Why does body sculpting become nearly impossible when we reach a certain age? Why do skinny, healthy, active people appear to reach a plateau and start going downhill after 50? These are questions plastic surgeons, dieticians, and weight loss coaches have been dealing with for years.
The short answer to why stubborn fat seems to become, well, more stubborn as we age (it’s not because we also get more stubborn) is because the body changes. In men and women, our bodily processes shift and change as we age. Hormonal changes re-wire how our bodies respond to diet and exercise, and they often make body sculpting more difficult.
Hormonal Changes and Body Sculpting
You might be asking, is there a way to manipulate our hormones to help our bodies burn fat the way we used to? While there may be some experimental procedures and treatments out there, they aren’t the most effective. When diet and exercise are no longer enough to maintain your body sculpting routine, alternatives such as laser-assisted weight loss procedures can help.
Hormones regulate your metabolism, which is how your body breaks down food into units of energy, measured in calories. Someone with a ‘high metabolism’ can break down food quickly for their body, which then has little trouble burning, rather than storing, that energy.
Fat cells aren’t tiny molecules of fat taking up residence in your belly. They are simply where your body puts the excess energy from the food it absorbs. Fat cells expand and contract depending on how much fat your body stores in them. As we age and metabolism slows down, because our bodies naturally transitions from needing to be highly active to not-as-active, the body will store more fat in cells usually around the midsection and other areas. Your body is just trying to save energy for a rainy day. Since it knows it’s getting older, it naturally stores more fat to help keep you alive when your body can’t function as it used to. The hormonal changes and the slowing of the metabolism is all part of the natural aging process.
That doesn’t help with body sculpting and stubborn fat, though, so let’s find a solution.
Laser Lipo: A Noninvasive Way to Eliminate Stubborn Fat
The stubborn fat we’re talking about is called subcutaneous fat. It’s stored in fat cells just under the skin. This type of fat isn’t the only kind your body has, but it’s always the one most cursed by people struggling with weight loss.
We know why losing weight is so difficult after turning 50, but there is a solution to this subcutaneous fat without going on an extreme diet and/or training for a marathon.
If you google ‘laser Lipo’, you’ll find a ton of sometimes wildly different procedures being described and shown on video. The only truly noninvasive procedures that actually work target the fat cells with lasers not to destroy them, but to get them to release the fat stored in them. This fat is released by cells and flushed out of your body naturally and painlessly.
For more information on how this body sculpting process works, contact Dr. Tred’s Slim Body Laser Spa today for a free consultation.
