How Growing Fat Cells Jeopardize Weight Loss Over 40



Posted: Thursday, March 26, 2009

by Perry Permann
Lose Weight Permanently

Men and Women over 40 wanting to lose weight permanently face the same problem: The fat piles up 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 survive numerous famines and starving periods of time.

Since our bodies do store fat so easily, it endangers our ability to achieve permanent weight loss. How do fat cells work to make it so challenging for men and women over 40 to lose weight permanently?

If your body takes in more energy as you spend present fat cells fill up. And it does not count if you are eating fat or starch or sugar: All extra calories move into fat storage. After the present fat cells are full, your body develops new fat cells- a process without natural limits.

Fat cushions increase even more than when you are under stress, but the threat that poses the greatest risk to losing weight over 40 is: Existing fat cells are lasting, and won't be destroyed. You can reduce the amount of fat stored in fat cells, but you cannot reduce the amount of existing fat cells.

A Neuropeptide called Leptin is transmitted to your brain when fat cells are full. While the Leptin level in your blood is high, your brain gets the message that you aren't hungry and don't need to eat. When your body's fat cells become exhausted, the Leptin is gone - and you get hungry.

Now, let's be totally honest and unveil a truth:  To lose weight permanently over 40, feeling slightly hungry is something you are going to have to live with. This challenges you emotionally, and that is why the psychological science behind permanent weight loss is stressed so extremely - your mind needs ways to deal with this emotional challenge. In order to lose weight permanently, any weight loss program you choose must include psychological advice to be effective.

Additionally the distribution of fat changes with the years for women. Younger women frequently find more fat on the hips and thighs. Women over 40 will frequently gain fat around the stomach, and visceral belly fat is related to a number of diseases.

Our bodies are regulated by powerful regulation mechanisms. We tend to stay the same weight, even though we do not consume the identical number of calories each day. Our bodies then compensate for these calories changes, which leads to another problem for reaching permanent weight loss over 40:

If you are eating too much for a longer period of time, your body adapts to the new weight and will do it's best to keep it. You will constantly feel the need to "feed" the present fat cells.  The longer you stay on starving diets, the more severe your hunger pangs can grow.

Acquiring weight is very easy. Eating only 100 calories per day in excess of what your body burns will lead to gaining about 9 lbs (4.5 kg) per year. It's very easy to take in an additional 100 calories. A can of Coca-Cola (12 fl oz) holds already 155 calories. A Kit Kat Wafer Bar has 218 and so on…

To eliminate these 9 lbs you would have to eat nothing for approximately 2 weeks. Or jog 51 hours, or walk 126 hours.
If you want to lose weight permanently after 40, be conscious of the small meals and snacks. These count as well.

You can read another article from Perry at Woman Over 40? Lose Belly Fat Now - The Health and Beauty Hazard
Perry has been interested in healthy nutrition, exercise and lifestyle since his early teens. Nevertheless, in his thirties and forties he gained weight and struggled to lose weight permanently. He tried many diets, products and programs only to be disappointed by not achieving permanent weight loss.

This lead him to searching for a customized, personalized solution to lose weight permanently. After discovering his "Lose Weight Permanently" method he developed a unique program and started teaching this system.  Working with clients resulted in fine-tuning the method until his clients had consistent success and the process could be repeated over and over. The program is particularly suitable for women over 40.

He is now publishing his free program on the internet to reach a wider audience here.

Perry's website is Lose Weight Permanently for Women over 40.

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