Nourishing Your Body Through Menopause: Q&A with Tarah Valenti, RDN

Nourishing Your Body Through Menopause: Q&A with Tarah Valenti, RDN

While there is a growing body of new research and suggestions to help women better navigate the changes their bodies experience during perimenopause, menopause and postmenopause, there’s still a lot of confusion, frustration and misinformation. In this quick video, I sit down (er… walk) with registered dietician Tarah Valenti from CustomFit to discuss practical tips on how to approach these changes from a fitness and nutrition perspective. Hint: many women are not eating enough. And as Tarah explains, “you have to be fully nourished for your body to be functioning at its best.” 

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Embracing "Lifting Heavy Sh*t" Can Make All the Difference in Your 50s

Embracing "Lifting Heavy Sh*t" Can Make All the Difference in Your 50s

When my FABULOUS client Sarah told me she wanted to “lift heavy sh*t” it was music to my ears. We’ve worked together for years and over time we’ve shifted focus of her program to strategically align with evolving priorities including improving body composition and health markers through an integrated approach to exercise, nutrition and recovery; easing the transition into perimenopause; enabling her active lifestyle and love of tennis and scuba; and ensuring her vitality, mobility and agility as she inches toward early retirement. Her love of metrics, data and science have given us the insights necessary to build her ideal program for her unique body which is yielding incredible results. Her continual efforts to learn and try new approaches is inspiring and I’m so grateful she took the time to discuss her journey here.

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