**Is your to-be mother-in-law fat?**
It was over a week from when I had my first date with my future bride, on 9-24-77 (met the night before), that I met her parents.
I had already been smitten by the young lady’s personality, voice, and appearance (could have passed for a younger sis to Jennifer O’Neill).
Her dad looked like a younger brother of John Wayne (even walked and sounded like him), and her mother looked like an older sister of Kim Novak (complete with hair dyed blonde). Their daughter is taller, thanks to her dad, but looks similar to her mother.
I felt that I need not worry about her getting heavy. That assumption was correct; she’s 65 and still fits into her 44 yr old wedding dress.
As one gets older, metabolism slows down and that is what makes you fat. The trick to staying in shape in old age is to keep your metabolism rate higher. Only 1 way you can do that. Regular exercise. I was overweight from my 30’s into my late 50’s. Then I made a lifestyle change and took up regular exercise. Now at age 82 I still have the same size suit as at age 25. There are multitude of side benefits to regular exercise after Medicare age. Such as better resistance to respiratory diseases, much better balance which avoids falls, better bone density, and lots of energy. I rarely see anyone over age 70 in the gym.