If you are a woman over the age of 50 you may be finding weight loss challenging. If you also work outside of the home, then your busy schedule may be pushing healthy eating and exercise down on your list of priorities. No worries, this article shares some quick fat-burning tricks you can incorporate into your schedule that do not require extra time.
Women over 50 experience a shift in hormones. This shift causes a change in the way the body lays down fat making it easier for your body to store fat in your belly. This can be a frustrating challenge for a woman that requires a shift in how you go about eating and exercising.
The first thing a woman can do to burn more calories during the day is lower her carbohydrate intake. This does not have to be a drastic change, but it will help your body burn more fat and store less in your belly.
As you age your body is more likely to convert carbohydrates to fat, rather than burn them for energy. By obeying this change in the body you can speed fat burning by reducing your carbohydrate intake by 200 to 300 calories a day and replacing those calories with protein.
While carbs are easy for your body to convert to fat, proteins are not. The additional work your body must go through to process protein gives your metabolism a daily boost. Try having and egg or cottage cheese for breakfast, instead of toast and you will save yourself 100 carb calories.
Another quick fat-burner for women over 50 is to focus on "one-ingredient" foods. One ingredient foods are foods that are not combined with other ingredients or processed. This would include whole pieces of fruits, chicken breasts, fish, sweet potatoes, vegetables, and so on.
Processed foods add ingredients that can stop your body from burning fat. If you are eating a lot of processed foods that come in a box or ready-to-eat, then you are making it hard for your body to burn fat.
One more simple way to burn more fat during your busy day is to eat high-fiber foods with any carbohydrate. Carbohydrates, especially those that are simple sugars cause a spike in insulin levels. When insulin is high your body shuts down fat-burning and finds it easier to lay down fat, especially in your abdomen.
Eating high-fiber foods with carbs slows the release of insulin allowing your body to stay in the fat-burning zone. This is simple to do and may be as easy as having a medium size salad with lunch and dinner.
Losing the weight is possible for working women over 50 but there are things you must do.
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