Yes I agree with you in alot of that as well and I believed that for a long time as well.
The body is starving so it stores everything as fat etc etc etc. then I studied this guy Andrew Hubberman he tells how it impacts your brain.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1KSvTboNgA
Tom Bilyeu
He is like the fasting king
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zwkk4NyO3GA
THANK YOU ..I TAKE IT ALL IN...especially when someone has the body I want I listen...lol
The problem is not something not working it really almost all works IF I DO IT and stick to it.
My issue is I start then stop because of a death or a set back then I'm like fuck it ..... GIVE ME THAT TRIPLE chocolate cake hand me the remote....
I am in my 50s and what worked when I was 20 and 30 does not work as well something else might work better but its really simple for me. Burn more than you take in. SIMPLE
I think why I have always bounce around cause its so easy to come off so I'm like in 30 days 60 days most. It's gone.
YOU SAID THE MAGIC WORDS ..Lifestyle change....not just when you get tired and lose then gain then lose then gain then lose.
BUTTTTTT NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Do not take my crunches lol I really do the side crunches and the reverse crunches are my favorite..