What is menorexia? You've got a changing body, a culture that expects you to hide the change, & the old promise that life gets better once you get your younger body back.
I draw on decades of dieting history and my years working in intuitive eating and body acceptance to explore why health-promoting habits & restrictive thinking can look so alike from the outside, & why the better question is what's driving a habit & what it's costing you.
The Honest Answer Coach
If you'd like help finding your one honest next step, try The Honest Answer Coach, my free self-coaching tool. You tell it what you've been feeling, and it asks a few thoughtful questions to help you get to what's underneath and leave with a next step that fits your actual life.
https://holly-toscanini-f50a.mykajabi.com/the-honest-answer-coach
If You Need Support
If food, exercise, or your body are taking up more space in your life than you'd like, you deserve support from someone who specializes in this. The National Alliance for Eating Disorders offers a free helpline staffed by licensed therapists at 866-662-1235 (Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Eastern), and a treatment directory at findEDhelp.com. The helpline isn't a crisis line. If you're in crisis, call or text 988, the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.
Related Episodes
Episode 134: Hormone therapy and sexual health with Dr. Jennifer Roelands
Episode 133: You're Not Becoming Invisible. You're Becoming Harder to Ignore.
Research Mentioned
National Alliance for Eating Disorders, "Eating Disorders in Midlife and Beyond" (about 13 percent of women 50 and older report at least one current eating disorder symptom)
2023 analysis in Menopause estimating midlife eating disorder prevalence at roughly 3.5 percent, with individual symptoms more common (summarized by LifeStance Health)
#menopause #perimenopause #menorexia #bodyimage #womenover50 #bodyacceptance #intuitiveeating #midlifewomen #howtolosethewait
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