Originally Posted by
Bill in Houston
OP, you're prolly just eating too much. Happens to a lot of people. Nobody is really "designed" to carry 40 extra lbs of fat. Whether you change it or not is up to you. Just depends what you want.
Utter nonsense, that's exactly what alot of bodies are engineered to do. Look at the genetics at play in many families, same eating habits, it's undeniable.
Raydog, I think the answer is in a radical change in your diet. No amount of exercise will change things once you get older. No bread, no sugar, maybe vegetarian, etc., etc. If you go zealot in your dieting habits the pounds will fall off. Will you be healthier and happier? Maybe not. The trick isn't losing the weight, its finding the balance point between weight, health, daily happiness about your lifestyle. You may find weighting 175 and maintaining that weight is miserable and unhealthy, or not.