Weight Loss over 50 can seem daunting, I understand. Most of us thought we would get a free pass by now and not have to worry about this stuff.
We were wrong.
Our health is not something to take for granted. In fact, it’s the most important thing we can take care of to ensure we have to worry less about the serious problems in our 70s, 80s and 90s. Although let me be clear there is no free pass even then!
It can seem harder to lose weight over 50 because, more than likely, we have become more sedentary. When we become sedentary naturally we lose muscle mass, which incidentally happens as we age anyway! So that’s like a double whammy.
I like to refer to muscle as the body’s engine. The bigger the engine the more gas (calories) it burns or heck to simply idle (hello couch time).
Your engine is smaller? Then it takes less calories to run that body, so if you keep overeating what your body needs to run, you’re just filling up surplus cans of gas (fat). Bigger engine = more muscle = more food
Don’t be afraid to start lifting weights! Let’s work on retaining our lean muscle mass, and maybe even building some along the way, wouldn’t that be cool!
Yes, there are some hormone fluctuations, but that’s not normally the problem. The biggest problem can be fixed with eating a well balanced diet including protein, fruits and veggies AND movement to include strength training! It’s time to ditch the cardio only movement, lift something heavy!
If you think you can’t get cardio during a strength training session, come see me! I’d love to prove you wrong.