Menopausal weight gain... Let's talk about this. What seems to be happening to your body aroundyour 40's and 50's and even "pre" menopausal seems to be largely overlooked. The infamous "middle-age spread" is the talk of the town amongst yourselves but what is everyone else saying?I was on the Mayo Clinic site just yesterday and was reading about the "official" comments on weight gain in menopausal patients and I was not surprised to see the extremely "deep" explanations for the culprit.
Here they are:
1. Eating more
2. Working out less
3. Eating less healthy foods
Wow. Is that not a huge revalation or what???
I was shocked to see that THIS is the answer that is supposed to calm your nerves about what is happening with your bodies.
I definitely agree that these things may be the culprit but what if you're already doing all of these things? What if you've already cut all of the calories you could possibly cut before you begin starving yourself? If you're already the ideal eater and your diet is spot on let's talk about this a little more in detail.
How to stop middle age spread dead in it's tracks!
Here is the meat and potatoes of this article.
One of the best pieces of advice I've ever received on this topic was and is in the area of eating colors. Focus on eating blues, greens, reds, purples, yellows, etc. instead of beige, browns, sand, etc.
This means to focus on the fruits and the veggies and even fish but to be careful with potatoes, breads, starches, etc.
I used to not be a big proponent of this at all because I still say, "If G-d made it you're good to go!" However, if you've been keeping up with the food industry you'll notice that it is a fact that of the hundreds of species of tomatooes just 50 years ago are now only 3-4 in the grocery stores and that corn is so bioengineered that within the cells of the corn there are antibacteria being used as "markers" that you can not help but ingest. My point is that the food that G-d made is not always food that was made by Him anymore. Man has woven his beautiful little fingers into that area as well.
So... What does that mean?
It simply means that it IS a legitimate concept to stay away from certain breads and grains even though they may be natural (at least wheat and potatoes and some corn) because what may be causing the allergy or weight gain could actually be a biochemical reaction to the engineered food and by getting back to foods that are less likely to be tampered with as well as having life-giving colors that could help with your hormones to work more in favor with your body again!!
You can have your body back!
This means that the gate to getting your body back is closer than you think =)
If you can begin to incorporate these little tid bits and then also add exercise to this little change you can turbo-charge your progress and shorten the time to getting back into the outfits you thought you had to throw away.
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Until next time,
Sincerely,
JB
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