161. Metabolism and perimenopause, weight gain and stress...oh my! with Stephanie Fusnik

<p> </p> <p>Your body is always under a certain degree of stress but in perimenopause and menopause your cortisol (stress hormone) sky rockets! This constant state of "fight of flight" is the biggest villian in feeling your best and feeling like you know how your body works!</p> <p><strong>Stephanie Fusnik</strong><strong><span class= "Apple-converted-space"> </span>has been in the health and fitness field since 2011. She is a personal trainer, exercise therapist, neurokinetic and manual osteopathic therapist and nutrition coach. She is the CEO of VitalityOET which is a women’s health, fitness and nutrition company that focuses predominantly on women’s hormones particularly as they start their journey through perimenopause and onwards. Her mission is to teach women about how their bodies change during this period of their life so that you can finally reach your health and fitness goals, feel in control and at home in your body again, live a life full of vitality, and really understand how to take care of your new body.</strong></p> <p>In this episode we discuss</p> <p>*the biggest mistakes women in perimenopause are making when it comes to their health and weight loss</p> <p>*intermittent fasting and why Stephanie does not recommend it</p> <p>*How cortisol is the biggest thing getting in the way of losing weight and ways to lower your cortisol</p> <p>* Should we expect to gain weight in perimenopause?</p> <p>Connect with Stephanie on Instagram @vitalityoet.stephanie</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>My favorite of Stephanie's Podcast episodes: <a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-metabolism-and-menopause-podcast/id1683220450?i=1000618320582Website"> https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-metabolism-and-menopause-podcast/id1683220450?i=1000618320582</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-metabolism-and-menopause-podcast/id1683220450?i=1000618320582Website"> Website</a>: </strong><a href= "http://www.vitalityosteopathicandexercisetherapy.com/">www.vitalityosteopathic