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Fit Chicks and Hormones, Thornton, CO (2026)

10/16/2026

What changed? 👇

Going through menopause, my body felt like a minefield. Night sweats. Bloated after almost everything I ate. Itchy skin, breakouts, headaches, brain fog, and a muffin top that wouldn't budge.

I thought that was just menopause, and I had to live with it.

And then I focused on my gut, my stress, and my muscle.

I stopped eating the foods that were setting me off.
I ate more food, not less.
I added more fiber, more carbs, and more healthy fats.
I started lifting to build muscle, and the muffin top went with it.
And I took stress seriously. Daily walks and meditation (okay, sometimes it's a nap 😴).

And one by one, those symptoms faded. 🙌

It wasn't a magic fix. It was figuring out what my body needed now, and doing it consistently.

♻️ Reshare if you're dealing with any of these right now.

10/15/2026

🎉 FREE LIVE MASTERCLASS: Thu Oct 22, 5pm MT / 7pm ET. Comment BELLY and I’ll send you the link to save your spot!

Holiday bloat is real, and it hits harder in menopause. 😩

Swipe for 5 simple swaps you can use at Thanksgiving to feel better after the meal. 👉

But if your belly and your pants have been feeling tight all year, not just at the holidays, this is exactly what I’m teaching in my free masterclass.

I’m going to show you how to take 2-5 inches off your waistline before the holidays, without dieting and without cutting carbs.

We’ll cover:
🧡 Why menopause moves fat to your belly (and why eating less can backfire)
🧡 What’s really going on with the bloat and gas
🧡 The 3 things I’ve used with women for over 18 years to shrink the belly

Comment BELLY anyway and I’ll make sure you get the replay.

10/14/2026

🚨 FREE MASTERCLASS 🚨 Comment BELLY to save your spot! Thursday, Oct 22 at 5 PM MT / 7 PM ET 👇

Your workouts probably aren't why your menopause belly isn't moving.

When estrogen drops, the rules change. I see women eat well, train hard and still get nowhere, because they're missing the same 3 things: a calm gut, strength training, and a body that isn't running on stress and bad sleep.

And a lot of them skip all 3 and go straight to a GLP-1 or HRT. Those can help, but they don't replace the foundation. If you're already on one, these 3 matter even more.

Swipe through, pick one, and start tomorrow. Then ♻️ re-share this and tag a friend who's stuck.

Want help putting it all together?
Comment BELLY and I'll send you the details on my FREE masterclass, where belly bloat is our #1 focus and I show you how to start taking inches off your meno belly.

10/07/2026

You can use a GLP-1.
You can use HRT.
You can lift heavy weights.
You can hit your protein.

But if you don't focus on gut health, your hormones will be a mess — and while you may lose weight, you will feel like 💩

My goals have changed with age. Going from wanting to show off my abs to just not wanting to feel like donkey dung every day. ☺️

Going through menopause was rough on me. The hot flashes, night sweats, food sensitivities, no sleep, low energy, tanked adrenals and belly fat.

I felt like I was living in a minefield with my body — never knowing which hidden bomb 💣 was going to go off next.
My body was so unpredictable.
💡Until I learned about gut health.

I gave up foods that were causing issues. I added more carbs and healthy fats. I ate more food and more fiber.
And my body finally responded. I felt alive again. Like I was no longer just surviving. ✨

Maybe you're where I was.
Doing everything right on paper — the workouts, the protein, maybe even HRT — and still waking up feeling wrecked.
That's your gut talking. 🦠

If so, I am putting together a 𝟔 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐏𝐫𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞, 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝟐-𝟓 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐩𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐲, 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐚𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬.
And as a bonus, you won't have to wake up Jan 2nd and feel like you need to “start over” again. 🤪

Interested in learning more? Comment "HOLIDAY"!

10/06/2026

Nobody sits down and finishes a 1,000-piece puzzle in one sitting. 🧩
So why do we expect to fix every menopause symptom at once?

We start to clean up our nutrition, then we add some workouts, and some new supplements, we try to get to bed earlier and we know we need to focus on stress care but not sure how.

Because we think more is better. Doing all the things is the only way it works.

And within a few days or weeks, we are overwhelmed and things start to slip and we are back to square 1.

Here's what actually works (and yes, it's kind of boring): pick up ONE piece. Get consistent with it. Then add the next one.

Nutrition. Movement. Sleep. Stress care. Supportive supplements.

Which do you need MOST right now? Start there!
-Have you been eating junk food? Clean up you nutrition first.
-Are you overwhelmed and stressed out? Focus on creating some space for self care, just 10 min, daily.

Doing less and being consistent wins EVERY time over doing all the things sporadically.

👇 Which piece are you missing most? Comment the number and I'll share where I'd start.

10/05/2026

Think you need a "hormone detox" because your body feels different after 40? Pause. 🚫

Your hormones are not “dirty.”

Your body is not failing.

And no tea, cleanse, or 3-day reset can magically rebalance them.

What your body may need instead:

Regular meals with enough protein and fiber.

Strength training that matches your current recovery.

A steadier sleep-and-wake rhythm.

Stress support that doesn’t add another impossible rule.

A conversation with a holistic hormone health coach when symptoms are persistent, new, or disrupting your life. 😉

Perimenopause and menopause are transitions—not toxins you need to flush out. 🤪

The goal isn’t to fight your body.

It’s to understand it and support it.

𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 "𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭" 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟒𝟎, 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 "𝐇𝐎𝐑𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐄𝐒" 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈'𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐲 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐩𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 & 𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐩𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐄!

09/30/2026

Midlife is basically a game show nobody signed up for. 👎
You wake up, spin the wheel, and find out what kind of day your body picked for you.

And my personal favorite: throwing your back out putting away the DISHES. Not deadlifting. Not moving a couch. A cereal bowl. 😂

So tell me… what did YOUR wheel land on today? 👇
Bonus points if it's weirder than the dishes. 🤣

09/28/2026

It was 2021 and I hadn't changed a single thing — but my body was telling a different story.😩

My cycle was already gone, which was fine by me.
But my hormones had shifted and that's when I didn't even recognize my body anymore.

I looked in the mirror one day and didn't recognize what I saw. My body was squishy in places that used to just be... me.

I was doing all the same things. Working out 3x a week. Eating clean. Walking daily. Working on stress-care.

But my body was not responding-- in fact I felt like it was rebelling against me.

And that is when I learned that what I was doing was good, but not meant for the post-menopausal body I now had.

So I made adjustments. I stopped doing cardio based workouts and started lifting heavier — lower reps, real heavy weight, challenging myself eat eat lift.
I started eating MORE food, not less. I started eating MORE carbs, especially around my workouts.

And you know what.. my body slowly started to change— not just physically, but I now finally felt at peace with my body again.

I liked how strong I felt. 💪 It was something I tracked more than I did the number on the scale.

Now at 54, I am not only the strongest I have ever been (PRd #210 for 4 reps Deadlift baby! 🏋️‍♀️), my body is the tightest it has been since my mid 40's!

Yeah, I still have some jiggle here and there, but my menopause belly is finally shrinking. ⌛
𝙄𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙛𝙚𝙡𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮, 𝙄 𝙜𝙤𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪. 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 "𝙈𝙀𝙉𝙊𝙋𝘼𝙐𝙎𝙀 𝙈𝙐𝙎𝘾𝙇𝙀" 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙄'𝙡𝙡 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙣𝙚𝙭𝙩 𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙥𝙨 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚. See less

09/26/2026

For the first two years after menopause, I kept doing what I'd always done in the gym, and my body just kept.. changing and not in a good way.

I was losing muscle and my body was turning soft. All the muscle I had felt like it just completely melted off me! 😔

And it wasn't because I was doing anything wrong, its that my hormones had shifted and my body needed something different.

Here's what happens as you enter menopause ⤵️

Estrogen drops making it harder to hold on to muscle and harder to build it.

Which means the same workouts and the same way of eating that worked in your 30s and early 40s might not be enough anymore.

When muscle goes, so does the tone, the energy, and a lot of the strength (all the things we want as we age!)

And I am sure you know this already, but you can't build muscle without eating enough calories plus protein! Its NOT just about eating more protein!

I see so many women lifting hard and eating too little, or doing more cardio and cutting back on food to "fix" things, and their body has nothing to build with. 👎

Lifting and food have to go hand in hand.

That's the piece that changed everything for me. 💪 I'm stronger and more confident in my body NOW than I've been in years, and I want you to know it's not too late for YOU to do the same.

If you want to know EXACTLY what I did, comment MENOPAUSE MUSCLE and I'll share it with you!

09/21/2026

September is Perimenopause Awareness Month, and I have to be honest with you. 🎗️

When I hit my 40s and started feeling like I was losing my mind, I genuinely thought it was just me. 😵‍💫
I didn't know what perimenopause was. Nobody had ever explained it to me.
So when things started shifting, I thought something was wrong with ME specifically, not that this was something every single woman eventually walks into because of what her hormones are doing.
I wish I had known then what I know now. 🙏

That's the whole reason I do this work. I don't want another woman hitting her 40s and slamming into that same brick wall, thinking she's alone in it or that she's losing her MIND, when really she just never got the education.

Perimenopause can start years before your period even changes. 📅 You can still be "too young." Still look fine on the outside. Meanwhile your hormones are backstage running the whole show.

If nobody's told you this yet: you're not losing your mind, and you're not imagining it.

If you're heading into this chapter (or already in the middle of it) and want to know what's actually happening and what you can do about it, comment PERI 💬 and I'll send it your way.

Tag a friend who needs to hear this before she starts to feel like she is going crazy too. 💗

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