Weight gain

[thickoeric]

I have weighed exactly 9 stone my entire adult life but now, at 61, I have gone up to 10-and-a-half. I'm not eating any differently and can fit into all my clothes so it's a complete mystery to me where that extra weight is. I can't blame my scales as I've weighed myself on umpteen sets of scales and it's still the same. Any ideas?

[beso]

Metabolism generally slows with age so even thoughyou eat the same you use less energy.

Your clothes were always a bit loose?

[coccinelle]

Are you walking more, doing exercise? muscle weighs more than fat for the same density.

[Scarlett]

beso is right. It gets harder to keep the weight off as you get older. Look at most older people. They are not lithe and trim. If you are a man, I would say that personally, 9 stone is very small and at 10.5 stone you are probably a bit more meaty and masculine. I have a friend my age (39) who is worried cos he used to be 9.5 stone and is now 11- but he is SO much more attractive now, a bit heavier. Similarly I have another friend who is in his 50s and now has Parkinsons. The drugs have increased his appetite and now he is 11 stone, but before he was a tiny little bird-like man, not attractive at all, in my view!!

My Grandma was a tiny lady all her life and then suddenly put weight on around her middle in her 60s. She hated it and said it was impossible to shift. Middle aged- spread I'm afraid. Grannies with washboard stomachs don't exist, to my knowledge.

[kjn2]

Same age same problem- only I have gone up from 14 to 16.5 stone, admit to doing less exercise but eating less also. I think this is common problem ( no its not a problem) it happens , next time you are out check your mates and you will see the same, (nice belly for balancing the tray) I tend to call it middle age spread coming late. ENJOY your life i am...

[thickoeric]

Many thanks for all your answers and just for the record, Scarlett, I'm actually a woman! It's my cat who is called Eric and he's dim, bless him!