03/05/2026
The first 5 pounds is the easy part. What you do next is where most women blow it.
You start seeing results, feel motivated, and then one of these things creeps in and stalls everything:
Going lower on calories because you think faster is better. Your body fights you on this in perimenopause. My coach cut me to 1200 calories and my body
shut down. No scale movement for 4 months.
Cutting out food groups because someone said carbs are the enemy. You need carbs. Your thyroid needs them. Your sleep depends on them. Restriction is what got most of us here.
Skipping meals to “bank” calories for dinner. This tanks blood sugar and spikes cortisol. If you’re dealing with insulin resistance this makes everything worse.
Weighing yourself daily and panicking. The scale swings 2-4 lbs in a day from water, sodium, hormones. One weigh in means nothing.
Here are the foods I keep on repeat weekly to stay consistent without feeling like I’m dieting:
Eggs every morning. 2-3 whole eggs with veggies. 8 minutes and I’m full until lunch.
Ground turkey or chicken thighs prepped Sunday. Seasoned with cumin and garlic, used all week in bowls and wraps.
Sweet potatoes with dinner every night. Yes every night. Complex carbs at your last meal help with sleep quality.
Siggi’s full fat yogurt with frozen berries and 2 tbsp flaxseed as an afternoon snack. Protein, probiotics, blood sugar stability.
Roasted broccoli or Brussels sprouts 4 nights a week. These help your liver clear excess estrogen which was a huge factor in my own weight loss resistance.
Dark chocolate after dinner. 2 squares of Hu Kitchen or Lily’s. Every night. This keeps me from ever feeling restricted.
Women who keep losing after that first 5 lbs aren’t doing anything extreme. They eat enough, stay consistent, and stop self sabotaging when progress feels slow.
I lost 10 lbs in 4 weeks after months of nothing once I stopped outsmarting my body and just fed it properly.
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