Health Tips for Post-Menopausal Women
Eat for Health
To learn to eat for health, as opposed to eating for weight loss, is to journal. If you have not started a journal, do it now.
First thing each morning, get out your journal and make a meal plan for the day. For each item in your plan ask yourself, "Does this promote health for my body?"
Balance each of your 3 main meals with low fat protein, whole grains, fruits and/or vegetables, and fat free dairy.
Don"t force yourself to eat foods you don"t like. There is enough variety in our food supply to allow you to have healthy foods that you enjoy.
At first, count your fat grams, carbohydrate and protein grams. Pay attention to calcium and vitamins. Count calories. Record these values in your journal.
Raise Your Metabolism
One of two things happens to the calories you eat; they are burned for energy, or they are stored as fat.
If you eat the same number of calories as your sister, but you are fat and she is thin, the difference is probably that her metabolism is working more efficiently than yours
There are two ways to raise metabolism rate: exercise more and/or build more muscle.
Aerobic exercise should be practiced daily. You will get an immediate spike in BMR (basal metabolic rate). The more you exercise the less you have to worry about restricting calories.
Building more muscle gives you a higher BMR that works even when you are at rest. It takes more energy to maintain muscle mass than it does to maintain fat.
Live With Joy
Depression is a major cause of unhealthy bodies. If you don't have an overriding sense of purpose to you life, you are more likely to overeat, to smoke cigarettes, to drink alcohol or use drugs.
If you don't know what your life purpose is, think about what makes you happiest and incorporate it into your life.
Some suggestions:
(1) find a church that you can believe in and become involved.
(2) take a class at your local college.
(3) take a class at a local art and craft store.
(4) take up a hobby and become a master at it.
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