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Eating For Your Age

May 11th, 2019

Category: Body

Eating For Your Age

Have you found yourself wishing on every birthday candle for your 20 something metabolism to make a surprise comeback? You’re not alone. The reality is that a combination of physiological and lifestyle factors turns losing weight and keeping it off into a bit more of a battle as you age.

While there’s no magic potion to banish saddlebags and tummy pudge in a snap, you have more control than you think. Whether you’ve hit 34 and traded gym time for diaper changing or just toasted 49 with the lowest of the low calorie cocktails, you can maneuver around physical and day to day hurdles to stop pounds in their tracks.

Your metabolism in your 20s

When you’re in your 20s, the top diet trap is almost always booze. Red cups and bar nights can fill the 04bbb91d7bf02cfc70a35b015313ff56weekends of 20-somethings with empty calories. Luckily, it’s easy to move towards moderation with a few easy steps.

How to drink healthier in your 20s

Slim down your order: Sip an ultra low carb beer, most contain only 2 to 3 grams of carbs, compared with roughly 13 in a regular can. Cocktails made with mixers are even bigger diet traps (just 4 ounces of a sweetened mixer can pack 27 grams of carbs), so choose a drink mixed with plain soda water.

Plan your post drinking meal: In addition to acting as an appetite stimulant, alcohol lowers inhibitions, a recipe for eating things you wouldn’t sober. Before you take your first sip, decide what you’re going to have after happy hour. Not cooking? Scope out nearby restaurants that offer healthy options, like salad with chicken.

Slow your pace: One of the biggest causes of tipsy overeating is drinking too much too fast. To moderate your blood alcohol be sure to order a tall glass of water with that drink and finish it!

Your metabolism in your 30s

Noticing less tone and more flab? Blame pregnancies, job pressures, and newfound time constraints. Plus, natural age related muscle loss (referred to as sarcopenia) has kicked off. Adults generally start to lose between 3 and 8 percent of muscle mass per decade after 30. Drown out the little voice that says, “I can’t bounce back”, you can! With a few healthy eating strategies that is.

Eat healthy in your 30s

Don’t eat for two people during pregnancy: Nearly half of all pregnant women gain more weight than recommended. The updated guidelines from the Institute of Medicine advise putting on no more than 35 pounds if you’re normal weight, 15 to 25 pounds if you’re overweight, and 11 to 20 pounds if you’re obese. 6cfbc5338bf482d1bbe57603c035eac6Calorie needs don’t increase until the second trimester, and only by 340 calories per day. During the third trimester, you should bump up your daily calories to 450 more than your prepregnancy intake.

Cut the lattes: So many of the 30-something women (and men and everyone of what ever age) who come to see me don’t realize the diet damage done by fancy coffee drinks. A grande Starbucks Cinnamon Dolce Latte, to take one example, can pack 330 calories (10 more than a cheese Danish). Give yourself a caffeinated drink budget of 200 calories per day, and cut yourself off six hours before bed.

Dine at home: Time in the kitchen helps your waistline and your health. Take a shortcut, “Assemble” ingredients rather than making dishes totally from scratch. Stock your fridge and freezer with healthy items that require minimal time to go from package to plate. Try topping a handful of field greens with salmon and mixing with Dijon mustard, balsamic vinegar, Italian herb seasoning, chickpeas, and slivered almonds.

Your metabolism in your 40s

7265b44973b5f76d87a98e674eef1630The number on the scale can creep up even when you don’t pig out, in part due to the ongoing fluctuations of progesterone and estrogen associated with premenopausal. You can fight this if you’re super selective about how you consume calories and if you stick to your workout routine.

Eat healthy in your 40s

Think whole foods: Shop the perimeter of the grocery store, where protein and produce reside. A diet full of lean protein helps you maintain muscle, while eating extra servings of plant based foods (leafy greens) may help counteract metabolic processes that cause obesity, suggested a University of Florida study.

Burn after eating: Offset a decreasing metabolism by working in small amounts of movement into your daily routine (try 15-minute walks after meals). One analysis concluded that pairing diet and exercise leads to the greatest reduction in blood fats over time for adults, compared with focusing solely on diet or exercise.

Be carb smart: Steer clear of crackers, white breads, and pastas!! Harvard scientists reported that refined carbs are worse than saturated fat for metabolic health and are particularly unhelpful for weight fb473510f97bdb0e704386a1258a92bbmanagement. Memorize this proportion of veggies to starch for stir-fries, pasta dishes, and more: Pile your plate with 2 cups of vegetables and ½ cup of starch (brown rice, whole-grain pasta), instead of tons of carbs and a small portion of vegetables.

Your metabolism in your 50s

Low estrogen levels and a drop in progesterone production (hello menopause!) cause your metabolism to drag and fat to accumulate in your belly. Are you doomed to eat like a bird? No. Fine tune your ingredient list and time your meals just right.

Eat healthy in your 50s

Cut calories, not volume: Foods that are airy or full of water (popcorn {watch your portion!}, celery) pack fewer calories into a larger portion. Feel satisfied, not deprived, with swaps like these: Scoop hummus with a sliced whole red bell pepper rather than eight crackers, or have a cup of puffed brown-rice cereal in place of ¼ cup of granola.

Don’t snack after sundown: When you eat may be just as important as what you eat. In a new study in 028b64b06cd59acbd5316b0dc23c3ae6Obesity, researchers found that diet induced thermogenesis (DIT) (the number of calories burned after a meal) can be as much as 50 percent lower in the evening than in the morning. DIT relates to your circadian cycle; if you eat when your body thinks it’s time for sleep, you’ll burn fewer calories.

Focus on Vitamin D: The sunshine vitamin may increase muscle strength and reduce the loss of muscle mass as late as 12 years after menopause, per info from the North American Menopause Society, and more muscle mass helps you burn more calories at rest. Vitamin D can be hard to get from food alone, so ask your doctor about taking a daily supplement and be sure to wear skin protection when seeking sun rays for vitamin D.

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