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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If you’re in your 40s, navigating the ups and downs of perimenopause, you’ve probably felt that unpredictable slump: one minute you’re...

Hot flushes strike at the most inconvenient times. One minute you’re fine, the next you’re peeling off layers in a meeting, standing in a...

Many women in perimenopause are using GLP-1 injections to help with weight management and food cravings. If that’s you, you might have...

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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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You wake up feeling okay, but by lunchtime, you’re snapping at your partner, crying over an advert, or staring blankly at your screen,...

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You’re standing in the kitchen, staring into the fridge. Again. You’re tired, hungry, and completely over the question: “What’s for...

You walk into a room and forget why you’re there. You lose your train of thought mid-sentence. Words you’ve known your whole life seem to...

It’s 3pm. You’re standing in the kitchen, staring at the cupboard, wondering how the packet of biscuits is calling your name again....

You know that voice in your head—the one that whispers, “You’ve failed again,” when you reach for a biscuit at 4pm after a chaotic day?...

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If you've landed here, you probably know exactly what I’m talking about when I mention perimenopause fatigue. That deep-down, bone-weary...