Losing Weight After 60

For the most part, losing weight is simply burning more calories than you consume. However, experts have turned this simple idea into a very complicated process, which has led to lots of people getting rich with their original ‘new diet’ to lose and keep weight off…

This is one of the questions I get asked most often, so let me tell you what I’ve actually seen. After teaching Pilates to hundreds of women – most of them over 50 – here’s the honest answer: yes, it can help. But probably not in the way you’re expecting, and honestly, that’s a good thing…

The time for excuses is over. In this article I will discuss the 6 top mind sets you have to overcome if it is weight loss you are looking for. And not just weight loss, but sustained weight loss…

I’m going to tell you something that should not surprise you: Diets don’t work. After all, if they did, we’d all be skinny – and healthy. As a physician, I see many patients who are following one diet or another. In fact, it’s the exception for me to see…

Gaining weight after 60 is easy, isn’t it? I have my own reasons for that: stress eating on top of a low thyroid Hashimoto’s condition. Add in a month of COVID (in 2026!), breaking my leg when my dog ran after a squirrel, and just for fun, I had a heart ablation that went wrong, very wrong. Then there was the cataract surgery by a doctor who assured me she never makes mistakes…

Has your breakfast time gradually slid down the day? Originally, you had to be up early, get the kids out of bed, put something on the table for them, your significant other, and for you, and leave in time for work. As life went on, the kids moved out…

Most of us have heard so many diet theories that weight control can begin to sound mysterious. Low carb. Low fat. Fasting. Cleanses. Special foods. Magic supplements. No eating after 7 p.m. Eat like a caveman. Eat like a movie star. After a while, it is easy to feel that permanent weight control must be complicated. I don’t believe it…

You’ve been eating clean, moving your body, doing everything right. And yet there’s this stubborn weight around your middle that won’t budge no matter what you do. You’ve probably blamed your willpower, your metabolism, your age. But here’s what nobody told you: that belly has a name, it has a biological cause, and it responds to something most women over 50 have never even heard of…

Food is not just fuel for our bodies; it often serves as a source of comfort, pleasure, and even emotional support. However, when our relationship with food becomes problematic, it can lead to various concerns such as emotional eating, eating addiction…

As women, it has almost become a cliché that we take care of the rest of the world but don’t do a great job taking care of ourselves. We’re so busy looking after everyone else that we often place ourselves at the bottom of the list. Then we sense hunger…