Over exercise, an addiction

A wrestler or weight lifter is stout and over weight but not obese. His body weight is that of his exercised and strongly built muscles and not of mere flesh and fat. He normally consumes food rich in calories. His daily intake of dairy food may amount to two litres of milk and a good quantity of butter, cheese etc. He effortlessly consumes five to six eggs, large quantities of meat and other protein and carbohydrate-rich food in a day. But if he stops his activities as a weight lifter or wrestler his over-exercised body does not adjust itself to inactivity. Slowly and steadily muscle degeneration takes place and fat gets deposited to make him obese. Added to this, he continues to eat the same amount and the same type of food which he once used to eat to keep his body energetic and fit. This is not accepted by his body.
Similarly some people gain weight after quitting sports. In a way these persons are addicted to over-exercise. The withdrawal

from over-exercise they once engaged themselves in, find an outlet in overeating without exercise.