Growing up

Could someone tell me the direct proportion between growing up and gaining weight?
i know a couple of people.. from way back in the day, who back then had all eyes on them, they looked lean, spry, scrumptious and ready to go, however, as the years added on them, so did the fat. When i look at them now, i exclaim inaudibly "you are spoiling it!"
We all know how difficult it is to stay skinny. Gone are the campus days when we used to exercise, trot all around with our books, now its all about planting ones behind on a chair, the only exercise being the instinctive shift in position after the chair sores exacerbate!

There is a lateral 'growth' per se in girth as one grows chronologically(most people i know anyway) and its saddening to see the paunch pop out, or the waddle as they walk.

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Your skepticism of diets is well granted, you probably know kin or kith who have optimistically tried some kind of diet only to be gravely disappointed with the results, however, dont lose hope, this actually works! And its not the 'ethereally starve oneself' kind of diet.

The atkins diet as has been named after the founder, is a low carb/high protein diet that works for those committed to losing weight and staying lean, im talking meats, fish and poultry.

However, as we all know, uganda's diet consists of high carb laden foods like posho and matooke. its almost hard to have a low carb meal here except one you have prepared yourself or bought from a higher end restaurant. My analysis shows that the high carb diet is firmly inbrued in our culture - we look at carbs as the staple and the sauce as 'something to go with' and in most cases, the sauces being also high in calories!

Of course the atkins diet has its down side (just like most diets) - impressed by the sudden loss of weight, some people scrupulously follow the first phase of this diet longer than the recommended month, leading to heart problems due to high protein/low carb intake.
The body needs carbs, granted, but as long as it has just enough, all works out.

Just FYI!