Although attaining the slim body you used to have is not an impossibility even when you’re in your thirties, the fact remains that it can’t be achieved too easily or overnight. So, before you start looking for the miracle diet, confront the major issues surrounding weight loss first. From a scientific perspective, the process of shedding those unwanted pounds is not consistent throughout. As you age, so does your body—and in line with this are the vital health issues you have to be well-informed about, especially if losing weight is imperative in your current agenda.
Weighty Matters
Noticeably, the effect of gravity on your body intensifies as the years add on. Along with the sagging skin comes the flabs and paunches and bulges showing up in almost every visible area of your body. As difficult as it is to face this every time you see your full body-image in the mirror, truth be known, that aside from the conspicuous physical proofs, aging brings about a major decline in the human body between the 30-40 age bracket. At this point, expect the following changes to occur: loss of muscle mass, decreased metabolism rate, loss of bone density, and decreased physical flexibility and strength. Ironically, just as every vital aspect of your physicality is in an obvious downturn, you body fat gains a foothold and surges upward, explaining the consequential albeit unwanted expansion in your body’s vital statistics.
Metabolic Issues
Lay part of the blame on your metabolism—necessitated chemical processes allowing organisms to maintain their structure, grow, reproduce, and respond accordingly to their environment. Primarily concerned with how your body burns fat, it takes responsibility for these changes’ occurrence which inevitably sets in as you get older. Contradicting this, however, are some researches which led some experts to put the blame on lack of physical activity or having a sedentary lifestyle rather than metabolism itself, which in turn is affected by the aforementioned.
Because metabolism is determined by your dieting and exercising practices, genes, and age, the most formidable challenge you have to contend with in terms of weight loss is impacting your metabolism by altering your eating habits. Raise your metabolism rate to burn fat more efficiently, translating to more energy and a heightened capacity to shed weight.
What You Can Do
Even if life in your thirties may leave you with little time to do anything else besides spreading yourself thin in order to meet work and family demands, finding time to become physically active is a must. You can check out the multitude of fitness activities available these days—aerobics, dancing, jogging, martial arts, yoga, etc., and squeeze in a regular schedule suitable to your hectic lifestyle. Furthermore, you can increase physical activity and burn more calories by opting not to use modern conveniences like the escalator or elevator to get from one place to another.
Also, modifying your eating habits is crucial. Seriously make the change by stocking up on healthy natural foods instead of junk food and processed versions loaded with chemicals, preservatives, and excessive amounts of unnecessary fat, salt, and sugar. But regardless of how you plan to go about bettering your eating habits, do not go on a crash diet ever. Doing so would cause your metabolism rate to take a nosedive, which means decreasing the speed whereby it burns fat—and with the 5% decreased metabolism rate you have already acquired now that you’re in your thirties, this is one terrible mistake you do not want to make,