Oestrogen & weight gain in menopause coupled with less movement, processed diet & stress,can keep the abdominal weight expanding.
Many of my middle-aged clients come to me to help shift the belly fat that’s crept on in the last few years and won’t shift despite a healthy diet and regular exercise. It’s our biology ladies! As well as using Endermologie to tackle that stubborn fat and reduce your waistline, Endermologie’s lymphatic drainage effect means it reduces the overall inflammation associated with menopause.
This post from @menopausespecialist is a great explainer about why we stack on the weight in peri-menopause:
Noticed a shift in body weight recently, yet your movement, lifestyle and eating habits haven’t changed? During peri/menopause, it’s common for women to notice an increase in weight, particularly around their abdominal region.
• As detailed above, the decline of oestrogen during peri/menopause can lead to weight gain. Coupled with a lack of daily movement, a processed diet and a stressful lifestyle, the abdominal weight can keep expanding.
• Treatment with Oestrogen Therapy, along with lifestyle changes, can help reduce this weight gain. Benefits of Oestrogen Therapy include: Short-term symptom relief and long-term prevention of heart disease, osteoporosis, dementia, diabetes and depression.
Over the next few weeks, I’ll be sharing more on this topic, highlighting a number of different contributing factors to this weight gain. Have you been doing anything to manage your weight during peri/menopause? 