Opt to Thrive…for Midlife Women
Opt to Thrive is a health and wellness podcast designed to support, educate, inspire, empower and motivate midlife women to live their healthiest, happiest most fulfilled lives. Motivated by her own life experiences and challenging midlife transition, Dr Corina Sims created Opt to Thrive.
Dr Sims is a rural GP Obstetrician and Menopause Specialist who has a passion for connecting with and empowering other women to be the best version of themselves. Disappointed with the vast amount of contradictory information targeted at menopausal women, Dr Sims also recognised the gap in medicine that has been identified around the globe in managing women going through it. Dr Dims strives to bring evidence based information to those who are searching for answers.
Listen in every week where on one week you’ll find either a short and sweet episode designed to uplift, inspire and give helpful tips to manage your mind and a longer episode the next created to educate and inform.
Opt to Thrive…for Midlife Women
I'm Doing What I've Always Done, So Why am l Putting on Weight? - The Truth About Weight Gain and Menopause
In this episode of Opt to Thrive Dr Sims seeks to answer the question "is it really menopause or is there something else to blame for the weight gain most women will experience during this midlife transition?".
Dr Sims explores the underlying mechanisms of weight gain during midlife and explains why we cannot keep doing what we've always done and expect to get the results we used to get.
After this episode the listener will have gained valuable insight into what is actually happening in her body in this midlife transition that has contributed to weight gain. This Insight will be a powerful tool that can be used to create effective strategies to remove the excess weight once and for all.
