Most women experience gradual weight gain leading up to and during menopause. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I was no different. Over the course of ten years I put on around 22 pounds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I tried every ‘diet’ going, from the cabbage soup diet, the grapefruit diet, the blood sugar diet, keto, and intermittent fasting to name but a few. Most of them worked initially, but I ended up putting the weight back on, plus a bit more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And to add more context, I love<\/strong> food. I’m of Polish descent and it’s in our DNA. Bread, rice, and pasta have always played a huge part in my life. So, in other words, losing weight – and keeping it off – has always been a big struggle. And what also didn’t help was my lifelong aversion to exercise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n