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Got a belly bulge that won't budge? A pooch that won't vamoose? Are all the drop-5-pounds-fast

tricks that used to work for you increasingly useless? Blame the shifting hormones and slowing

metabolism that come with extra birthday candles. They have a way of rewriting the rules of weight

loss after 40. Here's how to fix that:

Lose That Over-40 Belly Fat Fast

Blame the pooch on the shifting hormones and slowing metabolism that

come

with age. Here are the new rules of weight loss after 40, with three easy

ways

to get rid of belly fat.

The belly bulger: rising blood sugar. At age 30, 10% to 20%

of women are insulin resistant -- which means their bodies ignore signals to

absorb blood sugar. By age 60, slightly more than half are insulin resistant,

thanks to drops in estrogen levels. Other hormone shifts, including rising

levels of the stress hormone cortisol, send fat to your belly for storage. And

belly fat doesn't just sit there. It makes trouble, releasing chemicals that

interfere even more with insulin. The real kicker is that insulin resistance

also seems to interfere with your ability to burn fat, making it even harder to

lose the belly.

The fix: Cut the carbs and stop the madness. Women who are

insulin resistant lose 50% more weight when they cut their carbs from 60% of

their food intake to 40% -- 24 pounds in 16 weeks versus 16 pounds -- according

to a University of Colorado study.

Some body changes over time are for the better. What do you like best about your body

today?

The belly-bulger: sleep problems. Tossing and turning all

night undermines your ability to burn fat and lose weight, even if you're

cutting calories to the bone! And poor sleep is a common complaint from early

menopause on, often lasting for years and running neck and neck with hot

flashes. The culprit? Again, hormone swings: dips in estrogen plus jumps in

luteinizing hormone (LH).

The fix: yoga. A gentle and soothing yoga routine (deep

breathing, relaxation poses) boosted sleep quality significantly in a University

of Washington study. All it took was a weekly class and 15 minutes of yoga a day

to cool off hot flashes and night sweats and relieve stress -- you know, the

kind that wakes you at 4 a.m.!

The belly-bulger: disappearing muscle. Sleek, toned, sexy

muscle burns about twice as many calories as fat. It's a cruel fact that,

starting in our mid-40s, we all -- men, too -- lose about 1% of our muscle mass

every year. And that accelerates when estrogen dwindles. Because every pound of

muscle torches about 7 to 10 calories a day, losing several ounces here and

there gradually leads to inches of fat appearing around your middle.

The fix: strength training. Challenging your muscles with

dumbbells, resistance bands, weight machines, or your own body weight (push-ups,

chin-ups) helps you build and keep precious muscle mass while you diet.

Researchers have found that older adults burn up to 12% more calories per day --

and that's not counting what you burn working out! -- after 26 weeks of strength

training.