Registered dietitian and Menopause Society Certified Practitioner helping women in midlife navigate digestion, hunger, and sleep changes—without restrictive diets.A personalized, weight-neutral approach to understanding what’s driving your symptoms and helping you feel like yourself again.
Will we still be worrying about this at 78?
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Hey Reader, We’ve all been there… You’re getting dressed in the morning, pulling on your favorite pair of jeans. Except they barely zip. And you just wore them last week. Almost immediately, the thoughts start creeping in:
For many women in midlife, this is the moment the old diet voice comes roaring back. I want you to know something important: You are not alone! In midlife, several shifts are happening at once — hormonal changes, gradual muscle loss, increased stress, and disrupted sleep. Your body isn’t broken. If you’d like to understand what’s actually happening (and what helps), I explain it here: But I'd like you to reflect: has the old pattern for dealing with body changes — panic → start a new plan → restrict → lose trust in your body — made your life better?... or worse? What if you tried something different this time? Instead of swinging between punishing yourself and forcing yourself to love your body… What if you started with neutrality, as hard as it might feel right now? “My body has changed.” One of the principles of Intuitive Eating is learning to stop fighting your body and start working with it. We call it Body Respect.
It’s ending the war — the one you may have been fighting for decades. I think about this often when I watch my mom. She’s 78 — a retired health professional — and she still worries about her weight, calories, and the size of her body. Smaller meals. Comments about her body. And now, osteoporosis. It’s hard to see a generation of women spend their later years still focused on shrinking themselves! And it reinforces something I believe deeply: As women, we deserve more. We deserve to move through the second half of life with body peace — focusing on strength, bone health, and preventing chronic disease without making our weight the center of everything. There is a way to care for your health while rebuilding trust with your body. What body respect can look like right now:
If you’re not sure where to begin, I walk you through the first steps toward body respect here: 5 Simple Steps to Improved Body Image. When you picture yourself at 78, how do you want to feel in your body? If you don’t want to spend the next decades obsessing over your weight and fighting your body, this is the work I help women do. We partner to build body trust so you can feel strong, confident, and at peace in midlife and beyond. You can learn more about working with me here. Warmly, Kelly Kelly Abramson MS, RD, MSCP P.S. The way you relate to your body now shapes the decades ahead. If you’re ready for more peace with food and your body, I’d love to help. 📞Schedule your complimentary call with me here. |
Kelly@kellyabramsonRD.com
Registered dietitian and Menopause Society Certified Practitioner helping women in midlife navigate digestion, hunger, and sleep changes—without restrictive diets.A personalized, weight-neutral approach to understanding what’s driving your symptoms and helping you feel like yourself again.
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