Menopause weight loss can be achieved but you need to understand what is changing in your body. During menopause your body will start to store fat around your stomach more than your hips. This occurs because your body is producing less oestrogen. Typically oestrogen can cause us to store the fat in our hips.
During menopause weight gain will shift from the hips to the stomach and therefore exercising the stomach becomes much more important in burning off fat. The videos below from www.diet.com are excellent examples of exercise routines that target the stomach.
Menopause Weight Loss Week 1
Week 1 Tip From Judy
During menopause your cholesterol levels rise and this is again due to the lack of Oestrogen. The weight gain is caused by three main factors
1. As we naturally age we need fewer calories, during menopause the number of calories we require falls faster than before.
2. Exercise during menopause slows due to or increasing pain in our joints .
3. Attitude – during menopause we all suffer from some level of depression/sadness and it is scientifcally proven that when we are down we are less likely to exercise.
Knowing the 3 factors above it is important to remember to have a good attitude, exercise regularly and eat healthy…no surprises here!
Menopause Weight Loss Week 2
Week 2 Tip From Judy – Menopause and Weight Loss/Control
3 Simply put there are a few things you must do to achieve menopause weight loss. First eat fewer calories, as our metabolism continues to slow we can keep eating the way we used to, typically we require 20% fewer calories than we did when we were 20. Secondly eat less fat, since what we eat goes directly to our stomachs during menopause its important to limit our fat intake since any fat stored around our stomach is more difficult to burn off.
Menopause Weight Loss Week 3
Week 3 Tip From Judy – Focus on the core
To achieve menopause weight loss we need to target the core, our stomach and back. This is the key to losing weight during menopause, the videos on this site are excellent and will help you stop menopause weight gain.
Menopause Weight Loss Week 4
Week 4 Tip From Judy – Positive Attitude
A little comedy for week #4
Q: How many women with MENOPAUSE does it take to change a light bulb?
A: One! ONLY ONE!!!! And do you know WHY? Because no one else in this house knows HOW to change a light bulb! They don’t even know that the bulb is BURNED OUT!! They would sit in the dark for THREE DAYS before they figured it out. And, once they figured it out, they wouldn’t be able to find the light bulbs despite the fact that they’ve been in the SAME CUPBOARD for the past 17 YEARS! But if they did, by some miracle of God, actually find them2 DAYS LATER, the chair they dragged to stand on to change the STUPID light bulb would STILL BE IN THE SAME SPOT!!!!! AND UNDERNEATH IT WOULD BE THE WRAPPER THE STUPID LIGHT BULBS CAME IN!!! BECAUSE NO ONE EVER CARRIES OUT THE GARBAGE!!!! IT’S A WONDER WE HAVEN’T ALL SUFFOCATED FROM THE PILES OF GARBAGE THAT ARE A FOOT DEEP THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE HOUSE!! IT WOULD TAKE AN ARMY TO CLEAN THIS HOUSE!
I’m sorry…. What was the question?
Menopause Weight Loss Week 5
Week 5 Tip From Judy – Involve Friends and Family in Your Menopause Weight Loss Mission
You will by now been achieving some results and getting compliments on how well you are doing, take this positive encouragement and empower other woman. A remarkable thing happens when you begin to help out other woman who share your same struggles you draw strength from one another and they will help push you through the next couple weeks.
Menopause Weight Loss Week 6
Week 6 Tip From Judy – Take the Diet Personality Test to Help Stop Any Menopause and Weight Gain
I recommend using diet.com’s FREE personality quiz to determine what your diet personality is.
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