The body is like a machine, and the older you get: parts suddenly break down and can’t be fixed anymore. Some parts got damaged when you were young (meniscus, teeth, hearing) and they then start causing problems when you’re old. It’s practically impossible to loose weight after 50. Your libido goes down the drain.
I’d say depending on the person, losing weight becomes hard in your 30s if you don’t keep up with it.
Hi, it’s me, I’m the one who hasn’t really kept up with it aside from changing my diet. Nothing drastic, just cutting down on what I eat, in no small part thanks to the economy.
Also, all my weight caught up to me in that I have high blood pressure and mild sleep apnea, both of which can be controlled if not eliminated outright if I just exercised more.
The average American lifestyle kind of discourages exercise and eating well. It’s also very stressful. I certainly can’t fault people for not doing it. I imagine those conditions exist a lot of other places too. I also started gaining a bit more weight in my mid to late thirties but I also rediscovered bicycling during that time. I didn’t really lose any weight, but the way it was concentrating in my belly slowed down or even reversed a little bit. I’m amazed at how much it balanced my mood. Still working on those glutes of steel though.
I’m a guy, and I imagine you’re correct. Hormones change over time and with age. I usually get blood work done when I go in for a physical and have had those conversations. Everything is looking good, I’m just getting older. He did encourage me to keep up the exercise.
Yeah, I have put on as much weight from 50 - 52 as I did from 40 - 50. But I have moved from working hard to hardly working (moved into a management position) so it’s hardly surprising I guess
I think about it occasionally: when you’re a baby/kid/teen/youngadult, you’re eating for energy and for growth. But once you’re fully grown, unless you’re building a ton of muscle, you don’t really need to eat nearly as much.
I think there’s a periodical reassessment of neutral caloric gain/loss that should happen, especially once one’s metabolism stabilizes. In other words, expressly figure out how how much you need to eat in order to not gain or lose weight, once your lifestyle and energy use is stable.
This is made more difficult because it’s actually better for you to eat more and burn it off/use it, than it is to just very little.
Edit: And obviously, this is much easier said than done. But, gotta figure out the goal and take iterative steps to figure it out, right?
Woah there. I agree with part of this but so much is more a “use it or lose it” situation. I’m almost 60, husband a couple years older, we still fuck every day and I get off at least once a day still. I do think it’s muted a bit, slightly less intense usually but way more multiples, so it kind of works out.
Did gain weight at menopause that stuck - sort of gamed that by starting out underweight so I’m still not fat, but agree wholeheartedly it doesn’t fall right off like it did, part of that I think is my worry that if I lose it my bones will suffer, so I don’t want to diet. Still in good shape just smack in the middle of healthy BMI when I was aiming for the bottom of it.
Teeth are STUPID, we should not get the final set so young.
Everything takes so, so long to heal now.
My mom said the worst thing about getting old was that you could not make plans. She planned to come up here to see Tab Benoit with a group of friends but by the day of the show two of them had died.
My wife and I were like that at that age. We’ve wound down a bit since then, but twice a week is still much better than never.
A tip for the guys: tes levels drop as your percent of body fat increases. Maintain muscle mass and stay lean and you probably won’t need the boner pills even when you’re old as dirt.
Y’know the bathtub curve? It applies to any complex system. Beyond a certain point, entropy hits multiple subsystems in parallel. You can mitigate it, but the effort to do so increases over time.
The body is like a machine, and the older you get: parts suddenly break down and can’t be fixed anymore. Some parts got damaged when you were young (meniscus, teeth, hearing) and they then start causing problems when you’re old. It’s practically impossible to loose weight after 50. Your libido goes down the drain.
I’d say depending on the person, losing weight becomes hard in your 30s if you don’t keep up with it.
Hi, it’s me, I’m the one who hasn’t really kept up with it aside from changing my diet. Nothing drastic, just cutting down on what I eat, in no small part thanks to the economy.
Also, all my weight caught up to me in that I have high blood pressure and mild sleep apnea, both of which can be controlled if not eliminated outright if I just exercised more.
The average American lifestyle kind of discourages exercise and eating well. It’s also very stressful. I certainly can’t fault people for not doing it. I imagine those conditions exist a lot of other places too. I also started gaining a bit more weight in my mid to late thirties but I also rediscovered bicycling during that time. I didn’t really lose any weight, but the way it was concentrating in my belly slowed down or even reversed a little bit. I’m amazed at how much it balanced my mood. Still working on those glutes of steel though.
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I’m a guy, and I imagine you’re correct. Hormones change over time and with age. I usually get blood work done when I go in for a physical and have had those conversations. Everything is looking good, I’m just getting older. He did encourage me to keep up the exercise.
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Yeah, I have put on as much weight from 50 - 52 as I did from 40 - 50. But I have moved from working hard to hardly working (moved into a management position) so it’s hardly surprising I guess
I’ve done that move before, but much earlier.
I think about it occasionally: when you’re a baby/kid/teen/youngadult, you’re eating for energy and for growth. But once you’re fully grown, unless you’re building a ton of muscle, you don’t really need to eat nearly as much.
I think there’s a periodical reassessment of neutral caloric gain/loss that should happen, especially once one’s metabolism stabilizes. In other words, expressly figure out how how much you need to eat in order to not gain or lose weight, once your lifestyle and energy use is stable.
This is made more difficult because it’s actually better for you to eat more and burn it off/use it, than it is to just very little.
Edit: And obviously, this is much easier said than done. But, gotta figure out the goal and take iterative steps to figure it out, right?
Woah there. I agree with part of this but so much is more a “use it or lose it” situation. I’m almost 60, husband a couple years older, we still fuck every day and I get off at least once a day still. I do think it’s muted a bit, slightly less intense usually but way more multiples, so it kind of works out.
Did gain weight at menopause that stuck - sort of gamed that by starting out underweight so I’m still not fat, but agree wholeheartedly it doesn’t fall right off like it did, part of that I think is my worry that if I lose it my bones will suffer, so I don’t want to diet. Still in good shape just smack in the middle of healthy BMI when I was aiming for the bottom of it.
Teeth are STUPID, we should not get the final set so young.
Everything takes so, so long to heal now.
My mom said the worst thing about getting old was that you could not make plans. She planned to come up here to see Tab Benoit with a group of friends but by the day of the show two of them had died.
Uh. I don’t know that that’s normal. You have my envy, though.
My wife and I were like that at that age. We’ve wound down a bit since then, but twice a week is still much better than never.
A tip for the guys: tes levels drop as your percent of body fat increases. Maintain muscle mass and stay lean and you probably won’t need the boner pills even when you’re old as dirt.
Y’know the bathtub curve? It applies to any complex system. Beyond a certain point, entropy hits multiple subsystems in parallel. You can mitigate it, but the effort to do so increases over time.
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