Does wine make you fat?

[Thomas]

KC, on that 20 pounds more than at high school--me too, and it makes me between 5 and 10 pounds more than my ideal for my body type.

From my thirties to my late forties, I gained hardly any weight at all, and I never dieted either. After turning fifty, I noticed the slowdown in metabolism and creeping weight gain--my eating, drinking and exercise habits had changed little, if at all.

These days, I am both unable to lose the extra 20 and unwilling to give up what I love. The good news: my metabolism seems to have stalled at this point. I do try to compensate for the "calories in calories out formula" when I take in too many of the beasts at one sitting.