My name is Julia, and welcome to fitover50foodie.com! It is so nice to meet you!
When I hit my 50s and went into menopause, it felt like my body had been taken over by an alien! Despite cooking at home and eating whole, clean foods, I started gaining weight, felt exhausted all the time, and—let’s be honest—I was mad at everyone!
I found myself visiting doctors often, desperate to feel healthy again.
Everything changed when I discovered the power of prioritizing protein at every meal and lifting heavy weights to build muscle! I finally feel like myself again!
Knowing that this was going to be a lifestyle change for me, I went online looking for new recipes to inspire me in the kitchen, and to keep things from getting boring. …but I really couldn’t find much! Most of what I found were meal ideas being posted by people who were fueling their bodies in the most basic ways, and were not doing much real cooking.
…but I love to cook! …and I love to EAT, and be excited when I sit down to a meal!
Yes, I want to fuel my body and meet my nutrition goals, but DO NOT want to feel like I have to change my whole approach to cooking, eating and living! I am committed to making the changes that I need to make to feel better, but I am making super sure that my approach is sustainable. As for me, I just have to keep finding ways to keep food exciting and to continue to enjoy being in my kitchen!
After years of cooking almost every meal every day, feeding my family, and reading cookbooks and online blogs for fun, I have found that I am actually the person with the ideas I am looking for!
I make delicious and satisfying high protein, high fiber, low calorie meals that work if you are in a calorie deficit, looking for protein, trying to build and retain muscle or just want some inspiration in the kitchen for what to cook and eat!
