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Fitness After Forty - Hope for Aging Baby Boomers

Where did my waist go and how do I find it again?
As baby boomers move through the middle age years they find their bodies aren't what they used to be. Their, once upon a time, firm abdomens now have a Pillsbury dough boy quality about them that extends completely around to their side abdomen. While this was an adorable quality in the TV character, any resemblance to this in ourselves sends most of us shrieking where did my waist go and when did I lose it? Once perky buttocks are reaching toward the floor and flesh is no longer tight but loose and beginning to sag.

What has happened to our bodies? Unfortunately, we have reached middle age. The benefits of hitting middle age is that we are more financially stable, having perhaps achieved personal or professional goals that we set for ourselves in our early years. We are enjoying the fruits of our labor, put our kids through college and are traveling and enjoying our life. The downside of middle age is that our bodies don't quite work like they used to. We are in the years where our muscle mass begins to atrophy, our bones are not as strong as they used to be and our metabolism does not seem to keep up with the quantity and quality of foods that we are eating. Therefore, the inevitable weight gain and middle aged mid-section. Go ahead, just say it, belly fat!!!!

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