Middle Age Spread

[Scorp1]

I thought muscle weighs more than fat. So if you work out either lifting weights , running , cycling hence using the large muscles , the weight of that , could that disguise the weight for fat ?

[xoggoth]

Fat is ok in some places.

[hugebrain]

I was 30in waist back then, and 30 now

I have some bad news for you…

You’ve probably gained three or four inches.

They’ve been changing the sizes to mess with our heads. While my old jeans from when I was 21 still fit, my new jeans are all 2 or 4 inches “smaller” despite being exactly the same size.

Still, you’re probably too skinny anyway, so I wouldn’t worry.

[SueEllen]

That being said, losing weight if that is the goal is something that always needs to be done with a diet. You can lose weight by dieting and not working out, but apparently the other way around doesn't work.

I've lost weight by doing exercise alone but then I was doing intense exercise. I ended up having to eat more......

[SueEllen]

I thought muscle weighs more than fat. So if you work out either lifting weights , running , cycling hence using the large muscles , the weight of that , could that disguise the weight for fat ?

Muscle is denser than fat.

A pound of feathers and a pound of lead weigh the same - a pound. You would just need a larger volume of feathers to make up that pound....

[SueEllen]

They’ve been changing the sizes to mess with our heads. While my old jeans from when I was 21 still fit, my new jeans are all 2 or 4 inches “smaller” despite being exactly the same size.

Even the same item from the same shop in the same size and style can have different measurements.

[Whorty]

WHO recommends 150 minutes activity a week, which is a little over 20 minutes a day, so 30 minutes five times a week is perfectly reasonable.

I read once that you need to get breathless (not gasping) for at least 10 minutes for the exercise to have benefit.

You mean I need to have sex 5 times a day?

[Whorty]

I have some bad news for you…

You’ve probably gained three or four inches.

They’ve been changing the sizes to mess with our heads. While my old jeans from when I was 21 still fit, my new jeans are all 2 or 4 inches “smaller” despite being exactly the same size.

Still, you’re probably too skinny anyway, so I wouldn’t worry.

I'm about the same weight and more muscle so not entirely sure ... but I couldn't prove it either way as don't have any trousers from 30 years ago

[SueEllen]

You mean I need to have sex 5 times a day?

Has to be in one session....

[Whorty]

Has to be in one session....

That's something my 21 year old self would have been fine with ... the 51 year old me would need the session to last 2 days, with sleeping included in the session