Could just be that you are getting old.:D

I considered that, too lol

I'm only 28, though. So far, I've dropped 6 of the 10 that I wanted to... I think it's made a small difference. May be all in my head. Once I hit my goal, I'll re-evaluate. Not like I'm lacking leg strength, anyway. Playing soccer all your life tends to give you gigantic legs whether you want them or not.

I'm 25 too and I have definitely noticed the metabolism slowing thing as well. I have also noticed that now I hate to do cardio, whereas in the HS years i could run for hours and was in pretty decent shape; I ran track and CC. Cardio just sucks to do now, but it is very important to help increase metabolism. I read that sprinters doing hard cardio burn calories at an accelerated rate up to 3 days after the exercise! So the writing is on the wall there my friend, you and I probably need more cardio.

It's sort of surprising that you're finding cardio so unpleasant. Many endurance type athletes start hitting their stride as they age. Maybe you should look into doing more endurance type cardio than sprinting? That being said, I actually do both, but I found that I had a much higher tolerance, mentally, for endurance/distance cardio as I aged. When I was young, I didn't have the patience to go for an 1.5-2 hour run. As I aged, it became like therapy.

I used to love running, but then I got into weight lifting more and added a lot of mass that I suppose just made running harder. I can still run if I want to for a pretty decent pace/time, but to run on a daily basis just shreds my patience.

Running for distance is fun, but only when you run a long way (like 8-10 miles at least). Shorter runs like 3-4 miles just piss me off.

Eat more soy.

I thought you were on the anti-soy kick? Or are you just kidding with your suggestion? Or is the anti-soy thing only for kids developing testosterone?

I once ran for 347 miles.... but the police finally caught me.

Sarcasm, silock is a big soy guy. I'm just messing with him. I still remember that tofu taco recipe you gave me years ago with the shitaki mushrooms. Those things were the bomb. I would have never thought I would have liked them.

I wasn't ever "big" on it. I just said that the evidence suggests that some intake can be good for you. Sure, it has some health benefits, but you can get those health benefits other places. Too much negative evidence now. I ate it very sparingly before and now I never do.

Can't outrun the radio. That was in Forrest Gump, too, right? :)

I liked your last trip to the store. Good stuff.

YOu should get that recipe for those taco's, they're over the top.

If your strength training eat/drink (preferably drink protein and car mix) 25% total body weight of carbs and protein in grams right before working out (If you choose to eat wait at least 90 minutes before working out).

After working out the ratio is 50% total body weight carbs and 25% protein. I started using waxy maize for a concentrated carb that I mix in with whey protein. You can also use a half and half ratio of maltodextrine and dextrose for the carbs as well.

Need carbs for insulin spike to tell your cells to uptake sugar which also brings in carbs, creatine, etc.

Unless you're trying to lose weight, in which case, you don't want to spike your insulin.