Weight Loss, Personality & Age
Not only does your personality and age affect your weight, it also impacts the type of weight loss program that will work best for you. Some are more prone to
putting on weight due to their personality or age, while others are more likely to keep fit because of their
personality or age.
Is Your Personality Sabotaging Your Weight
Loss?
Studies have been done which showed that many people suffering from obesity tended
to act on the spur of the moment and did not have the ability to learn from their experience and act on what they
have learnt.
Your personality also influences the activities you take part in and whether these
activities will contribute to weight loss or sabotage it. If you enjoy exercise and
have plenty of energy you will find it a lot easier to lose weight than if you prefer watching
television.
Choose a Weight Loss Plan That Suits Your
Personality
If you are very sociable and love being around people then your best weight loss
program will probably mean plenty of support – personal training, diet support groups and friends who want to help
you lose weight and are losing weight themselves.
If you are a free spirit who hates having to follow rules then forget about a
rigid program and diet, you simply won’t stick to it. Whatever type of personality you have, you will have more
success at a weight loss program if you work with your personality instead of against it.
Does Age Affect Your
Weight?
We have probably all heard that as you get older it gets more difficult to lose
weight.
Why is this? Well, the first reason is that as you get older your metabolism will
slow down. The second is that your muscle tends to decrease while the percentage of fat increases. These two
factors means that you need less calories in your daily diet and if you keep on eating the way you did when you
were younger, it will result in weight gain.
Understand Your Age and Life Phase to Lose
Weight
At different ages we will have different needs and require different approaches to
weight loss.
When you’re young the problem of picking up weight may be due to too many nights
out, eating junk food and weight loss may require getting a better balance with eating healthier foods.
Between the ages of 30 and 50 is when most women put on weight as they may be
caring for the needs of their husband and children and may eat more than they need to or eat candy and sweets and
other unhealthy snacks with the kids.
During menopause women feel like eating more due to changes in hormones while
their metabolism is decreasing.
All of these different phases of life come with different reasons for putting on
weight and different things to watch out for in keeping them off.
Age and personality can play a big role in your weight gain, as well as in how you
go about losing weight and keeping it off. Learn to understand yourself better and you will be more likely to lose
weight successfully.
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