One of the most positive changes you can make to your diet is to add more vegetables. This is an area where many women are lacking so here are ways to easily add vegetables to each meal (even breakfast). It is possible to eat vegetables at every meal of the day. My general rule of…
In the past you may have heard that eating fat was bad. Eating too much of the wrong types of fat is not good for you, but there are several types of fat that are good for you. These are actually essential for the proper function of your body. Does eating fat make you fat?…
Many midlife women find that they need to make changes to how they are eating. They may be putting on a few extra pounds, or they may decide to do it for health reasons. But you don’t have to start with big changes. Try these simple changes to make your diet healthier. You’ll notice that…
You may have noticed in recent years that vitamin D is suggested to be the cure all for everything. Then recently it was found to not be the miracle vitamin it was thought to be. In this article I explain what vitamin D is and where it is important for midlife women. What is Vitamin…
This is the time of year that you might be planning your spring or summer vacation or getting ready to go on a winter vacation. But it’s likely that you are worried about how you will keep from gaining weight. Now that you are older it is harder to keep the weight off and you…
Many women skip breakfast, despite being told that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Some skip it because they are not hungry some skip it because they feel it will help with weight loss. Surprisingly eating breakfast might not be as important as we thought. The idea of skipping breakfast seems impossible…
As we get older protein requirements increase. This may have you concerned that your diet has to be filled with meat. But this isn’t the case. You can supplement or replace your meat protein with plant based protein. Why do you need more protein? Many women suffer from muscle loss or sarcopenia as they get…
You do great during the week, eating healthy, hitting the gym 3 times. But the weekend comes around and things go bad. You go out for dinner on Friday, have a few drinks, have pancakes for breakfast on Saturday. Your family is home on Sunday, so you break out the Doritos. And things got so…
If weight loss was as simple as eating less and exercising more, then everyone would be able to do it. Most women who are successful with weight loss have a variety of tools to use that help with weight loss. One of those tools is meal preparation. Healthier meals When you take time to prepare…
If you have joined a fitness class, you may hear the instructor say “Listen to your body”. You may also hear this when someone is talking about what food to eat, or how much to eat. But many women have trouble listening to what their bodies are telling them. Listening to your body is a…
