Fitness Over 40
(by Helen Ryan. written for lastheplace.com)
You exercise sporadically. You eat about the same as you always have. Then one day you can’t button your pants. What gives?
Hormonal changes and loss of lean body mass (muscle) contribute to this waist creep – the expansion of our waistlines we tend to experience as we approach, and pass, our 40s.
On average, women lose five pounds of muscle per decade after 18 years of age. If we continue to eat as we did when we were younger, the issue of calories in versus calories out comes strongly into play. But keeping the creep at bay is easier than you think.
