The Healthy Living Blog

 Let’s talk about something that’s easy to overlook when you’re tired, stressed, and just trying to get through the day:

How you’re fuelling your body.

In peri-menopause and beyond, your hormones are shifting. Estrogen and progesterone drop, which affects:

• Mood

• Sleep

• Metabolism

• Body temperature

• Energy

• Cravings

• Muscle and bone maintenance

And while we can’t “fix” that with one magic food or supplement, how we eat can absolutely help.

1. Stop under-eating

This is one of the biggest issues I see.
So many women try to eat less to lose weight… it's a narrative we've been sold for decades now…but that often backfires in mid-life.

Why?

Because under-eating increases cortisol (your stress hormone), which:

• Makes you feel anxious or flat

• Disrupts sleep

• Encourages fat storage (especially around the middle)

• Lowers your ability to build or maintain muscle

You need to eat enough to support hormone function, muscle repair, and bra...