Not a myth, no, just wildly overstated as a reason for being obese/can't lose weight. It's entirely due to what they are shoveling in their mouth.
Not at all.
Yes, they do not. See the studies cited above.
I mean, I think we all know why people don't adjust their habits before gaining 100 pounds. This is America after all.My $0.02 having no idea what you look like or your age or weight... I'm ~50 also, and I don't think my BMR has changed since my 20's. People's activity levels change, though, and in your 20's while you were out moving shit, doing sports with your friends, going to the gym even when you were tired because who the fuck was ever tired in their 20's... your natural activity level was probably off the charts in your 20's which resulted in burning a lot more calories without trying.
As we get older assuming your hormone profile has remained similar, I don't think your BMR really changes much if at all, but we do spend a lot more time resting/sitting/whatever just because we're old fucks.
Studies bear this out also.
Daily energy expenditure through the human life course - PubMed
Total daily energy expenditure ("total expenditure") reflects daily energy needs and is a critical variable in human health and physiology, but its trajectory over the life course is poorly studied. We analyzed a large, diverse database of total expenditure measured by the doubly labeled water...pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Also, I don't see how people don't adjust what they're doing/eating before they gain 100 pounds over a decade. It's not like that just sneaks up on you. If you gain 10-15 pounds do you not go "I need to change my habits/do something" ??
It always comes down to intake of course. Not eating always works. However, maintenance levels can vary pretty dramatically between people.
Fat-free mass and activity level are broadly correlated, so yes. If you sit around and lose muscle and get fat, your metabolism slows down. Not because you got old, because you lost muscle and got fat.
Of course, but find a chart of the average muscle muscle mass by age. What % of men have the same muscle mass at 25 and 50? That its technically possible doesn't mean it's practically applicable. The general statement "your metabolic rate decreases as you age" is going to hold true for the vast majority of people. "You can improve your metabolism with resistance training" is a much more useful way to look at it.
The more I explain, the less I am believed or appreciated, so yes, but the original context for that statement was a range of approx 1500-2000 calories. My endo said that due to combination of genetics, activity, and meds, that can sometimes be the case; it wasn't necessarily fair.
LOL way to deliberately obfuscate the point.
I thought it was bullshit too. Then I started reading statistics about it. Its fucking crazy what people accept as "normal" just cause it happened a few times in a row. "Oh, that must be normal for me!"
I would speculate it takes A LOT of effort to put on muscle mass at that later age, versus your 20s. I know for me its been a lot of work and taken over 2 years of exercising to do it. Not sure if its the same for everyone, but it probably would be.
Insulin resistance can make weight loss slower, but insulin isn't some magical thing that gets to violate the laws of energy balance. So either you were completely inaccurate with your calorie tracking, you were still losing "fat" but retaining water (which would still lower your weight on a long enough timeline, but could take "weeks"), or you are 1 of 1 and should be studied by science for your biological makeup.
Any links to backup this wild claim, Doctor?
Definitely is, which is why you have to work on not losing it in the first place rather than trying to build at 40-50+. Or use test/steroids, whichever.
Man, I've got peers my age using gear and its scary. They either don't understand, or they don't care. I have no interest in that risk and I'm only doing this for myself and my wife.
I don't recommend steroids at all because it's not good for longevity if abused, and I intend to be around for a long time. But used responsibly and sparingly, like anything, it's probably ok if you're careful/managed by a doctor.
Definitely depends on a lot of factors. The biggest one being what you are eating. And how much. When I am eating at a caloric deficit I will often go multiple days without pooping.
Of course. It's not mL by the way it's mg. And TRT is more like 100-150-ish, over 200 is definitely supraphysiological and looking for problems. Adding steroids on top of it is certainly not extending your life.
