You were never meant to lose strength, energy, muscle, and confidence just because your hormones started changing! In this episode of Maximizing Hormones, Physique, and Running Through Perimenopause, Louise Valentine, a leading expert for perimenopausal active women and runners, breaks down how perimenopause can affect fat storage, protein absorption, blood sugar, recovery, running performance, and injury risk. She challenges the outdated belief that women are destined to lose muscle, see our body composition, health, fitness, and bones decline with age. She explains why the right tools, fueling strategy, strength work, and hormone-supportive nutrition can change the outcome - and how it is for hundreds of women throughout the world.

Louise also explains why active women need more high-quality protein compared to the general population, why low-carb dieting and fasted training backfire, and how blood sugar crashes most often show up as fatigue, cravings, night sweats, poor sleep, or stubborn belly fat. This episode is especially useful for female runners and active women over 35 who want to understand their changing bodies without fear, confusion, misleading fads, or extreme rules.

Most importantly, this episode is a reminder that your body is not broken. It just needs a smarter strategy for this new phase of life.

This is the conversation every active woman over 35 should hear - because understanding that's happening changes everything.

Get ready to learn and level up with a heck of a lot less stress and confusion! Then, share this episode with your fierce female friends so you can thrive together.

RESOURCES + LINKS

Learn & level up with my free nutrition guide & award-winning 1:1 Badass Breakthrough Academy to thrive through perimenopause with less stress: https://www.breakingthroughwellness.com/

Learn & level up faster with a Breaking Through Wellness masterclass here, including the Gut Health, Ferritin & Injury Prevention mini courses + Free Summer Planning Workshop mentioned throughout this podcast series.

Learn more on my blog here with client success stories & articles, including simple female age 35+ specific hydration & long running fueling strategies.

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Episode Highlights:
(0:00) Intro
(3:31) Understanding perimenopause and hormone changes
(4:06) How hormones affect fat storage
(5:30) Protein, muscle, and bone health
(7:59) Why protein quality matters more now
(13:48) Carbs, blood sugar, and insulin resistance
(18:25) Fatigue, cravings, sleep, and blood sugar crashes
(25:36) Why low-carb diets can backfire
(26:08) Why fasted training hurts female hormones
(28:13) What’s coming in the next episode
(29:48) Outro

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