20 year olds eat whatever they want and the body metabolism burns it off, exercise or no exercise. Still, gain 10 pounds by age 29.
30 year olds start raising families and begin pursuing the “meaning of life.” Priorities are jobs, businesses and eating on the run, whenever. Work and family start getting in the way of exercising regularly. Gain 10 more pounds by the age of 39.
40 year olds are in the thick of things and health habits become more compromised. Earlier priorities are replaced by focusing more on the kids, longer hours on the job/business. Patterns of eating and exercise become random. Much humor now about how the hair line, waistline and jaw lines are changing. Add 10 more pounds.
50 year olds get a dose of future reality dealing with their parent’s issues of medications, downsizing, long-term care, wills and assisted living options. Now motivated (scared), many start dieting like crazy and buy gym memberships and loads of infomercial “If I can do it, you can do it!” programs and contraptions. Most don’t open mail they start receiving from AARP. They gain more weight but the numbers on the scale are fuzzier and harder to read, so…Who knows? Who cares?
60 year olds. (Same as 50 year olds but they move slower). Most do open mail from AARP, the mortuary of choice or The Neptune Society.
70 year olds and above, look for the silver bullet (The Fountain of Youth) in medications, potions, lotions and organic foods. They start the quest for the Holy Grail of diets and begin a walking program to make up for years of bad eating choices and being too sedentary. 70+ year olds put more time into wishing they had made better eating and exercise choices years ago, before discomfort and immobility settled in and the Life Alert necklace becomes a part of each day’s jewelry selection. Every hiccup creates thoughts of heart attack, stroke, kidney, stomach and liver problems.
Want to write a different weight control for life script?
It’s never too late, but each day matters.
Here are 11 real solutions for weight control. Nothing outrageous or extreme. Small easy shifts to take off 2-3 pounds per week.
Weight control for life is 80% eating, 20% exercise and 100% Mindset. Here are 11 reasonable weight control behavior modifiers that can have huge positive effects. Don’t do them all. Read over the list and where you find 1, 2, or 3 ideas that you relate to, write them down and do them for a month. Let them become automatic and you’ll have control over your eating habits forever. Neuroplasticity is the concept that the brain is constantly changing. These ideas can help it and you change for the better, easier and faster.
