How To Avoid Middle Age Weight Problems

It is often said that the way we look in our twenties is primarily because of our genes and the way we look in our forties is how we’ve taken care of ourselves during the years. Middle age is the age of weight problems mostly owing to us steering clear of all kinds of workouts, complacency and laziness. Men and women seem to cope with their weight problems with ease until their early thirties but then things generally run out of control.

Let explore the subject a bit in depth and understand what changes when we reach middle age and just can’t seem to lose weight even when we work out regular hours and follow a strict diet plan.

The Truth

According to most studies, it is said that your metabolism (the process of burning calories by your body while you do anything) slows down by a percent every year. This means that you will burn lesser calories at the age of thirty-five as compared to the calories that you burnt at the age of twenty-five. So, if you do not work out on a regular basis, then be ready for a bigger than normal waistline.

Let’s take a look at various food facts and how we gain or lose weigh and burn calories.

• Low fat diets are bad for health in the long run. Fat is an important component and is needed for tissue construction, production of hormones and a healthy overall system. Instead avoid refined carbohydrates that enable pancreas to secret insulin which in turn enable the storage of unessential fat in the body.
• Your body has no control over the action of carbohydrates but can regulate fats and proteins. It is always good to reduce the intake of carbohydrates. You can eat all the fats and proteins you can without gaining an ounce. It’s true!
• Processed foods like butter should be avoided? No! Butter is great for your health and will help your arteries to stay clean.
• This is an era of whole grain food products and breads etc., which contain carbohydrates, but all whole grain foods are not healthy.
• Carbohydrates should not be eaten alone. You can include fats and proteins along with them in order to reduce the production of sugar through carbs thereby reducing the levels of insulin.
• Last, but not the least, keep your diet balanced. When on a diet and trying to lose weight, make sure not to radically change your food intake and the ingredients of your meal. Doing this will only result in more harm than good. Weight loss is a slow process and should be taken that way. All the metabolism that has been lost over the years due to unhealthy food habits needs to be healed in order to make your body become more efficient in burning fat.

Eating healthy is a life long process. Maintaining your weight through optimizing your metabolism is a slow process and should be handled carefully. Taking help of a dietician or a nutrition expert is also recommended.