#128 - Part One: Family Friendly Dinner Ideas That Keep Us Fit, Lean & Fabulous in Perimenopause

Feeling confused about how and what to eat for dinner to best support your female body's ability to mitigate perimenopause symptoms and maximize your health, hormones, and fitness in mid-life?In this episode, Louise, one of the world's leading exercise physiologists, nutrition, and women's health experts, and her co-host Jen tackle one of the biggest struggles for active women in perimenopause: how to make dinner work for your changing body, your goals, and your family. They share practical ways to build optimal meals that are simple, filling, and realistic, without feeling like you need a separate kitchen just to eat healthy and strategically. A big takeaway is that dinner should include specific portions of protein, carbs, healthy fats, and plenty of colorful veggies to support hormone production, your best stable energy, optimal recovery, performance gains, leaning out, and fat loss results. They also remind listeners that perfection is not the goal. Small swaps, strategic ingredients, and female-specific nutrient timing can make a big difference in empowering you to enjoy "fun" foods while still feeling, looking, and performing your best!This episode is especially helpful for ambitious active women who feel like they “do everything right” all day, then lose control at dinner. Louise and Jen show that you can stay lean, fuel your workouts, enjoy pizza night, and empower your family to fuel vibrantly well without guilt, confusion, or overwhelm. It is a refreshing reminder that healthy and strategically eating in perimenopause can be somewhat flexible, very family-friendly, and much less stressful than most women think!RESOURCES + LINKSFind Louise’s super simple Gluten Free Low Sugar Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe on the Breaking Through Wellness blog hereLearn & level up with my free nutrition guide & award-winning 1:1 Badass Breakthrough Academy to thrive through perimenopause with less stress: https://www.breakingthroughwellness.com/ Check out my FullScript here where you can see curated best supplement picks & save 20% off under “Catalog” → “Favorites”   A small portion of EACH sale goes back to support BTW.  Thank you!Take advantage of our podcast listener discount & save 20% off all of Kion’s science-backed clean products, including our favorite omega supplement to pair with dinner, Kion Omega. Code "LOUISE" saves on all future orders: : https://www.getkion.com/pages/maximizing Episode Highlights:(0:00) Intro(2:43) Part one and part two overview(4:37) Family-friendly dinners for perimenopause(6:34) The ideal dinner plate for active women(8:14) Budget-friendly veggie and salad hacks(10:07) Why gluten-free can matter for some women(15:21) Fueling strategically instead of fearing food(17:11) Fast dinner prep that stays realistic(21:20) Easy protein ideas for family meals(24:32) Simple swaps for dressings and toppings(28:07) Teaching kids better food choices at home(30:20) OutroTune in weekly to "Maximizing Hormones, Physique, and Running Through Perimenopause" for our simple female-specific science-based revolution. Let's unlock our best with less stress!I'd love to connect!Email 💬  [email protected] 📷https://www.instagram.com/breakingthroughwellnessFacebookhttps://www.facebook.com/BreakingThroughWellness