{"id":4320,"date":"2021-09-14T15:42:25","date_gmt":"2021-09-14T15:42:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/noellewatsonfitness.co.uk\/staging\/6578\/?p=4320"},"modified":"2021-09-14T15:42:25","modified_gmt":"2021-09-14T15:42:25","slug":"why-am-i-not-losing-weight-despite-dieting-loads-of-exercise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/noellewatsonfitness.co.uk\/staging\/6578\/why-am-i-not-losing-weight-despite-dieting-loads-of-exercise\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Am I not Losing Weight, Despite Dieting & Loads of Exercise?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This is one of those “middle-aged fitness woes” which seems to affect so many women past the age of 45. Despite eating sensibly and staying active, your body is not looking and feeling good anymore.<\/div>\n
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The middle-aged spread. Jeans feeling too tight. A feeling of tiredness, stiffness. Feeling and looking older …<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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You know what worked in the past for you – you dieted and\u00a0exercised.<\/div>\n
So you get started. You believe you’re pretty consistent.<\/div>\n
But STILL the number on the scales doesn’t move as much as you want.<\/div>\n
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It leaves you feeling like a failure.\u00a0 Like there’s no more choices. Your body doesn’t feel or look like yours anymore. Things that used to get the weight off fast just don’t seem to work.\u00a0 None of your clothes fit you.\u00a0 And shopping for new ones is a nightmare. Your self-confidence drops – and you might feel frumpy, exasperated, and miserable.<\/div>\n
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This article tells you WHY – and gives you a 6 Point Action Plan.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The story here is one of age-related sabotaging.\u00a0 \u00a0As you get older and reach 40+,\u00a0 what worked in the past may well stop working.\u00a0 You might diet and exercise and get no results. There are many factors at work. Your frustrating lack of weight loss will be a complex consequence of one or more of them.<\/div>\n
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Aging does very frequently result in weight gain, with obesity incidence peaking in women age 40-59.\u00a0 It definitely does become harder to maintain or lose weight with each passing year.<\/div>\n
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We all suffer from Sarcopenia – this is the natural loss of lean, active muscle loss due to age.\u00a0 It varies from 3-8% per year.\u00a0 This, plus lifestyle changes and\/or injuries or medical conditions, results in a marked decline in metabolic rate around middle age (hate that term, sorry).<\/div>\n
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If calories are not adjusted, weight gain will inevitably occur.<\/div>\n
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Menopause in mid-life brings you a loss of estrogen. This results in a shift in the place your body stores fat. Postmenopause, the weight will settle around your midsection. You may find that at best your waist thickens, and at worst you develop a belly roll which makes you feel awful.<\/div>\n
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Changes in your appearance can, in turn, affect your mood and your self-confidence.\u00a0 This might result in more comfort eating and drinking, as self-medication. Then the excess calorie problems are compounded. The average gain during menopause is 5lb.\u00a0 It can have a snowball effect.<\/div>\n
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Biology plus lifestyle is having a terrible effect on many people’s health.<\/div>\n
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As you age, metabolism is slowing,\u00a0so you have more fat and less muscle.\u00a0 You’ll burn less fuel.\u00a0You’ll feel more tired all the time as a direct result of this. And your body will store the excess calories as fat.<\/div>\n
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