feel like their metabolism changed overnight after 45
I swear something shifted once I hit my late 40s. For years I stayed around the same weight just by walking every day and keeping portions reasonable. Then over the last couple years it felt like my body completely stopped cooperating. I was waking up tired all the time gaining weight mostly around my stomach and constantly thinking about food even when I knew I’d eaten enough.
I kept blaming stress and hormones at first but eventually my doctor brought up insulin resistance and suggested trying tirzepatide. I put it off forever because the whole online GLP1 world felt kind of sketchy to me honestly. Started a few months ago and the strangest part is how quiet my brain feels around food now. I still track protein and try to stay active but it finally feels manageable instead of feeling like I’m fighting myself every single day.