😊 FIT & STRONG

💛With a client this week we talked about how awesome it is to be fit and strong & how great it feels! Another client walked 10km in the Masters in Timaru in the over 70 age group! 👏🏻

💛I’ve discussed before how we don’t want to be skinny & we also want to watch visceral fat (stomach) or liver rolls (bra line) or back fat which can all be harmful to our health.

❌TUMMY FAT….Sometimes we store fat because as Dr Libby says we churn out cortisol, our body believes we’re in danger and that food could be scarce, so it stores fat, rather than burning it.

❌It doesn’t know why you’re churning out cortisol, it only interprets the hormones that are being produced and acts accordingly—in its best effort to save your life.

❌And, for many women, over time, this leads to an increase in body fat.

OR TOO many people are led to believe that ageing and weight gain go hand in hand.

❌The thing is, if this was the. case, everyone would put on weight as they aged – and this does not happen. While it’s true that our body does change as we grow older, gaining weight with age is anything but inevitable.

📚Read this article about where fat is stored and why…

https://www.naturalhealthmag.com.au/content/what-your-body-fat-trying-tell-you

❌If you weigh yourself - I suggest you don’t!

Rather I believe in asking these questions and mostly is the best answer :

👍🏻Are you active in exercise?

👍🏻Are you hydrating the body - water?

👍🏻Are you eating a rainbow of vegetables?

👍🏻Are you eating 2-3 fruits per day?

👎🏻Are you limiting takeaways / brought lunches to 1-2 times per week?

👍🏻Are you making homemade not from a jar or packet meals?

👎🏻Are you limiting the Alcohol intake on weekends & not drinking during the week?

❌Reduce your need for sweets, fizzy, cakes, biscuits & scones or baked goods, white flour products, starchy carbohydrates & make sure they aren’t part of your every day?

💛To become HEALTHY FIT STRONG inside and out then changes to both our exercise & food choices plus sleep patterns, stress levels all need ticking?

❌DON’T kid yourself you’re healthy if you’re not ticking the boxes as one day you may need your health! And it takes time to improve it.

💛It’s never too late to make changes!

💛Ask if you want help! HEALTHY IS BEST!