Can I lose weight in perimenopause by eating more?

On Ep. 231, Angela shares that she had lived between 1,200 and 1,600 calories for years. In WarriorBabe she learned macros, added more carbs and ended up eating an average of 400 to 500 calories more a day. She says it was scary at first. Her body seemed to need an adjustment period, and then the scale and her inches started coming down. Nikkiey notes that most women go through a similar retraining phase when they start. Angela's results were over 20 pounds and 8 inches in nearly 300 days.

On Ep. 362, Michelle tells Nikkiey she had always been active, but in perimenopause she started gaining around her midsection while working out five days a week and eating once a day. Her coach, Stevie, moved her to strength training three days a week with walking on the other days, and to 1,900 to 2,000 calories. Michelle admits she didn't believe it would work. She says she could see results in her progress photos about a month in.

The scale doesn't always tell the whole story. Candy, who is 43 and perimenopausal, shares in a WarriorBabe video that she had been doing huge amounts of cardio without results. She cut back on cardio, added weights back in and learned to use macros to fuel her workouts. She hasn't lost much weight on the scale, but she is losing inches around her waist and chest and building muscle in her arms and legs.