John Y’s Musings from the Middle: Dieting and Aging

Dieting and aging.

I am in week three of my diet and have lost 7 1/2 lbs. But just had a stark realization about dieting and aging.

When a man loses weight as a youth he goes from being “stout” to being “tone.”

When he loses weight as an adult he goes from being “heavy” to being “fit.”

And when he loses weight in middle age he goes from being “fat” to being “paltry.”