Many women not only gain weight before, during and after menopause and after the age of 40 but find it much more difficult to lose weight. Hormones have a huge part to play in this frustrating development. I know from my own experience that what worked when you were in your 20s and 30s will …
Intermittent Fasting (IF) has become a buzz phrase around weight loss and health and there are many mis-conceptions about what it actually is. So I’m going to break it down for you: It is a way of managing your weight but rather than what you eat it, is about when you eat. Namely you have …
Losing weight over 40 is not easy. I know because I’m 53. But at age 48 I went on a transformation journey with a few ups and downs and A LOT of mistakes along the way. But eventually in 2019 I managed to lose 20 pounds and compete and place in my first ever bikini …
Do you find it increasingly difficult to stay in shape now you are over 40? Me too! and in fact, it has become very easy to gain a mountain of fat that looks like it has appeared from nowhere in places that you didn’t even know you could get fat! And as for my belly, …
I’ll be honest with you, the BEST diet for losing weight or I prefer to talk about losing FAT, is the one that works for you! If you like Keto or intermittent fasting and it is working for you then great! But I guess you wouldn’t be reading this if whatever you’ve been doing has …
Are you over 40, over 50 or over 60 and trying to get in shape? Have you encountered a few hurdles since becoming older like me? I have spent the last 5 years trying and testing different methods of staying in shape and I am here to tell you when you get older it doesn’t …
A Ketogenic diet is very low in carbohydrates, high in fat and moderate in protein. It is a bit like the Atkins diet that was popular in the 1990s and I am yet to be convinced it is the answer to female fat loss for the over 40s. The idea with the Keto diet is it forces …
You may have noticed that as you reach your 40s and 50s, your waistline starts expanding even though you’re not eating any extra food and you haven’t reduced your activity level. This is due to the hormones in your body changing, for example reducing levels of oestrogen, progesterone and testosterone. I noticed weight gain once …
