Day after day I was unknowingly starving myself.⁠ ⁠ At least that’s what my body thought was happening.⁠ ⁠ My life was crazy busy and I started skipping meals.⁠ ⁠ I had zero energy and every afternoon I had a headache.⁠ ⁠ And after repeating this pattern for a while, the less hungry I was.⁠ ⁠ Yet, I started to GAIN weight around my midsection ☹⁠ ⁠ So, I increased the intensity of my workouts.⁠ ⁠ But then I just became more tired, achy and irritable and my jeans still didn’t fit.⁠ ⁠ Aging, menopause? Sure that was part of it but it was really my eating habits that were making it worse.⁠ ⁠ You see, when you don’t eat enough to fuel your day, your body goes into starvation mode and releases a flurry of hormones designed to make you gain weight. ⁠ ⁠ As we age, our metabolism does naturally slow down and menopause begins to affect our hormones but there are things that we can do to speed up our metabolism and balance our hormones.⁠ ⁠ Number one: eat more food!⁠ ⁠ I know that sounds scary…...