Thread: Running Out of Time

Greetings All,
My dearly beloved came home from the Library on Monday with copies of all three of Dave Baldwin's books and I am currently reading "Healthy Bastards". It struck me that the elephant in the room (a very good analogy) that I had ignored in my earlier posts was weight. Tony Orman in his article in NZ Outdoor lamented the fact that to many hunters quit the sport in their late thirties and early forties rather than continuing into their later years. Based on personal experience one of the reasons for this loss to the sport is weight gain as we age. I thought that I would share some personal observations that may be useful.
To build on doctor Dave Baldwins description I am a naturally fat bastard. My rapid weight gain as a baby so startled the Plunket Nurse that she suggested a drink of water before a feed to slow it down a bit. Currently I weigh 116 kg which is a bit over 20 kg less than my heaviest but still over 20 kg heavier than I need to be to scrape in to the max BMI of 27 for my height and age. To those of you that this might apply and have not run screaming to the fridge for a cold one congratulations. The secret of weight loss, which I have had to re learn many times over the last six decades, is to increase the output through exercise and decrease the input form what we eat and drink. This second part especially applies to the bad stuff (read sweet stuff, fatty stuff and booze).
I have made some goals on weight to go with the ones on training and will report back in due course.
Regards Grandpamac.