[Blarg]

Also when you add a few years. Most people are extremely slow to make changes in their dietary habits, and the years get a head start on them once they're not kids anymore. I could do anything when I was a kid, and for a good while after, for the most part. But I mostly ate fairly well anyway. Some people, probably most, eat real garbage and plenty of it, and keep eating a diet that only a kid could stay somewhat healthy appearing while eating, but do it long past the time that they're not kids anymore.

It used to be my work-outs were so insane it didn't matter what I ate or drank. Now, it matters. I can't eat gigantic quantities and guzzle boatloads of beer anymore. But on the other hand, my slowing metabolism means I don't really want to eat nearly as much either. I still work out and can still eat plenty, but now the two need to be linked, or I will turn to fat. And I still can't eat as much even if I wanted to. And booze will get my gut bulging in no time at all.