Managing your weight in perimenopause & menopause
If you caught Dr. Willey and I’s LIVE today on Instagram, it was focused on how to lose weight and manage your weight in your 40’s and beyond as you go through perimenopause and menopause. Here are 5 tips that will be life changing for you, whether you workout already or are just starting to change your lifestyle.
Watch our LIVE here!!
Top 5 Things you Can Start Doing TODAY!
Move! Start moving! Dr. Willey suggests taking a walk after your last meal of the day for 30-40 minutes. Grab wrist weights, soup cans or a weighted vest to make it more challenging and build muscle.
Visceral Fat can be caused by fatty liver disease. Symptoms are weight gain from the breasts to belly, bloating and This causes weight in the belly area and can cause diabetes, arthritis and more. Eat low calorie and low carb. If you can’t lose weight, treat your liver. Avoid processed foods, alcohol and Tylenol. 85% of Americans have Fatty Liver Disease. Taking Phosphatidxlcholine (1 gram a day) can help.
Aim for 40-50 grams of protein today. Eat your protein vs. drinking it. Dr. Willey’s favorites are fish and lamb. He suggests eating a more plant based anti-inflammatory diet. If you drink your protein, you change your hormones.
Heading to the gym? Think recovery. Lower calorie eating, more reps (25 reps of 3 sets per body part). This will help you get blood flow and increase muscle mass. Staying hours in the gym, increases your cortisol and causes more stress (fight or flight) and can cause weight gain. Cardio is good but focus on HIITT training and LSD training. There are lots of YouTube workout videos on this. Resistance training can help with osteoporosis, but also make sure your hormones are balanced.
Get your hormones balanced. See a functional medical dr or naturopath that can help you.
Bonus: Check out the supplements Dr. Willey likes for your perimenopause symptoms
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