# @ciarafoyinc on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DVLxcrXkS3I
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/61793318-ciarafoyinc-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-02-25T14:17:49.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Ciara Foy // Nutritionist • Hormone Expert • 20 Yrs (@ciarafoyinc) — https://gondola.cc/ciarafoyinc

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I’m 49 and a nutritionist who’s spent 20 years helping women understand how they can support their own hormones and metabolic health. I see this pattern in almost every woman who can’t lose weight despite eating “healthy.”

The habit: constant snacking between meals.

Not your planned afternoon snack. I’m talking about:

“Just a bite” while cooking dinner
Finishing your kid’s leftovers
Mindless handfuls while working
Evening nibbles after dinner

Here’s what most women don’t realize: this pattern is often driven by under-eating at meals. When you’re not getting enough protein, fat, fibre and carbohydrates at breakfast and lunch, your blood sugar crashes and your body demands quick fuel. 

The snacking isn’t a willpower problem. It’s a blood sugar problem exasperated by eating too little.

Every time you eat, especially carbohydrates on their own, processed foods, or protein bars, insulin is secreted. 

When insulin is elevated your body prioritizes burning glucose for fuel and down-regulates fat burning.

After 40 this compounds because declining estrogen reduces insulin sensitivity, meaning your body has to produce more insulin to do the same job. Muscle loss reduces your body’s ability to dispose of glucose. And chronic stress keeps cortisol and insulin elevated throughout the day.

Constant snacking on top of all of this means insulin rarely drops. You stay stuck in sugar-burning mode, rarely tapping into fat burning.

What works: structured meals with enough protein, fat, fibre and carbohydrates to keep you genuinely full, with clear 3 to 4 hour breaks between them. 

This allows insulin to return to baseline so your metabolism can access fat stores the way it was designed to.

This isn’t theory. This is what the research shows and what I’ve seen work for thousands of women.

🔥 Done spinning your wheels? 

Comment “HORMONES” below and let’s fix this together. You’ll get your hormones tested, your bloodwork reviewed, a fully customized plan built around your goals and 6 months of coaching and accountability to make it stick. Spots limited.

#insulinresistance #metabolismafter40 #bloodsugarbalance #perimenopausehealth #fatburning

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fatburning, insulinresistance, perimenopausehealth, metabolismafter40, bloodsugarbalance

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