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Message: [QUOTE="storrsroars, post: 2704055, member: 2500"] I know a lot of y'all posting there are 20-40 ish. When you get older (I'm 62), calorie restriction is the best tool, coupled with non-strenuous exercise. I can't remember if it was mau or you who turned me onto the myfitness app, but it works wonders when I use the thing right. I'm really trying to establish some lifelong habits, which I didn't do the first time around even though I lost weight (which I put back). I won't do free weights except light weight mucho reps stuff, I don't get to the gym often enough to establish a routine, but I do walk the dog 2 or more miles each day and do a lot of yard work. adds up. Anyway, after weaning myself off a few things (mostly crunchy salty snacks) and actually measuring stuff, I'm currently sitting around 2000-2100 cals/day (my maintenance would be 3500) and I'm quite comfortable. I can't imagine doing what ADub is doing. A half cup of chili with a tablespoon of grated cheese is actually satisfying if I eat it with a smaller spoon in twice the number of bites instead of shoveling down a full cup with abandon. I can eat a cup of spaghetti and broccoli rabe and olive oil and stay under 140g carbs if I make it up elsewhere. I've switched from 80% red meat to 1/3 each of red meat/chicken/fish. I have the "benefit" of being unemployed at the moment so I can cook instead of ordering out for crap. Breakfast and lunch are both under 400 cals each and usually around 300. That leaves 1400 for dinner and snacks which is a piece of cake (not literally). It was surprising to me that if I actually removed 7 tortilla chips from the bag and set them out, then loaded up with fresh salsa, I was perfectly fine with that and don't need to mindlessly munch half a bag. And watermelon is almost free calories. I started mid-March at 283. Down 14 lbs in six weeks. I'm going for 190-200 lbs by next spring. At that point my maintenance will be 2750 cals, which I believe will seem like gluttony. [/QUOTE]

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