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Weight Loss for a Grandmother (or Grandfather)
It’s different than you think.
I have some bad news for you. By the time you reach Grandparenthood, your metabolism is already shot.
It’s disturbing, I know. There’s nothing to be done about it. Move on with life. You can’t get over that mountain so you’ve gotta get around it.
You can’t lose weight by doing what you’ve done all your life. None of that works anymore, unless you’re extremely lucky or a freak of nature.
By way of a disclaimer, I’m not a health professional of any kind. I know there will be people who will argue with me and have the facts to do so — more power to you! I’m not saying you’re wrong and I’m right.
What I’m saying is that this is the truth as I’ve found it to be in my own life, so it must be true for other people as well. I’m going to publish this like the authority that I actually am. I’ve been through it. It’s completely true in my world.
About Your Metabolism:
It’s gone. There may be a few things that you can do to raise it a little bit from the dead and by all means, I encourage you to do them! It sure can’t hurt anything.
My resting metabolism is about 1200 calories a day. That means that if I eat more than 1200 calories in…
