hello all! im curious as to wheather any members here over 40 have trouble maintaining a steady weight.my weight is a constant yo-yo,ive tried low-carb and bout everything else any suggestions??:confused:

hello all! im curious as to wheather any members here over 40 have trouble maintaining a steady weight.my weight is a constant yo-yo,ive tried low-carb and bout everything else any suggestions??:confused:

Zero in on a lifetime fitness plan then build your diet around it. We are always playing stop and go with exercise. Tie that down first, work up a plan that you will make part of your life. Then focused on diet to fit it

Zero in on a lifetime fitness plan then build your diet around it. We are always playing stop and go with exercise. Tie that down first, work up a plan that you will make part of your life. Then focused on diet to fit itthanks for your help,im a commercial trucker and my diet is seemingly a roadblock at this point,guess ill start from scratch.

thanks for your help,im a commercial trucker and my diet is seemingly a roadblock at this point,guess ill start from scratch.

you could install an in-truck gym like Sylvester Stallone in Over The Top :lol:

hello all! im curious as to wheather any members here over 40 have trouble maintaining a steady weight.my weight is a constant yo-yo,ive tried low-carb and bout everything else any suggestions??:confused:


I'm 43. In the past I have seen my weight (and obesity) increase alarmingly, so I know what it's like not having it under control.

My current program has called on me to maintain a constant weight and I've been doing this without any difficulty for about the last six months. During this time I haven't counted calories or made any rigid controls or measurements of portion sizes. I am eating nearly ad lib during each meal. My weight today is about 95 kg, the same as it was at the start, and the most it has deviated from the average was about 2 kg briefly for one or two days here and there.

Possibly the reason why my body's homeostasis is working more accurately now is my choice of food. Almost all of my calories come from the following few foods: beef, chicken, salmon, almonds, strawberries, blackberries, whey protein, hard-boiled eggs, Greek strained yoghurt, asparagus, mushrooms, green beans, onions, garlic, herbs and spices, tomato, hard cheese, butter ghee, and avocado oil. I eat no starchy foods.

Making a habit of cooking a proper meal every evening - usually a spicy, rapidly-fried chicken or ground steak dish with green vegetables - seems to have a good moderating effect on my appetite. Part of this is psychological; after I have taken so much trouble to prepare a meal, cheating seems so much more distasteful. I'll often eat half a kilogram of ground steak in this one meal alone.

I have used a low carb diet in the past, and although I became leaner I quickly got sick of it and couldn't sustain it. A cyclic low carb diet led to a lack of dietary control and gave me no benefits. My present diet - high protein, moderate fats from selected sources, moderate carbs from non-starchy foods, and no added sugar, seems to be the best one for me for comfortably maintaining a constant weight.

hello all! im curious as to wheather any members here over 40 have trouble maintaining a steady weight.my weight is a constant yo-yo,ive tried low-carb and bout everything else any suggestions??:confused:

I'll toss in a reminder about weight stabilization in aging (it's just more on what rtestes said and thermactor implies). A lot of people accept that metabolism changes with age. That's true in the roll-up and false in a strict sense. While there are hormonal and lifestyle changes that occur with aging, the relationship between metabolism and muscle mass doesn't change at all, it's letting the muscle mass decline that changes the metabolism. Even if the diet can be squared away, you reach the same stability in your metabolism as yourself at a younger age only by maintaining muscle mass. It just takes more effort to do that because of the hormone changes. The one really difficult factor is going to be building and maintaining the muscle mass when you are on the road too many days in a row.

Your situation is pretty unique since sleep habits, diet and exercise are even more difficult than most of us have to put up with. CDL restrictions work in your favor because they have to let you sleep, and diet is a choice, but exercise is a lot harder for you with a schedule like that. How about a membership with a widely spread gym chain, one that's well represented at places on your route. I don't envy you trying to find a parking place though ;).

hello all! im curious as to wheather any members here over 40 have trouble maintaining a steady weight.my weight is a constant yo-yo,ive tried low-carb and bout everything else any suggestions??:confused:

Once you start the weight loss/rebound cycle it's really hard to get out of it. This is because when you have a good deal of fat, the fat sends chemical signals (such as leptin) to your brain that eventually force you to eat. In order to stop that signal from causing you to maintain a lot of fat (which is what makes you rebound when you get temporarily lean), you need to regain your leptin sensitivity. It is not actually known if this is even possible. Plus, you do not lose fat cells; they just shrink. This makes it easier for the fat to accumulate again after temporary loss. And your metabolism slows down as you lose fat, which doesn't help either.

But if it is possible to get past these obstacles, one thing is clear. If you cut? Cut slowly, and when you maintain? Maintain for a long long time. It will be very tough for people with genetics that predispose their metabolisms toward this cycle; and since you have already mentioned the trouble, it's safe to assume that you have the problem genetics.

In this situation, I think the best choice is not to think of "maintenance". Just set yourself up for a permanent slow cut. Expect that your exercise needs to increase in intensity over time to keep getting the same result - if you drop ten pounds then that's ten pounds you aren't carrying around all the time which saves energy.

One other point. Unless you have cosmetic goals, you can junk the idea of getting really lean in the first place. A little extra fat is pretty healthy as you get past 65 or so. Not a lot of extra fat, just a little. What is even more important is a lot of muscle mass. It's a lot easier to add that muscle if your body fat isn't single digits. Since you're over forty, your health risks are going to be monitored by blood chemistry as much as anything else, so aim your exercise program at maintaining good blood chemistry and adding muscle. You may find that your body really hates being at 13% body fat and doesn't mind 19% much at all.

you could install an in-truck gym like Sylvester Stallone in Over The Top :lol:I have a set of free weights that i use but im still going thru the dreaded yo-yo syndrome.:bang:

I'll toss in a reminder about weight stabilization in aging (it's just more on what rtestes said and thermactor implies). A lot of people accept that metabolism changes with age. That's true in the roll-up and false in a strict sense. While there are hormonal and lifestyle changes that occur with aging, the relationship between metabolism and muscle mass doesn't change at all, it's letting the muscle mass decline that changes the metabolism. Even if the diet can be squared away, you reach the same stability in your metabolism as yourself at a younger age only by maintaining muscle mass. It just takes more effort to do that because of the hormone changes. The one really difficult factor is going to be building and maintaining the muscle mass when you are on the road too many days in a row.

Your situation is pretty unique since sleep habits, diet and exercise are even more difficult than most of us have to put up with. CDL restrictions work in your favor because they have to let you sleep, and diet is a choice, but exercise is a lot harder for you with a schedule like that. How about a membership with a widely spread gym chain, one that's well represented at places on your route. I don't envy you trying to find a parking place though ;).I have freeweights in my rig that i use im also gonna have to alter my meal schedule.Even though i drive all night it appears that anything that i eat past 4 pm settles like mud,thus causing my weight to fluctuate.:eek:

hello all! im curious as to wheather any members here over 40 have trouble maintaining a steady weight.my weight is a constant yo-yo,ive tried low-carb and bout everything else any suggestions??:confused:
Is your weight yo-yoing independently, or are your activity and diet patterns yo-yoing, which causes your weight to go along for the ride?

zenpharaohs made an excellent post which brought up a lot of great points.

Do you have a goal weight, and what is your most prominent goal? (more energy, longer life, look better, etc.)
I have freeweights in my rig that i use im also gonna have to alter my meal schedule.Even though i drive all night it appears that anything that i eat past 4 pm settles like mud,thus causing my weight to fluctuate.:eek:Have you tried cycling the types of foods you eat at certain times of day? If you have more active periods in your day, you could try centering your carbohydrates around those times, and keep the rest of your meals higher protein and higher fat.

Is your weight yo-yoing independently, or are your activity and diet patterns yo-yoing, which causes your weight to go along for the ride?

zenpharaohs made an excellent post which brought up a lot of great points.

Do you have a goal weight, and what is your most prominent goal? (more energy, longer life, look better, etc.)
Have you tried cycling the types of foods you eat at certain times of day? If you have more active periods in your day, you could try centering your carbohydrates around those times, and keep the rest of your meals higher protein and higher fat.my diet has been off center thus causing this weight fluctuation.i gotta set a long term plan and stick to it to reach my healthy weight of 188.my energy level also sees its lows as of late ,which i also relate to my recent crappy diet.Time to clean out my frige and get serious.

There was a very interesting article in the paper a couple of days about a revolutionary (cough) study they just did that showed caloric intake is controlled heavily by certain bacteria in the intestines.

The kind of bacteria that influence the caloric uptake are the same as found in Yogurt.

However.....a cup of Yogurt will not give you anywhere near the amount of bacteria required to meet the demand.

Instead you will need an Acidophilus/Bifidus supp. where each capsule contains about 6 billion active cells.

The study said that obese people purportedly do not have the required bacteria colony mass compared to those who seem to be lean and fit without effort.


Just my 2 cents worth....

ive altered my diet drastically and recently began taking arson fat burner and ive dropped 5 pounds this week!is this normal??

This guy drives truck & has a surprising amount of activity
& creativity in his diet:

http://www.cbass.com/success_stories11.htm

Look to the bottom of the page. Hope this helps. Diet choices are always going to determine your body comp more then exercise
Diet 80% Exercise 20% (in that general area)

I like very heavy weight for very low reps & sets, alot of walking & low calories (11 kcal per lb of lean body mass)
Fibrous green carbs, strawberries & adequate protein.

ive altered my diet drastically and recently began taking arson fat burner and ive dropped 5 pounds this week!is this normal??

Most of that weight change is water and glycogen. If your energy level drops, then it was glycogen. And you will want your glycogen weight back.

I don't know what arson fat burner is but if you go for a few months on it let us know if you are still excited about it. Most experienced people here are probably guessing that the bloom will come off that rose. But you never know. You might be the atypical results guy.

There was a very interesting article in the paper a couple of days about a revolutionary (cough) study they just did that showed caloric intake is controlled heavily by certain bacteria in the intestines.

The kind of bacteria that influence the caloric uptake are the same as found in Yogurt.

However.....a cup of Yogurt will not give you anywhere near the amount of bacteria required to meet the demand.

Instead you will need an Acidophilus/Bifidus supp. where each capsule contains about 6 billion active cells.

The study said that obese people purportedly do not have the required bacteria colony mass compared to those who seem to be lean and fit without effort.


Just my 2 cents worth....

One way the bacteria can get out of balance is by prolonged or frequent use of antibiotics, killing off the bacteria in your gut and allowing candida yeast to proliferate. This can cause a host of problems systemically in addition to cravings for sugar and starch.