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How to outsmart age-related weight gain.

If you’re like me, you have celebrated your fortieth birthday, and you have a feeling that your metabolism isn’t quite what it used to be. The bad news is you’re right: calorie burn does decrease with age. But there’s also good news: you’re probably burning more than you think.

Just today I read some new research in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition about average calorie burn is which I think will help us focus on what we can do, and not what we don’t want.

Drum roll. please! According to the study, men aged 40 to 69 expend about 2,900 calories. Women of the same age burn 2,300 calories daily. These averages are based on a person’s height, weight and activity level.

Wow! I don’t know about you, but these numbers sound surprisingly high if you compare them to a Nutrition Facts label, which implies the average person needs about 2,000 calories daily. They may seem downright decadent to one who has followed dieting plans where daily calorie caps are set at 1,200 or 1,500 calories. But they’re good approximations for how much energy people of this age group are expending.

One of the experts from the article points out that The reason people like us of all ages may assume we’re burning fewer calories than we really are is related to the fact that we underestimate our calorie consumption by a lot.

You and I know this is true. Think about it? Restaurant meals are about three times bigger than one person needs. And, they are generally filled with fat an sugar so that they taste good!

This expert points out that we regularly under report our daily calorie consumption by one-third.

Okay, now here’s something very interesting you need to know. Pay attention! As for that age-related decrease in metabolism, it’s probably most marked in our sixties and beyond. Why!

Muscle loss. Wow! This was especially found in women. And, as you know ladies, we have less muscle to play around with, right? So, what to do? How to stave off the dreaded middle age spread.

You know the answer to this. We need to begin a muscle toning and resistance training program. This is vital in so many ways. You and I know that muscle is our fat burning powerhouse in our bodies. So, the more we have, the higher our metabolism. And, the more muscle we have, the more independence an health we have as we age.

None of the old age related disabilities have to be part of our future.

So, please, if you have neglected this part of fitness, or if you know you need to power it up, get some step by step instruction. Please do not think you must do it alone. Get some good professional guidelines, then just start—please.

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