You’ve reached your weight loss goal—congrats! Now to keep those pounds from creeping back on. Research shows[1] that 20% of overweight people who lose at least 10% of their starting weight will keep it off for at least one year, but then there’s the other 80%… A lot of people succeed at weight loss, but then have trouble maintaining it.
Menopause is a time of many ups and downs. You may be happy to be rid—or almost rid—of your period.
Tuesday, 7pm and your child just finished soccer practice; time for fast food burgers. Friday, 5pm and you’re not cooking tonight; so you hit a local diner. Sunday, noon and it’s your mom’s birthday; celebration at an Italian restaurant. Sound familiar? If so, you’re not alone. On average, one out of every three meals is eaten away from home.
It’s Monday morning, 5:00 am, pitch dark and freezing cold outside. Your alarm goes off, and although you had every good intention of hopping out of bed and hitting a morning fitness class, you hit “snooze” instead. After all, no one to disappoint but yourself, right?
Remember recess? You crisscrossed the school-yard, chasing besties and butterflies with joyful, heart-pounding abandon, and you embraced all that movement as your reward for sitting and paying attention in class all morning.
