#336; Amanda Thebe; Navigating Menopause - weight gain, hormones, cardio, metabolism & muscle!

#263 with Amanda; https://open.spotify.com/episode/0ZQn8ejjmx4Opbw4Ub1Zg1?si=_V9edQndSMafO7Sp_nFtJg

https://amandathebe.com/book/

Progesterone & estrogen symptoms all over the body

Neurological also… everyone experiences it differently

Nutrition science is a science and it isnt made

Alot changes that impacts that ratio

Why do some women experience weight gain during menopause despite not changing their diet or exercise habits?

Can you explain how metabolism changes during menopause and how this impacts fat loss

- aka the myths around it knowing that it doesnt actually change

A more sophisticated approach, when you are in perimeno you cant risk winging it anymore. You need a strategy

Things will never work the same anymore becuase youre lifestyle is so much more different, your stress levels, maybe your sleep

Normalising the fat shift is so important

Also how we lose collagen and elastin so our skin is also less tight

Even HOW we move and how much we burn with the same movements drops because we do get slower…

As our metabolism does fall in our laste 60s and 70s… we physiologically also have our appetites reduce then but it increases for the wrong food and its hard if you havent built the lifestyle and habits around lean, strong, healthy

, the things that actually DO change and how we can keep our metabolisms fiery, our muscles strong and growing & avoid the dreaded meno-belly and fat gain most see

HOW we train

Grief of our youth going

Acceptance of menopause

Shifting goals

Just how much more important is protein as we age and how can shifting our nutrition approach to be more intentional about increasing protein not only in general but in each meal can help

I see snacking to be the biggest issue with perimeno and it becomes a new bad habit due to the emotional changes as well… what can women do to manage it?

What are some common myths about strength training for women over 40?

What role does recovery play in training for women over 40, and how can they optimize their recovery?

Mentioning you cant tell the hormone indflucenes i quickly want to tough on body image

Theres so many myths around cardio being bad for women in perimeno, especially long steadystate aka zone 2. I speak at lengths about this on how its super beneficial bc estrogen for heart drops so theres that need for added heart health

But its all about lifestyle, training and nutrition in one

Can you recover

Are you feeding it

Are you being silly and cutting carbs and doing crash diets trying to burn fat and lose weight with cardio or use it as a health tool

We were talking about symptoms before like hot flashes sleep etcetc -

Going based off symptoms

(jen gunter)

HRT, so many myths around oit being artificial hormones in your body is bad, youll just gain weight when you stop them, etcet… can we further on our last podcast together on this in how and where HRT plays a role, when to seek help, how to seek help and advocate for yourself because many docs are unaware

And how to test for it because sadly many are so out of the loop with research on the best testing… so they jump through loops where from what i understand, when youre of a certain age is most important to go by symptoms to then prescribe it and then test from there

How can HRT improve energy & motivation + help peoples health and fitness and physique goals?

Alcohol - how can this impact hormones, fat gain, sleep and all the other things… id add in impacting recovery, muscle and strength training etc…

How else can it impact women and what are the health effects around menopause!

Especially with symptoms