Age, menopause, and metabolism, Don't Believe the Lies.

californiagirl2012

I love Mondays. I love all days.

Any day that you can just walk into the gym is a blessing.

But they are hard sometimes too.

We all have to MUSTER UP SOME ATTITUDE to conquer it.

For us females that can be hard, especially when we are small (hint short). As we get older people try to tell us lies about hormones, metabolism, and fat gain. It's all lies. Don't believe the lies.

I combat adrenal fatigue and low thyroid and hormone issues that come with age. I still have those issues, but that does not cause weight gain. Those hormone issues make it hard to control food portions which is ultimately what makes us gain fat. Control the food portions and control the body fat level.

You can call the food portions whatever you want: calories, carbons, portions, points, meal plans. The bottom line is that it’s the food energy and how your body reacts to the amounts that matters. If you are gaining fat it’s too much food for you. It comes back down to that time and time again.

It doesn’t matter what any tool, chart, guru, doctor, theory, book, calculator or calorie counting tool says – your body is the end game.

It is very easy to go down the path of emotional paranoia about hormones and metabolism. I still have to push aside my emotions about that and remind myself that it all comes down to amount of food, consistency and patience.

When we are small (hint short) we need less food. It's not fair I know. Just accept it and deal with it and you can WIN too.

BOOM!






The picture is me when I was 51, old news as I'm 54 now. I'm still maintaining. Just a few more wrinkles now is all.

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BigLifter10

Awesome!!! Thanks for posting!! Wrinkles....who cares about any stinkin' wrinkles?!

californiagirl2012

BigLifter10 wrote: »

Awesome!!! Thanks for posting!! Wrinkles....who cares about any stinkin' wrinkles?!

Exactly!!!!

mwyvr

From a 53 year old guy's perspective: Ditto!!!