# @ciarafoyinc on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2026-06-02T18:30:13.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Ciara Foy // Nutritionist • Hormone Expert • 20 Yrs (@ciarafoyinc) — https://gondola.cc/ciarafoyinc

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She was 40 years old, a former competitive swimmer who ran marathons, co-owner of a thriving physiotherapy practice, mom to 4 kids under 10.

And she was almost 180lbs, exhausted beyond belief, gaining weight year over year. Her doctor told her she was on her way to Hashimoto’s and there was nothing she could do. Just wait until it was bad enough for a pill.

She said: I don’t accept that.

That’s Julia. And her story is this week’s episode of the Empowered Feminine Podcast.

After 20+ years specializing in women’s metabolic health, the pattern I see constantly is this: you’re doing everything the internet told you to do. The workouts. The walking. The clean eating Monday to Friday. And your body is still not responding.

What nobody tells you is that the rules actually change after 40. Hashimoto’s. Low iron at 17 when the target should be 70. HIIT workouts making the thyroid problem worse, not better. Mummy wine culture masking the exhaustion instead of addressing it.

None of it is your fault. All of it is fixable when you know the actual sequence.

Julia lost 20 lbs in the first 6 months. Then kept going. Her thyroid bloodwork stabilized. Her numbers stopped climbing. She has energy for her 3 kids with ADHD. She lost over 40 lbs in total. And now she has BIG dreams again and runs her own coaching program helping high-achieving moms of neurodivergent kids reclaim themselves.

She borrowed my belief in her until she had it for herself.

That’s what this work actually does.

New episode of the Empowered Feminine Podcast is live now. Link in bio. And go follow Julia at juleskreid 

Save this for the next time someone tells you there’s nothing you can do about your weight, thyroid, life with young kids in your 40’s. There is.

Follow for the nutrition science actually designed for women navigating perimenopause and hormonal changes after 40.

#perimenopause #hashimotos #womenover40 #metabolichealth #hormonehealth

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metabolichealth, hashimotos, womenover40, hormonehealth, perimenopause

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