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04/09/2026

Protein is important for women over 40. But I think we might have lost the plot with it slightly 😂

More protein doesn’t mean you need to live on protein shakes, buy every food with HIGH PROTEIN slapped across the front, or spend your day obsessively trying to hit a number.

And it definitely doesn’t mean forgetting about everything else your body needs.

Protein matters. But so do fibre, carbohydrates, healthy fats, plants and actually enjoying your food.

My advice? Include a good source of protein with every meal, using normal, nutritious foods wherever you can. You don’t need to protein-ify EVERYTHING you eat.

Nutrition doesn’t need to be another thing you have to get perfect. 🍋

Are you finding all the protein advice helpful… or has it just made eating feel more complicated? 👇

02/09/2026

This one made me a bit emotional 🥹

Because yes, she came to me wanting to lose weight.

But a few weeks in, she’s eating enough, feeling nourished and satisfied, and starting to trust what her body actually needs.

And that little voice constantly telling her she should be eating less? It’s getting quieter. ❤️

THAT is progress.

You can want to change your body AND build a better relationship with food at the same time. The two don’t have to fight each other.

If you feel like you eat pretty well but you’re still second guessing what, or how much, you should actually be eating, DM me RESET 🍋

31/08/2026

14 days later and I feel SO much better. 🍋

Not because I followed a perfect plan (I definitely didn’t 😂), but because I got back to the things that make the biggest difference to how I feel.

Better food. Better digestion. Better sleep. And slowly getting back to movement.

The weight loss can come next. I’d much rather start from here. 🙌

Feeling a bit bleurgh after the summer too? DM me “RESET” and we can chat. 💌

28/08/2026

The scales were up a pound this morning. 🙃

Do I know I haven’t gained a pound of fat overnight? Of course.
Do I know our weight fluctuates for all sorts of completely normal reasons? Yep.
Did it still annoy me? Also yep. 😂

But this is exactly why weight loss was never the goal of these 14 days.

I wanted to feel better after the summer. Less bloated. More energised. Back to eating in a way that makes me feel good and moving my body more.

And not everything has gone to plan. I’ve hurt my rib, so exercise hasn’t looked how I’d hoped, and fitting loads of walking in with two children around isn’t always particularly realistic.

But my tummy feels flatter. I feel better. I’ve been eating really well and getting back to the little habits that make a difference to how I feel.

So am I going to eat less today because the scales went up?

Nope.

I’m going to carry on doing what I’m doing.

Because the goal was to feel better and I do. 🍋

Although I’d still quite like the scales to cooperate tomorrow, thanks very much. 😂

27/08/2026

Eating well in your 40s doesn’t need to be a full-time job. 🍋

Protein throughout the day. Fibre. Plants. Food I actually enjoy.

Some days it looks gorgeous.
Some days it looks like toast. 😂

Both count. Simple nutrition for real life.

Day 11 ✨

23/08/2026

After 3 very indulgent weeks, I could have come home and immediately started thinking about everything I needed to CUT OUT.

But that’s not how I want to approach nutrition in my 40s.

So instead, I’m focusing on what I can ADD back in.

More fibre and plant diversity for gut health.

More beans, chickpeas and lentils.

Getting outside in the morning to support my sleep and circadian rhythm, because my perimenopause sleep needs all the help it can get at the moment.

Drinking more water.

Making sure I’m getting enough protein.

And swapping my afternoon cuppa for a herbal tea. Morning coffee remains completely non negotiable.

None of these healthy habits are particularly groundbreaking on their own.

But together, they’re helping me get back to eating in a way that makes me feel good again.

And I think this is something we often forget when we talk about perimenopause nutrition and weight loss over 40.

You don’t always need to eat LESS.

Sometimes a much better place to start is asking what your diet could do with MORE of.

More plants. More fibre. More protein. More nourishment.

No detox. No punishment for having a brilliant holiday.

Just getting back to looking after myself.

Day 7/14.

Save this for the next time you come home from holiday convinced you need to overhaul your entire diet by Monday morning.

MidlifeNutrition

21/08/2026

Anyone else still have a little 90s diet voice in their head that thinks tighter jeans = eat less and do more cardio?

Just me?

Day 5/14 of getting back to feeling like myself, and yes, part of that for me is wanting to feel comfortable in my jeans again.

But weight loss in your 40s and perimenopause doesn’t need to mean going back to the restrictive diets we grew up with.

I’m a nutrition practitioner working with women in perimenopause, and these are the things I’m focusing on myself:

Strength training regularly to help maintain muscle as I get older.

Not relying solely on the scales to measure progress.

Getting serious about fibre. Fruit, vegetables, wholegrains, beans, lentils, nuts and seeds. Fibre is so often overlooked in perimenopause nutrition, but it’s important for gut health and can help meals feel more satisfying.

Getting protein into every meal rather than eating very little all day and trying to cram it all in at dinner.

And building healthy eating habits that still work when the kids are home, I’m seeing friends, we’re eating out and life is busy.

Because for me, sustainable weight loss isn’t about being “good” for two weeks.

I want to eat well, feel stronger, support my body through perimenopause and still have a life.

So that’s what I’m putting into practice over these 14 days.

And yes, the jeans are coming back out on Day 14.

Follow along if you’re navigating perimenopause, want to feel better in your clothes and are completely over the old-school diet mentality.

StrengthTrainingOver40

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