Like most men in their 30 or 40′s I’ve gradually found it harder to stop putting on the pounds and gaining in weight. I wouldn’t exactly say that I’m packing ‘man-boobs’ or anywhere near whale meat but I have to admit, I’m not the slim waisted 20 something I used to be.
I haven’t really changed my lifestyle or routine since my twenties either though so why I’m getting bigger is a bit of a mystery. I still play quite a bit of sport but I dread to think what I’d look like in the sports kit I used to wear. The tracksuit I used to wear would probably bear more likeness to a wetsuit I would imagine. Does midlife weight gain actually exist as a phenomenon? Am I just simply over eating and blaming my age?
One thing I do know is that I’m not alone with this weight gain experience and I’m pretty sure that it effects guys and gals alike. Most of my friends are also carrying more weight than they did in their younger days so I wouldn’t exactly say I’m encouraged by this but it’s nice to be keeping good company.
If there is a slight thing that I may have changed over the last few years is that I have started to eat what would be considered unhealthy snack. I never used to have a sweet tooth but for some reason now I do buy the occasional candy snack and I do feel I probably eat slightly more at meal time, but I honestly don’t believe enough to cause my midlife weight gain problem.
So I don’t know. Maybe there is something physical or metabolic about midlife weight gain, but then again, maybe it’s just the simple saying that ‘you are what you eat after all.
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