When I was in my teens and early twenties it seemed that the only thing that determined my weight was the amount of running I did. Didn't matter what I ate, if I was training hard, I was lean. During periods when I wasn't running, even if I ate less and ate healthy, I would gain weight.
In my late twenties my appetite started to dramatically increase and I've been putting on weight every year, despite still training hard. I've tried everything to combat this... remove all junk food from diet, decrease carbs, increase healthy fats, eat more fruits and veggies, eat protein at breakfast, drink lots of water, blah blah blah tried everything. Nothing works, hunger keeps going up, calories keep going up, weight keeps going up.
At the beginning of this year I finally said f*ck it I'll just eat less and just suffer through the intense hunger. I was able to lose 10 pounds and 3 inches off my waist over two months,...170 lbs to 160 lbs and 35 inches to 32 inches at 5 foot 10. But I was basically famished the entire time. I raced very well during this time and ran my fastest times since college. After my last race this spring I decided I couldn't stand the hunger anymore and went back to my previous eating habits. Same healthy foods, just more of it. Gained the 10 pounds back in about 2 weeks. I'm trying to get the weight back down for some upcoming races this fall and I'm dreading it. Is there any way do this without starving myself?