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Diet InformationMenopause and Weight Loss
by:
Cathy Taylor
During menopause, galore women report that the challenge of weight loss becomes even as much difficult. The need to lose weight haunts women most of the time, and now much men are coverage the same struggle. Once
women hit menopause, weight gathers about the waist and hips; despite our better efforts to diet and exercise.
What we cognize is that this additional body fat is coupled to your hormones. Most women follow a conventional low-fat, high-carbohydrate diet with lots of processed foods. Eventually this diet creates a condition acknowledged as hormone resistance; see Dr. Schwarzbein's book on the book list. Once
you are hormone resistant, your body converts calories into fat even as once
you are dieting. Climacteric feels like a losing battle, but it doesn't have to be.
When you are stressed, as the body typically is during menopause, stress hormones block weight loss. Despite adequate food, the body acts as if it's in a famine and stores all spare calories as fat.
This leads to a metabolic disorder called adrenal fatigue.
Many women combine a high-stress life with a low-fat, high-carb diet which creates a powerful secretion
imbalance which causes us to gain weight. Yo-yo diet exacerbates the problem.
Also, once
a woman is on a high-carb diet she is often barraged with a desire
for sweets. The body can't maintain optimum blood sugar and 5-hydroxytryptamine levels, so you snack and drink caffein to feel better. That does your hormone resistance worse and the vicious cycle of gaining weight is accelerated.
During perimenopause, women lose oestrogen which is an accessorial factor to this problem. As oestrogen decreases, the body inevitably extra fat resources. Another factors that play into this problem, are unresolved emotional issues, food sensitivities, organic process issues such as yeast, and even as heavy metal toxicity.
So what do we do?
The most important step is to GET HEALTHY!
Follow an feeding plan like the one in the Schwarzbein Principle or the Zone Diet
You need macromolecule at every meal, low carbs, really little to no processed food, and lots of fruit and vegetables
Drink plenty of water
Take nutritionary supplements
Try Supplements Designed for Climacteric
Stop deliberation yourself, use your apparel as a gauge (focus on your health not your weight)
Start exercise - walk 4-5 times a week for 30 minute (it boosts metabolism)
Get help for emotional feeding - you have to face your fears to get through them
Reduce the stress in your life, do time for fun and relaxation - strive for BALANCE
Learn to love yourself during climacteric and accept who you are and at what stage in life you find yourself
Menopause can do weight loss even as much challenging for several women and men. But with the right cognition and several hard work, it can be done.
The information in this article is for educational purposes only, and is not intended as medical advice.
Just about the author:
Cathy writes often on mid-life issues for women and men particularly menopause, and a copy of her book can be found at http://www.howtoconquermenopause.com
To see a sample of this book go to http://www.everythingmenopause.com/currentissue.html
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