17/07/2026
Your metabolism doesn’t slow down with age.
I know, the news sucks. We do want to blame a lot on age and menopause!
💡 it slows down with sitting more, sleeping less, skipping meals, living on caffeine, and naming 4,000 steps a “busy day.” Age isn’t necessarily the problem. The habits that crept in while life got busier are.
Around ages 20-60, the total daily energy expenditure stays pretty stable. The real metabolic decline only kicks in after ~60 years of age, at average of 0.7% per year*
So the midlife “metabolism failing” is likely more about your movement, nutrition and sleep habits shifting over years without you noticing. If you look closely, what do you see changed??
Tell me some good news?! Well. You can actually do a lot.
You don’t need to eat either like a bottomless 20-year-old teenager or survive on fat free salads only (like in the 90s)
You can rebuild the basics the metabolism actually depends on: movement, muscle, cholesterol in check, meals that stabilise blood sugar and are nutrient rich, and sleep.
Yep, you can’t control the years, but you can stop blaming your birthday + absolutely aim to control your metabolic environment.
DM me or comment ‘metabolism’ if you’re ready to reset the
habits that are actually slowing it down.
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