| Are you one of the many women who feel that it is | | | | accurately tell you what is happening as the fat |
| your fate to be out of shape and overweight? Do you | | | | increase largely hides the muscle loss. |
| feel like you are doing your best to keep your figure | | | | The way to reverse this is to enlist the help of a |
| but success is never seen? If only we could get that | | | | fitness professional to quickly get you started on a |
| 25 year old body back. But the truth is it isn't going to | | | | strength training exercise program. This is the only type |
| happen any time soon unless we put some serious | | | | of exercise that will rebuild lost muscle and help you |
| effort into our exercise program and eating plan. And | | | | get your old body back. By rebuilding and recovering |
| the longer we wait and put it off the greater the | | | | this lost muscle your fat burning machinery ? your |
| stakes. | | | | metabolism will be increased and will slowly burn up the |
| After age 30, the number one fitness problem that | | | | excess body fat for fuel. |
| women face is the loss of muscle tissue. This | | | | If you eat 5-7 small meals each day with around 20 |
| diminishes as each year passes if not enough muscle | | | | grams of protein at each meal you will support your |
| building and maintaining exercise is being done Although | | | | exercise program by being able to put some intensity |
| you cannot see this happening it is a serious health | | | | (effort) in to your program so you make good |
| issue which can rob you not only of your muscle and | | | | progress. These small meals should also contain lots of |
| bone strength but lowers the metabolism (your body's | | | | raw and cooked vegetables and be eaten every 2-3 |
| engine) and drains your energy and vitality. | | | | hours throughout the day. This keeps your metabolism |
| This is also where the soft flabby bits come in that | | | | stoked and provides you with lots of energy so you |
| you are not happy about. Your muscle tissue is highly | | | | can be active. |
| active tissue and has high energy demands (calories) | | | | There is no need to put up with losing your youthful |
| even at rest. By the time you are forty you will have | | | | body and looks. If you do nothing to stop it happening |
| lost around 10 pounds of muscle and lowered your | | | | yes you will definitely see it go down the gurgler. As |
| metabolic engine size by about 10%. You may have | | | | you get older your once nice figure and looks can no |
| also gained at least 20 pounds of body fat but also | | | | longer be taken for granted. That period has gone and |
| with the loss of 10 pounds of muscle loss it means you | | | | now it is going to take some effort with your exercise |
| have actually gained 30 pounds of fat. | | | | and eating plan to hold on to them. |
| This leaves you with a very different shaped body. | | | | But hey, it is well worth it. Consider the alternative ? a |
| The midsection will be larger and the upper legs | | | | soft flabby body that you are certain does not belong |
| smaller and thinner which reflects the loss of muscle | | | | to you. That is way worse than having to exercise |
| mass from the largest group of muscles in your body - | | | | two or three times each week. The choice is a no |
| your quadriceps. The bathrooms scales cannot | | | | brainer really, isn't it? |