Women Over FiftyTake the Challenge!For those of you who have been following this New Years seriesproven methods for achieving the success you wantIm inviting you, now, to step up to the plate. For those of you who are new to my blog and havent, as yet, had a chance to review the guidelines, I suggest you take a look at the process. Each of the steps can be found under posts made in January or those under Your Midlife Revival. As women over fifty, the majority of us have spent much of our lives putting the needs of oth
Cant Stop Gaining Weight During Menopause?Do we really gain weight BECAUSE of menopause or are other factors to blame? Many experts suggest that we actually gain weight during menopause for several reasons. As we age our metabolism slows and we lose muscle mass. Then, as our muscle is replaced by fat, our metabolism slows even more. Yikes! Without intervention its a never ending cycle. We dont exercise as often as we should, and we dont always do the right kind when we do exercise. We simply arent increasing our physical activi
Menopause Symptoms Start in the BrainMenopause Symptoms Start in the Brain Learning challenges old thought that menopause starts in the ovaries. Some of the most awful symptoms of menopause, such as hot flashes and dark sweats, have prolonged been believed to arise in the ovaries.But new research challenges that acquisition, and instead suggests that menopausal symptoms, at minimal in break, may commence in the brain.Thats because the hypothalamus and the pituitary secretor restraint reacting usually to oestrogen in whatsoever wo
40 IS THE NEW 30Really? Is that what they say? Cause, at 30, I don't remember my mother complaining of crow's feet, hot flashes and incontinence. Truthfully, I don't remember my mother at 30 because I was only 3, but trust me, she didn't talk about these things until she was closer to 50. If our generation is so youthful, so spry, so fountain of youth, then why are all my friends complaining that their bodies have hit the skids? My sister moans that since turning 40 she's had one long, chronic sinus infection