04/12/2024
Top tip no 3 for surviving December during (peri)menopause:
👉🏻 Ditch or reduce anything that puts additional stress on your already fizzy system. It is very easy to get totally wired from stimulants like caffeine and sugar. And rather than a toddler getting a full blown meltdown (which could of course happen) you are more likely to end up anxious, overwhelmed, tearful, edgy, shouty, irritable or go down with a migraine, a strained joint or tendon and palpitations…😵💫
So to help keep your nervous system regulated and your sleep vaguely intact, please avoid or at least reduce your intake of caffeinated and fizzy drinks, alcohol, sugar, highly processed foods, easy carbs (white bread, pasta, cakes and biscuits made with white flour and often lots of sugar) and replace them with simpler whole foods or home made equivalents. 🧁
Any festive time has been turned into a sugar-fest by the current dominating culture and it’s okay to choose differently. Of course we all like a treat every now and again and you don’t have to turn into the healthy food police but remember you and your body take the hit, no-one else. And in particular when your reserves and resilience are lower due to the major physiological transition of menopause you need to be kind on your body, which has a direct impact on your mental wellbeing. 😃
So be prepared. Have some simple snacks (apples, dried fruit, nuts) at hand when you might be tempted. Or practise some simple phrases when you are offered yet another box of celebrations and biscuits. Donate them to a raffle. Go for the low or no alcohol options a bit more often. You will get much further along December with your sanity at least partly intact. 🥳
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