FabSwingers.com forum: Middle age spread DAMN! No excuses

By *rSsh OP Man
over a year ago

Poundbury

Interesting reading in the medical press, middle age spread for both sexes no longer blamed on age, it’s pretty much lifestyle.

“Perhaps the most unexpected feature was the constancy of metabolic rate in both males and females between the ages of 20 and 60,” tweeted co-author Dr. John Speakman, of the University of Aberdeen in the United Kingdom.

“This suggests that if you are experiencing middle-age spread, it’s more likely to be because you are eating more rather than expending less,” he added.

The research appears in the journal Science.

I know for me, as I have got older, life kinda slows down a bit, you can travel more, afford to eat out and drink well and basically no longer running around after a young family.

But I do keep ‘active’ and mindful of sitting about too much

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Spot on. We change over time. When we're less active, we need to adjust our intake accordingly.

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By *allySlinkyWoman
over a year ago

Leeds

We haven't really been able to travel more the past 18 months sadly.

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By *egoMan
over a year ago

Preston

My shape has changed, but post accident in 2015.

My weight is back to what it was but things don’t fit right, like my pelvis has changed shape. I’m broader for sure.

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By *rSsh OP Man
over a year ago

Poundbury

"Spot on. We change over time. When we're less active, we need to adjust our intake accordingly."

I hear you on that, takes time to realise it at first.

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

Yep you slow down. My father is in his mid nineties his weight has been the same since he was 20. That's because he eats in moderation, worked at a physical job until his mid seventies and now that he no longer rides his bike or walks as much he eats less.

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By *r.SJMan
over a year ago

Wellingborough

I spent 20 years same weight but the last two years the spread has set in despite losing weight

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By *rSsh OP Man
over a year ago

Poundbury

"Yep you slow down. My father is in his mid nineties his weight has been the same since he was 20. That's because he eats in moderation, worked at a physical job until his mid seventies and now that he no longer rides his bike or walks as much he eats less.

That makes perfect sense!

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By *oodmessMan
over a year ago

yumsville

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By *oodmessMan
over a year ago

yumsville

Just a shame my back and neck and arm and leg and toe hurts

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By *lbinoGorillaMan
over a year ago

Redditch

I've always been less of an oil painting and more of an oil slick

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Can understand this. Didn’t have middle age spread until I left my physically active job for a desk job.

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By *iaisonseekerMan
over a year ago

Liverpool

It makes sense. As a youngster, I would play hours of football and generally run around like a maniac.

As a middle-aged man, not so much.

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By *JB1954Man
over a year ago

Reading

I have now mature age spread.

. Only since retiring and due to lockdown.

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By *rSsh OP Man
over a year ago

Poundbury

"I've always been less of an oil painting and more of an oil slick

Ffs haha!

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