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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes you have to be hungry all the time to be thin. Anyone who says otherwise is lying or has never had a weight problem.

This is wrong. Humans are not meant to be full all the time. If you’ve been conditioned to eat til you are full and believe that any sensation less than complete fullness is equivalent to Being Hungry All The Time - that is simply part of your conditioning. It’s a lot of the reason that most overweight people remain overweight, or lose the weight and gain it all back through yo yo dieting. Once you change your mindset everything is possible.

Its this in combination with:
1) Snacking just because or because of boredom - middle aged people referring to snacking as if this is kindergarten
2) A complete unwillingness to plan meals, particularly if that means being "hungry" for more than 10 minutes

Of course, we will hear 1) and 2) are excusable because people are busy and stressed. Except that 90% of US office jobs are complete BS. And, most of the time the stress is self imposed by selection of lifestyle elements - usually in the form of painting themselves into a corner.

So the result is something like "Is hunger just a part of remaining thin?" or "It's the US food system to blame and not any of my own choices"

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes you have to be hungry all the time to be thin. Anyone who says otherwise is lying or has never had a weight problem.

This is wrong. Humans are not meant to be full all the time. If you’ve been conditioned to eat til you are full and believe that any sensation less than complete fullness is equivalent to Being Hungry All The Time - that is simply part of your conditioning. It’s a lot of the reason that most overweight people remain overweight, or lose the weight and gain it all back through yo yo dieting. Once you change your mindset everything is possible.

Anonymous wrote:Yes you have to be hungry all the time to be thin. Anyone who says otherwise is lying or has never had a weight problem.

Anonymous wrote:I’m 40, 5’4 and 145. I started lifting heavy weights with a trainer about a year ago and surprisingly my weight has gone up 10 lbs! However, my clothes fit better than before and my butt and arms/shoulders look amazing!

I’ve learned to not be so concerned with numbers on a scale and instead to focus on how clothes fit and how I feel. I feel energetic, happy, and strong and I love this feeling!

Anonymous wrote:I’m 40, 5’4 and 145. I started lifting heavy weights with a trainer about a year ago and surprisingly my weight has gone up 10 lbs! However, my clothes fit better than before and my butt and arms/shoulders look amazing!

I’ve learned to not be so concerned with numbers on a scale and instead to focus on how clothes fit and how I feel. I feel energetic, happy, and strong and I love this feeling!

Anonymous wrote:I'm a lot older than most of the people on this thread and have leant a lot about being healthy this past year.

- BMI is outdated. A better measurement is % body fat vs muscle.
- After 40, our female bodies start loosing muscle at an accelerated pace. This can be Sarcopenia (skinny fat) which means if you are on a restricted diet, your body will eat its own muscle to maintain vital functions. Over time you increasingly need to maintain weight. Whereas if you maintain grow/maintain muscle, you can eat more since your body works much harder (burning more calories) to digest protein
- Bone loss also starts at this age and accelerates as a part of aging. This is critically important for your 60's and beyond
- The hard part is this happens in a period when we are busier than ever with family and career.
- Some people do this naturally but I didn't. This is what I had to change to:
- Lifting weights 3X week progressive. Prioritizing that over cardio. I do both but always strength first
- Allow for recovery time. Your muscles first breakdown before rebuilding. During this period it is very important to eat enough protein to support that process. Rule of thumb is 0.5 -1.0 grams per pound of body weight. Ideally you would start your day with at least 15 grams, and eat again within 1 hour of working out.
- Intermittent fasting works for young woman below 40 but for most over 40, it leads to sarcopenia/muscle loss.
- As you increase your muscle mass, your metabolic rate goes up meaning you can eat more to just sustain your vital functions. To lose lbs you would eat slightly below the active calories earned (from day's exercise)
- I'm in my late 60's which makes this so much harder than if I had started 25 years ago. But it's working. BTW the stress never stops because our parents age and we find ourselves needing to be physically stronger to help. And, to make sure we are functionally. strong and mentally agile for as long as possible. So much more important than how we look, although I must admit that I enjoy that side effect.
- I'm no expert but I thought I would share some of the problems I've encountered this past year and what I learned.

Anonymous wrote: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”.

Anonymous wrote:I'm a lot older than most of the people on this thread and have leant a lot about being healthy this past year.

- BMI is outdated. A better measurement is % body fat vs muscle.
- After 40, our female bodies start loosing muscle at an accelerated pace. This can be Sarcopenia (skinny fat) which means if you are on a restricted diet, your body will eat its own muscle to maintain vital functions. Over time you increasingly need to maintain weight. Whereas if you maintain grow/maintain muscle, you can eat more since your body works much harder (burning more calories) to digest protein
- Bone loss also starts at this age and accelerates as a part of aging. This is critically important for your 60's and beyond
- The hard part is this happens in a period when we are busier than ever with family and career.
- Some people do this naturally but I didn't. This is what I had to change to:
- Lifting weights 3X week progressive. Prioritizing that over cardio. I do both but always strength first
- Allow for recovery time. Your muscles first breakdown before rebuilding. During this period it is very important to eat enough protein to support that process. Rule of thumb is 0.5 -1.0 grams per pound of body weight. Ideally you would start your day with at least 15 grams, and eat again within 1 hour of working out.
- Intermittent fasting works for young woman below 40 but for most over 40, it leads to sarcopenia/muscle loss.
- As you increase your muscle mass, your metabolic rate goes up meaning you can eat more to just sustain your vital functions. To lose lbs you would eat slightly below the active calories earned (from day's exercise)
- I'm in my late 60's which makes this so much harder than if I had started 25 years ago. But it's working. BTW the stress never stops because our parents age and we find ourselves needing to be physically stronger to help. And, to make sure we are functionally. strong and mentally agile for as long as possible. So much more important than how we look, although I must admit that I enjoy that side effect.
- I'm no expert but I thought I would share some of the problems I've encountered this past year and what I learned.