Good luck to all, I've learned the more of my life I do things more actively the better I stay in shape. I have maintained pretty well mostly just by staying away from a lot of carbs and sugar. I also do not snack anymore and rarely consume alcohol. I also have incorporated intermittent fasting, and I try to fast for 16 hours each day or 24-hour period. So, I do not eat before 12:30pm and no later than 7pm. I typically eat a low carb and no sugar lunch and dinner, eat till I'm comfortably full at each meal and that's it. Depending on what I eat, I will typically not be hungry over the 16 hour period of fast. If I do get a tinge I'll consume water or coffee. Finally, when doing this stuff, you have to create a perspective for yourself in order to keep at it. I know this next part will sound kind of silly to you at first but it seems to work for me. Try putting yourself in a place in time way before convenience, like, what did a mountain man trapper have to do every day to survive? Was he eating three squares a day out in the wild? What about a Native American warrior? Or think of yourself as a SEAL Team or Special Operations warrior downrange actively engaged. You're not Pu$$ing out eating three squares a day like a cow at a dairy farm. You're actively engaged in some kind of task or mission and food is just for maintenance. Or, if that seems too hokey, think of the coyote or fox or wolf or cougar. They are constantly looking and hunting, looking, searching and hunting doing what they must to survive. They stay in shape because they are moving and or trying to find the next meal that doesn't come around very often and each meal is a battle. I'm not saying this stuff has to be painful but we as Americans are so used to routine feedings that we've become like farm animals dependent on the system instead of doing it ourselves. Does that make sense? When I think of it that way I'm not feeling sorry for myself I'm feeling like I'm actively engaged in a mission of some kind in my mind to put the food into a lesser role or perspective. I know so many guys who can eat and drink whatever they want and never gain an ounce. I'm not wired that way so I have come up with these "perspectives" in order to keep my motivation. And it is super great when you can just about do anything you want physically during a hunting season because you have "trained" your mind this way.
