# @ciarafoyinc on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DeIN3uKiLIR
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- **Posted:** 2026-10-05T21:53:12.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Ciara Foy // Nutritionist • Hormone Expert • 20 Yrs (@ciarafoyinc) — https://gondola.cc/ciarafoyinc

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Yes, you need a calorie deficit to lose fat. Nobody is arguing with that.

But try holding one on five hours of sleep. Try holding one when you’re bloated, exhausted and your hormones are all over the place.

I’m 50, and after 20+ years of working with women in perimenopause, here’s what I see most. You’re already doing the work. Your body needs more support before that work can pay off.

Here’s what I’d do, in this order:

1. Fix my sleep. In a 2024 study, cutting sleep by about 80 minutes a night for six weeks made women more insulin resistant, and postmenopausal women were hit hardest.

2. Support my gut. If you’re bloated and tired, start there. Your gut helps clear used estrogen, so gut health and hormones go together.

3. Steady my blood sugar. Fiber and protein before starchy carbs, every meal. Fewer crashes, fewer afternoon raids on the pantry.

4. Lift heavy. Muscle is where most of your blood sugar goes. I hip thrust 275 and I eat before I train.

5. THEN create the deficit. A small one my body can hold, because now it feels safe enough to let go.

Everything you’re already doing starts working once your body has that foundation.

I’m teaching all of it live in my free masterclass, Age Reversal Weight Loss Secrets for Women Over 40. Friday, October 16 at 8:30am PT / 11:30am ET.

You’ll learn the roles insulin and cortisol play in your weight, why your insulin resistance climbs in your 40s, and what you can start doing about it today. I’ll walk you through why it’s happening in your body, so you stop guessing.

If you want to lose weight before the new year, lose it in a way that makes you healthier. Lose it in a way that lowers your inflammation, lose it in a way that builds your metabolic health, lose it in a way that slows the aging process.

Follow me, then comment SECRET and I’ll send you your free seat.

Save this for the next time you’re tempted to cut harder.

Send it to the friend who’s doing everything right and still can’t move the scale.

#perimenopauseweightloss #womenover40 #hormonehealth #insulinresistance #guthealth

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guthealth, womenover40, hormonehealth, insulinresistance, perimenopauseweightloss

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