Fit & Healthy Buffalo- Fitness Success After 40

  Many of my clients have dramatically dropped their body fat – and I’m always asked how they did it. Here are the 7 simple and effective ways to drop unwanted body fat. While fat loss can be quite frustrating, these 7 strategies are proven to help you slim down fast. Drink a Gallon of Water Water is always a crucial element for proper bodily functions, and even more so when fat loss is your goal. The conversion of fat into energy takes place in your liver, and this process requires that you be well hydrated. Drinking a gallon of water over the course of your day is a wonderful goal to aim for. This goal is easily met when you get into the habit of sipping water throughout the day, coupled with drinking a full glass before meals, upon waking and before bed. Cut out Alcohol This fat loss tip is always met with groans, but despite its unpopularity, it remains one of the most effective. The first reason that alcohol should be cut out in order to lose fat is that it’s filled with empty cal

Since we’ve been talking about cravings this month … and one of the reasons we can have certain cravings is because of the foods we eat … We need to talk about the glycemic index (GI) … because it can play a BIG role in your cravings! We don’t generally pay a lot of attention to it – for example, the GI isn’t listed on food labels. A lot of times, the foods we crave (hello, carbs!) fall high on the GI scale – and eating them can make us crave even more! In a nutshell, the GI ranks foods on a scale of 1 to 100, based on how fast they cause your blood sugar levels to go up. Foods with a high glycemic index (GI) make it go up faster, and those with a low GI raise it more slowly. ( Read HERE: 7 Ways To Crave Less Sugar ) This matters because when your blood sugar goes up and down quickly, you can get cravings – and feel tired, shaky and blah … not to mention HANGRY (hungry + angry) … And even more importantly, it can have a MAJOR impact on your health and your waistline ... especially if

  Maybe this has happened to you already … and if it hasn’t, there’s a good chance it will at some point! One day, seemingly out of the blue, your pants don’t button up as easily, or you notice that the scale creeps up faster than it used to. AND … it’s much harder than it used to be to get those pants to fit the way they once did (or return the scale to its former spot). It’s not your imagination! The truth is your metabolism naturally slows down as you get older.  It happens at different paces and different times for each of us, but I do have some good news for you. There are things you can do to offset it. (Read: The ONLY Effective Way To Get Fit HERE ) And the sooner you start, the better! Here are some of the top reasons your metabolism begins to slow: You’re less active  You’ve lost muscle Your body’s metabolic processes have slowed down because of age I’m going to outline a few key things you can do to keep your metabolism revved up as you get older. 1) Your activity level. This