The Wellness of YOU! - # 50
posted in Nutrition and Weight Loss |What Makes Us Fat?
Today we’re going to continue our work on describing, in detail, some of the things we do to make reaching our nutrition and weight loss goals so much more difficult. These goals are harder to reach because we make the wrong decisions about what to eat — and how much to eat — and we end up putting on more weight.
Yesterday we covered the habits of not drinking enough water — and drinking too much of the sugar and calorie-filled sodas, coffees, etc. We also covered the fact that we don’t get up and move — especially as it relates to walking.
The first topic for today is going to be ….
How our Genetic Makeup Can Influence Our Weight
How about your parents and grandparents? Are they overweight? I don’t mean are they obese — just are they overweight? How about your aunts and uncles? Are they overweight or are they slim and trim? Well, the chances are if those folks, or other members of your family have a tendency to carry more weight than they should, then it’s likely that you will have that same tendency. It may run in your genes.
That doesn’t mean that you have to follow the tendency, though. Part of that genetic makeup may be an aversion to regular exercise, drinking lots of water, getting plenty of sleep and eating healthy food. If you will make up your mind to do just the opposite and eat healthy, drink lots of water and exercise regularly, you will defeat the tendency of your genes.
Don’t just cave in and think there’s nothing you can do if your genetic makeup tends toward being overweight. Weight gain is only about bad food choices and lack of exercise. Make good food choices and get up and move, and you will keep your weight under control.
Does Growing Older Mean We Have to Gain Weight?
This is another of the great myths — and another of those things that can lead us to copping-out on our nutrition and weight loss goals. It’s true, our metabolism will naturally slow down as we age. That is why it becomes harder to keep our weight under control as the birthdays slip by.
What this really means is that as we grow older we have even more reason than ever to eat healthy and exercise. As we get older we don’t need the same number of calories as we did when we were younger. We now have less muscle mass, so we need less energy intake to support our muscles.
Calorie needs can reduce by 2% to 4% approximately every ten years. If you required 2000 calories a day to support your body when you were 25, you will only need about 1700-1800 calories per day at age 50.
That’s all I want to cover for today. I will be back for one of the weekend days with more on this same topic.
Until then, remember to follow a good-fat — good-carb diet and stay with your regular exercise.
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Have a great day. I’ll be back tomorrow with some more nutrition and weight loss thoughts for you.
Shanti,
Ron
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