I weigh about the same as when I met my hubby. However, after we got together, I started to put on weight - he’s a great cook and we didn’t have tons of money (then or now) so we’d treat ourselves to a take-away or pizza or something (much cheaper than a fancy dinner or something). So the pounds piled on - not for him of course but men are like that :rolleyes: . Anyway, then we decided we’d enough of that and started to eat healthily again and I lost weight and got fitter, I was the slimmest I ever had been and he was cooking all the right stuff. In February, however, I had a miscarriage and we started to head towards the comfort food again - whatever was easy and tasty really. He has put on weight this time round but I quite like it lol. However, I am trying again to lose the weight but won’t start back into it really until after Easter (hey, I don’t want to miss out on all that chocolate!!!).
So the answer to your question is I was in ok shape, then worse shape, then ok shape and now in a worse shape but getting back to ok shape soon. (I know, I know - that sort of behaviour is bad for me but all I can do is try my best!).
Hey Atrael, long time no see… if you remember me that is!
For the longest time, I never had to really worry about it–my metabolism was such that I could eat anything and I was fine. I also exercised more–not consciously, or actively, but out of necessity (lots and lots of walking). This was true well into the time that I had settled down with the Mrs.
Now, I’m older, I have to go out of my way to exercise, and the pounds go on (and stay on) much more easily. Being married has little to do with it, from a vanity perspective–I’m still incredibly self-conscious about it and continue to take steps (often baby ones) to change.
However, I find I do eat more healthy now (and wanting a long life with my wife is a big part of that), but I think if I were single, I would probably be even worse about cooking, eating healthily, etc. (I’d also be less able to afford the food that I enjoy at home, now, too).
I dont’ know, but I do know that when I was in my 30s, not to mention 20s, I wouldn’t have willing gotten up at sunrise to cash in a winning jackpot Lotto ticket, let alone drag myself to a gym. Now I go every work morning and feel disappointed when I can’t make it. In other words, as I’ve gotten older, working out in the morning just seems to be a better fit. One major reason for that is working out before work means that nothing is going to happen at the office that day which might make me have to skip lunch or stay late. And I need to take a shower in the morning anyway, right? So why not work out first.
It seems the younger you are, the more you hate early mornings. A recent report on NPR described how some high schools are actually opening and closing a little later in the day, in recognition of the fact that the students really do function better a little later in the day, an that 7:30 classes are a waste.