Can't lose weight

Are you tracking your calories? How are you tracking? With a food scale or guesstimating? How many grams of protein are you getting and what number of calories? What deficit are you aiming for?

It's a myth that metabolism slows down before like age 60. It's more that our lifestyle habits degrade and we eat more poorly. Yes it's annoying to track your calories, but don't you track your running and lifting? Isn't it worse to spin your wheels for a year and a half? I am the leanest and fittest I've ever been in my life approaching 40, but it does take focus. Our environment is designed to make us the fattest, sickest and most sedentary.

As soon as you said "without becoming anorexic or miserable" tells me you're unwilling to make any sacrifices to meet your goals because that's how you rationalize maintaining the status quo. How you expect anyone around here to help you in that case is beyond me.

OP, I am a year older than you and around the same size. A little taller and a little lighter, but I have been over 160 recently.

Do you drink? I have found that my food intake is really negligible because I am a healthy eater. So, for me at least, calorie restriction when I eat mostly healthy stuff was only making me miserably hungry and I wasn't seeing results. Then I took a month off of drinking for a marathon and just atrophied (in a good way). I don't even drink as much as most of my friends, but a few IPAs 3 nights a week was adding like 3,000 calories to my week without me even thinking about it. I stayed dry another month and now I really watch the beer intake. I still drink beer here and there, but not as much and just pay attention.

Good luck!

^What this guy said. Figure out your BMR, create a free account with MyFitnessPal, and start eating at a deficit while still getting enough protein to support your training.

I drink, but have cut down significantly lately. I think I'll go alcohol free 100% for a month. Thanks!

Compounded ozempic will fix you right up

I don't track my running (just run when I feel like it - which can be often) but fill the rest of my free time with other physical demanding activities. The only thing I actively track for lifting is just documenting/keeping enough data to inform the next time I'll hit a similar workout.

Yes, tracking calories would be the obvious solution.

Also, get a dexa scan. They are $49 where I live. It’s pretty motivating to see exactly what your body fat and muscle mass are. Set a time based goal - like 90 days - commit to actually hitting your deficit and tracking and then retest.

Exactly, see exactly where the fat is and just scoop it right out. Scoops are just $7 on Amazon.

I'm 5'9" 155 pounds. Pretty happy with my physique. Would would you want to weight ??

Sorry to say it like this. But given that this is an anonymous forum I will say the truth that probably people who know you won't tell you.

44yo isn't even old, your diet probably isn't good and if you are drinking regularly then that is clearly a problem too. Maybe your diet is good, but in that case you are eating too much. But because you are American I am assuming your diet isn't good, because your guys food just sucks in general.

Eat less, run more. PR in weightlifting at middle age isn't really good for being in great shape, a lot of these guys are on the heavier side with extra fat.

Expert here. My advice would be to go on a date to a restaurant with a SSBBW (woman over 250 pounds) and see how you like it.

Wrong, tracking calories is silly, ineffective, and unnecessary, but you are probably not going to listen.

The only effective way to lose weight (without drugs or surgery) is to feel hungrier until you get to your goal weight.

you should check out Dr. Jason Fung, he's great

doctorjasonfung.com

Dr. Jason Fung

The New York Times-bestselling author of The Obesity Code and The Diabetes Code.

Link:www.doctorjasonfung.com/

Do not listen to any other advice. If you truly want to get lean there is one way that is guaranteed to have you shredded.

Salmon-only diet. Two weeks.

3 meals a day of salmon. Preferably fresh salmon but if that is out of your price range double q will get the job done. If you go with canned either fry it BY ITSELF (do not add oil, butter, any spices) or eat it straight out of the can (this is easier and more convenient). And make sure to eat the little bones. These are great sources of calcium.

I am not BS-ing you. This is a well known method in the bodybuilding industry and it works. It is one of the toughest diets though. You're body will rebel 3 days in. You've got to really want it.

Life is short, unless you're goal is to become a Olympian. Fk- dat. When it's time it's time.

Life is short, get shredded.

Just stop eating. Worked for Evan Jager.

Start glowing in the dark from all the arsenic