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Originally Posted by Golfingnut
We were at Brownwood the other day and a guy walked by the outside of City Fire where we were eating. Well, I want to tell you he had no visible pot belly at all. You can imagine how weird that looked with his grey hair. I hope it was not because he had been sick.
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Good observation. I don't doubt that it does look weird to a lot of people. Even I am taken aback when I see an older man with no pot-belly stomach. You get the double-take reaction. But there's a logical reason behind it: Our expectations have changed. Being overweight, or out of shape, has become the "new normal", as sixtythree percent of people in the U.S. are overweight. One does not have to be overweight to have a pot-belly, but, generally, it's not a good sign.
On these boards people can be deceptive about their weight and/or eating habits but in person their body tells the truth. :-)