I think a lot of these are "old wives tales"
If you look at the most recent studies of some others.
1) Kids get sugar highs (go crazy with sugar)
- LOTS of recent research shows this it not true, and it is the environment they are in
when they consume sugar (parties etc) that tends to give this impression.
2) Working out in the evening revs up the metabolism that you become a fat burning
machine all night. Research shows there is no real "after effect' of exercising. If you
gain muscle from exercise, the muscle will burn cals 24/7. And the belief for some time
has been muscle building is more effective than aerobics in loosing weight.
3) The eating after 7:00 myth.
Basically it is calories in calories out, regardless of what type/what time.
Recently that doctor lost 27 lbs on twinkies to prove this point.
Generally we eat too much and exercise to little. I do believe some people can
gain/maintain higher weights with less calories because of genetics, but basically
it is the cals in/cals out.
To your point of getting harder to loose as you get older, generally that is because you loose 10%
muscle mass/decade after 30 or so ( and become more sedentary), so you burn less as part of your metablolism. I am
getting back into weight training to accompany my 25-35 mile per days riding (12-16 miles -20C winter rides) because I think that will help.
Last edited by gbg; 01-17-11 at 05:29 PM.