I want to be honest with you: I always thought that exercise was punishment. And I don't think I'm alone (I still fight with myself to get my workouts done). When it comes to weight loss in menopause, there’s no one-size-fits-all answer and it's really important to tap into how you feel. If menopause has felt like the apocalypse of your life, make sure to stay to the end to get stress management tips from today's guest, author and fitness coach, Amanda Thebe.

Discussion Points: 

0:00 Introduction 
4:04 Amanda’s menopause story 
11:23 The lack of information regarding menopause 
13:00 Eating differently to support a woman’s changing body in menopause 
14:15 Identifying red flags in the nutrition and fitness industry 
15:48 There are no shortcuts only considerations for menopausal women 
16:53 Finding a balanced approach to nutrition 
19:12 Macros
20:44 Everybody is different, approaches will be different 
22:26 Menopause metabolic resistance training 
28:31 How Amanda helps women who were never exercisers 
32:54 You don’t start something and expect to be amazing 
35:23 Three-to-one ratio theory of negative bias 
37:03 Amanda’s shares her story with COVID 
43:21 Hypoxic components in swimming 
45:27 Stress management 
50:50 Cognitive decline and lack of exercise 

Resources:

• Check my latest podcast or listen to the previous ones https://www.menopausemovement.com/blog  
• Connect with me on Instagram @drmichellegordon
• Follow me on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/drmichellegordon
• Join The Menopause Movement private group on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/menopausemovement)
• Sign up for our Virtual Live Retreat: https://www.menopausemovement.com/retreat    
• Sign up for the 28-Day MENO-Belly Challenge here https://www.menopausemovement.com/challenge
• Check out Amanda Thebe’s website https://amandathebe.com/ 

Books mentioned in this episode:

• Menopocalypse: How I Learned to Thrive During Menopause and How You Can Too (https://amzn.to/3x8V28J)  

About the Guest:

Amanda Thebe is a force of nature for women who are experiencing menopause hell and want to start feeling healthy and fit in their 40s and beyond. She’s here to help you find the tools to have more energy and zest for life, while making you laugh like a 20 year old throughout the process.

Her exercise workouts and fitness tips have been featured in Breaking Muscle, Girls Gone Strong and Ultimate Sandbag Training. Her adoring fans and clients have called her a ‘resilient bitch’ and ‘an unstoppable inspiration’, with one woman naming her “the over 40 guru to watch in 2018.”

For more podcast episodes, you may also visit my website (https://www.drmichellegordon.com/). Tune in and subscribe to The Menopause Movement Podcast on Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-menopause-movement-podcast/id1471592943), Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/1j3NergI6QLKuhCX385CY5), and Stitcher (https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-menopause-movement-podcast/e/65912297).

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