Lentils are known as the belly flattener. Full of protein and fiber in it is ideal for those who want to lose weight specially during menopause. More greens, salads and veggies and fruits should be added to your diet. If you eat meat it should be lean meat. Oatmeal digests slowly and ideal for you if you, if you are in your late 50’s in menopause.
In any event, Oatmeal is ideal as it lowers cholesterol levels and keeps you healthy. Instant oats contain fibre that you need in your diet and is easy to prepare. You could add fruits or even vegetables into the oats to give you a wholesome meal. Protein helps to stabilize your blood sugar levels so you won’t be prone to become diabetic.
symptoms of the menopause
Since your body is lacking in estrogen which by the time you reach menopause starts to decrease, you will find that fat gets deposited in all the wrong places. The lifestyle you live and the things that you do that make you gain weight during menopause.
Don’t try to lose huge amounts of weigh at once. You’ll have sagging skin if you have already been overweight prior to menopause.
Don’t starve yourself. It will only make your metabolism slow down
Don’t go for crash diets. They don’t work
Be active. Do things that make your metabolism and help burn excess fat. Aerobics, weight bearing activities, walking cycling increase muscle mass will protect you from osteoporosis
Try strength training combined with an increase in physical activity,
Maintain a healthy body composition – more lean muscle and less body fat
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 knowWHY? Because no one else in this house knowsHOWto change a light bulb! They don’t even know that the bulb isBURNED OUT!! They would sit in the dark forTHREE DAYSbefore 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 theSTUPIDlight bulb wouldSTILL 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.
During menopause the most dreaded of all to a woman is abdominal fat. Most women who go into menopause end up with protruding and sagging belly fat. . Changing hormone levels in a woman’s body the cause for this. As the hormone that is vital to a women, known as estrogen begins to decline, it starts creating all sorts of complications for women who are going through menopause the menopause abdominal fat that settles behind the abdominal muscle wall is known as Visceral fat.
Menopause Weight Gain
It is this change that is linked to the occurrence of menopause abdominal fat. This fat surrounds the internal organs of the body making a woman more prone to coronary artery diseases. Visceral fat is dangerous so getting rid of this fat is extremely important. You can do this by doing exercises as this fat is easy to get rid of abdominal fat that settles in the midsection of your body if you follow a proper exercise regime
Visceral fat will reacts well when you control your diet and take exercises it will stop increasing your body’s weight. Take vitamins B, C, D and E they are known for antioxidant powers, they are also important for proper brain functioning. Omega-3 fatty acids help in maintaining proper metabolism and elevated cholesterol levels. GLA, fish oil capsules also do wonders. Check with your doctor if your weight gain is out of control even after all that you do including dieting rigidly, and doing all the exercise you can get. When the body begins to retain more water, and burn off excess fat slower metabolic indicators in our bodies become low.
menopause weight loss
Eating the right way, living a stress free life will help a lot in shedding menopausal weight. You have to fight it and be prepared in advance before it hits your waist and abdominal area.
