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Midlife Weight Gain – What’s causing your weight gain around the middle … and how to reduce it?

Midlife weight gain can make you feel heavy, lethargic and down about yourself. But what's causing it and what can you do about it? If you only have to look at cake to put on weight or you're often 'hangry', then you might be on the blood sugar roller-coaster. This blog explains along with tips of how to get off it. www.midlifemenu.com/blog/midlife-weight-gain2

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Back on track after Christmas - 3 things to focus on

It can be hard to get back on track after a couple of weeks of indulgent eating, especially if there are goodies still around. You might feel you're on a sugar roller coaster with carb cravings kicking in. This blog details three areas to focus on along with easy tips to help you get back on track after Christmas. midlifemenu.com/blog/back-on-track-after-christmas

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How to navigate the festive period without the Christmas weight gain

The average person experiences at least a few pounds of Christmas weight gain. This can be demoralising if you've been working hard to eat heathily. Plus with midlife weight gain happening too we don't need the additional Christmas weight gain undoing all our hard work. This blog post will navigate Christmas eating. www.midlifemenu.com/blog/christmas-weight-gain

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5 Ways to Naturally Lower Your Christmas Stress Hormone (Cortisol)

As midlifers we tend to have a lot going on in our lives which can cause stress trying to fit everything in. At Christmas our stress levels can rise further as additional jobs get added to our to-do list. This can have an effect on our main stress hormone, cortisol, which can negatively affect our health and weight loss efforts. Find out five ways to reduce your main stress www.midlifemenu.com/blog/stress-hormones

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Five Quick and Easy Weight-Loss Friendly Christmas Snacks

Christmas snacks are everywhere over the festive season. We already make over 200 food decisions a day and with the highly tempting additional Christmas snacks around it can be hard to stay on track especially if you're trying to lose weight. This blog gives you 5 weight-loss friendly Christmas snacks to try this yuletide. www.midlifemenu.com/blog/christmas-snacks

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Food Preservatives - what you need to know as a healthy midlifer

Food preservatives are so common today that it's virtually impossible to avoid them. As a health conscious midlifer you're probably doing better than most and choosing wholefood, fresh foods over packaged, processed goods. But it's good to know what food preservatives to look for and which are safe and which to avoid. www.midlifemenu.com/blog/food-preservatives

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Midlife weight gain - Haven't Changed Anything in Your Diet But Getting Fatter?

Midlife weight gain around the middle can be due to many reasons and not necessarily a particular food or drink that you're consuming. It can be frustrating if you haven't done anything different but you're experiencing mid 40s weight gain. Find out what you can do to reduce or halt your midlife weight gain. www.midlifemenu.com/blog/midlife-weight-gain

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How to read food labels to help you lose the weight around the middle

Food labels are supposed to help consumers make better nutritional choices. However, research suggests that while people can interpret the information they don't use it to inform purchases. This four step blog explains how midlifers can use food labels to help fight the weight around the middle. www.midlifemenu.com/blog/food-labels

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