Fireside chat from your uncle Tob, pull up a chair

I'm 45 and those of you post 40 will pick up I'm putting down.(I threw that in for the kids). This will be no revelation but I wish someone would've reminded me then.

It gets harder, MUCH harder to drop those LBs so this cautionary tale is for YOU!

Take advantage of this opportunity you have while your body is younger and more efficient. Just imagine if I only worked out 30 min/day back then, what would I look like now? And I won't even touch nutrition.

That is all, go forth and be healthier at a much younger age than ME!

Thanks for the post. Yes, unfortunately this is true for a vast majority as people get older, but it's not simply because we get older, but from lifestyle changes that make us less active.

How many older adults walk to the office carrying giant bags of books like a high school student? How many spend entire afternoons on sunny days playing touch football, soccer, or doing random activities at the park? How many walk to the park carrying all the gear to do those things?

We trade our active lifestyle for the convenience and speed of a car. We sit in front of computers 8-10 hours a day instead of being out "playing" with our friends the same. These changes are a part of life.

That being said, it IS possible to "turn back the clock", simply from changing how we eat and how we exercise, maintaining the lean mass and ingesting foods that keep the metabolism and energy levels high, allowing us to keep, (or get back) that same physique from years past.

We don't go to bed a fit 20-year old and wake up middle aged with a little extra around the middle. It's a gradual progression based on lifestyle choices that add up over time.

Starting with today however, anyone can make alternate choices for a new future that includes a healthier, fitter, leaner life. The choices that are made today dictate what lies ahead in the future.

Cheers!

Uncle Craig. ;-)

I'm 45 and those of you post 40 will pick up I'm putting down.(I threw that in for the kids). This will be no revelation but I wish someone would've reminded me then.

It gets harder, MUCH harder to drop those LBs so this cautionary tale is for YOU!

Take advantage of this opportunity you have while your body is younger and more efficient. Just imagine if I only worked out 30 min/day back then, what would I look like now? And I won't even touch nutrition.

That is all, go forth and be healthier at a much younger age than ME!

Thanks for the post. Yes, unfortunately this is true for a vast majority as people get older, but it's not simply because we get older, but from lifestyle changes that make us less active.

How many older adults walk to the office carrying giant bags of books like a high school student? How many spend entire afternoons on sunny days playing touch football, soccer, or doing random activities at the park? How many walk to the park carrying all the gear to do those things?

We trade our active lifestyle for the convenience and speed of a car. We sit in front of computers 8-10 hours a day instead of being out "playing" with our friends the same. These changes are a part of life.

That being said, it IS possible to "turn back the clock", simply from changing how we eat and how we exercise, maintaining the lean mass and ingesting foods that keep the metabolism and energy levels high, allowing us to keep, (or get back) that same physique from years past.

We don't go to bed a fit 20-year old and wake up middle aged with a little extra around the middle. It's a gradual progression based on lifestyle choices that add up over time.

Starting with today however, anyone can make alternate choices for a new future that includes a healthier, fitter, leaner life. The choices that are made today dictate what lies ahead in the future.

Cheers!

Uncle Craig. ;-)

Thanks Uncle Toby & Uncle Craig, I too have been caught into the 40's already, but i'm not gonna let it hold me back

*quick name a different song* I now has party rock stuck in my head seeing as how son just laid the cd on the table near me :explode: