I can't tell you how many times I've told women "you need to weight train to be successful in your weight loss journey"- and how many times I am resisted at every turn. You must weight train to lose weight. 100% of the time I hear resistance from women who ask me to help them lose weight and/or help them on their journey to a fitter self! To be honest I am asked how to lose weight and get in shape, quite a lot. So why the resistance? "I'll get too big muscles...I'm scared to weight train... I don't have any weights...can I use soup cans...it's too hard... and on and on." To put the question and my advice to rest, just try it for a month. Work less in the gym and weight train 3 x per week. See what happens...
SO, HERE IT IS IN WRITING... FROM A STUDY... SINCE NO ONE WANTS TO LISTEN TO MY PERSONAL TESTED AND LEARNED ADVICE.
***"Metabolism slows with age, but there's plenty you can do about it It's hardly a myth that many women pack on pounds after age 40. Although experts have attributed the average annual one-to two-pound weight gain to perimenopause and menopause, they really didn't know why it was happening - until now.
A new study in Cell Metabolism reports that the dip in estrogen levels that occurs with menopause reduces activity in important estrogen receptors in the brain that control how many calories you burn. Less estrogen, it turns out, equals a sluggish metabolism - you burn 50 fewer calories a day. Your first line of defense: Hit the weight room. Regular weight-lifting (three sets of 10 to12 reps of 8 to10 exercises three times per week for 12 weeks) adds enough muscle mass to burn an extra 45 calories per day. That basically makes up for the hit your metabolism takes at menopause. "
http://shine.yahoo.com/healthy-living/boost-metabolism-40-010200663.html
***Excerpt from the above article, read in it's entirety it's really good and should help you on your journey! Enjoy
SO, HERE IT IS IN WRITING... FROM A STUDY... SINCE NO ONE WANTS TO LISTEN TO MY PERSONAL TESTED AND LEARNED ADVICE.
***"Metabolism slows with age, but there's plenty you can do about it It's hardly a myth that many women pack on pounds after age 40. Although experts have attributed the average annual one-to two-pound weight gain to perimenopause and menopause, they really didn't know why it was happening - until now.
A new study in Cell Metabolism reports that the dip in estrogen levels that occurs with menopause reduces activity in important estrogen receptors in the brain that control how many calories you burn. Less estrogen, it turns out, equals a sluggish metabolism - you burn 50 fewer calories a day. Your first line of defense: Hit the weight room. Regular weight-lifting (three sets of 10 to12 reps of 8 to10 exercises three times per week for 12 weeks) adds enough muscle mass to burn an extra 45 calories per day. That basically makes up for the hit your metabolism takes at menopause. "
http://shine.yahoo.com/healthy-living/boost-metabolism-40-010200663.html
***Excerpt from the above article, read in it's entirety it's really good and should help you on your journey! Enjoy
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