View photo. () When you’re a kid, you can wolf down candy bars, fast food, and frozen pizza bagels without a second thought—you know it won’t impact your weight. Now, you’re a hardcore veggie eater and struggle to lose those extra few pounds. Why does this happen? As you likely know, your metabolism takes a nosedive over the years and ultimately impacts your waistline. Now that we’ve got that out of the way, here are all the ways your natural calorie-burning power transforms as you age—and what you can do to keep it in high gear. In Your Twenties… You Hit Your Peak Most women enjoy their highest basal metabolic rate (the number of calories you burn by just being...
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