Exercise for hormone balance? Yes. This podcast is all about four women, or maybe you, who represent women in my programs and private clients I’ve worked with for nearly three decades.
Before we dive in, this episode is brought to you my Flipping 50’s 28 Day Kickstart, and the last day to register is the day before the last Thursday of the month. It’s the perfect way to begin making exercise matter more with the Eat More Exercise Less method that improves sleep, decreases stress, and boosts your energy.
What exactly is hormone balance?
Before you get more hormone balance you obviously need clear definition of hormone balance!
If you’re not even sure what hormone balance is or if some of your recent frustration with a lack of your “you-ness” seems to describe hormoneimbalance, read on. This post is for you.
If any of these describe you:
- You’re putting on weight lately no matter what you do
- You have belly fat even though you’re weight is OK
- You have cellulite on your thighs, belly, bum, or on your upper arms
- You can’t seem to develop any muscle tone in your legs
- You’ve got a saggy bum in spite of so many lunges and squats you can’t sit down
- You’ve turned up the exercise and eat carefully but still no results
- You’ve got this crepey chest and neck skin
- You have touchy joints from prior or current injuries
- You have had breast cancer surgeries
- You’ve had other invasive surgery or joint replacement
- You have a chronic condition
- You can’t sleep well
- Even if you do sleep you don’t wake up refreshed
- You have high levels of stress right now
- You’ve tested your hormones and you’re “normal” but don’t feel it
- You still don’t have any idea how to exercise “normal” or not
- You have depression or anxiety
- You’re taking medications for the above or other things with side effects
- Your digestion is off (even if you thought that was “just me”)
- You don’t poo every day at least once (more is better)
- You have rabbits or pudding instead of snakes (link to podcast)
- You have gas or bloating you just tolerate
- Assess what signs and symptoms you have from the list above.
- Next to each sign or symptom write down what you’ve tried.
- Now get honest. Which things that you’ve tried have you actually tried systematically, one at a time, in a specific sequence?
- You’re the right weight but your proportions have changed
- You’ve got belly fat you never had before
- You’re adamant about that coming off now!
- You’re on bio-identical hormones and they’re still not helping
- You skip meals or have them at different times all the time
- You drink coffee to rev up and wine to unwind
- You read every label, watch exactly what you put in your mouth, count pts, calories
- You go to bed and wake at varying times
- You exercise almost every day
- You spend hours in the gym (or at home) every week
- You do a similar distance or duration every time you exercise
- If you miss a day it drives you crazy
- You do it all hard
- You’re feeling flat during workouts lately
- You don’t really look forward to workouts like you used to
- You feel tired most of the time and think if you just got a good workout you’d feel better
- You can’t sleep in spite of being tired
- Do you exercise but struggle to get toned or add lean muscle?
- Are you trying to watch what you eat so you can prevent more weight loss?
- Do you have very little or next to no libido?
- Do you have a hard time sleeping?
- When you exercise do you typically keep it moderate and go for longer?
- When you lift weights do you do about 15 repetitions or more?
- Or do you finish 10-12 repetitions but know you could do more if you needed to?