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What If the Reason You’re Stuck Isn’t You—It’s Your Rhythm?

June 04, 20254 min read

You’ve cleaned up your eating, hit every workout, followed all the “rules”—but the scale won’t budge. You’re bloated, tired, and wondering if something deeper is going on.

Spoiler alert: there is.

You’ve been following advice designed for male biology. It’s time we talk about the clock that governs your body—and what happens when you ignore it.

The 24-Hour Myth That’s Keeping You Stuck

Most of the health and fitness advice out there is designed around the circadian rhythm—a 24-hour cycle. It influences everything from sleep to energy levels.
But here’s the problem: it’s based on the hormonal patterns of men.

As women, we don’t just have one biological clock—we have two.
And the second one? It’s the one you’ve never been taught about. It’s called the infradian rhythm.

The Infradian Rhythm—Your Body’s Secret Superpower

The infradian rhythm is a 28-ish day cycle that affects five major systems in your body:

  • Brain: Cognitive changes of up to 25% throughout the month

  • Metabolism: Fluctuates week to week

  • Mood & Emotions: Tied to hormone shifts

  • Immune System: Weaker in some phases, stronger in others

  • Stress Response: Increased cortisol sensitivity in certain phases

This rhythm is your menstrual cycle—even in perimenopause and menopause. And yet, every meal plan, fitness guide, and productivity hack tells you to treat every day the same.

This one-size-fits-all system works for a 24-hour male hormone cycle.
But for a woman’s body? It’s a fast track to burnout.

Why Your Diet and Workout Plans Aren’t Working Anymore

Ever feel like your workouts used to work, but now they’re just draining you?

Ever follow a plan perfectly only to end up more bloated, exhausted, or irritable?

That’s what happens when you ignore your infradian rhythm.
Instead of working with your body, you’re pushing against it—and it pushes back.

  • In your follicular and ovulatory phases, your body responds well to HIIT, cardio, heavy strength training, and lighter meals.

  • In your luteal and menstrual phases, your metabolism increases and your body actually needs more rest, more calories, and lower intensity workouts like pilates and yoga.

If you ignore these natural shifts, you:

  • Spike cortisol (stress)

  • Disrupt your sleep

  • Store fat instead of burning it

  • Experience PMS, cravings, and low energy

Midlife, Perimenopause & The Rhythm Reset

Now let’s talk about your 40s.

This is the decade where your hormones begin to shift more dramatically. Estrogen and progesterone may fluctuate wildly, especially in perimenopause. And suddenly:

  • Your metabolism tanks

  • Sleep suffers

  • Weight creeps up around your midsection

  • Mood swings hit harder

  • You feel “off” but doctors tell you everything is “normal”

Here’s what no one tells you: your infradian rhythm still exists.
Even if your cycle is irregular or fading, your body still moves in phases—and when you honor that, everything starts to click again.

That’s what I teach inside my signature program Sync & Soul: The Rhythm Reset—but more on that soon 😉

Embrace Your Feminine Rhythm

This isn’t woo. This is science.

Cycle syncing is simply learning how to:

  • Learn how to incorporate the right foods for each phase of your cycle

  • Move your body in a way that aligns with your energy

  • Manage stress and rest intentionally

  • Support your hormones by working with them instead of against them

Once you learn how to work with your rhythm instead of against it, you’ll begin to:

  • Feel more energized

  • Lose weight more easily

  • Sleep better

  • Reduce PMS and mood swings

  • Actually enjoy the process

What Happens When You Sync with Your Cycle

Here’s what my clients tell me after syncing with their cycle:

“I finally feel like my body makes sense.”
“I lost 10 pounds without killing myself at the gym.”
“I sleep through the night for the first time in years.”
“I feel empowered—not broken.”

This is not a miracle.
This is you, in rhythm.

Stop Fighting Your Body. Start Listening to It.

The reason nothing’s working isn’t because you’re not trying hard enough.
It’s because you’ve been following a plan that doesn’t fit your biology.

You don’t need another meal plan.
You need a blueprint to understand what your body needs right now.

Take My Hormone Blueprint Quiz

You don’t need another one-size-fits-all plan.
You need a roadmap that was designed for your rhythm.

That’s why I’ve been quietly building something powerful for women in midlife—something that will help you reconnect with your body, rebalance your hormones, and finally feel like yourself again.

But before it launches, I want you to start with the very first step:
➡️ Take my Hormone Blueprint Quiz.
It’s free, it takes 5 minutes, and it’s the foundation for what’s coming next.

👉 [Click here to take the quiz now]

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