Is it just me, or do all men seem to start gaining weight for no reason between the ages of 30 and 40 even if they haven’t made any obvious changes to their lifestyle. And unlike their younger counterparts, dropping those extra pounds and maintaining that lower weight 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 men over a certain age lose the weight they usually don’t keep it off for long. Most will be able to stay in shape for ten or twelve weeks but then the unwanted weight slowly is regained. Interestingly enough, I also noticed that the exact reverse appears to happen when older women lose weight: they seem to stay in shape for years without sliding backwards.
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 ladies I had no trouble staying focused on my workouts, and quickly doing a few extra miles if I gained a few pounds. As a middle aged man I usually don’t get motivated until I’m 20 or 30 lbs over my ideal weight. Of course, it’s not that I don’t realize I’m gaining weight, rather I really don’t feel like making the effort to lose it as much as when I was younger.
Men approach losing weight the way they approach everything; as just another problem they need to solve, 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 done. 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 keeping weight off 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, the food we eat becomes even more enjoyable for us and almost all 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 hit our target weight we are going on an eating binge.
So what’s the effective weight loss for men solution for men who desire to drop a few pounds but also don’t want to give up their junk food long term or continuing to have to put themselves back on a strict diet? I believe the answer may lie in a new diet practice 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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