Weight Loss Tips for Women over 40

It is understandable that when women cross the age of 40, the numerous hormonal variations bring about a change in the physiology giving rise to undesired effects such as gaining weight. What is required at this moment is to be gentle on the body and indulge in gentle weight loss diets. One such an effective diet is the juice diet which involves drinking only fruit and vegetable juices every once in a while. It is extremely beneficial for the body and the following are its advantages:

1. Nutrition

On following a juice diet, you are provided with a number of essential nutrients that your body requires in order to function properly. Along with eating healthy and natural foods, you are also taking in the nutrients in the proper quantity. This balances energy and nutrition requirements of your body. There are innumerable fruits and vegetables of all types and colours that you may include in your diet.

2. Weight loss

Since you are avoiding all the unnecessary calories and taking in calories and nutrients only in the required amounts, a juice diet helps you lose weight fast and in a healthy manner.

3. Detoxification

Juice diets also enable the body to detoxify itself naturally, thus cleansing your entire system. Following a juice diet is definitely one of the best ways to detoxify yourself and please your taste buds at the same time. This beats allopathic medication since it is natural and has absolutely no side effects.

Here are a few fruits and vegetables which are ranked as highly essential in any juice diet:

i) Leafy green vegetables
ii) apples
iii) pears
iv) cantaloupe
v) grapes
vi) grapefruit
vii) oranges
viii)cabbage
ix) collards
x) lettuce
xi) wheat grass
xii) watercress

In addition, all time favourite fruits like strawberries, mangoes, bananas and many more may also be added for their taste as well as nutrition. In order to add some healthy fat to the juice diet, you can also add oils like olive oil or walnut oil.

Below are a few popular juice diet recipes:

1. ORANGE and CARROT

This is a very popular juicing recipe which has two of the most nutritious fruits available in the market. Whatever nutrient Orange lacks is fulfilled by Carrot and vice versa. This is indeed a delicious as well as nutritious drink.

2. APPLE and CUCUMBER

Some might not feel that the combination of apple and cucumber is suitable to their taste buds. They may take the juices separately but this is a highly recommended juicing recipe as both apple and cucumber juices play a vital role in detoxifying the entire system.

3. MANGO, WATERMELON and GRAPE

Mango is extremely popular with the kids and this is indeed one of the most favourite recipes for kids. Highly nitritious and delicious as well, this is a seasonal juicing recipe.

4. WATERMELON, CELERY and TOMATO

This juice may not appeal to the taste buds much but it has a very profound effect in cleaning up the digestive system and rejuvenating the digestive process of the body.

5. STRAWBERRY and BANANA

One of the most loved juices, strawberry and banana can also be made into a smoothie and enjoyed any day, any time!

An occasional indulgence in a delicious and healthy juice diet will help you get your desired results.

Great exercises to help you lose belly fat fast

Here are a few tips to help you lose your belly fat:

MACHINES and DUMBBELLS

To lose weight effectively, machine training is necessary but it has no use if it is not followed by weight training using dumbbells. So, while you may feel satisfied that training on the machine is helping you lose weight, you will have to ensure that you exercise with dumbbells as well so that your workout is complete.

SIMPLE EXERCISES

There are simple exercises which you need to perform everyday in order to flatten your belly. These are crunches – involving front, back, side as well as cross crunches, sit ups, push ups and a good deal of running. Performing these exercises loyally everyday will give you a body to die for in a few weeks.

WORKOUT TILL MUSCLE EXHAUSTION

One must always force oneself to carry on the reps till total muscle exhaustion. These are called ‘forced reps’ and they have been shown to have a very fast effect on burning the excess fat in the body.

Be careful that you do not push yourself too far. In order to be on the safer side, just observe your body’s reactions to your exercise regime. Analyse how rigorous a workout can your body handle and accordingly pressurize your body, not too much but not too little either.

DIET

Needless to say, a weight losing regime cannot be sustained without a proper diet. The diet should consist of all the nutrients required by the body – in other words, the diet should be a complete balanced diet.

MINDSET

Keep a positive attitude and visualise your belly becoming flat as you desire while you are working out. This will not only motivate you but also create a harmony between your mind and your body which will go a long way in ensuring that you achieve the results you desire.

photo credit: Hikaru Kazushime

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