Business lunches are great, but you can do without the high-calorie fare. Spend your time together being active instead. If you're hitting the movies instead of the gym, tweak your menu accordingly. It's a good time to give up fatty takeout and start cooking at home with canola and olive oils. Some starch is good, but limit rice and pasta to 1 cup per meal.
Food is powerful.
Yes, Power Bars are better than candy bars, but real food has more of the good, substantive stuff your body needs. Plus, quick-fix health foods are often nothing but simple egg, milk and soy proteins, at triple the price. It just means more complicated. If you didn't get the weight thing under control in your 30s, you'll be sorry in your 40s, when a bulging midline is the last thing you need with your midlife crisis. But there's time to change.