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Fat Cells: The Weight Loss Threat Over 40
By Perry Permann
When we try to lose weight over 40 all of us have the same problem: The fat amasses much easier after 40 and is trickier to lose too. Storing fat used to be crucial for survival, and fat is a great storage medium for energy. Throughout history, we have relied on our body fat to outlive numerous famines and starvation periods of time. Since our bodies do store fat so easily, it endangers our ability to achieve permanent weight loss. Let’s understand how fat cells work and why it is so hard for men and women over 40 to lose weight permanently. Present fat cells fill up when your body takes in more energy than you spend. And it does not matter if you are eating fat or starch or sugar: All excess calories go into fat storage. After the present fat cells are full, your body develops other fat cells- a process without natural limits. Fat cushions increase even to a greater extent when you are under tension, but the threat that poses the most danger to losing weight over 40 is: Existing fat cells won’t be destroyed. It is impossible to shorten the number of fat cells that exist, but you can shrink the amount of fat stored in those cells. If your fat cells are filled, they transmit a Neuropeptide to your brain called Leptin. As long as the Leptin level in your blood is high, your brain receives the message “no need to eat”. But when your fat cells are empty, the Leptin is missing- and you are getting starved. Let’s be honest and face the truth: If you need to lose weight permanently over 40, you’ll have to live with a light feeling of hunger most of the time. This challenges you emotionally, and that is why the psychology behind permanent weight loss is stressed so highly - your mind needs ways to deal with this emotional challenge. In order to lose weight permanently, any weight loss program you choose must include moral advice to be effective. With women, the distribution of fat changes with age also. Younger women often observe more fat on the hips and thighs. For women after 40, it’s mostly on the belly- and visceral belly fat is related with numerous diseases. Our bodies are equipped with powerful regulation mechanisms. Although we do not eat the identical amount of calories each day, our bodies keep their weight for a long time. The body compensates periods of low calorie intake with periods of higher calorie intake- leading to another problem to lose weight permanently over 40: If you over-eat for a long period of time, your body will adjust to the new weight and will try to sustain that weight. You will constantly feel the need to "feed" the existing fat cells. The longer you stay on starvation diets, the more intense your hunger pangs can get. It is actually very easy to acquire weight. If you consume only 100 calories per day surplus of what your body burns, you’ll gain about 9 lbs (4.5 kg) per year. It's very easy to get an extra 100 calories. A can of Coca-Cola (12 fl oz) contains already 155 calories. A Kit Kat Wafer Bar has 218 and so on… To get rid of these 9 lbs you would have to consume nothing for roughly 2 weeks. Or jog 51 hours, or walk 126 hours.
This all goes to demonstrate that if you want to lose weight permanently after 40, small meals and snacks sum up, so be aware of what you eat. You can read another article from Perry at Woman Over 40? Lose Belly Fat Now - The Health and Beauty Hazard His website is Lose Weight Permanently for Women over 40
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