In reply to chubbs2:
I am about the same age. Almost two years ago, after a two yearish lull in activity, I had got to 9 kg overweight, according to all the charts.
Now I am about 5-6 kg beneath the normal/overweight boundary, and have a BMI of 23 ish.
I didn't really change my diet (which wasn't bad, but does include red wine. I know I should cut that out, but I can't quite go there!), I just started exercising, a lot, and took a career step backwards (for less stress).
I run about 50 miles a week and used to swim on top of that a couple of times. However, I lost most weight in the first six months and have been fairly stable ever since, despite an extra 5000 or so calories going out each week in exercise. I must be eating more, I guess, but I don't notice it.
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