TMHS 867: Lose Stubborn Weight & Transform Your Fitness When Your Hormones Change - With Autumn Calabrese

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Feb 5, 2025

In this engaging conversation, Autumn Calabrese, a certified health coach and fitness program creator, shares her journey to reclaim her health after hormonal imbalances. She discusses the misunderstandings surrounding women's health and the impact of hormones on fitness and mood. Autumn dives into the significance of bioindividuality, blood sugar management, and the role of dietary fat in hormonal function. She also highlights the benefits of Pilates and breathwork, advocating for tailored approaches to wellness and stress management for women.

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INSIGHT

Misleading Messaging in Women's Health

Women are often told to accept unhealthy weight gain as normal.
However, they're not told about hormonal changes, blood sugar, stress, and nutrition's impact.

ANECDOTE

Autumn's Hormonal Shift

Autumn Calabrese gained five pounds in one week and felt terrible, despite her healthy lifestyle.
She cried and felt embarrassed while teaching a workout, prompting blood work that revealed hormonal imbalances.

ADVICE

Addressing Hormonal Imbalances

Tweak carb intake, increase healthy fats, and reduce high-intensity exercise.
Manage stress through breathwork and consider supplements like ashwagandha, rhodiola, magnesium, and zinc.

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Everyone deserves to feel strong, comfortable, and healthy in their body. Yet for years, half of the population has been overlooked not only in scientific studies, but also in doctor’s offices across the world. Women who are dealing with issues from stubborn weight gain to mood swings have largely been dismissed and left to unnecessarily suffer with debilitating symptoms. Today, fitness icon Autumn Calabrese is back on The Model Health Show. Autumn is a certified health coach, author, and the creator of several fitness programs that are designed to help women feel their strongest. In this interview, she’s here to discuss her experience reclaiming her health, what our culture gets wrong about women’s health, and how regulating your hormonal health can change everything. You’re going to learn about topics like cortisol, bioindividuality, blood sugar management, and much more. Autumn is sharing her personal experience with Pilates, breathwork, supplementation, and how these lifestyle changes inspired her new program. I hope you enjoy this interview with Autumn Calabrese!

In this episode you’ll discover:

Why the common messaging around women’s health is misleading.
The role that hormones play in women’s health.
How dietary fat impacts hormonal function.
The exact steps Autumn took to reclaim her health.
Why exercise can act as stress in the body.
How doctors often write off women’s health concerns.
The important role of bioindividuality in nutrition and exercise.
What Autumn learned from pivoting to Pilates.
The benefits of Pilates.
How blood sugar management affects hormonal health.
The connection between sugar intake and processed foods.
Why we need to reframe the way we think about alcohol.
The health advantages of breathwork.
How to intentionally create healthy habits.

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