Lifestyle PeriMenopause
Lifestyle PeriMenopause
Lifestyle PeriMenopause, Queensland, 4069, Australia
Overview
**Grow bolder, not just older.
Personalise your journey. All from the comfort of your own home. Transform from wanting to change to making healthy habits stick. We offer our services Australia-wide through telehealth.
**What is the “perimenopause”?
Perimenopause is the transitional time around menopause. Menopause is when a woman, trans or non-binary person's periods stop. It's marked by changes in the menstrual cycle, along with other physical and emotional symptoms.
**Hang on, I think I’m too young!
This time can last 2 to 10 years before when someone reach menopause (at around 51 years of age). So everyone, it’s really time to start thinking about this in your 40s!
**How can seeing a dietitian help me during Perimenopause?
We often just think of oestrogen as being involved in fertility and reproduction. However, oestrogen is a great multi-tasker! It influences our heart and blood vessels, our brain, as well as adipose tissues (the way our body stores fat).
Oestrogen has an anti-inflammatory effect, as well as cardio-protective one which keeps our HDL (high density lipoprotein or “good cholesterol”) high and blood vessels elastic.
Studies suggest that loss of oestrogen promotes abdominal fat accumulation and a drop in energy expenditure.
Bone mineral density decreases most rapidly in the year (to three years) before the final menstrual period and declines but does not cease to three to four years following this.
**Is there really anything I can do to change my health risks at this time?
Time for some good news – the answer is YES. There have been many good studies that have shown starting lifestyle modification programs that incorporate dietary changes and being more physically active during perimenopause are extremely beneficial.
**Work with Dr Shelley at Lifestyle PeriMenopause to help shift from wanting to change to making healthy habits stick.
This passionate dietitian with a PhD in health psychology isn’t just about crunching numbers and preaching kale.
Dr. Shelley believes in a holistic approach to PeriMenopause - helping you build back your confidence and health - at a time when old dietary and exercise patterns don't seem to work for you as they did.
Forget boring diet plans! Dr. Shelley tailors her advice to your unique needs and preferences, drawing from the latest science to create a personalised roadmap to a healthier (and bolder) you.
With over three decades of experience as a Woman's Health Dietitian (with lived experience of PeriM!) Dr. Shelley has seen it all and she’s brought that expertise to Lifestyle PeriMenopause.
Practitioners at this location
Dr Shelley Wilkinson(She/her)
Dietitian
Dr Shelley is one of Australia's leading women's health dietitians.
She complements over 30 years of nutrition expertise with a PhD in psychology, balancing the 'know-what' of nutrition with the 'know-how' of innovative behaviour change techniques.
Dr Shelley is passionate about helping women optimise their dietary habits and relationship with food to improve their fertility, pregnancy and long-term health and well-being into the postnatal period, as well as during the perimenopause.
She values the privilege of working with women at these key life stages, enhancing their opportunity to improve personal lifestyle behaviours with lasting positive intergenerational effects.
Previously, she was the Senior Maternity Research Dietitian at Brisbane’s Mater Mothers Hospital for 12 years. During this time she developed and delivered innovative, women-focussed programs that resulted in improved diet quality, increased fruit and vegetable intake, and physical activity levels, a need for less medication (in gestational diabetes), as well as a greater proportion of women achieving their pregnancy weight gain goals.
She achieves this through tailoring knowledge from the scientific research to women's individual lifestyles and preferences in an empathetic and non-judgemental way. Dr Shelley has also completed the Dr Rick Kausman 'if not dieting' training and incorporates many of these techniques and approaches in her counselling sessions.
Packages Available
A$379.00
ONCE YOU BOOK THIS WE WILL BE IN TOUCH TO BOOK YOUR APPOINTMENT TIME Total saving of $65. Includes free GDM cookbook valued at $49. All studies point to the benefits of ongoing contact and support from an expert maternal health dietitian when managing your gestational diabetes (GDM). Studies testing the effectiveness of GDM nutrition guidelines have shown improved pregnancy outcomes (less need for insulin and better control of blood glucose levels) when women saw a specialist maternal health/GDM dietitian a minimum of three times during their pregnancy + a postnatal review. Our Director and Principal Dietitian, Dr Shelley Wilkinson, has applied these findings in health services she has worked in and collaborated with and now brings them to Lifestyle Maternity. Our specialist maternal health-GDM dietitians are able to tailor a program to support you to adapt guideline recommendations to your lifestyle and preferences. At these appointments a dietitian can assist you to adjust your individual meal plan timing and the content of your diet to optimise your BGLs. Practical suggestions to help you balance your dietary goals for GDM, manage your weight gain to your individual needs, and develop the healthiest baby possible will be negotiated and matched to your needs. The cookbook was produced as a collaboration between Lifestyle Maternity and PeNut (Personalised Nutrition).
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A$459.00
ONCE YOU BOOK THIS WE WILL BE IN TOUCH TO BOOK YOUR APPOINTMENT TIME Total saving of $75. Includes free GDM cookbook valued at $49. All studies point to the benefits of ongoing contact and support from an expert maternal health dietitian when managing your gestational diabetes (GDM). Studies testing the effectiveness of GDM nutrition guidelines have shown improved pregnancy outcomes (less need for insulin and better control of blood glucose levels) when women saw a specialist maternal health/GDM dietitian a minimum of three times during their pregnancy + a postnatal review. Our Director and Principal Dietitian, Dr Shelley Wilkinson, has applied these findings in health services she has worked in and collaborated with and now brings them to Lifestyle Maternity. Our specialist maternal health-GDM dietitians are able to tailor a program to support you to adapt guideline recommendations to your lifestyle and preferences. At these appointments a dietitian can assist you to adjust your individual meal plan timing and the content of your diet to optimise your BGLs. Practical suggestions to help you balance your dietary goals for GDM, manage your weight gain to your individual needs, and develop the healthiest baby possible will be negotiated and matched to your needs. The cookbook was produced as a collaboration between Lifestyle Maternity and PeNut (Personalised Nutrition).
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A$508.00
ONCE YOU BOOK THIS WE WILL BE IN TOUCH TO BOOK YOUR APPOINTMENT TIME Total saving of $75. Includes free GDM and postnatal cookbooks valued at $49 each. All studies point to the benefits of ongoing contact and support from an expert maternal health dietitian when managing your gestational diabetes (GDM). Studies testing the effectiveness of GDM nutrition guidelines have shown improved pregnancy outcomes (less need for insulin and better control of blood glucose levels) when women saw a specialist maternal health/GDM dietitian a minimum of three times during their pregnancy + a postnatal review. Our Director and Principal Dietitian, Dr Shelley Wilkinson, has applied these findings in health services she has worked in and collaborated with and now brings them to Lifestyle Maternity. Our specialist maternal health-GDM dietitians are able to tailor a program to support you to adapt guideline recommendations to your lifestyle and preferences. At these appointments a dietitian can assist you to adjust your individual meal plan timing and the content of your diet to optimise your BGLs. Practical suggestions to help you balance your dietary goals for GDM, manage your weight gain to your individual needs, and develop the healthiest baby possible will be negotiated and matched to your needs. The cookbooks were produced as a collaboration between Lifestyle Maternity and PeNut (Personalised Nutrition). POSTNATAL COOKBOOK FEATURES: 40 recipes 11 breakfasts 21 lunch/dinner 8 snacks Suitable for freezing Macros and micros Recipe tips and swaps
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A$49.00
Mental load, be gone! Postnatal cookbook, for the win. Nourishing, one-pot recipes for the new mama. COOKBOOK FEATURES: 40 recipes 11 breakfasts 21 lunch/dinner 8 snacks Suitable for freezing Macros and micros Recipe tips and swaps ~~We will email the digital cookbook once your order comes through to us.
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A$49.00
When you are pregnant you are not eating for two, but you have to eat twice as well. It surprises many women that the additional energy required to support them and their growing baby is quite small and changes depending on their stage of pregnancy. COOKBOOK FEATURES: 50 recipes 14 breakfasts 21 lunch/dinner 15 snacks Suitable for freezing Macros and micros Recipe tips and swaps We will email the digital cookbook once your order comes through to us. ~~~~~~
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A$79.00
Despite clever marketing that tries to convince us otherwise, there are no specific foods that will help you fall pregnant. However, there is a pattern of eating that is more likely to improve fertility. This relates to the types of carbs and protein you eat, how you exercise and your weight. This PeNut + Lifestyle Maternity fertility meal plan incorporates all the fertility boosting strategies in nutritionally balanced, easy to prepare, and delicious meals. 7-day meal plan Flexitarian Plant based Shopping list Week overview at a glance Macros and micros Recipe tips and swaps ~~ We will email the digital MEAL PLAN once your order comes through to us.
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A$16.00
Sometimes you just want a taster before the main course - think of Nourish & Nurture Bite Sized as an Entreé. We believe our full Nourish & Nurture program is amazing and we think you will too. It's designed to transform you easily from WANTING to change to making habits STICK. Nourish & Nurture - Nutrition Essentials for Fertility is your entry to this delicious world tailored to your unique fertility experience. Nutrition Essentials for Fertility will cut through the social media noise to present you the essential fertility nutrition facts. You will learn about: -Eight fertility supporting habits, -Where the dietary guidelines go right (and where things are going wrong), -Balancing choices across the five food groups for fertility, -The risks from ultra-processed foods, -The links between carbs, protein, caffeine and alcohol and fertility, -The yes, no and maybe of supplements, -Achieving and maintaining a healthy weight, and -Eight tips for eating well for fertility.
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A$16.00
Hello soon-to-be new mum, Sometimes you just want a taster before the main course - think of Nourish & Nurture Bite Sized as an Entreé. We believe our full Nourish & Nurture program is amazing and we think you will too. It's designed to transform you easily from WANTING to change to making habits STICK. Nourish & Nurture - Nutrition Essentials for Pregnancy is your entry to this delicious world tailored to your unique pregnancy experience. Nutrition Essentials for Pregnancy will cut through the social media noise to present you the essential pregnancy nutrition facts. You will learn about: -fetal programming, epigenetics and the links to early life nutrition, -six key reasons why eating well in pregnancy is important, -balancing choices across the five food groups for pregnancy, -the risks from ultra-processed foods in pregnancy, -motivation to move more, -healthy weight gain and where the old guidelines went wrong, and -eight tips for eating well in pregnancy.
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A$54.00
Hello soon-to-be new mum, Step into a world tailored to your unique pregnancy experience. This program is designed to inform and empower you to find easy and practical solutions for lasting changes to your routines and habits. This engaging course is packed with advice and strategies that you can adapt to your preferences, needs and routines to keep you healthy, happy, and well-prepared for the arrival of your little one. What you will learn In this series of short¸ practical, and informative modules you will learn how to: Assess yourself against current pregnancy recommendations and guidelines, Cut through the social media noise to find out the essential pregnancy nutrition facts, Personalise these recommendations to YOUR needs, lifestyle, preferences Come away with tools, tips and tricks to help create lasting habits for health, and Know where to get more help, whether this is more inspiration, advice or accountability. ~~ WE WILL EMAIL YOUR ACCESS CODE ONCE YOUR ORDER COMES THROUGH TO US
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Step into a world that is tailored to your unique fertility enhancing experience. This program is designed to inform and empower you to find easy and practical solutions for lasting changes to your routines and habits. This engaging course is packed with advice and strategies that you can adapt to your preferences, needs and routines. to keep you healthy, happy, and well-prepared to improve your ovulatory fertility, egg quality, and overall feeling of control. What you will learn In this series of short¸ practical, and informative modules you will learn how to: Assess yourself against current fertility recommendations and guidelines, Cut through the social media noise to find out the essential fertility nutrition facts, Personalise these recommendations to YOUR needs, lifestyle, preferences Come away with tools, tips and tricks to help create lasting habits for health, and Know where to get more help, whether this is more inspiration, advice or accountability. ~~ WE WILL EMAIL YOUR ACCESS CODE ONCE YOUR ORDER COMES THROUGH TO US
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