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🦃 Debating Thanksgiving Plans?
🦃 Debating Thanksgiving Plans?
Are you stuck between:
👩🍳 Cooking a full Thanksgiving dinner →
so you don’t have to cook again for a WEEK…
OR
🚗 Not cooking at all →
and going somewhere else like a peaceful, grateful guest?
Because your brain is thinking:
“I want leftovers…
but I don’t want to cook anything to have leftovers.”
Welcome to Menopause Logic™
where energy conservation and food security battle for dominance. 😂
🔬 The SCIENCE Behind This Debate
When estrogen drops & cortisol rises, your brain shifts from:
✗ Social excitement
to
✔ Energy preservation
Hormone Shift
What You Feel
Estrogen ↓
Lower energy / motivation
Dopamine ↓
No reward in effort
Cortisol ↑
Overstimulation / stress
Blood sugar swings
Mood crashes during planning
➡ You want the comfort of food
➡ But you don’t want to earn it
➡ This is normal. This is survival mode.
💡 What Can Help
✔ Pre-plan EASY dishes (sheet-pan veggies, rotisserie hack)
✔ Let others bring sides — delegating is hormone support
✔ Protein at breakfast → lowers stress response
✔ Magnesium glycinate → for social calm
✔ If going out → pack meds, water, light protein snack
🧠 RETHINK THIS:
It doesn’t matter where you eat —
it matters how regulated your nervous system feels.
💬 COMMUNITY QUESTION
👉 What are YOU leaning toward this year?
A) Cook & have leftovers
B) Show up somewhere with one dish
C) Skip it all & eat in pajamas
D) Wherever my bladder says I can handle
Drop your answer below 👇
Let’s take a group vote before the hormones decide for us. 😂
Happy Thanksgiving 🍽 🍁🦃
Megan
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🦃 Debating Thanksgiving Plans?
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