How to lose weight at menopause is one of the questions I’m most often asked by my clients.
And the answer is quite often a surprise.
It’s not about cutting calories, weighing out food, eating low-fat, going vegan or doing a lot more exercise.
It’s also not about going on a diet and then reverting to how you used to eat when you’ve lost the weight you want.
The secret to losing weight at menopause is all about managing your blood sugar levels.
When you eat sugary food and refined carbohydrates, your blood sugar spikes really quickly, pushing it outside the narrow range it needs to be kept in to be healthy. To stop this sugar from damaging your blood vessels and arteries, the hormone insulin is produced to push that sugar into your cells where it can be used for energy. And if it’s not used for energy, it’s turned into fat.
The key to losing weight therefore is to stop this from happening and start burning through your fat stores instead of laying down more.
The easiest way to do this is to stop eating the sugary and refined starchy carbohydrates that are causing havoc with your blood sugar, not to mention your other hormones.
At menopause we become more resistant to insulin, so balancing blood sugar becomes even more important.
Eating enough protein and healthy fats also helps to balance blood sugar, as does getting enough sleep, exercising and managing stress.
Balancing blood sugar is one of the key pillars of The Menopause Method, my personalised 16-week 1:1 nutrition coaching programme.
This is for you if you'd like to get to start losing weight healthily and sustainably so you have more energy and fit back into your clothes again.