As a woman over 40, you know what you want, how to get it, and you go after it and get it.
But...the one thing that keeps eluding a woman like me who is over 40 is a fast metabolism
While it’s often said that with age comes wisdom, nobody prepares you for the fact that getting older as a woman also brings about a slow metabolism and weight gain.
Like my young women, my metabolism was super-fast in my early 20s. I could eat like a horse and never gain extra pounds. Life was good in those days, I tell you.
Fast forward to today. I’m in my early 40s and at my peak professionally, emotionally, and mentally, but my waistline has been thickening. Keeping the weight off is now a constant battle.
3. Eat enough calories
Drastically cutting calories will hurt your metabolism as your body will go into starvation-prevention mode by slowing down the metabolic rate.
4. Get enough sleep
When you sleep for less than 5 hours, the hunger-suppressing hormone leptin falls, while the hunger-stimulating hormone, ghrelin increases.