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Weight Loss For Men Over 40

By Hilary Irwin


There are two very good reason why weight loss for men over 40 is a very good idea. Firstly they are very likely to die of some side effect of being fats such as diabetes or heart attack if they do not shed excess fat. Secondly, it is very difficult for men to lose weight and if they do nothing about it they are likely to simply expand as they dig their own graves with their spoons.

There is a plethora of articles, books and website that give advice in this topic. A survey of the many different strategies reveals certain important points that come up repeatedly and are therefore most likely to be effective because they are widely acknowledged. Diet and exercise are among these oft mentioned strategies.

One group of strategies have in common the submission of the individual to a procedure which removes from him most of the responsibility for the desired end. Surgical procedures are perhaps the most obvious of these. Liposuction and stomach reduction seem to be extremely expensive and invasive solutions and are probably most used when things have got badly out of control.

Men intent on solving their own problem themselves may confront the issue of diet. Knowledge can be obtained from websites and even from labels on food packaging. Even the popular media will advise against junk foods and foods containing fat, sugar and salt. Few people have the excuse of ignorance, especially since it is the most educated who tend to be well fed. The problem is not knowledge but the lack of discipline to break bad habits and eat less.

Exercise is the other essential. Young people have time for exercise but those over forty are often immersed in careers and loaded with domestic responsibilities involving children to be fed and clothed. Probably two hours of good exercise is needed every day but days can come and go in which there is no time at all for exercise. As a body begins to deteriorate the inclination to exercise may fade away and it is easy to slip into sedentary ways.

Tantalizingly, diet and exercise seem to be sure but elusive remedies. Lack of will power, lack of time and competing priorities can combine to confound the best intentions. It becomes apparent that success may require an holistic approach. By changing a whole lifestyle it may be possible get the reading on the bathroom scale to start dropping. Exercise can be increased by adjusting work routines, for example by walking up stairs instead of taking a lift. It is also possible, through mental discipline to begin enjoying smaller portions and drinking water instead of whiskey.

Lifestyle changes are matters of common sense to a large extent but common sense is not always easy to implement, especially when it entails the changing of ingrained habits. Therefore, determination, discipline and will power are essential.

Another strange oddity of human behavior is that the more a person pays for something the greater belief and respect he has for it. Teachers at expensive private schools are treated with great respect but those in completely free schools are complained about and criticized. Similarly if a person invests in an expensive weight loss for men over 40 program he will be more likely to carry it out than he would be if he worked out exactly the same steps for himself without paying a penny.




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