Finally found this thread. Really started hitting it on 12/1 of last year but still had the holiday gluttony that everyone else did. Some background, though. I turn 50 this year and my fitness/working out has always went back and forth between working out a lot or not at all. I had slowly floated up to 225ish and really need to be back around 200-205. (I'm 6'0".)
Did two things:
1. Started TRT (testosterone) after Thanksgiving. (This was a game changer.)
2. Started a workout regimen of heavy weights relative to cardio. I've lost weight a few times in the past but it was always heavy cardio with some weights. Being that I'm 50ish now, I figured I needed to add muscle. I lift 3-4 times per week and only do cardio 2-3 times. Turns out this was a game changer, too. Added significant amount of muscle so far, which of course helps burn the fat. Most of what I've read about fitness after 50 for both men and women says that cardio after a certain point is generally useless. (Running 6 miles vs 3 miles is an example. Three miles is fine.)
3. I started out with the same diet, which wasn't terrible to begin with. However, not nearly enough food. I was fucking starving by 10 am and again at 4 pm. I was eating oatmeal for breakfast and soups and whatnot for lunch. I was hungry literally all the time. (Libido also took off but more on that in point #4.) I switched to a high protein/low carb diet. Breakfast is now 3 eggs scrambled and two pieces of thinly sliced skirt steak. Lunch is rice and grilled chicken breast. Dinner is still the same. (Chickens, salads, steak of the weekend, etc.) I'm now counting protein on most everything while not eliminating carbs, greatly reducing them. This took care of the constant hunger and with the protein/carb mix, still losing fat while burning muscle.
4. The libido took TF off. Not quite like my teen years but mid 20's. The TRT is a cheat code and I'd recommend it to anyone in their 40's and 50's. The libido thing is a bit of a distraction sometimes but not nearly as much as the constant hunger.
I'm down now to about 210 but I've really leaned down and built muscle so I'm not really concerned about the weight so much. I need to quit drinking like some have mentioned and I'm trying to do that, albeit struggling like some others. First night or two are fine but after that, I get bored or something or just want a drink. It's getting easier but still not easy, if that makes sense.
Good conversation here all around, though. Sounds like we're in the same age and fitness bracket.
Feel free to ask me questions about the TRT, though.