kalory wrote:
This has nothing to do with diet and EVERYTHING to do with exercise.
I'm 54, drink a bottle of wine with my wife every night, eat as much of anything that I want (I have a chocolate chip muffin every morning with coffee) and eat some form of meat with tortillas every night as we are a spanish culture. But I weigh 128lbs, still run under 17:50 for 5km regularly and run 30-40 miles per week.
I know this is per the individual, but my brothers do not exercise as much and weigh 160-180 lbs at my same height. My sister is like me and she is under 110lbs at 50.
It's all about lifestyle and exercise.
No...it's all about genetics. I'm 59 and weigh 170 on a 5-7 frame. I played college football in late 70s/early 80s at 195+. After college, I did about 10 yrs of competitive powerlifting & bodybuilding before transitioning to running and getting down to 170. But I'm still way too heavy (overweight and near obese on the BMI) and can barely run 12 mpw! I ran a 5:15 mile and some sub-19 5ks decades ago, but can barely run a 7:30 mile these days. Though I have post-traumatic osteoarthritis, I'm still too heavy to do any meaningful running. I eat healthy and try to diet but still can't cut weight. I would need to go on weightloss drugs or TRT to lose weight.
If you're 128 lbs at 54 running 30-40 mpw and smoken sub-18 5ks while being able to eat anything you want - that's pure genetics.