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Nutritionists told how to lose weight properly after 30 years?
Last reviewed: 01.07.2025
Losing weight in your forties is especially difficult, as women themselves know firsthand. Doctors say that the problem arises mainly because women try to lose weight in the usual ways that are effective in younger years, but are not effective at this age.
What mistakes do women most often make when they try to lose weight at any cost?
- Low-calorie diets. Often women, especially after thirty, begin to experiment with various diets, of which the so-called low-calorie diets stand out. Conscientious attempts to reduce daily calorie consumption to a minimum threshold lead to the fact that weight really can be lost quickly. The problem lies elsewhere - success cannot be consolidated. Simply put, you can lose weight quickly, but you will not be able to stay in this shape for a long time. In fact, such diets are basically meaningless for the body - after all, they reduce nothing more than the volume of muscle mass, which after thirty is less and less anyway. Therefore, moderation is important for the diet, because the goal is to burn fat, and not all tissues in a row.
- Heavy and exhausting strength training in the gym, as well as special fitness nutrition (protein "diet"). Thanks to these exercises and food, you build up muscles, that is, your own muscle mass. Naturally, your volumes will decrease from it, but your health can deteriorate in the most unexpected way. Especially for those who have not previously been noticed in their love for gyms.
- Excessive passion for cosmetology. Changing your appearance with the help of plastic surgery should be accompanied by a corresponding change in your lifestyle and daily menu. Liposuction, facelifts, plastic surgery - all these are serious operations that require a whole regime of subsequent recovery. Therefore, in maintaining your beauty and slimness by surgery, additional support in the form of an appropriate diet is important. An option with some reduction in calorie content and a bias towards vegetables and fruits will help.
Remember that in any diet, even the most popular and fashionable, the main thing is how suitable it is for you and how you can combine it with your daily schedule. Remember that meals should be regular, but low-calorie. The most optimal diet is one that includes five or six meals, three of which are main and dense, and the rest are light. The assortment is approximately as follows: cereal side dishes, porridge, lean meat or fish, at least three meals of vegetables or fruits, vegetable oils.