Perimenopause Weight Gain + Loss
Are you a woman ranging from 39 to 53? If so, you are probably somewhere in perimenopause. You may have noticed you’ve put on ‘some’ weight… usually around the middle. You may have found the scales haven’t even gone up, but the pant sizes have. You’re probably also finding your cravings are a bit different at this age range while we are literally fighting to stay functional and alert throughout the day.
You probably also feel like you’ve tried everything to find normality. Have you ever tried to stick to a nutrition program you’ve bought online and still felt hungry? Still felt cravings for sugary or fatty carbs in the afternoons round the 3-4pm mark? Feeling like your children’s lunchbox baking is calling you? Or been for a run and your appetite was so ravenous throughout the day that you ate out the pantry and the fridge? I completely understand. I was there.
There are so many nutrition programs out there that tell you what to do, what to eat, and then leave you in hopes of being able to stick to them. Yes some people are great at sticking to things and changing their habits - that’s exactly what we want… but sometimes that’s just not enough. I can teach you the EASY AND DELICIOUS way to fuel your body through peri and menopause and beyond.
Back in 2011 I had my second child. Both my pregnancies resulted in gestational diabetes and weight gain. I felt terrible, sluggish, my clothes didn’t fit, and I just wasn’t at my best. I had been diagnosed as insulin resistant, and now had pre-diabetes, which is the step right before type 2 diabetes. My body really wasn’t processing carbohydrates properly and my metabolic function was in disarray. To cut a long story very short (you can read the full version on my about page on this website) I ended up getting into triathlon, getting fit and losing all my excess baby weight and was fit and trim for quite some time and still train today…..BUT…..
When I turned 39 I started slipping into perimenopause and putting on weight yet again. At first it was quite gradual, then it felt like an overnight slippery slope. By the time I hit 40 I was the heaviest I had ever been in my entire life - even heavier than when I was full term pregnant!
Not only that, but I was exercising every day - either walking or running. Not just flat runs either - a lot of hills. I was also doing strength sessions twice a week. You would have thought that SURELY I was doing ‘enough’ to lose weight. But that perimenopause weight was really difficult to budge! Because due to hormones the things we ‘used to do’ just don’t work anymore.
But don’t lose hope - there are some easy things you can do to drop that weight fairly efficiently. I came up with my own ‘program’ and following my own methods I was able to drop from Aussie/NZ size 14 to a size 8 and have lost 10kg! Plus I have energy to boot, improved my 10km running time AND am sleeping more soundly than ever. Before you ask - NO you do not have to be a runner to lose weight and to be honest - my running is not what helped me to lose the weight. Exercise only has a very small percentage of impact on the body fat we burn throughout the day.
So if you are fighting the “meno-pot’ and looking to lose that 5-15kg that you never ever wanted to find you - please reach out. I’d love to help ☺️