It is not our fault. The truth is finally out, and I feel such relief. Since I hit 45 years old, I have had this sense of guilt and failure
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I have had to work on staying a size 8-10 for my whole adult life. There have been years when I flirted with a size 6 or even less, but those were stressful years when I was more concerned with working than I was with eating.
Then the migraines became serious, and the neurologist had me try one anti-seizure medication after another. Each one was a serious metabolism killer. Then menopause came along, and the suppressed fat cells inhaled deeply. “Ahhhh. Finally. Now it is our turn.”
But, HALLELUJAH! An article has appeared on the scene from Dr. Laurence E. Dahners, senior author and professor in the Department of Orthopedics in the University of North Carolina. He has determined the following:
“Our findings suggest that pelvic growth may contribute to people becoming wider and having a larger waist size as they get older, whether or not they also have an increase in body fat,” Dahners said.
The pelvic width of the oldest patients in the study was, on average, nearly an inch larger than the youngest patients. This one-inch increase in pelvic diameter, by itself, could lead to an approximately three-inch increase in waist size from age 20 to age 79. If the rest of the body is widening commensurately, this might account for a significant portion of an increase in body weight of about one pound a year that many people experience during the same period, Dahners said.”
Their results confirmed that the width of the pelvis, the width but not the height of L4 vertebral body, the distance between the femoral heads, and the diameter of the femoral heads all continued to enlarge after skeletal maturity.
In Particular, the fact that the pelvic inlet also widened is evidence of true pelvic growth rather than simple appositional bone formation, Dahners said. The pelvic inlet would be smaller if appositional bone formation were taking place, he said.
This begs the question: If my pelvis is growing wider, doesn’t that mean my butt is wider?
Also, since the spine tends to compress as a result of gravity, stress, and regular doses of stupid actions, doesn’t that mean that all the organs and gooey stuff within the ribs will also compress? I mean, where would it go?
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Think about this image: You take a balloon and fill it with water. When you press down on the balloon gently, the balloon will spread out. Press too hard, well, that’s a different story, of course.
So, not only is the butt getting wider, but the abdomen is protruding since there is no place else for it to go, right? Everything, baby, is heading south and out. It is a no-win situation for all of us.
There is no excuse for the flabby arm thing, though. Maybe Dr. Laurence Dahners will discover more about that problem.