this life stage that makes calorie restriction alone ineffective or even counterproductive maybe?

Yeah, so when your weight does start to creep on, I guess the natural reaction is, hey, I need to eat less.

But it's not always the answer.

I guess we need to think about quantity, quality and timing of our food intake.

So very simply, and it's probably oversimplified, but weight gain is the result of eating more energy or kilojoules than what we burn throughout the day with our body functions and movement.

So to manage our weight, we need to keep both sides of that equation in balance.

So eating less, yes, might work and moving more might work.

Yeah, so what can happen if that protein gap isn't addressed? What are some of the longer-term