Hello and welcome to this episode of the ESG Fitness Podcast.

Today's topic is going to be about busting some myths or explaining some things about

women's exercise and nutrition needs and whether they actually differ from men's or not

and the impact of our fluctuating hormone levels, both premenopause,

perimenopause and postmenopause on how we should be eating and training. And some,

but not all of this, has been triggered or inspired by a recent Mel Robbins podcast, which had Stacey Sims on,

and I got a flood of questions after this, and I know that it left a lot of women confused.

So I hope that by the end of this episode, you're going to be far less confused and far more empowered

to know exactly where to focus your efforts and

what you should be doing and any changes that you do need to make. That podcast, the Mel Robbins

podcast, started with telling women that they had been gaslit and that they were doing it all

wrong. And I want to reassure you that if you are consistently exercising,

then you are certainly not doing it all wrong.

You have not been gaslit.

Also, the improper use of that word needs to stop.

And at this point I'll also say, say like this isn't any beef with the certain

people that have been talking about these topics. Like I really tried to take the information

and discuss the information as opposed to make it about a specific person and I know that a lot

people are like, like oh I used to

really like Mel Robbins blah blah blah and now she said this I also think we're

potentially a little bit I'm in two minds about this because I think you should

hold people to high standards but I also don't think you should kind of

...