A question for those late 40s onwards.

[hawkmoon]

56 and appetite is usually quite low, but I do get 3500+ down a day.

At this stage with 40+ years of doing this without pause, low appetite is both physical and psychological.
I get no joy from food of any kind. My food-pleasure dopamine circuits are burnt out

I rarely get hungry either.

 

[alfresco]

I have been maintaining some but mostly losing muscle for years. I try not to think about it! I have been able to jeans off the rack for some time now.

Has the waistband size (diameter) changed, i.e., gotten larger?

I can’t fit in the same size pants that I wore comfortably 20 years ago without huge sacrifices elsewhere.

Edit:
My appetite and my ability to eat huge volumes of food has not changed over the years. Both a blessing and a curse I suppose. They call me “Hoover” at the dinner table because I could finish off everybody else’s plates and still be hungry.

That used to have zero effect on me, and while I can still do the same, I’ve had to back off a notch, a very small notch to accommodate the slowing up my metabolism and the comforts of my age.

At one point in time, I could eat as much of anything anytime anywhere and not gain a pound. Bizarre that changed when I probably turned 60 which was a little over 10 years ago I can’t get away with that now. Literally, I could live on ice cream and cake and pie, essentially desserts, with no ill effect.

I want set a girlfriend that lived with me who was terribly weight conscious her figure was fine, but she felt self-conscious around me because I was knee deep bore, neck deep in weightlifting. And again I could eat as much as I wanted of anything I wanted anytime I wanted with no visual effects. I member one morning she made me a huge breakfast with pancakes, eggs, and bacon and the whole regalia and I left one bite, one mouthful of pancakes on the table and she got so pissed off not so much the waste of food but I could pick and choose however much I wanted to eat whenever I wanted to eat so in her anger, she lifted up the table and flipped it over. Pretty bizarre , she didn’t last long, but it was fun while it lasted. Which reminds me of the poem by Longfellow.

There was a little girl,
Who had a little curl,
Right in the middle of her forehead.
When she was good,
She was very good indeed,
But when she was bad she was horrid.

 

[Alzadosghost]

Beating off frequently Increases appetite tremendously. Also burns aboit 200 cals every time you orgasm. Allegedly.

 

[Alzadosghost]

56 and appetite is usually quite low, but I do get 3500+ down a day.

At this stage with 40+ years of doing this without pause, low appetite is both physical and psychological.
I get no joy from food of any kind. My food-pleasure dopamine circuits are burnt out

I rarely get hungry either.

Ya I don’t eat for fun. I eat for function. I do not enjoy the act of eating one bit. But it’s just programming from 35 years of this crap lol it’s just ingrained now.

 

[buck]

Has the waistband size (diameter) changed, i.e., gotten larger?

I can’t fit in the same size pants that I wore comfortably 20 years ago without huge sacrifices elsewhere.

Edit:
My appetite and my ability to eat huge volumes of food has not changed over the years. Both a blessing and a curse I suppose. They call me “Hoover” at the dinner table because I could finish off everybody else’s plates and still be hungry.

That used to have zero effect on me, and while I can still do the same, I’ve had to back off a notch, a very small notch to accommodate the slowing up my metabolism and the comforts of my age.

At one point in time, I could eat as much of anything anytime anywhere and not gain a pound. Bizarre that changed when I probably turned 60 which was a little over 10 years ago I can’t get away with that now. Literally, I could live on ice cream and cake and pie, essentially desserts, with no ill effect.

I want set a girlfriend that lived with me who was terribly weight conscious her figure was fine, but she felt self-conscious around me because I was knee deep bore, neck deep in weightlifting. And again I could eat as much as I wanted of anything I wanted anytime I wanted with no visual effects. I member one morning she made me a huge breakfast with pancakes, eggs, and bacon and the whole regalia and I left one bite, one mouthful of pancakes on the table and she got so pissed off not so much the waste of food but I could pick and choose however much I wanted to eat whenever I wanted to eat so in her anger, she lifted up the table and flipped it over. Pretty bizarre , she didn’t last long, but it was fun while it lasted. Which reminds me of the poem by Longfellow.

There was a little girl,
Who had a little curl,
Right in the middle of her forehead.
When she was good,
She was very good indeed,
But when she was bad she was horrid.

When i had my shoulder replaced then spine surgury 3 months later when i was 52 i got through that fine. Actually got a little leaner and some asked it i was going to do a show as they didn't know about the surgeries Then i started adding weight back ad things went well. After awhile i watched the scale more then the waist line. Bad move. Waistline increased 1 size. I kind of think that the body adds muscle to the waistline to protect the lumbar region if it thinks that is the best way to go. I see Stallone and Arnold are thicker then they used to be and have back issues from my reading along with others. An MRI a few years ago showed i have some pretty thick muscles in the lower back, and obliques, made the Dr laugh. But maybe i am trying to make myself feel good with the analogy!

I don't lift near the same poundage or have as tough a work out as i used to. But that is to be expected. And i don't cover as much ground or go as fast. Did some HIIT today and it still sucks. My 6 meals a day are now 4 smaller ones. The days of dropping 300+ calories a day and upping my aerobics some and losing an easy 1-2 pounds a week are done. Only comes off a lot when i am hiking through the mountains day after day.

And digesting huge amounts of fat easy seems to be done with. Kind of figure i don't produce bile like a used to. I don't make as much amylase enzyme as i used to it seems either from tests i have had.

I tend to find crazy women be good in bed. But not worth it. I can deal with a little crazy especially if they realize they are.

The upside is whenever i talk about being a fat broken down old man i can't get anyone to agree with me or be sympathetic. But i think my bar is set at a different level then theirs is.

 

[buck]

Beating off frequently Increases appetite tremendously. Also burns aboit 200 cals every time you orgasm. Allegedly.

Old wives tail. Same schedule as ever. Body weight not going down...... from talk i have heard!
The studies i hve seen show the prostate is happier with more activity. So taking care of ones health is important!

 

[Virtues]

I wish I could eat for function. Im 43 and I think about food all day.

 

[alfresco]

When i had my shoulder replaced then spine surgury 3 months later when i was 52 i got through that fine. Actually got a little leaner and some asked it i was going to do a show as they didn't know about the surgeries Then i started adding weight back ad things went well. After awhile i watched the scale more then the waist line. Bad move. Waistline increased 1 size. I kind of think that the body adds muscle to the waistline to protect the lumbar region if it thinks that is the best way to go. I see Stallone and Arnold are thicker then they used to be and have back issues from my reading along with others. An MRI a few years ago showed i have some pretty thick muscles in the lower back, and obliques, made the Dr laugh. But maybe i am trying to make myself feel good with the analogy!

I don't lift near the same poundage or have as tough a work out as i used to. But that is to be expected. And i don't cover as much ground or go as fast. Did some HIIT today and it still sucks. My 6 meals a day are now 4 smaller ones. The days of dropping 300+ calories a day and upping my aerobics some and losing an easy 1-2 pounds a week are done. Only comes off a lot when i am hiking through the mountains day after day.

And digesting huge amounts of fat easy seems to be done with. Kind of figure i don't produce bile like a used to. I don't make as much amylase enzyme as i used to it seems either from tests i have had.

I tend to find crazy women be good in bed. But not worth it. I can deal with a little crazy especially if they realize they are.

The upside is whenever i talk about being a fat broken down old man i can't get anyone to agree with me or be sympathetic. But i think my bar is set at a different level then theirs is.

Thanks for taking the time to write that. I enjoyed reading it.

 

[Big A]

Like a lot of people here, I have to hugely control every meal, otherwise I could literally eat non stop. I haven't found my limit yet - I could just eat and eat and eat, especially if it's a variety on the table.

 

[comedycentral]

Like a lot of people here, I have to hugely control every meal, otherwise I could literally eat non stop. I haven't found my limit yet - I could just eat and eat and eat, especially if it's a variety on the table.

This is me. I could eat a 200gr steak and baked potato for an evening meal and feel fine or eat a 350gr one with one or two potatoes and feel the same. Sometimes I just feel like I’m in a weird eating zone and can just crack through food without batting an eyelid.

 

[Bobik]

47 - currently around 5k kcal on a training day.. I'm still hungry all year round and I have to have self-control over my food, otherwise I'd be a fat ball

 

[Golden]

49 and still have a big appetite. Don’t use the drugs to make use of it like when I was younger. I’d prefer to have a decrease in appetite as I’ve gotten older.

I often wonder if it’s a product of constantly pushing food when I was younger. As a kid I didn’t eat much but I worked up in my late teens and 20’s to eat a decent amount of food in order to push the weight up

 

[Aikman56]

I just turned 50 and this is my current meal plan…

5 Training Days. P. C. Fats (added)
1. 40g casein, 50g carbs from cream of rice. 40 50 0
2. Egg whites/ oats/ banana pancake… 65 110 0
3. Chicken/ 90g carbs from rice/ 20g carbs from raisins… 50 110 0
4. Chicken/ 90g carbs from rice/ 20g carbs from raisins… 50 110 0
5. Chicken/ 90g carbs from rice/ 20g carbs from raisins… 50 110 0
6. Intra… 25g EAA/ 70g HBCD… 25 70 0
7. Whey/cereal/ banana… 50 150 0
8. Creami… 50 25 0

2 Off days
1. 40g casein, 50g carbs from cream of rice. 40 50 0
2. Egg whites/ oats/ banana pancake… 65 110 0
3. Chicken/ 50g carbs from rice/ 20g carbs from peas/corn… 50 70 0
4. Chicken/ 50g carbs from rice/ 20g carbs from peas/corn… 50 70 0
5. Chicken/ 50g carbs from rice/ 20g carbs from peas/corn… 50 70 0
6. Whey/cereal/ banana… 50 125 0
8. Creami… 50 25 0

My wife and I have a junk meal on Sat, and on 2 training nights, I have about 1/3 of a box of Raisin Nut Bran with Meal 8’s Creami.

And I’m never full.

So yeah…if this, my father, and my grandfather are any indicator, I’ll be a big eater until I die mad if I’m not careful, I could end up pretty fat. Better also train until I die!

 

[Mufasa123]

Early 50s.im fine eating up to around 3500 calories (generally maintenence in that range). I eat low carb mostly so protein/fat and veggies/salad/berries. So clean food and feel good. Occasional cheat is a bigger carb meal generally.

If I'm training I'm hungry. If I start bringing in carbs in scale that can go up easily to 4k but no real desire or need to get bigger. Just trying to have solid body comp and strength at 240 or under bodyweight (250 is hard limit - I scaled my weight down a few years ago where hard limit was 275).

 

[Reno911]

52 here and still at 6 meals and 5 on Sundays with one of them being a freebie.

North of mid/late 40's, I've really needed to keep an eye on digestion. Using more easily digestible carbs, no liquids 20-25min pre and post meals, digestive enzymes, and other support sumps for digestion needed at this point and most likely beyond.

 

[control]

I get no joy from food of any kind. My food-pleasure dopamine circuits are burnt out

I rarely get hungry either.

My wife and I go to really nice restaurants a lot (tons of great restaurants in the DFW). The food is good, I just don't enjoy eating it like I used to. I find myself dwelling on the fact that I'm paying $200 for 60 grams of protein