I’ve been in the fitness and nutrition industry for nearly 15 years. I know what it takes for my body to look and feel optimal, yet at the age of 40 I felt like my body started to do me dirty. 

 

Everyone around me (including my doctor) kept telling me what I was feeling and seeing was all in my head, “because 40 is too young to be experiencing perimenopausal symptoms”. 

 

Nothing else had really changed in my lifestyle. My diet was on par. My training at the gym was on par - on par with what I had always done to garnish results, that is. 

 

Mentally I was not in a good place. I was working really hard and gaining weight every time I stepped on the scale (which was far too often). 

 

I wasn’t sleeping well, I was stressed about my health, my motivation and discipline went down the drain and things went from bad to worse very quickly.