Stop menopausal and perimenopausal weight gain - diet, exercise and weight loss tips and solutions
When you’re trying to lose weight, diet and exercise work together. Personally I would start with diet. You can do all the exercise you want but if you spend the whole day stuffing your face with cream cakes, ice cream, chocolates and soda, you may not get very far. I am a soda addict (Hi,… [Continue Reading]
It’s good to know yourself, and I know myself very well. I have a slightly compulsive nature. Once I put my mind to doing something, I attack it with gusto. I started another one of what I will call my fitness binges about 8 weeks ago just as the children were starting their Easter holidays…. [Continue Reading]
A number of weight loss supplements now contain green tea extract. The science behind this is not quite as fuzzy as it may seem at first glance. A recent study in the Journal of Nutrition found that people who exercised and drank 4 cups of green tea everyday for 12 weeks lost 8 times more… [Continue Reading]
You might have heard by now that muscle burns fat. To lose weight in the long term, you need to increase the amount of muscle in your body. Muscle needs more calories just to exist than fat does, so you burn calories even when you’re not exercising. Muscle also takes up less space and is… [Continue Reading]
Menopausal weight gain (also known as middle age spread) is common from about age 40 and onwards. At this time you may find yourself putting on weight or find that it becomes difficult to prevent weight gain post menopause even though you are still eating the same amount of food. Causes of menopausal weight gain… [Continue Reading]
No matter what your ethnic origins, if you’re overweight or obese, losing weight is important for better health and a longer life. However, some research has found that black women are less likely to ask for health from a doctor, a physical trainer or even to join a weight loss program to lose weight compared… [Continue Reading]
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