Weight Loss After Menopause

Weight loss after menopause can be difficult

If you are after menopause you may have found that you are gaining weight more easily. That is a common problem for many women.

Your hormones are the master control for your metabolism. When the hormones are decreased your metabolism is decreased.

Weight gain is not inevitable. But it is more likely, especially if you had trouble with your weight before.

Low calorie diets after menopause

Many women turn to extreme low calorie diets to lose weight after menopause. After all, it seems like the diet must be the problem.

The reasoning is that if you gain weight with your usual diet, you should be able to take the weight off with a lower calorie diet.

Have you tried that? If you did you probably found it didn't work.

Why didn't the diet work?

Low calorie diets don't work well after menopause. Why? Because you are having a problem with your metabolism.

Metabolism is the sum of all the actions of all the cells in the body.

The cells are not as active. They aren't burning up as much energy. So you burn fewer calories. And you gain weight.

Well, when you diet, what happens? Your metabolism slows down even more. You really can live on very little food when you have a slow metabolism. How little? Well, you've probably seen it already. Very little.

Lots of women after menopause eat less and less. Salads only. Or one meal a day. Expensive pre-packaged foods. And they get nowhere.

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