Hi friends! My update is that the scale says my visceral and subcutaneous fat are going down, and I’m seeing positive physical changes. But, my weight isn’t going down much if at all. I’m in the last 10-15 lbs territory. Is this normal? I’m up to 9oz of food and I could go up but omg it’s so hard to eat that much (I’m sort of jealous of you ladies that can get by with 4oz 😂 ). Sleep has been rough in the last days of my luteal phase but magnesium seems to help. Hoping to do a for real Fit 40 with Dr G in June when mom life slows down a bit. April and May are wild for school age moms.

One of the more interesting things I’ve learned is that even if you’re in full on menopause, you have a hormone shift each month that provides all of the excitement of having your period, without any actual evidence. Wait, let me clarify- the evidence is on the scale. Just like when you have a regular cycle every month and you bloat, gain a few extra pounds, and need a few extra calories- you get all of those same things in menopause. I call it my fake period. No woman has ever told me this information so now that I know- I’m passing it on to you. Thanks for filling me in Dr. G.

When using the recommended body composition scale, what is a healthy number to shoot for in the visceral fat category? Are we taking the body composition feature with a grain of salt?

March 5/Day 1 = 157 Day 30 -.7 (144.7) I have been curious about what would happen if I increased my food intake so i purposely went from 4.5 oz of each item and ate 5oz instead yesterday. I was a little nervous about what results I might have. When I walked 12,000 one day (not the norm) and ate my normal amount of food (not enough), I gained weight. I learned then that by depriving my body the calories it needed that it started storing fat and not shedding weight. So yesterday I took a client to lunch and brought my food scale because I was committed to starting eating more. I ended up getting full so I quit before eating the last bite of filet and an asparagus spear. (And Seasons 52 made them without oils no problem!) AND I LOST .7 pounds even with eating more!

12 pounds so far. Feels great to fit into some of my old jeans