Your Old Lady Body
Whether you’re decades from your ‘old lady’ body, or it’s closer than you’d like, it’s never too late to looking after it!
Here are my 5 top ‘bang for buck’ tips:
Walk, walk and walk some more
Just don’t stop walking. It’s good for so many things, our mental health & mood, bones, joints, balanced & more. It’s also just one of those things that becomes a whole lot less enjoyable and harder the less you do it. So just keep doing it.
Start Strength Training (lifting heavy things).
Unfortunately there are no silver bullets when it comes to aging, but if there were one, strength training would be it, especially for women (because of those damn hormonal changes we go through) It helps build muscle mass, reduce your risk or can even reverse osteoporosis, supports your metabolism & weight management, hormonal health, pain management, joint mobility, reduce your risk of diabetes & heart disease AND it can protect your brain from alzheimers. 😅 See what I mean? Silver bullet.
Increase your protein intake to at least 1.6g/kg of body weight
most women aren’t having nearly enough protein in their diet. Most of us know about protein and muscles, but id you know we need protein as well for our bones? Yep, having enough protein can also help reduce risk of osteoporosis AND it helps manage our metabolism and brain health.
Stop intermittent fasting / cutting carbs
The research on these have been done on sedentary men. This style of dieting can actually backfire for women , especially peri/menopausal, menstruating or active women, and can mess with our glucose levels, appetite regulation, and body composition.
Prioritise your sleep
don’t underestimate the important of sleep as the FOUNDATION for all of the above, as well as our recovery, performance, mood & metabolism (actually, maybe I should have put this as number 1 🤔) There will of course be some things that aren’t within your control, but focus not he things that are – eat your meal >2hours before bed, no screens, dark, cool room, warm shower/bath before bed etc)
Which one of these can you start on today?