How to mobilize fat in adult women?

When menopause comes, women begin to gain weight by eating the same things. They go on strict diets, more hours of cardio, Pilates or Zumba, but the fat sticks to their body like glue.

Well yes, turning 45 can make us between 5 and 10 kilos plumper and make it harder for us to lose them. Suddenly and without anesthesia!

But there are easy, healthy and effective ways to mobilize fat in adult women and lose a few kilos.

Why is it difficult to mobilize fat around the age of 50?

Remember when you were in your 20s or 30s. Unless you had a health condition or hormonal disorders, the formula physical exercise + good nutrition + rest worked for you to lose weight, sooner or later.

Those were times when your hormones were at their peak. You felt like a Wonder Woman.

But when they turn 50 (sometimes a few years earlier, sometimes later) women face hormonal changes that change the way they mobilize fat and burn it:

• When estrogen decreases, the cells that store fat are activated.
• Your metabolism now it's slower. That is, your body burns less fat for energy. That's why you gain more weight even if you eat little.
• High insulin generates fat accumulation and prevents it from being mobilized to be burned.
• Poor sleep can make you gain weight because your hunger and satiety hormones go out of control. In other words, you are hungry all day and nothing fills you.
• You lose muscle mass because your physical activity decreases. And the less muscles you have, the less fat your body burns.

You should be aware because in many cases when you get on the scale it shows 5 or 6 kg of extra fat, but it could be that you gained 10 kilos of fat and lost 5 kilos of muscle.

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Why do I gain weight in areas where fat did not accumulate before?

At no age can the body be manipulated so that it accumulates more fat in one area than another.

But everything can change during the climacteric, since fat is redistributed differently.

It doesn't matter if in your youth your body was pear-shaped or hourglass-shaped. It is estimated that 65% of women between 40 and 59 years old end up with “tires” surrounding their waist. And how difficult it is for them to mobilize it!

There are two possible reasons:

• When estrogen goes down, testosterone (male sex hormone) goes up and it is more likely to accumulate fat in areas where they normally accumulate it (the abdomen).
• Low estrogen also causes body fat to redistribute from the hips, thighs, and buttocks (where it was stored as a fuel reserve for breastfeeding) toward the core.
• Stress and poor sleep generate excess cortisol (stress hormone), increasing appetite. And if you overindulge in sweets and fried foods, it is more difficult to mobilize fat in the abdomen.

Supplements to mobilize fat in adult women

Not all so-called “fat burner” supplements mobilize fat deposits to eliminate them.

And this is crucial, because if your fat stays attached to one area of ​​your body, there will be no way for it to reach the cells to be burned.

Studies have found that conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) is one of those that best fulfills this mission. Not only to mobilize fat accumulated years ago, but to prevent fat deposits from forming again. It also makes it easier for you to tone up when you exercise.

The portal examine.com , one of the largest databases of research on nutrition and supplements, published a study where participants who used CLA significantly reduced total body fat in the trunk, hips, breast, thighs and visceral fat in women (inside the abdomen).

Habits to mobilize fat in adult women

To prevent excess fat from spilling out when you button your jeans or under the sleeve of your blouse, you can take these steps:

• Take steps like quitting sugar and ultra-processed products.
• Reduce the consumption of trans fats.
• Exercise regularly.
• Try to have a sexually and socially active life.
• Hydrate well with sugar-free drinks.
• Eliminate tobacco and alcohol as much as possible.

Perimenopause and menopause are times of many changes, but if you are patient and take action trusting in the process, everything will be easier.

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