Holistic Health Coach Shweta

I hear this all the time:
“I’m trying to lose weight, so I’ve stopped eating carbs.”

But dekho, not all carbs behave the same way in your body.

The goal isn’t to fear carbs. It’s to understand which carbs support steady energy and which ones leave you hungry again an hour later.

So before you say goodbye to your roti... let’s give the packaged snacks some attention first.

And be honest with me... what’s one carb you’ve been unnecessarily avoiding? Tell me in the comments!

Most women think menopause starts at 50.

Hormonal changes can begin 10 to 15 years earlier. Quietly. Gradually. And many women are told everything is “normal” while living with the symptoms.

From your mid-30s, progesterone and estrogen both start declining. What follows over the next decade:

1. Poor sleep, anxiety, mood changes.
2. Heavy periods, bloating, breast tenderness.
3. Irregular cycles, night sweats, hot flushes.
4. Low energy, dry skin, fatigue.

If any of this sounds familiar, the next step is testing these:

1. Progesterone: 5 days before your expected period (10-25 ng/ml)
2. Estradiol: day 3 of your cycle (10-50 pg/dl)
3. Free-testosterone (1.0 to 5.0 pg/dl)
4. DHEA (150-300 mcg/dl)

Lab “normal” ranges are much wider than these. That gap is exactly why you’re told you’re fine when you don’t feel fine.

The right tests, at the right time, read alongside your symptoms and history, tell you far more than routine blood work alone.

At the end of the day, perimenopause is a CLUSTER of symptoms. The hair fall, the weight gain, the sleepless nights, just “not feeling like yourself” can all happen even when your labs are perfect. So don’t let anyone put you down or tell you it’s all in your head.

I’m Shweta Bagla, Functional Medicine Practitioner. I help women find the root-cause and hormone-related symptoms by looking beyond standard lab reports.

DM and let’s discuss.

PMOS doesn’t respond to punishment, crash diets, cardio every single day, cutting entire food groups. What it responds to is working with your body.

This is what I suggest to my clients:

- Protein-first breakfast to keep blood sugar steady from the start of the day.
- ⁠Pulling back on gluten and dairy to ease inflammation.
- ⁠Saving carbs for the evening, it actually helps with cortisol and sleep.
- ⁠Weights over endless cardio.
- ⁠4,000mg inositol + 1,000mg berberine daily.

Four weeks in: more energy, less bloating, the PMOS belly finally calming down.

Send this to the girlie who’s been fighting her body instead of listening to it.

*Note: Not medical advice. Berberine and inositol can interact with medications and aren’t suitable for everyone, especially during pregnancy. Consult your doctor before starting any medication.