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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have mixed feelings about people who say "just wait til..."

When I was in my 20s and skinny I heard "wait til you have kids". A few years later I had two children and am still skinny.  Then it was "wait til you're 40". 40 came and went and I am still the same weight as 18.  Size 0/2.  Then it was "wait til you're 45...wait til you're 50".  I'm 50 now.  Atill same weight as age 18, size 0/2.  I do eat home cooked non processed foods, ninimal sugar and eat out twice a month.  I walk and/or bike 50 miles a month.  Spread over short daily routines.   I don't drink or snack. I eat three meals a day, no weird fasting.  I eat occasional dark chocolate but that's it. I do have to be more careful now vs 25.  But the myth if the slowing metabolism is a myth.

I also have had a friend swear that as soon as they say turned 40, they suddenly put on 25 lbs say in a year. But that's not true in a lot of cases. Same friend who told me this...we were looking at old pics together when she was 30, 32, 36, 38, 38 etc.  You could see as her decade progressed she continued ti get slightly heavier.  Her 30 year old body was quite leaner than her 39 year old body.

I do dislike how women use pregnancy as an excuse for being fat.  The pregnancy excuse us only valid for one year max after delivery.  After that,  it's entirely on you.

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Oh good for you goodie two shoes.  Just because it didn’t happen to you, it doesn’t mean that metabolic change is a myth any more than hormonal changes. That are linked!  And yes there is some exaggeration when someone says that put on weight overnight, as metabolic changes are progressive. But many posters here likely experienced a period of time (oh say menopause) where weight gain seemed more pronounced and/or more discernible. I was size 0 at 18, 00 at 47 (thank you vanity sizing) but maintaining (especially warding off belly fat) is so much harder. So, I’m not about to judge others lived experiences and fat shame them until I’ve walked a mile in their metabolic shoes. [/quote]

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