Fitness after 40 Blog

Being a leading edge Baby Boomer, I endured peri-menopause before most women began discussing it on talk shows or magazines.  I was therefore shocked and amazed at the physiological changes of my body. Forget the hot flashes, panic attacks and mood swings. It was the weight gain that was the shocker.

I had remained a trim 118-120 pounds from the time I was about 18 years old until around 42. Granted my new country life and happy marriage was more conducive to weight gain. Other contributing factors were forest morel mushrooms fried in butter, warm, crusty yeast bread from my leading edge bread machine, the light-as-air buttermilk biscuits I had learned to make for my southern-reared  husband.  And I was no longer a stressed-out, single, corporate ladder-climbing, city-dwelling professional.

I spent the next 15 years packing it on….all the way to 165 pounds. I see-sawed with South Beach and Sugar Busters and fair-weather jogging, but couldn’t ever push it under 140. In my youth, fair-weather jogging was enough to keep it off, but no more….not any more.

If you are facing these struggles, read Dr. Nancy’s article “Fitness after 40.” It has concise, sound guidelines for how to combat, not just mid-life weight gain, but anytime weight and fitness control. Check it out and save your money for some “show off that new body” clothes.