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with Jacquie Dale www.realnutrition.co.nz
Protect Your Bones with Weight Training Weight-bearing exercise that works
the muscles and keeps them strong is one of the best ways to maintain bone density. Osteoporosis is a major New Zealand health issue. It affects more than half of women over the age of 60. Prevention is the key when it comes to bone loss. Picture your skeleton as a living structure – your bones store minerals, make blood cells, protect vital organs and provide your body with a frame. Next visualise your muscles – muscles attach themselves to your skeleton and give you your shape. Muscles exercise and support your bones. If it weren't for your muscles you wouldn't be able to stand up or move. As we age we begin to lose up to 2% of our muscle mass per year. This equates to as much as a kilo of muscle loss a year for some women.
Distract Yourself and Lose Weight If you're feeling steamed up and your
normal way of dealing with it is to head to the biscuit tin, distract yourself with a non-food activity like sorting out your wardrobe, surfing the web or playing a video game – anything to change your focus. Draw up a list of alternative activities you could distract yourself with when you are feeling emotional. The key is to choose something from the list to do instead of hitting binge mode. Be creative, don't put boring things down that you know you will never do, then practice, practice, practice. New habits are muscles that just need to be strengthened over time. Repetition will make it easier and easier to control emotional eating.
78 | December/January 2012 | HER MAGAZINE
