric requirements drop, and your insulin resistance increases. For some people, this is solved by moderating carbs, and a little intermittent fasting (see Jason Fung). For me I had to move to a fairly short eating window (3-4 hours), an anti-inflammatory diet (no beans, grains, dairy, etc.), and keto-ish (I don't worry about carbs in things like broccoli, etc.). Doing this reduced my hunger, allowed me to increase my calories, and not have cravings that felt out of control. I think realizing that your body has truly changed and experimenting to see what it now needs is the only way to go. My weight is not my lowest (120), but I am not overweight (127 at 5'3"), and comfortable.[/quote]

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