Chanel here. Welcome to menopause nutrition.
I believe women can thrive in menopause and
had the body composition of their choice if
they must have their nutrition and lifestyle.
And today, I wanna have a chat about
why knowing your numbers
is so important, and I'm going to
share a little story from my own journey.
I've got a bit of a confession to
make with you guys.
So but before we get started. I just
wanna remind you the waitlist list is going
for the last round of my Thrive program
for this year which kicks off in September.
So we're on I'm week 4 of the
current program. So if you miss the boat
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Or, if you need to get started straight
away, like, maybe you're tuning into me and
just just finding this information, or you're finally
decided to put yourself first and you're like,
I wanna start straight away. This happens a
lot.
Then maybe we need to jump on a
call, have a chat. I have obviously a
few spots open for my 1 on 1
coaching.
So that could be a chance to get
you going straightaway away as well. So I'll
drop the calendar link in case you want
I call straight away. I will just add
though that with if you book a calendar
link call with me that you need to
get an email and get a
confirmation. So your,
your appointment is confirmed. Otherwise, if there's no
con
confirmation then it's not kind of sad because
I I actually have a lot of people
booking calls. And
I guess it's no different to, like, go
to the doctor or whatever. I'm... That slot
is taken if you've booked a call of
that sort of thing. So just reminding you
about that over here. Okay. So let me
have I'm just gonna, like, give you a
little confession if you like. So those of
you who have been following me on social
media.
Will know that I have entered myself
into the upcoming high rice in Brisbane.
So it's in August next month and high
for anyone who is new. And high is
quite new, so lots of you will probably
not know what,
but it is
it is like a... It is a big
event. I think it's a big event and
haven't done it. But So basically, what hi
is is
it's 8 kilometers of running, but it's broken
up. So you run a kilometer, and then
you
ski a kilometer, then you run a kilometer,
then you go and do another exercise and
you come back and run. So you do
8 different exercises in between 8 different rounds.
It's quite a big event.
It will take me, like, probably an hour
and a half to do it. Like, I
don't I don't even know. I'm just guessing.
And I have been training for it. So
my level of training has
more than doubled
because I have a program for my crossfit
coach as well, and then I've got this
Hierarchy training.
So
I wanted... The reason I'm showing this with
you is this morning. I finally
ran my numbers,
myself. I booked myself in for a sports
nutrition appointment with myself.
And guess this is like any, like, professional.
They... You know, you don't kind of prioritize
yourself or I have actually just had, like,
like a really busy 3 or 4 weeks.
So
I haven't made time to go over the
numbers myself. So the reason I'm sharing this
with you is because
it's important. Like... So I know food, and
I obviously help women every day
with their nutrition. And even though I know
food, I was eating myself. So what happens
in sports nutrition. So I am across of
nutrition, but also I am a qualified at
sports nutrition. And sports nutrition is a little
bit different to, like, the normal nutrition. So
I have been the person that got hot
badly with, like, peri symptoms, the belly fat.
So I went into a deficit
to get rid of the belly fat. And
when you're eating in a deficit, obviously, you're
eating less calories than you're burning,
that is how you get rid of your
body fat.
Obviously, also left heavy. So in the process
of that you get used to eating a
certain amount of calories. So once you get
your goal, then you go and you actually
eat more. You you eat, like, to maintenance
like basically.
So for my
process, I suppose, what's happened is I have
now,
like,
like my training has, like, really ramped up
and doubled.
I actually need a lot more food, than
what I was having an in sports nutrition
we call this
reds
relative
energy
deficiency
in sports. And this is what happens when
you are eating,
and your energy starts getting affected, which started
to happen to me. So this is why
I set myself down and gave myself a
consultation with myself because I have all the
skills I had to pull out my interesting
in
books and
I ran some numbers. So we have something
called low energy availability.
That's what we call it when You are
not eating enough fuel for the output that
you're doing. And there's some side effects to
that. So I started feeling like some low
energy,
and this is what what straight away was
like, okay. I need to look at how
much I'm consuming. So the reason I'm sharing
this with you is 1, so you know
that I'm a human being, and
actually,
I need to do this to myself sometimes.
2 that if you don't know your numbers,
then you don't know where you're at. So
I ran through my numbers again that includes,
like, the amount of training and doing, the
amount of calories I'm eating. There's, like different
calculations that we do and run to get
these outcomes. Checked on the lower energy availability,
I believe I was in some low energy
accountability.
And so now I can correct all of
that. Now the reason I'm sharing this with
you is 1, I do believe that there's
probably many other masters that things out there
are listening to this. This is very important.
So if you are
training like more than an hour day. So
I'm doing sometimes 2 sessions a day, because
I'm doing extra running a moment, and maybe
the sessions can be like 2 hours long.
So this is not normal
kind of
everyday exercise. So when we're sitting in this
kind of realm of being an athletes,
then you need to know your nutrition so
you can manage your energy levels. So that's
the first thing. The second thing is it
actually... Because generally, I'm helping people with their
fat journey, like I was on,
you also need to know your numbers. Like
So when we when we're trying to change
our body composition,
like for me, it wasn't about body composition,
it's actually about energy, But if you are
trying to change your body composition and in
the process you are having low energy that
also tells us that the numbers that you're
following
the amount of food you're eating is not
correct. So the way we run it is
when we're doing a like a body composition
or we're trying to lose body fat. We
want to do that in a way where
we are in a deficit, but the deficit
is just
enough So everything else is being met. So
our energy is good. Our birds good. Our
weekends can, let's, still do great workouts. We're
recovering,
we're,
sleeping well, all of these things. So if
any of those things go off, like your
energies off,
your mood, your focus,
your sleep, which all of these things started
affecting me that's how I, okay. Let's get
this fixed and I'm like,
change... Like, I've literally just spent a whole
hour going through, like, changing my plan.
When you don't know though you're guessing. And
so then it's very difficult to get your
outcomes, whether it's being a better athlete or
it's getting rid of the belly fat,
because you don't know you're guessing. So you're
you're... How do you know if it's a
good day. Like, and if you're suffering with
any of these things, like low energy, like,
focus mood is off, your sleep impacted, then
you know that's something is not right. And
the reason I am passionate about sharing this
information is because
I'm Jen over here. Right? And we have
been conditioned, we grew up with the supermodel
that were like the super skinny, like, like,
so our
generation
is used to eating. We don't eat enough,
and so then we think that's
actually eating the right amount of food.
It's it's foreign to us. And
and I'd I tell you this because
Recovering from it, Like, I I have recovered
from it, I should say.
This is the conditioning we grew out with,
where we just thought we had to eat
less and exercise more to get our body
conversation goals, and that's just not the case.
So the woman that I helped and and
teach and coach
They're like, oh I have ed... I'm eating
more now than I've ever aided in my
life, and I'm losing away. I'm getting my
body composition. I'm building muscle
And so
the reason I'm sharing this with you is
it's really important
to know
because you can't change their outcome if you
don't know your numbers. So
super important, I've just had to, like I
said, sit myself down and give myself a
bit of a talking to, go over all
my stuff And I know like, I know
food. I just had
I just hadn't
actually done the calculations on myself
to
bring it back to where it needs to
be right now. So I from today have
changed that straight away because
nobody lights not having enough energy, and their
mood, focus, sleep being affected. It's no good.
So
that's my kind of message to you. If
you don't know how much you need to
eat,
then you need to find out. Obviously, I'm
over here. I can help you with that
if you need it.
The the ladies on my program all have
access to that information as well. That they're
able to, you know, get their numbers done,
and it makes a big difference. Like...
And and the thing is, I'll say, like,
there's probably 25 of them on the program
that have gone through and done this, and
they're also so different. You know, like, some
people are only on 1200 calories. Some people
are on 1800 calories. Some people are on
1900 calories like,
there... There's never going to be a nutrition
plan, and that is like a 1 size
fits all. So... And 1 of my friends,
Jenny is
she's going to the crossfit games this year.
I'm just about to work with her to
get her nutrition on track. And she will
be like me where her output is very
great. She's training 2 or 3 hours a
day, and she's going to need
to really know because I'm I'm I'm pretty
sure she's probably eating at the moment,
exactly how much she needs to eat. So
regardless of, like, your
I guess, like goal, you once you know
that, then you can, like, make sure it's
been covered off. Now generally,
90,
I wanna say 90 percent of people,
you know, wanting to lose
belly fat or blues body fat. Same thing
though, we don't know if we're losing weight
if we don't know the number to be
under. Right? Like, to the deficit to be
under. If we're guessing and we're too hard
on that deficit.
Then we're just gonna end up in the
fridge like, over consuming because the cravings are
too strong. So it's... The reason I'm sharing
my story with you which most of you
won't, you know, be in that
situation is because regardless of whether you need
performance or you need fat loss. You still
need to know the numbers so you can
keep yourself on track and get the goals
that you need in a very healthy way.
So
That is what I wanted to share with
you today.
If by chance, you are our masters I
like I am and competitive and wanna dial
up your nutrition. Then we can definitely chat
about that as well. It is super important
to be well fueled. If you are like
a 95
percent of people who I help who are
just regular,
normal menopause tribe that want to get a
better body composition, less belly fat whatever
you need to know your numbers so I
can help you with it. Obviously. So either,
jump on the waitlist list, book a call
and let's get to work and get you
some results
you can find both of those links in
the show notes or,
add me on social media and shoot me
a message, and I can send you whichever
link you need.
And you will get to see more about
how I live over there. So I share
the food that I eat, the training I
do, just might... You'll to know me better
and whether you think I'm a good fit
for you.
I just share,
obviously, a lot on social media on my
stories. So people can be inspired and
just know that how I love as possible.
So super,
super, great for you tuning in today. Wherever
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that you can be. And I truly hope
today that is happening for you. So sending
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you next time.