This is why millions of people over 35 eat well, exercise, count calories and do not lose a single pound. And then blame themselves.
Parasites and bad bacteria steal your iron, your B12, your nutrients before your cells can absorb them. The toxins they release keep your body in silent chronic inflammation that signals your fat cells to hold onto fat as an emergency response.
It is not your discipline. It is not your thyroid. Your metabolism has been hijacked by organisms living inside you. You can cut calories. You can add cardio. As long as they are in there, your body follows their instructions, not yours.
Phase 2 of the attack, thymoquinone from Nigella Sativa, eliminates the exposed organisms and shuts down the inflammation keeping your body in emergency mode. Your metabolism stops responding to their instructions and starts responding to yours again.