This is the problem in a nutshell. I’m in my late 50s, menopausal, can’t go hard on workouts because of spinal nerve damage, yet managed to lose 40 lbs and have kept it off easily for over 3 years. I’m 118 lbs at 5’5”. I eat as much as I want of absolutely whatever I want, never count calories and have no dietary restrictions. The key for me is that I eat just one meal a day. This intermittent fasting/time restricted eating has greatly reduced my appetite. I’m no longer fighting ravenous hunger and “needing” to stuff myself multiple times per day. Every single health marker has improved, too. It seems nuts to me now that eating 3 meals plus snacks is the norm, and it’s comical that everyone fixates on what to eat instead of when. We just keep asking ourselves the wrong question and spewing the wrong answer then wondering why obesity related diseases are epidemic. Nobody wants to face the truth that we need to put down the damn fork and occupy our time with something other than stuffing our faces.