Posted by: JBV
^^^ haha. it's become a real issue for me. my weight that is, and my love of beer. i never thought i was a beer abuser, but if i'm honest with myself, i drink on average, about 5 on each weekend night and a couple to a few during the week. nothing crazy right? but at 52 i just don't metabolize the same way and i'm not as active in the dark and rainy months, so i'm pushing an extra 10-15 pounds. i mean i'm a tall skinny guy at 6 5, 220, but i've never been so heavy. i should be 205-210 of lean muscle. i know my love of beer is playing a major role here, along with my general appetite which is what you would expect of a lifetime tall athletic skinny guy. and i used to eat way way more when i was a young lad. i mean i'm sitting in front of the fire right now, all i want to do is eat and have a beer or 2.....
your future awaits you...
In all seriousness though you nailed it, you're at that age where you just can't eat like you did 20 years ago. Two big things that will help are to cut back on the 5/night on the weekends to 5 total over the two nights. The second is to add some sort of daily calisthenics workout that lasts maybe 15 minutes so it's easy to fit into your schedule somewhere. Squats, push ups, pull ups and chin ups, some burpees or squat thrusters and 7 minutes of skipping or maybe doing a few minutes of block jumps. That sort of routine is short enough to not be painful but intense enough that done daily will add a significant amount of calorie burn over the course of the week to get you back into fighting shape.
good luck