Lose Stomach Fat - How To Lose Lower Stomach Fat In Your 50s

Lose Stomach Fat - How To Lose Lower Stomach Fat In Your 50s

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We all know how hard it is to get rid of stomach fat and to keep it off. When you are over 50, and as you get older, it is even harder. There is a way to shift that stomach fat and it is not as hard as you think. But it does require a permanent change in your lifestyle and, as we know, change is never easy. The hardest part is making the change, then losing the weight will take care of itself.

Old Eating Habits Die Hard

Old eating habits have to go, and this is hard. Most of the comfort food, the sugary delights, the heaped up plates of stomach-fat-making food have to go. Notice I said most have to go, but not all. There is still room for some of your old favourites if you follow the new health regime most of the time. But you have to decide this is going to be permanent - the new way you are going to live your life. This is not new ground you are breaking, as many have done it before you. It may be new ground to you but then you have to do that to make a new, better you - the New You. What will the New You look like?

The New You

The New You thinks about food in terms of its health properties, not as just a way of fuelling your body or catering to your taste. You will ask yourself questions like, "Will this food make me healthier? Is it the sort of food I want to put into my body? Do I really need it?" If you get a negative answer, the New You will find it easier to resist the temptation to indulge because you have a vision of yourself as a healthier, slimmer person. After a while your thinking changes and so do your habits - and that is the key to long-term change.

What sort of foods will the New You eat? Here are some:

1. More protein in the form of lean meat

2. More carbohydrates from fruit and vegetables

3. Fewer carbohydrates from white bread, pasta, white rice, white sugar

4. Fewer take-aways that are cooked in trans fats

5. Little or no sugar in your tea or coffee - you'll get used to it

6. Healthier snacks: fruit, nuts, wholegrain bread - or no snacks at all

7. Fewer cookies, cakes and pastries

In addition to that, the New You will look for ways to get some physical activity on a regular basis. You will set aside mornings to exercise before you go to work or before you get caught up in the usual daily activities. If you miss one of your designated days, you will exercise the next day or you will make time later in the day to make sure you get some exercise.

This will become part of your life. It will not rule you but it will have an important place in your life. After a while you will want to exercise because you feel better when you do. If you have to, you will get up earlier because you do not want to miss a day.

You will do some research into the right foods to eat and the exercises that are right for you and your lifestyle. You will check the GI table to make sure the foods you eat most of the time are not too high up the table.

The Rewards

Why would the New You do this? Because you enjoy feeling healthier and more energetic and you like the way you look without the excess stomach fat. The New You feels good about yourself and enjoys taking control of your life with positive action. The New You will wonder why there ever was an Old You. Here's to the New You!

About the Author:
Find out more ideas on how to lose stomach fat in your 50s and check out the right foods on the GI table by visiting http://www.squidoo.com/how-to-lose-stomach-fat-in-your-50s William Burnell has enjoyed the benefits of following a healthy lifestyle and likes encouraging others to do the same.



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