Helping women over 35 to upgrade their metabolism so they can build muscle, lose body fat and truly thrive in perimenopause and beyond through evidence-based nutrition, stress management and fitness customized to support the modern midlife woman!
A few years ago, this would have ruined my week.
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Hey Reader, And after a long weekend filled with good food, a few indulgences, movie theater popcorn, drinks, and time with family, I stepped on the scale.... 😱 And sure enough... It was up. I felt bloated. Puffy. A little uncomfortable in my clothes. You know the feeling. The interesting part is that I didn't panic. Because a few years ago? This would have ruined my week. I would have immediately started questioning everything. Should I cut carbs? Do more cardio? Eat less? Was I "off track"? Did I undo all my progress? Now? I see it completely differently. Because I've learned something that I teach my clients inside the Metabolic Transformation Method: Data is information. It is not a verdict. One weekend didn't suddenly erase months of training. One weekend didn't suddenly erase my muscle. One weekend didn't suddenly erase my habits. One weekend didn't suddenly erase my progress. The scale simply reflected exactly what I would expect after a weekend with more sodium, more food volume, more carbohydrates, less routine, and a little more fun than usual. That's not failure. That's life. They still do temporarily pass through my mind... BUT... And honestly, this has been one of the KEY skills that enabled me to finally stop yo-yo dieting, lose fat, and start changing my body composition for good. I have a LONG history of crash dieting, all-or-nothing thinking, and self-sabotage. If the scale went up, I'd panic. I'd try to compensate. I'd tighten the reins. And eventually I'd end up right back where I started. It took a lot of work to break that cycle. Now, one of my biggest goals as a coach is helping women get off that train before they spend years—or even decades—repeating the same pattern. Because the real transformation isn't learning how to be perfect. It's learning how to keep going when life isn't. And this is where so many women get stuck. They make a temporary fluctuation mean something permanent. They see the scale go up and decide: "I'm failing." "I have no willpower." "I'll never get there." "I need to start over and be 'super strict' this week." But sustainable success isn't built by never having indulgent weekends. It's built by learning how to recover from them without spiraling. Without punishment. Without shame. Without starting over. Because the women who ultimately succeed aren't the women who never go "off plan." They're the women who stop turning every bump in the road into evidence that they're broken. This is one of the biggest mindset shifts I teach inside my MTM program. The goal isn't perfection. The goal is learning how to stay in the game. And this week? That's exactly what I'm doing. I'm getting back to my normal routines. Prioritizing protein. Moving my body. Drinking my water. Getting my sleep. I didn't do this because I needed to "make up" for the weekend. But because these habits are what I do. No guilt required. Talk soon, Bridgette Because lasting results don't come from being perfect. They come from building the skills, habits, and mindset to keep moving forward—even after the weekends, vacations, holidays, celebrations, and inevitable bumps along the way. Reply with the word MTM if you'd like to learn more about working together. |
Women's Hormone and Metabolic Health over age 35
Helping women over 35 to upgrade their metabolism so they can build muscle, lose body fat and truly thrive in perimenopause and beyond through evidence-based nutrition, stress management and fitness customized to support the modern midlife woman!
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