>>>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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>>>What about menopause < g > ? And while we are on the subject, why is it that most women's problems begine with "men" < eg >.
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>>ROFL I've often wondered that myself :o) Actually, there are studies that show that the average woman gains weight after menopause, especially in her mid section...
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>I must be having that. Probably caused by large metabolism change when I stopped smoking. I've got quite equatorial. Maybe not much weight, but its distribution is just unfair.


They say that is typical for people who stop smoking, but when when men stop smoking in their 20s or 30s, they usually substitute exercise for cigarettes and don't suffer that way ...