Lose Weight For Life: 2010

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Good Things Utah

Take Shape For Life and Medifast Meals was highlighted this week on Good Things Utah. Here is the link www.abc4.com/mediacenter/local.aspx?articleID=95693

How are you doing on your New Years weight loss goals. If you are struggling don't despair. I can help you. I offer FREE health coaching to all Medifast and Take Shape For Life clients. So if you are serious about weight loss then contact me today at 801-367-8927.

I will also be doing a FREE Weight Loss Open House on Feb 4, 2010 at 7pm. You can enter to win a trip for 2 to Hawaii just for coming. So call today to find out more. 801-367-8927

Monday, January 11, 2010

Why do we gain weight as we age?

So the question I get often; 'Why am I gaining weight as I age?' I am eating the same but gain weight every year. Here is why:

· At any one moment in the U.S. - @50-60-% of pop. We all know the first law about losing weight: burn more calories than you take in. True, however not the whole truth. For most of us, it's just we spend too much time at the trough, however there are those patients who will swear that the small amount of food they're eating should be causing some weight loss.

· The other law we all have to face and deal with is that unless we take steps to exercise on a regular basis we will lose lean muscle mass, which is the furnace where we burn calories and our resting metabolic rate will gradually decline.

It’s a tough battle! After age 20, our metabolism decreases @0.5%/yr, mostly due to losing 5-10# of muscle tissue every decade. This means at age 30, we’re burning 5% fewer calories, 10% at age 40 (in other words, 5%/decade). In other words, you either cut calories as you age or pick up the exercise or both. Not a pretty picture. Do we need to encourage exercise? The chart below is from Talbott's book, The Cortisol Connection.

Change In Metabolic Rate & Weight Gain With Age

AGE (years)	Calorie Needs (daily)	Drop in Daily Metabolic Rate (from age 20)	Pounds of Extra Fat (from age 29)
20	2,000-2,500
30	1,900-2375	100-125	10
40	1,800-2,250	200-250	20
50	1,700-2,125	300-375	30
60	1,600-2,000	400-500	40
70	1,500-1,875	500-625	50
*without a corresponding change in diet/activity patterns
From Talbott, The Cortisol Connection,2002, p42.

Ray's Story

I started the Take Shape For Life 5 & 1 Plan weighing 280 lbs. and in just five months, I lost 80 lbs.! Since then, I've lost another 20 lbs. to reach my goal weight of 180 lbs. Not to mention that after just one month, I was able to get rid of my high blood pressure. After losing 100 lbs. total, I've become a marathon runner, and have maintained my weight of 180 lbs. I am very glad that I was introduced to Take Shape For Life and Medifast Meals. My life has turned around and I feel like a new person!

Rhonda's Story

Take Shape For Life has completely changed my life. My family was always overweight and rarely ate properly, so right from the beginning, I learned bad eating habits. I would usually just eat once or twice a day, so my body would hold onto the food like it was starving. Then I would go on a diet, lose a few pounds just to gain them back again. Then I got married and had three kids, which made it even harder to lose the weight. It was then that I heard about Take Shape For Life from my friend Shannon who had lost 63 lbs in less than four months. At first, I was unsure if I would be able to afford it, but then my mother went on the 5 & 1 Plan and had enormous success! I saw “the light,” and started using Medifast Meals myself. To date, I have lost over 57 lbs and have gone from a size 16 to a 6! I now have the energy to run after my three kids, and my husband is seeing me like when we first were married. Thank you Take Shape For Life. I will be eternally grateful for the awesome changes in my life.

Mary Jane Medlock's Story

Simply put - Take Shape For Life and Medifast Meals saved my life. Diagnosed with a fatty liver, among other serious weight-related ailments, my doctor warned me that if I didn't lose the weight, I would die. As a last alternative prior to Gastric Bypass Surgery, and with a strong will to live (and thrive), I decided to give Take Shape For Life a chance. Not only did I lose over 152 lbs. and shrink to a size 8, but I have also been able to go off ALL of my medications! I could barely walk or breathe seven years ago, and now I teach aerobics - soon to have my personal trainer certification. Thanks to Take Shape For Life, I now live my life in complete passion and fulfillment.