Well if I’m anything to go by you can still swim and bike fast…
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I was reading about this over the weekend. I agree, in my 20’s I could drop a couple of kilos in a couple of weeks without any real effort and couldn’t understand why people found it so hard… “eat a bit less, move a bit more”. Then 30 came, and more worryingly 35, my waistline flourished and my ability to shift it disappeared.
But it seems like Metabolism shifts significantly at 1, ~20 and ~60 which is worrying. Though this is just one study, and I can’t get to the full text of the study.
This study seems to be in more extreme cases, since there’s hospital intervention (people with a BMI over 40), and it indicates that age and weight loss outcomes aren’t related.
So things I’ve read recently suggest that age isn’t actually a factor. BUT in that case, why did it seem so much easier to lose weight before? Maybe it’s because I gained most of my weight during a particularly sedentary phase in my life, and there does seem to be some suggestion that once you’ve gained the weight it’s harder to shift it.
I’ve just spent a while reading this paper Dietary protein, metabolism, and body-weight regulation: dose–response effects which was interesting. The key points seem to be that higher protein consumption increases:
- satiety when compared to a diet that has the same overal calorie count, but with less of those calories coming from Protein and more from carbohydrate and fat.
- diet induced thermogenisis diets that are higher in protein increase the overall metabolic rate of the individual.
- energy efficiency ones body’s ability to process protein to actually utilise the calories within it isn’t very efficient, presumably this relates to the thermogenisis too, so 1 kcal from Protein gives ones body less to work with than 1 kcal from white bread.
- body composition weight loss on a higher protein diet seems to maintain lean mass more effectively than an overall calorie restricted diet.
But what does this all mean? I think it means, for me anyway, that I’m going to try upping my protein consumption, and avoiding the simple carbohydrate options that I love so much (see: Mince Pie Thread). Lots of meals that are primarily protien and veg.
Talking to a friend of mine who’s Type 1 Diabetic it’s interesting to see the impact that different food choices have on his blood sugar, and I wonder if using something like the SuperSapiens might be useful for bit to try and keep blood sugar even.
The thing that’s at the front of my mind is that what I’m currently doing isn’t working, and that I’ve signed up to a race next July with 6,100m climbing and I’m currently 97kg. Those two will not play well together.
What I’ve been doing for the last 3 weeks is avoiding delivered food (one of my weaknesses is cheesburgers) and not drinking (another of my weaknesses is beer) and nothing’s changed. I shouldn’t be surprised, I’ve done this before and it didn’t change anything, so I’m not sure why I thought it would this time.
Oooh that’s turned into a long post.
Unrelated, but I’d imagined you taller!
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I’ve posted this before but I think it explains the protein calorie efficiency well.
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I guess pertinent to this forum, a question is:
Are you losing weight to be thinner or faster?
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Both🤣
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I’m curious to know why it’s a binary choice between gaunt face or wobbly belly as I get older. Why can’t I have a normal face and belly like I did when I was younger? Wtf is my body preparing me for?
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Thanks Doka, I was glued to that and watched the Q&A that came up after too.
I’ve done dry January for about 30 years but it’s been pretty pointless lately as I don’t drink much anyway. After watching this I’m seriously thinking something like Plant Based January or Whole Food January might be a better idea. (And dry too, not plant based but get sh1t faced every night 
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I thought it was pretty good, I went down the rabbit hole after & watched 3 or 4 of his other foodie presentations as he’s a genuine expert in the field presenting from his own research rather than commenting on others.
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I quite liked that. He was entertaining and the science makes sense in relation to CICO and why just restricting intake rarely works long term and you need to make lifestyle changes.
It also doesn’t explain why some people have naturally higher body weight/bf%/different BMR than others but then he wasn’t trying to.
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86.63kg today, so nearly a kilo off this week! 
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I haven’t watched it yet, but one of his other videos that popped up appeared to tackle the genetic aspects and he does touch on it in the Q&A, referencing some research on identical twins.
The TL:DW version is don’t expect genetics to explain why you are overweight. Some interesting stuff about why Labradors have a strong food impulse though & why that makes them likely trainable for guide dogs.
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I think I’m more Labrador than Whippet 
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81kg this morning. Actually down from 82 yesterday.
Just looked at My Fitness Pal and can see that I was the exact same weight this time last year.
It dropped to around 77/78kg around May/June and has crept up steadily since.
I’m going to look back at my training diary and see what I was doing then, I’m sure I had more cycling/running at the time.
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87.2 this morning. Hardly any training, been better with food though.
Food is something I’ll have to look at. Especially post dinner snacking.
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If anyone is looking to reduce carbs these wraps a really good. Normal wrap is 28g carbs, these are higher in protein and 3g carbs but importantly actually taste nice.
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87.2 no change but holding steady.
Down 2.3 kegs from 2wks ago
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creep creep 68.3. Right, had a chat with myself.
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