Weight loss : strategies to optimize it

Re: age. My parents are around 60, and have had great results (1 lb. per week fat loss) on a basic leangains regimen. They were both already in decent shape, so that's a pretty big accomplishment. Suggests age is not as big a factor as people tend to think.

Re: age. My parents are around 60, and have had great results (1 lb. per week fat loss) on a basic leangains regimen. They were both already in decent shape, so that's a pretty big accomplishment. Suggests age is not as big a factor as people tend to think.

Maybe it's not that age is a big factor but the longer someone has been a yo-yo dieter. If you have been fairly weight stable throughout your life weight loss later in life may be easier than those that had big weight fluctuations.

Re: age. My parents are around 60, and have had great results (1 lb. per week fat loss) on a basic leangains regimen. They were both already in decent shape, so that's a pretty big accomplishment. Suggests age is not as big a factor as people tend to think.

Maybe it's not that age is a big factor but the longer someone has been a yo-yo dieter. If you have been fairly weight stable throughout your life weight loss later in life may be easier than those that had big weight fluctuations.

I don't think it matters. I have about a dozen friends and family who have used different varieties of what we are talking about here, and all have seen fast and impressive results, even a friend with Hashimoto's (thyroid disorder).

IF+calorie and carb cycling+weight training just works, and with very minimal time investment.

Yea, I think genetics plays a huge factor in how big or small you remain throughout time. I just watched a professional bike race in Switzerland, and they showed the stats on one guy being 5'9" and 154 lbs. Wow. I wasn't that thin in high school! I was 5'7" and 170-175. I didn't look like I was very much heavier than the rest of my class, but a whole lot denser, for some reason. Could be those Viking genes I'm carrying around.

I honestly think fasting plays a bigger role than genetics in most cases. Someone who regularly skips breakfast (say 50% of the time) is burning something like 5 pounds a year of fat more than someone who eats 5 meals a day "to keep their metabolism going". That adds up to a LOT over time.

It's funny that everyone is now jumping on the paleo/natural eating bandwagon without thinking about IF: did cavemen have a fridge/grocery store and unlimited supply of food? IF has been a natural part of man's evolution, and is integral to cellular and metabolic maintenance.

I think general nutrition and activity levels play a much larger role than any other factors though. It's more a matter of people trying whatever the fitness industry snake-oil salesmen are peddling, finding out it doesn't work, and deciding that their level of fitness is beyond their control. It's not... It's just almost impossible to find good, effective info on weight loss. Since most strategies that DO work contradict what fitness mags, and "that one guy in the gym (you know, the really ripped one!)" say (carbs and raspberry ketones!), people dismiss them.