This is Claudia Aquino and my journey to lose 30 pounds over the age of 50!

One of the question I am asked is “how can I still lose weight during and after menopause?”
Why is it so hard to lose weight you might ask?
Well, one of the reason is that our hormone production is slowing down or shutting down!
Once our ovaries don’t produce efficient amounts of estrogen anymore, our testosterone production also shuts down…
Our adrenal glands deplete since they are also influenced by our ovaries…
That will affect our thyroid output!
Our liver is slowing down which helps with fat metabolism!
All of this will make us sluggish, depressed!
We are getting injuries more easily since the anti inflammatory response of the liver has slowed down!
Doctors will treat you for your hot flashes and depression usually with artificial estrogen, which will cause weight gain!
Hot flashes are caused by your depleted adrenals and thyroid!
You are actually estrogen dominant!
We have to change the way we are thinking about food.
We can not do the same we did while our bodies were full functional…
At this point we have become insulin resistant!
Our bodies can not digest the amounts of carbohydrates it used to…
And it doesn’t matter if you believe this or not, your body will not lose a pound unless you change what you are doing!

Let’s talk about stress!
By the time we reach 50 our bucket to handle stress has reached its limit!!!
Show me one person without adrenal fatigue….
I know no body wants to waste time on meditation or yoga…
But we need to do it!
You can find great meditation on you tube or you can download a application with mediation guidance.
Yoga is a great for injury prevention!
Lift weights!!!
Now that your body barely produces any growth hormone or testosterone anymore, you need to hold on or increase your skeletal muscle!
Work your cardiovascular health!
Not only our bones get brittle, our arteries do too!!!

To start your journey, write down your weight and body fat if you have it!
Measure yourself and keep track!
Measure around the upper stomach just under your rip cage, measure across your belly button, 3 rd measurement will be around your hips at your highest point across your gluteus.

I talk more about your diet in the video below this blog!

I will meet with you 3 times per week!
Monday’s, Wednesday’s and Friday’s
Together we can overcome these struggles!
Thank you for joining!
Claudia