small bursts of movement throughout the day, they make a big difference. You're going to burn

overall calories. You're going to keep your body in motion. You keep in functional movement.

And then you're not sitting. That's the biggest problem is sitting too much. Hi, I want to welcome

you to Midlife Conversations. I'm Natalie Jill, your host, and I help Midlife Women redefine

and rebrand aging. On this podcast, I do what I do best,

taking complicated information and conversations around aging that are relevant to us now

and breaking it all down simply with actionable steps that you can implement to level up

your life because your best years are yet to come. I also regularly interview some of the most inspiring people living in their best midlife

years.

On this show, I cover topics about our health, hormones, navigating weight, blood sugars,

our mood, focus changes, even our relationships, career changes, beauty, and more.

I'm about to share the top five belly fat burning hacks for women over 50 because did you know that the average woman loses five to 10 percent of her muscle masses

in her 50s and less muscle, as you know, means slower metabolism, which primes your body to store

more fat. And that fat, a lot of it goes to that midsection. And fluctuating hormones to the mix, we add that in. And you've got a recipe for a major belly fat problem. So we're going to dive into that today because if you don't start addressing that now, it's just going to get worse. It's going to start snowballing. And it's going to make it harder and harder and harder with each decade to lose that belly fat and to keep up with that muscle loss and prevent it. But here's the thing, you don't have to live with this. I've got five simple hacks coming up to fight back and burn that stubborn belly fat for good starting today. Are you ready to dive in? Before we get started, if you are not yet subscribed to my YouTube channel, make sure you hit that subscribe button if you're watching on YouTube so you don't

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and pictures that go along with what I'm teaching and talking about. All right, so let's dive in.

First, let's talk about why we are gaining belly fat and why we're losing this muscle mass,

which creates this change overall in our 50s. Well, number one, the obvious

one is hormone hormonal imbalance. So in menopause and leading up to it, so you think of perimenopause

could be up to those 10 years leading into menopause. And then definitely manopause and

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