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It seems that most men seem to automatically start gaining weight between the ages of 30 and 40 even if ther has been no apparent change in their eating habits. While younger men have no trouble, dropping those extra pounds and keeping it off becomes increasing more difficult the more we age. This post will attempt to clear the mysteries about men’s weight loss.
While watching other men I’ve also noticed that when older men lose the weight it isn’t long before they put it back on. Most will be able to stay in shape for ten or twelve weeks but then the pounds slowly is regained. Interestingly enough, it also seems that the exact opposite appears to happen when older women lose weight: it seems they stay fit for a very long time before they begin losing ground.
Why do older men find it so hard losing weight and keeping it off? Motivation might be the key. In my youth when I wanted to impress the girls I had no trouble staying focused on my workouts, and making sure that if I gained a few pounds I quickly got rid of it. As a middle aged man I usually don’t get motivated until I’m 20 or 30 lbs over my ideal weight. Not that I don’t see it happening, rather I really don’t want to make the effort to lose it as much as when I was younger.
Men approach losing weight the way they approach everything; as just another job they need to tackle, and it gets resolved based on a priority system that puts a lot less priority on looking good the older we get. But once we’ve decided to do it, it’s not a problem to stay focused on losing the weight until it’s accomplished. Then we simply move on to the next problem we need to solve, and while we’re doing that, we regain the weight that we worked so hard to lose.
Even some guys that exercise all the time still seem to struggle staying in shape in their 40s or 50s unless they chose to be very strict with their diets. and no man wants to do that? I think as we age and can no longer do some of the things we enjoyed when we were younger, our foods become even more enjoyable for us and most older guys hate to be on any kind of diet that won’t let us eat the foods we really love. If we do manage to stay on a diet long enough, there’s no doubt in the back of our minds that as soon as[spin] we [spin]reach our target weight we are going on a feeding frenzy.
So what’s the effective weight loss for men solution for men who desire to drop a few pounds without giving up their junk food long term or continuing to have to put themselves back on a strict diet? I think the answer may lie in a new dieting program called intermittent fasting. Intermittent fasting works on the idea that your daily caloric intake can be maintained but your weekly or monthly intake can be reduced by fasting one or two times a week. Since your overall calorie intake is less than your expenditure, you will lose weight but you won’t feel like you’re on a diet because most days you’re eating the same things you normally eat.
Of course a little exercise or maybe choosing steamed vegetables over mashed potatoes with gravy will certainly help; but you certainly don’t have to watch what you eat twenty four-seven, just know when not to eat at all. And if most men are like me, they will not have much difficulty skipping meals once or twice a week when they know that when they resume eating they can pretty much eat whatever they want. It may just be the perfect way to drop those middle aged pounds. It’s simple, it’s scientific, and it doesn’t require a lot of sacrifice. Almost perfect.
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