Chapter 10 –

Why Age Matters

As you get older, your metabolism starts to slow down. This is why people who are older often complain that they have a harder time trying to lose weight than younger people.

Older people have to accept the fact that they are not going to have the body that they did when they were 20. They will probably be a little softer when it comes to their weight. But that does not give them carte blanche to blow up like a balloon.

In order to learn what your ideal weight is, you need to figure in your age as well as your height and bone structure. You can look on any chart at the doctor’s office to see that your age correlates to your ideal weight, as does your sex.

As you get older, because your metabolism is slowing down, you will need less food. One mistake that people make when they age is that they continue to consume the same amount of calories that they did when they were younger. You need to have more exercise and less food when you get older in order to stay in shape.

If you have children, it can be more difficult to keep the weight off the older you are when you give birth. It is much harder for a woman of 35 to lose weight than a woman of 25. You have to work extra hard because the metabolism does tend to slow down as we age.

The methods used in this book to lose 10 pounds in 10 days are made for someone who is over the age of 40. Those who are younger and have a higher metabolism, may lose more than 10 pounds in 10 days by following the tips of this book. If you are reading this and thinking that you cannot lose the weight because you are older – think again. If I can do it, you can too. I know plenty of people who have tried this type of lifestyle change (I do not like to call it a diet) and have lost weight. Whether you have 10 pounds to lose or need to lose a lot more weight, this diet will work well for you, regardless of your age.