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How to rid of belly fat after the age of 50

Dr. Garcia... I am 58 years old and have had 5 children ages 38, 36, 31 & 10 year old twins. I excellerated into menopause right after the birth of my twins at the age of 48. I took hormone therapy for a short time and then my doctor took me off. For the last few years I have gained an additional 10 pounds around my stomach. Nothing I do seems to take it off...  what products would suggest... please advise. Teri Stratton (

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Hi,

Some have a harder time getting rid of fat but have you tried going on a diet? I don't just mean eating healthy but rather counting calories and making sure you aren't eating too much. Try combining aerobic activity 5 times a week and a diet. Walking is great if you do it for around an hour. That way you start burning fat and not only calories. You can also consult your family doctor or go see a dietitian who can give you a more specific answer.

Good luck. 

 
Imran
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Best weight loss exercises

 

There are many exercises for weight loss

that are available today. This is

especially common when losing weight has

become such a serious and a common issue

among people in the world where the world

has grown health conscious. People are

trying to attain perfect bodies and the

ideal weight and capitalizing on this are

many companies that are offering miracle

methods. Some are offering tablets that

help you reduce in weeks and some are

offering gadgets that will reduce all

your body fat in even days. But these

methods are mostly unproven and sometimes

even dangerous. It is also very dangerous

to lose weight suddenly from your body as

it can make you fall ill. The tablets

should be most avoided as they contain

many side effects and also some tablets

become addictive. These are only some of

the few reasons why the much advertised

miracle health plans should be avoided.

The best way to lose weight is through

dedication and handwork on regular and

periodic exercises. Also before embarking

on any program one needs to find out

whether he or she needs to lose weight in

the first place. Losing weight

unnecessarily can have ill effects to the

body and the mind.

The benefits of losing weight are many.

The first of them being that you can

avoid many of the health risks. It is a

known fact that overweight people tend to

attract most of the life threatening

diseases. The most common being the heart

problems. This is due to the fact that

being overweight leads to the

accumulation of fats in the body and high

cholesterol level. With high cholesterol

level, the chances of getting a heart

attack are more. Also with higher level

of cholesterol a person is more

susceptible to high blood pressure and

its associated diseases. Being overweight

means that you will fall tired very

easily. This is because your body is not

able to utilize all the fat in your body

and convert them into energy. As a result

you have to always carry the extra fat

around which weigh you down. This causes

loss of energy from your body. A person

with a lean and a muscular body is also

much more attractive. When you have a

solid and healthy body confidence in you

daily life will come from within you. You

can perform your tasks easily and with

your full efficiency. Health is the

biggest treasure of mankind. Without

health a man is nothing.

The best exercises for weight loss are

the ones that are practiced regularly. It

is not necessary that a person in order

to lose weight should join rigorous

training. The first thing to do when

planning out an exercise routine is to

consider the factors of your body and

age. Same exercise regimes will not suite

everyone. You should first off decide how

much weight you need to lose. Then you

can form your own exercise regime

considering the facts such as your age

and the time you can spend and your

stamina every day. It is best if you hire

a professional trainer and do this

together with his consultation. However

it is not required that you must hire a

professional. If you can estimate your

body’s wants and needs then you can plan

this out for yourself. Also you can take

online help in finding the regime that is

best suited for you. The most important

things here are to make the regime that

fits for you and then stick to it. There

is no point in exercising for a day or so

and then discontinuing. Repetition is the

key to losing weight and gaining a

healthy body.

You should be careful not to over work

yourself. The biggest danger while

working out is that you tend to over work

yourself. This leads to excessive use of

your muscles that may lead to injuries.

This means that you can permanently

damage some muscles in your attempt to

make them stronger. Once those muscles

are damage or torn it may take several

days for them to heal back. Sometimes the

damage can be permanent also. Therefore

it is very dangerous to embark on heavy

workout without proper guidance or

training. Do not work out more than the

strain that your body can take. You

cannot become Mr. Perfect in three days.

Only with continuous efforts and regular

workouts can you achieve the perfect

bodies. Start slow and see how much work

your body can withstand. Once you known

your limits you can set up your workout

regime within these limits. This will

help you to work out most safely and

efficiently. Also make progress in you

training. Try going beyond your limits in

very little amounts every day. This will

help you to raise the bar in you levels

of stamina and endurance.

The main exercise that you should be

concentrating on is cardiovascular

diseases. These can be simple exercise

like walking   to more rigorous work

outs. But walking is most recommended

especially to beginners. This also serves

as a good warm up exercise to all your

body parts. To progress from walking you

can take up running. You should make it a

point that you work out for minimum of 30

minutes every day and try working out for

45 minutes. As you get more and more

accustomed to the exercise that you

perform, you can raise the bar of your

limits progressively on them. Jogging is

also recommended. The number of calories

that you can burn during one session of

training is the speed at which you can

run of jog. It is also true that jogging

uphill will cause you to lose more

calories. Although one should be careful

as jogging as a high impact on the joints

of your body. It is safer to jog on

customized treadmills than to jog on

plain roads. Another important aspect

while on a training regime is to stay on

a healthy diet. To stay on a diet will

give you the extra energy that you need

to help you gain a beautiful and a

perfect body.

Imran

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