Weight Loss For Men Over 40

By Julio Markum


Weight loss for men over 40 is very important. It is very difficult to lose fat because it is deposited around the midriff and it has the persistence of super glue. If effective steps are not taken it hangs about like an unwanted guest making one less attractive or even repulsive to the opposite sex. As it repels the girls so it attracts unwelcome things like diabetes and heart disease, leading to an early death.

The dangers of obesity lead to a very rich literature on the subject of what to do about it. Surveying the many books, articles and websites devoted to the subject ones notices that certain remedies get mentioned more often than others. This is useful because it soon becomes apparent that the things that come up in many different contexts must be important.

Radical diet programs, appetite suppressants and even surgical procedures may be resorted to when an individual has a severe problem. He may be ready to transfer responsibility for the problem to someone else, being unable to cope on his own recognizances. This is most likely to be the case when something has to be done, but the individual feels unable to do it.

For those tackling the problem themselves a diet plan is essential. It does not require much expertise to pick up from the the information on labels and pamphlets that junk foods, fats and processed foods should be avoided, or that portion sizes should be cut down to about one fifth of what one has been used to. The problem lies in finding the will power to break habits that have been ingrained forty years or more.

Exercise may well become a scarce indulgence as men enter middle age laden with domestic and career responsibilities. One day may succeed another in which there seems to be no time for the sort of exercise that one engaged in easily when younger. One day a man may glance down to notice that his toes have disappeared. By this time the situation has already become serious but it may be very difficult to find the necessary time and energy to take corrective exercise.

From such observations it seems apparent that an effective weight loss program requires the adoption of a suitable lifestyle. As far as diet goes one has to convince oneself that a light salad and fish washed down with water is more tasty than french fries and a pork chop smothered in rich sauce. In respect of exercise one has to put time aside for it. In addition strategies such as running up and own stairs at work.

The solution seems to be half in common sense steps and half in the will power required to implement them. Either half may be neglected and negate the good effects of the other. Mental and physical discipline must be sustained for lengthy periods before the scale reading will begin to drop.

One peculiarity of human behavior is that when people pay for something they treat it with great respect. Thus, clients who pay a doctor high fees treat him with much more respect than clients who pay no fees at all. Because of this peculiarity it could pay well for a man to pay for an expensive online weight loss for men over forty program. Having paid he for it he may have the will to follow it enthusiastically and perseveringly.




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