4 Midlife Fat Loss Facts you may not know:
25-35 grams of fiber is essential per day: fibrous foods are rick in nutrients but low in calories which means you can fill up on them without doing much caloric damage. Fiber also helps you feel fuller, longer, which reduces your chances of over eating.
Your blood sugar could be why your cravings are getting the best of you. It is important to understand blood sugar at all ages, but especially for midlife. If your blood sugar is out of whack, generally the rest of your body is too. Some symptoms: brain fog, lack of sleep, fatigue. By learning what macros you should be using for your body can help balance your hormones and sugar levels.
Your first meal of the day needs to have 30 grams of protein. A high protein 'brake'fast has been shown to benefit muscle health and to support weight loss by increasing muscle mass, energy expenditure (calories burned), satiety hormones, glucose regulation and by decreasing the desire to snack at night. Plus when you need to hit a minimum of 100 g of protein a day, it is much easier when you have 30 g with each meal.
Cardio is not the key to fat loss. Even though cardio is greatly effective in aiding weight loss, it is because it aids burning of calories. It encourages the body to hold on to fat and break down muscle instead. This is highly unfavorable and the inverted version of the process that helps healthy weight loss. Strength training on the other hand, more muscle also helps your body burn more fat.
Everyone's bodies are different so it is important to learn what works for yours. What worked in your 20's isn't going to be the same that works in your 40+
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