I’m 49 and I’ve been a Nutritionist specializing in women’s metabolic health and hormones for over 20 years. And the number one thing I see destroying results for women in perimenopause? They get handed macros. They get told to be in a deficit. They start a progressive overload program. And then they quit. Not because they’re lazy….but because nobody fixed the actual problem. Here’s what’s really happening: Your digestion isn’t working the way it did at 35….hello bloat and exhaustion. 😤 Your blood sugar is swinging wildly. Your sleep is broken. Your cortisol is chronically elevated. And you’re expected to fuel a demanding training program on top of all of it. It’s like trying to drive a car with a cracked engine. The gas doesn’t matter if the engine is broken. A caloric deficit when you’re exhausted and hormonally dysregulated doesn’t create a lean body. It creates a stressed, inflamed body that holds onto fat. What actually works for women over 40: First fix digestion and nutr...