Reducing midsection weight gain especially in your peri/meno/post-meno years, is tackled differently than when you’re targeting general weight loss or fat loss.

You can have very trim arms and legs but have a thicker torso and to reduce this effectively, training and nutrition will pay a part. There are specific things that need to be addressed to finally see a significant reduction.

I have struggled with midsection weight all my life! and now with double whammy Menopause and Hashimoto's Disease (low thyroid) it has been proven especially challenging. Until! I understood WHY it was happening and more importantly WHAT I could do about it.

From your 40s and over your sex hormones are on decline and with them goes your happy hormones, bone density, muscle mass and as a result, cortisol and adrenalin rises.

Your body can potentially be on a fight or flight state all the time.

So we must reduce the high cortisol (the primary stress hormone). A bit of cortisol is essential to us but in high quantities over a period of time can cause longterm diseases in the future - high blood pressure, weight gain, high blood sugar, muscle weakness.

HIGH CORTISOL increases Fat Storage (particularly visceral fat) which manifests around the belly.

So managing stress and balancing blood sugar levels ARE THE MAIN KEY components when reducing midsection weight gain.

THE CORE MELT FORMULA

1 Eat Protein for breakfast

2 Go for an early brisk walk (get a brow sweat going)

3 Move up your first coffee to 60-90mins from your wake up

4 Walk 7-10mins after each meal

5 Last meal (3 hours minimum) before bedtime

6 Make sleep your number 1 priority

Nat's Bonus Formula

1 Remove Internal / External ways why we get stuck

2 Strength Train x3 weekly

3 Core Melt Adrenal Cocktail

4 Do not intermittent fast