Gaining Flab at 40 and Beyond? Find Out Why & What You Can Do to Fight it!

Can you pinch and inch or more?

Have you noticed you are getting flabby, even though you haven’t changed your eating habits or activity level? Surprise! It’s part of the aging process! As you age, you metabolism tends to decelerate about 5% for every decade of life past the age of 40.

At the age of 40, to maintain your weight, that is to not gain weight, you are going to have to eat 100 calories LESS a day. This has nothing to do with anything other than the natural course of aging. A person can lose over the course of the age of 30 through the age of 50 anywhere between 5-10 pounds of muscle mass. Muscle burns calories. The less muscle you have on your body, the less calories you use. Therefore, that 100 calories a day can add 10 pounds a year. Besides cutting your calories, you can add weight training to build back lost muscle. Between these two activities you should be able to reduce the amount of weight and fat you gain over the age of 40.