Surviving and Thriving the Menopocalypse with Amanda Thebe (107)

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Menopause is something that all women will eventually experience, but more often than not, they aren’t equipped for dealing with all that comes with it. Whether it’s the gap in medical understanding of it, hormone coaches pitching unfounded science, or women just feeling left in the dust, it can be truly challenging to go through.

In this episode, we are talking to Amanda Thebe, a personal trainer and nutrition coach with nearly thirty years of experience in the fitness industry. She 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.

We discuss:

• The medical industry leaving menopausal women behind.
• Supplements and the fallacy around estrogen production.
• Why strength training can really improve a woman's health.
• How accountability can help you stay on track with your athletic goals.
• Making fitness part of your schedule so you won’t skip it.

… and more!

Here are some highlights.

Menopause can be hard to diagnose.

“Women at this phase of their lives, we go through this stuff and we don't know what's happening and we don't have an answer for it. At least now we can say, is it her menopause? Is this thing I'm going through perimenopausal? The symptomatology is just so different for everybody. We hear about hot flashes, that's very, very common. We don't hear about clinical depression. We don't hear about migraines with auras. We don't hear about vertigo. We don't hear about that stuff as much. So when women are going through something like that, they may not realize that this could be related to menopause. And you were going to your nose and throat doctors who are not gonna give you the answer you need at that time.”

The movement for better care has to be grass roots.

“I think the movement has to be from the grass roots up. And I always say that like [people] with a decent sized platform are already fairly vocal and are talking about it a lot, but Karen next door can go and speak to her friend Susan and have a chat, and it starts the ripple, it starts the conversation. And the first time you say menopause, you wanna cringe and it feels awful, but the second time it's easier. And then the third time you don't even think about it. When we normalize the conversation and when we share it with our friends, it snowballs, and I think every woman of this generation needs to do that writing for the next generation coming. And it's promising that it's happening now, and that gives me hope for the next generation.”

Pseudo Science around menopause.

“I do get really frustrated. We know the supplement industry is non-regulated in the US, in most countries as well, and so we don't know the efficacy quality or bioavailability of the supplements we're taking. A lot of menopause targeted supplements contain herbs and tinctures that have been very poorly studied or are not studied at all, usually in small and small trials. And so they're marketed as the solution to menopause, and I have a problem with that because it's sort of not addressing the problem. When you talk about menopause, we know it's a natural thing that's gonna happen to most women. Some women, it happens in a more fast manner, if they have had constitutional historic issues or they literally get thrown into menopause in the deep end. Nothing's gonna stop that happening, and that's my point. It doesn't matter how many supplements you take, it doesn't matter how many coaches call themselves hormone balancing coaches, you can't change the fact that your hormones are going to decline. You can't introduce estrogen in food to stop that happening. The message is so confusing for women.”

Connect with Amanda Thebe:

WEBSITE: AmandaThebe.com

SOCIAL:

Instagram | www.instagram.com/amanda.thebe

Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/amandathebex

Twitter | https://twitter.com/amandathebex

FREEBIE:

Grab my 12 Week Core Program, ABS ON FIRE

https://www.amandathebe.com/abs-on-fire/

BOOK:

Menopocalypse: How I Learned to Thrive During Menopause and How You Can Too!

www.amandathebe.com/books - all buying options listed here.

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