I&#x27;m on the same boat, except I had to drop both breakfast <i>and</i> dinner (2-course lunch, with fish and oranges in the evening) to maintain body weight without gaining fat!<p>I do this despite doing compound lifts (pull ups, dips, squats) while successfully gaining muscle strength.<p>Also, &quot;Caloric Restriction: A Fountain of Youth for Aging Muscles?&quot; <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.the-aps.org&#x2F;mm&#x2F;hp&#x2F;Audiences&#x2F;Public-Press&#x2F;2015-15.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.the-aps.org&#x2F;mm&#x2F;hp&#x2F;Audiences&#x2F;Public-Press&#x2F;2015-15....</a>