Post 84
Far more people are in sedentary jobs but mechanization has reduced the “work” in manual labor jobs. My dad started building with hand tools and his work evolved into mostly power tools, which meant less calories being burned. This has been the trend in most occupations.
I grew up on a farm and eventually, after years of a fairly active occupation became a desk jockey and had to exercise and watch what I ate. I remember, during one taxing period at work, working 10-12 hour days, that I started gaining weight. It was simply because I was “hitting” the snack machine when it was time for dinner and then eating dinner when I got off work. That extra snack day after day began to show eventually.
Yep. After losing my extra weight, I have to exercise and weigh daily (as well as controlling portions) to keep it off. And my metabolism is slow, so I end up being hungry a lot of the time. I don’t like that part of it, but I like having a 23 BMI.