If you’re a Baby Boomer or senior trying to keep your weight under control, it can be challenging. You might find yourself becoming less active or eating out more, leading to an increasing girth. And muscle mass loss (sarcopenia) naturally occurs as the years go by, making weight loss even more difficult. But here’s some […]
But research published this year in the journal Obesity changed my mind! The authors followed 14 contestants from the 2009 season of The Biggest Loser for six years, and found that more than half of them have regained a significant amount of weight. Say It Isn’t True! This news is discouraging for those of us
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Baby Boomers and older adults–we’re not talking about your age here. I’m inquiring instead about your waist circumference, a much more important number! That’s because a large waist size is associated with many health problems, and should not be ignored. An increase in belly fat is just another cruel present from Mother Nature: both men
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I came across some familiar weight-loss information recently in our local newspaper. In the Dr. Oz and Dr. Roizen column, the doctors recommended, among other strategies, that readers “Eat small servings of lean protein several times a day…avoids hunger panic and builds muscle.” This advice is especially important for baby boomers and seniors. Protein and
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One of the joys of my job is addressing spontaneous questions that arise after I introduce myself and my business to people. For example, at a workshop last week, one of the participants was wondering why she always seems to re-gain weight after dieting. So I asked her, Did you continue watching your eating habits
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Do I have you sitting at the edge of your chair now in anticipation? Well, I hate to burst your bubble, but there were no real winners in these two recent studies, or should I say– no real “losers.” In one article, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, researchers sought to determine weight
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At least once a week, after donning my stylish spandex shorts and flattening my hair with my padded helmet—I’m off for a bike ride! This morning, with a pleasant breeze and a combination of gentle up- and downhills, I took off with my daughter for one of our last rides together (she’s relocating from So.
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How excited would you be to discover you could torch additional calories with no additional effort? Welcome to the world of EPOC! What is EPOC? One of the by-products of physical activity is a phenomenon called EPOC—excess postexercise oxygen consumption. Very simply put, when we exercise, we consume more oxygen and produce energy and chemical
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Before you jump on the latest weight-loss bandwagon (again!), do yourself a favor—pick up The Diet Fix by Yoni Freedhoff, MD, founder of the non-surgical Bariatric Medical Institute in Ottawa. As a Registered Dietitian, I’m constantly reminding people that almost any diet works while you follow it. But weight-loss maintenance, the holy grail for most veteran
It may seem counterintuitive, but exercising is one of the best ways to treat arthritis pain. Recent studies show that physical activity, along with weight loss, ease that pain and improve functioning of the affected joints. One of my 70+ year-old clients recently started working with me to get in shape for an upcoming trip
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