By David Buckley


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 who decide to take matters into their own hands must first confront the diet issue. There is little problem in finding out information on this in modern times. Apart from many websites offering advice there is information in almost every packet of food and on the TV. Most people know what they should and should not eat but they are encumbered with eating habits that have been with them for about forty years. The bad habits did not matter when they were younger but require an iron will to break at the age of forty plus.

Exercise may well become a scarce indulgence as men enter middle age laden with domestic and career responsibilities. One day may succeed another in which there seems to be no time for the sort of exercise that one engaged in easily when younger. One day a man may glance down to notice that his toes have disappeared. By this time the situation has already become serious but it may be very difficult to find the necessary time and energy to take corrective exercise.

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.

Although diet and exercise are essential aspects of lifestyle change they are not as easy to implement as it might at first seem. Human behavior is seldom completely sensible. People can and do eat themselves to death irrationally. Some people hate exercise.

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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