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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a 56 year old female who has avoided the "middle age spread", and who has maintained her weight for the last 20+ years, my secrets are:

1) 5-6 days a week of intense exercise
2) pretty clean diet, little to no alcohol
3) Hormones (after menopause)
4) genetics[/quote]

I think this is a decent list and I'd like to point out that the one that people have the most control over is diet and alcohol.

Hormones impact different people in different ways and there are reasons you might choose not to take them. Genetics you have no control over. Exercise is really important but 5-6 days of intense exercise is hard for most people (I currently cannot exercise that much due to an age-related injury, for instance).

And I'll add that I don't even eat that well. But I barely drink at all beyond a glass of wine or a beer at the occasional social event (maybe 20 drinks a year).

I know women of many activity levels and many different diets with different genetic backgrounds. But the women who drink a lot in their 40s and 50s struggle a lot more with body shape and weight than those who don't. And unless you have an alcohol dependency, you can almost eliminate alcohol from your diet with very little actual impact on your lifestyle -- you don't have to dramatically change your schedule or get a new job or do a bunch of research or talk to a doctor. You will have to alter some habits, but in my experience this is easier than most other habit-based lifestyle changes. And it can make other good habits easier.

I don't know how JLo stays thin and I assume whatever it is, I can't afford it. But I know that mostly quitting alcohol around 40 has been the single most useful thing I've done for my own weight/health/apearance.[/quote]

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