>>>Maybe it's because he is in the 50s
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>>>A-hem. I am in the 50s and I weigh 125...
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>>Not a fair comparison :o) It is not uncommon for men who worked out heavily for years to become overweight in their 50s when they slow down. It is a huge metabolism change.
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>Specially sports...persons who just stop. They stop practicing their sport, but keep the appetite for quite a while. A friend of mine, was once a fencing champion, once he graduated and got a regular job just couldn't keep regular training anymore. He still went regularly to teach the kids, which meant they did most of the moves, not he - and pretty soon he joined the club 100 and got a potbelly. Same for at least two or three other guys I know.


Cholesterol levels seem to jump too. I know men who worked out heavily for years with weights and when they stopped, their cholesterol shot up. Probably from no longer being on a high protein. low carb, low sugar diet. Even though that diet is supposed to be bad it seems to lower cholesterol...