Losing weight is hard, especially for women over fifty. I always hate when diet companies advertise that “losing the weight is not hard, it’s keeping it off that’s difficult”. I think both losing and maintaining are a struggle, especially for women during middle age. One major problem is that most of the time we eat without thinking — eating is more of a reflex than a controlled activity. For instance, if you work in an office and there’s a bowl of candy sitting on someone’s desk, most of us will just grab a handful and shove the food in our mouth. Nary a thought goes into it — the food is available and the reflex is just to eat it. And the worst part is that the action is usually not even remembered. That’s why it is so important to keep a food journal.
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CRUSTLESS PIZZA BITES
I absolutely love pizza. I could eat it everyday and not get tired of it. The problem is all the carbs from the crust. Even gluten free pizza is carb heavy. I have found that being over 50 means that I really need to keep my carbohydrates low in order to keep my mid section from being bloated. I think most of us really want the “taste” of a food, so I have come up with a “pizza” snack that has no crust, is super easy to make, and gives me the taste I’m looking for.
Read MoreIT DOESN’T MATTER HOW WE GOT IT, LET’S SHED OUR MIDDLE-AGED WEIGHT
I NEED TO LOSE WEIGHT
How many times have you said that? Too many, I’m sure. Probably have said that almost every day – we women over fifty are obsessed! It’s always about the number. I’m not saying that we shouldn’t strive to look good (because let’s be honest here, we’re not thinking about our hearts when our jeans don’t zip up). I’m saying that we should strive for an attainable, maintainable middle-aged weight. And I don’t believe that “goal weight” should be a particular number but rather a weight range in which we feel comfortable. Let’s face it: there are going to be FAT days regardless of how hard you try because some days are just like that.
Read MoreIT ALL STARTS IN THE KITCHEN – NUTRITION TO ATTAIN YOUR GOALS
We all need to eat. But we all have different ideas about eating that relate to our individual fitness/nutrition goals… that can be to lose a little weight, a lot of weight, eat fresh and clean, or maybe just fine-tune an already existing nutrition plan. What and how much we eat should also tie into our lifestyle.
