Eating to build muscle and lose weight after 50 isn’t just about what’s on your plate, it’s also about fueling your body to thrive. This video is full of meal tips that will keep you satiated and energized all day. Plus, the truth about what coffee & wine does to your body. Let’s make your meals work harder for you.
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I eat only two meals per day. I cannot eat three meals; it is too much for me. I prefer to work out fasted in the mornings and then eat around noon or later as my first meal, high protein very low carb. My second and last meal is best eaten between 6 and 7 PM, also high protein and low carb. I'm in my 60's and I'm working on burning fat and building muscle. I do not drink alcohol and cannot eat any grains.
I only drink wine or beer in the weekends, I can't and don't want to stop 💯 % .
From Philippines here..very amazing content..I learned a lot,here in the Philippines everything is organic,I am 49 worried for skin sagging😍thanx for the info mam..
this woman has experience , knowledge and education yet I lost all respect for her when she says walking isn’t exercise. It absolutely is and it is enough for some people. I’m 57. I have three kids. I’m 53 I weigh 105 pounds. I’m very healthy. I’m on zero medications and have never been on any. I’ve never been sick or hospitalized. Never missed a day of work and I still work 40 hours a week. I just had a physical have zero health issues. My blood work is perfect. My blood pressure is perfect. The only thing I do other walking is light handweights dumbbells, and a kettlebell but I’m not obsessed with it. I eat very healthy and just use common sense. I’m a nurse so I do have some knowledge. I watch my calories and my macros. I don’t do any intermittent fasting nonsense or keto or plant based only craziness. I will never go carb free.
I swear a lot of these influencers they don’t realize but they are in themselves are disordered eating
What do you use for your salad dressing?
I eat gelatin a lot for my bones hair nails
I make homemade oatbran muffins with flax seed chia seeds, bananas selenium , cranberries
Stopped drinking wine, occasional pizza, and coffee! No more hot flashes, and have better sleep! Even while on hrt, if I had any of those, I’d get a hot flash and sleep would suffer if drank any amount of caffeine. 😢
I laugh when I hear the term "skipping breakfast". The word, breakfast, only means that you are breaking your fast. So, if you skipped your breakFAST, you would never eat! You can't skip breakfast. Your breakfast is just the 1st meal that you eat in a day. Whether that is 8am, or 8pm, that is your breakfast 😂
I need 2 eat breakfast first 😊
Do you have a recipe book? I don’t see the 7 day plan after I calculate my protein intake?
I can’t skip breakfast but thank you for telling me what’s the best thing to eat for breakfast I’m 42 and I’m really trying to loose fat and gain muscle
So beneficial, thank you! I'm curious as to the skin care products/ingredients you may use on your skin.
Good morning JJ. I follow you and follow much of your advice on supplements, and I am trying to prioritize strength building with weights. I just turned 58 and as I mentioned in a comment on another video, thankfully I have no bone loss at this point and relatively high muscle mass. I purchased a Renpho scale (on your advice) and it shows my body fat is high, so I’m working on that, but it’s BMI, so I’m not sure it’s a completely accurate picture given my other measurements. I have been living a fasting lifestyle (20 hours) for the last year. It helped me to lose about 35 pounds-I still want to lose about 10 more, but I’m ok where I am-especially if I get going on the muscle building. I do think the fasting helped me with some things other than losing weight, but now that I am much happier with where I am overall, I am struggling with whether to continue with the 20 hour fast so this video is perfect timing. I know I am not getting enough protein. My eating window is 4 PM – 8 PM- give or take 30 minutes to an hour. I work full time as a middle school teacher, so fasting is easy. We only get a 30 minute lunch and my lunch period is at 10:22 AM. When I break my fast after school around 4-5 o’clock, I try to do it with protein. It is usually cottage cheese with some Greek yogurt. After that I am so satiated it is hard for me to eat much more. Around 6:30 we’ll have our evening meal which always includes protein, vegetables and a healthy carb, but again, I cannot eat much. I have thought about reducing my fasting window or eliminating it, but it has been so easy for me and the only thing I’ve done that helped me lose weight and keep it off (even ebbing and flowing in and out so I didn’t miss out on my life), eliminate food worry and overall eliminate stress. I’m afraid if I go away from a fasting lifestyle I will gain the weight back. I agree with the wine or any alcohol, but I know for a fact that it affects my sleep and my weight. I haven’t completely eliminated it, but I drink much, much less. I often go an entire week or longer with no alcohol. I do want to try the Dry Farms, but haven’t yet. I guess I rambled with this comment when I should just follow your advice in the video, but I am really afraid of going back to where I was with constantly gaining and losing the same 30-40 pounds over and over and being miserable about my body and constantly anxious about my health and food. Practicing and living the 20 hour fast eliminated all of that but I know I’m not getting in the protein I need which is now my greatest concern. Thanks!
Fabulous advice as ever. I agree so much with the alcohol advice. Sadly it impacts our sleep training and weight so much as well as not being good for mood. My struggle is I’m trying to lose some body fat (weight) but getting the additional protein can be challenging
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