I mean, WTF, right? There I was, enjoying midlife while exercising for a living on my YouTube fitness channel and doing a little bit of ultramarathon running on the side, when suddenly – goodbye regular periods and hello ten extra pounds.
Menopause completely changed my body.
And believe me when I tell you that I was not on board with those changes! I fought it tooth and nail, trying to over-exercise and under-eat my way back to my old body. Weirdly, though (okay, it wasn’t weird at all, because… biology) Mother Nature won the fight.
But as soon as I stopped fighting against my body, and learned what she needed in this new stage of life, the weight dropped off like magic.
Or, rather, science.