I know I’m not alone in saying that in the past I had a scale obsession. Actually, I may even call it an addiction. I feel quite grateful that I now seem to live in a much better place and rarely weigh myself or worry so much about the numberContinue reading “Why I’m Throwing Away the Scales and Living My Beautiful Midlife”
Category Archives: Body Image
Menopause weight gain: will I ever feel good about myself again?
Did you wake up one day as a midlife woman transitioning through menopause and wonder what happened to your body, weight and confidence? If so, know that you are not alone. Weight gain seems to appear over night! While research suggests that the average weight gain during menopause is aroundContinue reading “Menopause weight gain: will I ever feel good about myself again?”
Eat the Ice Cream
This menopause/midlife thing has been a pivotal point in my life. The milestone of reaching half a century of life, together with the major hormonal shift of menopause, has provided me with the opportunity to take some time to think about what ‘health’ really means for me and how IContinue reading “Eat the Ice Cream”
Re-building my self-esteem post menopause
Menopause changed meIt took a while but ultimately, I think for the better. As I transitioned through menopause into post menopause, I became a different person. Initially, to be honest, I felt like a shell of my former self. I was bewildered about what had happened to me over theContinue reading “Re-building my self-esteem post menopause“
Celebrating my POST menopausal body
Do you appreciate your body, let alone celebrate it? For most of my life, I definitely didn’t. There were many times over the decades that I was extreme – I have been both very underweight and also overweight heading towards obesity. And, for approximately 20 years, I experienced disordered eatingContinue reading “Celebrating my POST menopausal body”