20: Reading Your Body: What a CGM Teaches You About Metabolic Health in Perimenopause

If you've ever crashed at 3pm, woken up at 2am anxious and sweating, or watched your cravings go completely off the rails in the week before your period - your blood sugar is involved. And in perimenopause, managing it gets harder. Not because of anything you're doing wrong. Because of what your hormones are doing.In this episode I'm walking you through continuous glucose monitoring - what it actually shows you, how to use it as a learning tool rather than a source of anxiety, and what two weeks of my own personal CGM data revealed about food, stress, sleep, movement, and sex.I also break down HbA1c, why it should never be read as a solo marker for insulin resistance, and how the Fuel pillar of the Perimenopause Matrix connects to every other pillar in the system - Regulate, Recharge, and Move.Chapters00:00 Understanding Blood Sugar and Perimenopause03:07 The Role of Hormones in Blood Sugar Management05:24 Using Continuous Glucose Monitoring Effectively11:01 The Impact of Non-Food Events on Blood Sugar13:12 Sleep, Stress, and Blood Sugar Connection17:10 Interpreting CGM Data and Other Health Markers19:23 Practical Steps for Managing Blood Sugar20:14 Introduction to Perimenopause Awareness20:44 Understanding the Challenges of Perimenopause👉Full Show NotesAbout the Perimenopause Matrix:The Matrix is my framework for navigating perimenopause across 6 pillars: Fuel, Move, Recharge, Regulate, Connect, and Clean. But this episode isn't about optimizing all 6—it's about choosing the ONE that matters most in YOUR current reality.🧬 Ready to stop guessing?I help women interpret their labs so they can make nutrition decisions based on data, not diet trends.👉 Book your personalized Lab Review here🎁 FREE RESOURCE: Download the free Perimenopause Decoder . It helps you understand what's happening during perimenopause so you can make decisions from a place of clarity, not chaos.📱 CONNECT WITH ME:Website⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠Facebook ⁠YoutubeYou're not crazy. You're not broken. You're not alone. And you absolutely deserve to feel like yourself again.Listen to Mornings with Megan Podcast 🎧 New episodes drop every Wednesday!AppleSpotifyAmazonYoutube