You have less time and more commitments. You move a lot less. You get comfortable with your job, and life, and slowly lose muscle while gaining fat. With every pound of muscle you lose, it’s easier to gain more fat. It becomes a vicious cycle. Add old injuries into the mix which make it easier to be sedentary, and you’re in trouble. The solution is simple, move more than you do now. I kept hiking, and rock climbing all throughout my 30’s and now 40’s, and forced myself to stay fit. I also lift weights. As a result, I’m not fat, and neither are any of the friends in my hiking group. But I have other friends who just work, then go home and drink beer, and the pounds have crept upwards over the decades and now they are very fat. Don’t let that be you. Keep moving!
You have less time and more commitments. You move a lot less. You get comfortable with your job, and life, and slowly lose muscle while gaining fat. With every pound of muscle you lose, it’s easier to gain more fat. It becomes a vicious cycle. Add old injuries into the mix which make it easier to be sedentary, and you’re in trouble. The solution is simple, move more than you do now. I kept hiking, and rock climbing all throughout my 30’s and now 40’s, and forced myself to stay fit. I also lift weights. As a result, I’m not fat, and neither are any of the friends in my hiking group. But I have other friends who just work, then go home and drink beer, and the pounds have crept upwards over the decades and now they are very fat. Don’t let that be you. Keep moving!