Right. So it’s 2pm on a Tuesday and I’ve been sitting at my laptop since 9am and the thought of going for an actual walk, outside, in proper clothes, with shoes on, is genuinely not happening. But also I’m very aware that I’ve had lunch and I’m already feeling that post-meal slump that used to…
It was 3pm on a Tuesday, and I was standing in my kitchen staring into the fridge like it owed me money. I wasn’t even hungry. I’d had lunch. A good lunch. And yet there I was, absolutely convinced I needed something sweet, something salty, something anything, right now, immediately, no further questions. I grabbed…
You’re doing everything right. Eating well. Moving your body. Getting (some version of) sleep. And yet there it is. Right there in the mirror, in the waistband of your jeans, in the way your body just feels different. The belly fat that arrived somewhere in your early forties and has absolutely no intention of leaving….
Right, picture this. It’s 7:30pm. Dinner is done. The dishwasher is on. And I’m sitting on the sofa feeling pleasantly full, scrolling through nothing in particular and telling myself I’ll “be more active tomorrow.” That was me, before I discovered that the most powerful thing I could do for my perimenopause weight loss had nothing…
Cortisol is the hormone nobody talks about in perimenopause and it might be behind your weight gain, broken sleep, cravings, and exhaustion.
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