WEIGHT LOSS AFTER MENOPAUSE:

IS IT EVEN POSSIBLE?

Is it possible to have weight loss after menopause? Have you noticed that you’ve had trouble maintaining the weight that you used to be able to manage easily?

Do you find that your extra weight has started to accumulate around your abdomen instead of distributing itself? Is it even possible to turn this post-menopausal trend around? Sure it is!

Menopause-related weight issues generally begin during perimenopause. The majority of women gain about a pound a year during this time leading up to menopause.

So, how can you achieve weight loss after menopause? First you need to understand what is going on inside your body. As you age, your caloric needs decrease because the aging process slows down your metabolism. Aging naturally causes the gradual replacement of muscle with fat. Remember that muscle burns more calories than fat. You now have less muscle…hence, the sluggish metabolism!

Is it important to strive to reach your weight loss goal? Consider that post-menopausal extra weight contributes to an increased risk of breast cancer, stroke, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and type 2 diabetes. Is that incentive enough?

The strategies for weight loss after menopause are basically the same as they are for any kind of weight loss effort. Your biggest advantage is understanding why your metabolism slows and what you can do to try to counteract it.

The 10 Best Tips For
Weight Loss After Menopause:

• Increase activity. A recent study showed that women who exercised just 2 hours a week (or 17 minutes daily) reduced their risk of heart disease and stroke by 27%, so you can lose weight and get healthier at the same time!

• Add weight training to your workout. Research shows that people who lift weights weekly for two months gained nearly as much lean muscle as those who work out three times a week! This added muscle continuously burns more calories!

• Decrease the number of calories you consume. Check out the 5-4-3-2-1 Diet as an easy way to help you reduce your portion sizes.

• Make the calories count. Dump the junk food and choose nutritious, low-fat, healthy alternatives.

• Decrease alcohol consumption. If you used to be able to drink 2 glasses of wine every night without consequences, you may have to have only one now. Or limit yourself to a half glass mixed with club soda.

• Save the things that you love, that you KNOW aren’t good for you, for special occasions, or learn to significantly decrease the portion size.

• Decrease the amount of sodium in your diet. Try to rely on alternate spices to flavor your meals.

• Increase the calcium in your diet. Remember that research shows that calcium, found in low-fat dairy products, has a positive effect on weight loss.

  

• Find ways to relax! Stress causes fat to accumulate in and around the abdomen, so find your inner yogi, and breathe!

• And finally, portions, portions, portions! Just because you used to be able to eat the big bucket of popcorn at the movies and still look cute in your jeans, doesn’t mean you can now. They do have smaller buckets!
  
  
  
  
  

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