By Dr Wendy Sweet, Women’s Healthy Ageing Researcher & MyMT Coach If your waist is ‘thickening’, your body-shape is changing and you are going into or through menopause, then let me explain why! Are you feeling ‘bloated’ and your clothes feel tighter? Have your hot flushes increased too? Perhaps dieting and exercising aren’t working for you either? Despite over 30 … [Read more...] about 5 Reasons for your Weight Gain in Menopause
Menopause
The Right Carbs to Eat for your Hot Flush Control in Menopause
Never before has a generation of women been so confused about what to eat! When I take my ‘Masterclass on Menopause’ seminars I often ask those attending who is confused about food at the moment. Invariably the entire room puts up their hand. I’m not surprised. Because even with my own background working in exercise and nutrition education for years, when I hit menopause, I … [Read more...] about The Right Carbs to Eat for your Hot Flush Control in Menopause
Safety in Menopause Groups on Social Media
I am a member of different menopause Facebook groups and the comments I read each day suggest to me that there are so women out there suffering and they don’t feel like the people closest to them are listening or would want to listen. There is solace in these groups. Women feel like they have somewhere to go to vent, ask questions and seek advice etc. I have read many … [Read more...] about Safety in Menopause Groups on Social Media
Why Life Coaching is Beneficial during Menopause
Going through menopause can be very confronting and many women don’t realise that some of the symptoms they experience are due to ‘the change’. Seemingly crazy symptoms like anxiety, headaches, feelings of hopelessness and sadness can be menopause related, but women tend to think of only the obvious symptoms like hot flushes and cessation of menstruation. So they then often … [Read more...] about Why Life Coaching is Beneficial during Menopause
How to Tackle Hormonal Mood Swings
Infograph and copy supplied by Ghergich.com (originally published here) In an analysis of 41 published studies of women’s daily moods, more than half found a link between bad moods and menstruation. Moreover, women in the Penn Ovarian Aging Study reported an increase of depressive symptoms as they transitioned into menopause. If you feel like you’re on a hormonal roller … [Read more...] about How to Tackle Hormonal Mood Swings
