If you are reading this and feeling confused about food in perimenopause, I want to start by saying this very clearly: • You are not failing. • You are not lazy. • You are not lacking willpower. • You are not “bad at being healthy”. You are living in a body that is changing, and nobody really prepares women for how much perimenopause can affect appetite, energy, cravings, weight, mood, sleep, and confidence around food. This is exactly why I created the Perimenopause MOT. Thi

Today I want to share something personal with you, because I think a lot of you will recognise yourselves in it. I hesitated before writing this. It talks about weight, losing weight and the scales. I know that for many women, especially in perimenopause, those topics can be loaded, emotional, and sometimes triggering. If this feels like something you would rather not read today, that is completely okay. Please look after yourself first. I’m sharing this not to promote weight

Every January, the same messages appear: New year, new you. Time to reset. Detox your body. Start again. If you are in perimenopause, those messages can feel even heavier because you are already dealing with significant change. Hormones are shifting, sleep may feel fragile, energy can be unpredictable, emotions may feel like a rollercoaster, and you might even notice that your appetite is different. So being told you now need to completely reinvent yourself can feel overwhelm

Ah, Christmas. The season of twinkly lights, frantic WhatsApp groups, three different school events all happening on the same day, and the annual moment where you stare at a festive buffet wondering if you should feel bad about wanting a sausage roll. If you're in perimenopause, you're already juggling hot flushes, anxiety, joint aches, brain fog, middle of the night awakenings, and emotions that can swing harder than your aunt Linda after two glasses of Baileys. You do not  

If you have ever found yourself staring at the crumbs someone left on the kitchen counter and suddenly felt like you might burst into tears, please know this: it makes complete sense. It is often the smallest thing that tips you. That moment where something minor feels enormous is not a sign that you are falling apart. It is a sign that your brain is already at capacity. And if you are in perimenopause, that feeling can show up more often than you expect. Christmas is creepin

If you have found yourself searching for foods that boost GLP 1 (the hormone targeted by weight loss injections) or wondering whether there are natural ways to support appetite and cravings without going straight to medication, you are definitely not alone. So many women in their forties come to me saying the same thing. Their appetite feels different. Cravings feel louder. Portion sizes feel harder to judge. And the way they used to manage their weight seems to have stopped

If you’re in your 40s and deep in the perimenopause trenches, you already know how unpredictable your mind and mood can feel. One day you’re fairly steady, doing your thing. The next? You’re tearful, irritable, overwhelmed… or standing in the kitchen wondering why you opened the fridge and what you were even looking for. Mood swings. Brain fog. Sudden drops in motivation. Emotional sensitivity. Forgetfulness. PMS that feels dialled up to maximum. And a mental load that alread

If you’ve recently found yourself hovering around the kitchen, rummaging for something carb-y, comforting, or sweet, even when you’ve eaten, please know this: you’re not alone, and you’re not doing anything wrong.   Women tell me all the time: “I don’t understand why I suddenly want bread or chocolate all the time.” “I’ve never been like this before, what’s happening to me?”   Perimenopause cravings can feel intense, unpredictable, and sometimes completely out of character. O

Perimenopause isn’t a neat, predictable chapter of life. It’s messy, exhausting, and often catches you off guard. One day you’re ploughing through your to-do list, the next you’re wide awake at 3am, dripping in night sweats, and eyeing up the biscuit tin before lunch. If that feels familiar, you’re not doing anything wrong. You’re in perimenopause. And while we can’t stop the hormonal rollercoaster, food can play a huge role in how you feel, without dieting, calorie counting,

by Justina Triasovaite, Women’s Health & Hormone Specialist PT If you’ve reached your 40s or early 50s and feel like your body no longer...

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You walk into a room and forget why you’re there. You blank on the name of someone you’ve worked with for years. Or you reread the same...

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