Menopause Weight Gain, HRT and Your Emotions with Dr. Meryl Kahan [Ep. 151]

Update: 2025-06-11

Description

Menopause isn’t just a physical transition—it can stir up a lot emotionally, and those emotions often show up in how we eat. In this episode, we’re talking about what really happens during menopause, including the hormone shifts and weight gain.

We get into:

How emotional changes in this stage can influence your eating habits
What to do when your usual strategies for “eating healthy” stop working
The trap of trying to “fix” everything with restriction or discipline
Lifestyle shifts to prioritize
The basics of menopause nutrition

If you’ve ever wondered why you feel so off lately—or why eating feels harder than it used to—this episode will help you feel seen and give you a starting point for handling menopause with more patience and self-understanding.

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Dr. Meryl Kahan, a board-certified gynecologist and Menopause Society Certified Practitioner, founded SheMD, a direct care women’s health practice based in NYC. She provides affordable, personalized gynecology and menopause care with longer visits, no insurance hassles, and telehealth options across New York State and Florida. Her patients are often women in their 30s, 40s, and 50s who are frustrated not only by unexplained weight changes, low energy, mood swings, and cravings, even though they’re doing “everything right", but also by being dismissed by their regular doctors that their symptoms are all "normal". After years in the traditional medical system, Dr. Kahan left to create a practice that actually supports women through the hormonal shifts that impact how they eat, feel, and function.