Lose your stubborn menopause belly-fat and you’ll reduce your hot flushes too. Women on the MyMT™ 12 week Transform Me programme call it ‘life-changing’ – as I did too.

Wendy Sweet Transformation

If you are as frustrated by your mid-life belly fat and continual hot flushes as I was, then do you know that the two are related? The more overweight you are, the more hot flushes you get.It’s all because the extra oestrogen that is stored in fat cells (especially around your breast and belly) cause […]

VIDEO: Meet Wendy Sweet from MyMT & discover why menopause is the time for lifestyle change, not endless supplements and medications.

Most women joining me on the MyMT programmes are as frustrated as I felt too – sick of spending huge amounts of money on various supplements, hormone creams, weight loss diets, Dr’s visits, blood tests, Personal Trainers, HRT, other Health Specialists and whatever else we can think of. All because menopause symptoms are ruining how […]

Discover my 6 ‘foodie’ tips that will help reduce your HOT FLUSHES, keep your BLOOD PRESSURE low & help you STAY CALM this Christmas!

Turkey or Ham? Potatoes or Sweet Potatoes? Broccoli or Cauliflower? Spinach or Kale? Beetroot or Parsnip? Steamed pudding or pavlova? Of all the hundreds of coaching posts that I’ve written for women who join me in the private MyMT communities for my three different 12 week programmes – [Circuit Breaker, Transform Me & my new […]

Why you need more than just 30 minute workouts during your Menopause transition.

I remember the fitness messages in the 1990’s. This was the time when ‘lack of time’ became the new mantra for the fitness industry.  Motivated by the very new scientific domain of exercise psychology, one of the messages coming out of the emerging research, was that most people lack time to exercise. Alongside these messages, was […]

Making sense of your weight gain in menopause [and why you shouldn’t follow weight loss strategies from the ‘Biggest Loser’ reality TV shows!]

Have you put on belly fat with peri-menopause? Is belly-fat hard to shift no matter the exercise you might be doing? If any of these symptoms sound familiar, you need to understand why controlling surges of insulin through optimal blood sugar regulation as well as managing your sleep quality and quantity and understanding the hormonal influences on your weight gain are critical aspects to weight management during your menopause years.

“I can now fit a sari that I haven’t worn for 7 years!” [Ragni, Auckland, NZ]

MyMT Ragni

I love this photo of Ragni – not only is it the first time that I have seen what she looks like, but she tells me that she is so excited because not only is she fitting into the clothes that she had outgrown as the belly-fat stacked on in menopause, but she is now […]

The Connection between Menopause & Osteoporosis – A shout out for strong women as they age!

MyMT Success Story Sue

Have you ever thought about your skeleton as a metabolically active organ? I know that I never really thought about this when I went into peri-menopause and thought that the activity that I was doing, e.g. some cardio, my once a week BodyPump class and doing some exercise on most days of the week was […]

Have you ever wondered about the purpose of your hormonal changes in menopause?

When it comes to talking about menopause symptoms and the struggle many of us have to make sense of how we are feeling, it often feels like no-one is listening or understanding what is actually going on. That’s how I used to feel too. But it doesn’t have to be this way any longer, as […]