As an older guy I've finally figured out weight-loss

I'm not flogging products, all the info is in there. I'm just really chuffed that I've finally figured it out and wanted to share with my peers.

Way too verbose, man.

I lost weight too this corona period. No fancy technique.

I started working overnight, sleeping till 2-3pm.

So I skipped breakfast and launch.

I'd eat some lightly salted crackers to keep the mouth busy.

And the eat dinner with everyone.

Midnight, ate a single small noodle pack. This was necessary because without it, I'd wake up early and hungry.

I had a similar result, although without having to go to quite the same lengths on calorie counting - all I had to do was fix lunch.

There was a time when I had a flat stomach etc., but it was in my twenties when I rowing 3-5 times a week. You need plenty of calories to sustain that and I never got out of the habit. That combined with 20 year old metabolism and a free canteen at work meant that in addition to a big dinner, I was having a full hot lunch with dessert. This habit of a big lunch (although maybe not with dessert) carried on into my thirties and after I stopped rowing.

I'd tried to 'just have less lunch' and proved to be bad at resisting the options in the canteen. I took the opportunity of starting to work from home a couple of years ago to set a habit of having Huel for lunch. It meant that it was a very consistent amount of food and I just cheat by having a larger portion. I didn't have any problem with patience as long as I saw the weight continuing to trend down, which it did from 95Kg to the low eighties.

While I still have Huel sometimes, I've stopped using it consistently as I'm pretty sure I was experiencing the testosterone depressing effect of all the flax seed. A year of it reset my expectations over lunch portions that I can cope without it though.

In terms of variations on weight measurements, I've found that weighing myself first thing in the morning, after shower and visit to the toilet (but before breakfast) reduced the noise significantly to the extent it was rarely more than +/1 1kg

Sounds about right. Calories in, calories out. I have $7 digital scale that I measure food with. With consistency you eventually get to the point where you can eyeball 50g of rice, 125g of chicken, roughly a 250 calorie meal. There’s zero tricks to it, just measure and aim for 1500-1800 calories a day.

Oh, and it’s going to suck, because it’s hard. I did 180 to 138 in 5ish months. Started with the Keto until I realized it’s just a trick to reduce calories, so eventually just cut the Keto framework out so I could eat some bread/rice.