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There are days the constant bombardment of questions has me ready to catch the next ride to crazy town.
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I'm not talking about big, scary decisions but the daily ones. The decisions you need to make every single day.
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What's for dinner? When should I exercise? How many meals should I eat? When am I going to walk? What should I eat for a snack? Is this enough protein? What trim healthy fuel should I eat next?
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The level of panic that starts to set in makes me feel like Lucille Ball in "I Love Lucy" trying to deal with too much candy on the conveyor belt.
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It's all too much!
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When you live in this state of panic and constant decision-making, you are setting yourself up physiologically for increased cortisol levels. Those cortisol levels trigger your body to store fat at your waistline and create an uptick in inflammation.
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By leaving multiple decisions to the moment, you're increasing you...
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Are you seeking that ray of hope to finally conquer your weight loss journey and maintain a healthier you?
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Ready to leave behind the feeling of hopelessness and embrace the chance to shed those stubborn pounds for good?
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Let's take the confusion out of this process and get super simple on what works in menopause to shrink your waistline and regain your vibrant health; what you put on the end of your fork everyday matters. Making choices of good foods, whole foods, healing foods, and hormone-supporting foods will bring positive change in your body, but that's not all. Strength training twice weekly is essential to shrinking fat cells and increasing your metabolic rate. But a few more critical areas in your life are needle movers. Once you have created your fat-loss food plan and have a routine for strength training, you can start working on lifestyle factors. Sleep, Movement, and Stress play ...
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Wouldn't life be simpler if losing weight was actually a calorie-in/calories-out math equation? But in reality, eating less and exercising more does not guarantee you lose belly fat. And as you get older, it can create the opposite and cause you to increase in weight and inches instead. So, let's get this figured out. In menopause, your body needs supported hormones and strategic exercising to burn fat faster without burning you out.
A few decades ago, cardio was all the rage. Women couldn't get enough of it and thought this was the magic pill to weight loss. We now have the research to prove this is not true, and excessive cardio is not beneficial for women at any age. But in menopause, you for sure do not need more cardio.Â
Let's also clear up the confusion around cardiovascular disease and cardio exercise. Doing one doesn't negate the other. The cause of cardiovascular d...
What’s for dinner?
When should I exercise?
How many E meals have I had today?
When am I going to walk?
What should I eat for a snack?
Is this enough protein?
What Trim Healthy fuel should I eat next?
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Can you feel your increased heart-rate? Or the sweat beading along your hairline? Maybe you’ve found a nice quiet corner to hide in until all these questions go away.
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Has freestyling your Trim Healthy eating plan turned into a recipe for stress?
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Do you feel like you might just explode if you have to field one more question or make one more decision?
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While we don’t want to live in calorie counting land, living without a plan is a sure recipe for hormonal disaster.
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Let’s take a 30,000 foot view to see what is going on in your body when you try freestyling decisions every day.
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Estrogen serves as your main hormone to counter cortisol and works as a powerful anti-inflammatory agent.Â
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Cortisol is your primary stress hormone and high levels of it dumped into your...
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