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Middle Aged Spread  

by Rob Barclay

As we get older and our lifestyles change, so do many peoples waistlines. Why? Is it that, middle aged spread is unavoidable or does it really even exist. Most men and women aged over 40 If asked about there excess weight will tell you its "middle aged spread" but unfortunately contrary to their beliefs its not true and it can be avoided or lost with the right eating plan.

Lets start with the main reasons why you may gain wei

ght. First on the list is years of incorrect dieting, if you intake a calorie level that is too low for your body to function properly, the first thing that will happen is that the body will start to use lean tissue (muscle) for energy and actually try to hold onto fat storage as a security for energy (due to the lack of calories being consumed). So yes you lose weight but unknown to you its mainly Muscle & Water with only a small amount of loss coming in the form of Fat, unfortunately by losing muscle tissue the thyroid gland produces less of the hormones T3 and T4 which actually dictates how many calories your body will burn in a day! So now your body burns less calories than it did before the diet, you start to eat normally again and you put all the weight you lost plus more back on.

With an excessive intake of calories the picture is a little clearer. Only an extra 50 calories per day will add up to an astonishing 18,200 calories per year, which transfers to approximately 5lb of fat gain per year, or nearly 2 stone in 5 years, and that's only working on 50 calories per day! Low fat alternatives can reduce your daily calorie intake dramatically without altering your portion sizes, so you can eat the same amount of food on a lot less calories. Always remember eating more calories than the body burns in any one day will result in the calories being stored as fat.

A reduction in activity ( Retirement for example) is another culprit of fat storage, no matter what kind of job or activity you do, you are burning up calories, so any decrease in activity without decreasing your calories accordingly will result in weight gain! 20 minuets of badminton, brisk walking or bicycle riding will burn approximately 100 calories (dependent on the amount of lean muscle tissue you have).

And last but not least "under active thyroid glands" and "hormone replacement therapy" both of which hinder the bodies ability to convert fat into useable energy, although these conditions are not ideal for people wishing to lose body fat with an accurate eating plan both conditions can be overcome to produce satisfactory results (free advice available).

Your plan of Action

Firstly you should try to identify from the above information were you think your excess weight has come from so that in the future when you've attained your ideal weight you will not travel down the road to ruin again. Then you should take a look at your current eating pattern by keeping a log of everything you have eaten in a 7-day period, this will enable you to work out how many calories you are consuming per day. Next you need to know how many calories your body is using per day this can be done monitoring your weight weekly whilst maintaining your calories at a pre-set level, if you can find a medium where you do not gain or lose weight the calories that you are consuming at that point, is your maintenance level (there is an easier way to do this phone me for free advice). Then you should reduce your calories by no more than 20% to allow your body to use fat storage for the remainder of the calories it requires.

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About the Author

Rob Barclay started off in 1994 as a personal trainer to local business men and women before opening a slimming centre in Teesside UK called 'The Weight Management Centre' Rob now helps over 200 people each week to manage their weight.

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