6 Ways to Sabotage Your Weight Loss
You are committed to losing weight this time. You’ve got a game plan, eating unprocessed foods, cutting sugar and have an accountability partner. Good for you! If you’re over 50, you may need to consider this as well…
One thing many menopausal women don’t understand is that stress is really not your friend. Okay, you’ve never been “friends” but now stress is more like a creepy stalker that you always have to be on the lookout for. That’s because we are more sensitive to stressors, and those extra shots of the stress hormone cortisol will have you packing on visceral fat in the middle. It also leads to insulin resistance, which is the starting point for practically all of our modern day illnesses like diabetes, heart disease, Alzheimer’s and cancer.
Read MoreIs Your Belly Fat a Sign of Health Run Amuck?
With the New Year, the hopes for a clean slate and a brighter future, weight loss resolutions still remain the most popular ones made. Losing weight as a resolution has sort of become tainted, it feels, like if you make it your resolution, you’re likely to fail.
You’ve seen lots of ads and posts and promises of losing weight this month, since this is considered the “busy” season of the year. As a health coach who helps menopausal women improve their overall health and longevity, it is something I always have to talk about. I love what I do and helping women discover simple changes that get them results, but I hate the focus on weight.
Read MoreWhy Do We Keep Craving?
Let’s imagine this scenario: You’ve just started a new diet and are looking over the food list for things you can eat. Did you immediately search for the goodies? I would have. You notice that you are allowed 1 dessert after dinner – 1/2 cup ice cream, 1 cookie or 1 brownie (all “sugar free” or “low fat”, of course). My question to you is this: HONESTLY, would one dozen servings last you one dozen days?
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