At any point in life, losing weight means a lot as it helps to improve your health and saves you from potential health risks. A 60-year old woman may be told to relax and not engage in any physical activities, or bother about her health, which is not totally right. Here are some ways to help a female of age 60 to lose weight:
1. Focus on fat loss, not weight loss
A general rule says that your waist size should not be more than half of your height. So basically, if your height is 64 inches, your waist size should no be larger than 32 inches. This is a principle that should guide you.
As you grow older, you should strive to maintain your muscle, organ tissue, or bone mass, hence the need to concentrate on losing fats only and not weight. You can make use of body fat measurement tool like calipers, to help you keep track of how much fat you lose or gain on a daily basis.
2. Drink enough water
Taking enough water is a recurring rule for anyone at all who wants to lose weight or boost their overall health. Increase in age causes the hypothalamus to get desensitized, and dulls thirst signals, which is one important reason why taking water constantly should be kept into consideration as you age.
Water helps in a lot of ways, and saves you so many health risks. Water is vital for metabolism and digestion, and with enough water taken daily, you won’t go hungry all the time and this will prevent you from eating in excess. Don’t be scared of taking water just so you won’t have to run to the bathroom every minute; since it’s for the betterment of your health, why not go ahead and drink as much as you can?
3. Feed on more protein
You shouldn’t, by any means, avoid protein in your diet, especially as an adult. You need it more at this time of your life. Proteins in the body will help you to build muscle, and help counteract any muscle loss that may result from aging.
4. Be flexible
Being flexible will give you an easier approach to any physical activity you do. It is true that aging comes with many pains and aches that can affect your body’s flexibility; nevertheless, you can still make it work by doing few stretches daily, or enrolling in a yoga class.
Losing weight comes with many benefits like standing out among your peers, improved immune system, long life, and improved health status.
Thanks for sharing these tips to lose some weight after 60, I’m working on it with no good results so far, but I liked you pointed to focus on lose fat and not weight, I’ll do my best to keep at it.
64 here, work out 3 days a week with a trainer and 2 days on my own. Intermittent fasting, from 7pm to 11am. Making 75% good choices, no dairy, sugar or flour. Very depressing to have only lost 3 pounds in 7 weeks. UGH