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Acquiring Fat Cells Make It Impossible To Lose Weight Over 40

Author: Perry Permann

Men and Women over 40 wanting to lose weight permanently face the same problem: Fat accumulates very easily and it is harder to lose after 40 as well.

Fat is an important storage medium for energy- and used to be crucial for survival. Through human history, we've lasted many shortages and starving periods of time because we could rely on our body fat.

Since our bodies do store fat so easily, it endangers our ability to achieve permanent weight loss. How do fat cells work to make it so challenging for men and women over 40 to lose weight permanently?

If your body takes in more energy as you spend present fat cells fill up. Eating fat, starchy or sugary foods makes no difference - all additional calories are stored as fat. When the fat cells you already hold are full, the body creates new fat cells, a natural process with no restrictions.

Fat cushions increase even more than when you are under stress, but the threat that poses the greatest risk to losing weight over 40 is: Present fat cells are permanent, and won't be destroyed. You can reduce the amount of fat stored in fat cells, but you cannot reduce the figure of existing fat cells.

A Neuropeptide called Leptin is sent to your brain when fat cells are filled. While the Leptin level in your blood is high, your brain gets the message that you aren't hungry and don't need to eat. When your body's fat cells become empty, the Leptin is gone - and you become hungry.

Now, let's be totally responsible and unveil a truth: To lose weight permanently over 40, feeling somewhat hungry is something you are going to have to live with. This is an emotional challenge and that's why I emphasize so much the psychological science behind permanent weight loss- your mind needs ways to cope with that emotional challenge. In order to lose weight permanently, any weight loss program you choose must include moral advice to be effective.

With women, the distribution of fat shifts with age too. For young women, it's often on the hips and on the tights. Women over 40 will frequently gain fat around the stomach, and visceral belly fat is linked to a number of diseases.

Our bodies are regulated by powerful regulation mechanisms. We tend to have the same weight, even though we do not consume the same number of calories each day. Our bodies then counterbalance for these calories shifts, which leads to another problem for achieving permanent weight loss over 40:

If you are eating too much for a longer period of time, your body adapts to the new weight and will do it's best to keep it. You will constantly feel the need to "feed" the existing fat cells. The longer you continue on starvation diets, the more overwhelming your hunger pangs can get.

Gaining weight is very easy. Consuming only 100 calories per day surplus of what your body burns will lead to gaining roughly 9 lbs (4.5 kg) per year. And these 100 calories are very easy to acquire. For example, a 12 oz. can of Coca-Cola holds 155 calories, and a Kit Kat Wafer Bar has 218.

To eliminate these 9 lbs you would have to eat nothing for roughly 2 weeks. Or jog 51 hours, or walk 126 hours.
If you want to lose weight permanently after 40, be conscious of the small meals and snacks. These count as well.