# @ciarafoyinc on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DVy8DtskrZM
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/61793308-ciarafoyinc-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-03-12T19:22:25.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Ciara Foy // Nutritionist • Hormone Expert • 20 Yrs (@ciarafoyinc) — https://gondola.cc/ciarafoyinc

## Caption

Skinny is back. And I have to say something.

I grew up in the 90s wanting to literally cut off half my legs so they would be smaller. That was the standard. 

That was the goal. And I’ve spent the last 20 years as a nutritionist helping women recover from that era and teaching them that muscle, strength and longevity are the real prize.

Then I saw clips from the red carpets this season.
Women who are visibly wasting away being celebrated. 

Medications developed for type 2 diabetics being used by women who simply do not want to eat. 

Muscle disappearing. Bones thinning. And everyone calling it a glow up.

I am 49. I am 5’3” and 115lbs and I am still 20% body fat. I hip thrust 275lbs. I eat enough to fuel that. My hormones are balanced, my bone density is strong, and I am aging in a way I am genuinely proud of.

But here is what keeps me up at night. My teenage daughter is watching this, less so my 22 year old. But the point is, a whole generation of young women is watching this. And we are not doing it again.

You cannot out-restrict your way to health after 40. You cannot medicate your way to longevity. The muscle & bone loss and metabolic decline in women who are under-eating and not resistance training is not subtle and it is not reversible.

Lift heavy. Eat more. Be the example.

Comment below if you grew up in the 90s and are DONE WITH THIS.

Save this for every young woman in your life who needs to hear it.

#womenover40 #perimenopause #muscleoverskinnyfat #liftingweights #hormonehealth

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liftingweights, womenover40, hormonehealth, muscleoverskinnyfat, perimenopause

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