Perimenopause Weight &
Metabolic Support
For women who feel like their body has suddenly changed — and nothing that used to work works anymore.
If you are in your late 30s, 40s, or early 50s and noticing unexpected weight gain, changes in your body composition, sleep disruptions, or energy swings, you’re not imagining it.
Many women enter perimenopause without realizing their metabolism and hormones are shifting in ways that make their previous routines less effective.
The good news is that with the right strategy and structure, your body can begin responding again.
When Your Body Starts Playing by Different Rules
Many of the women I work with describe a similar moment:
They are exercising regularly, trying to eat well, and doing the things that worked for years — yet their body is responding differently.
They often notice:
gradual weight gain around the midsection
feeling “puffier” or less toned
fatigue or disrupted sleep
increased stress sensitivity
brain fog
workouts that no longer seem to change their body
These shifts are incredibly common during the years leading up to menopause, yet many women receive very little guidance on how to navigate them.
A Strategy Designed for This Stage of Life
The goal of this work is not another restrictive diet or extreme workout plan.
Instead, we focus on helping your body regain metabolic stability during a time of hormonal change.
Our work together may include:
Rebuilding muscle and strength
Stabilizing energy throughout the day
Improving sleep and recovery
Creating sustainable nutrition patterns
Reducing the stress patterns that can affect weight and metabolism
Over time, you may begin to feel more like yourself again — stronger, more stable, and more confident in how to support your body during this phase. And most importantly, you’ll be gaining skills and establishing behaviors that will support your health for the rest of your life.
Private clients participate in a structured 12-week program designed to provide clarity, strategy, and ongoing support.
The program includes:
Weekly one-on-one coaching sessions
Education about your physiology and how to work with it
Strategies tailored to the changes happening during perimenopause
Personalized guidance and adjustments
Clear structure and accountability
Support implementing sustainable routines
This format allows us to work closely together while building habits that can continue long after the program ends.
Private 12-Week Coaching Program
This Program May Be a Good Fit If
You are:
In your late 30s, 40s, or early 50s
Noticing weight gain or body changes that feel unfamiliar
Tired of trying approaches that worked in the past but no longer do
Looking for thoughtful, structured guidance rather than another quick fix
Ready to take a more strategic approach to this stage of life
A Small, Private Client Practice
Because this work involves close collaboration and individualized guidance, I work with a limited number of private clients at any given time.
Most clients also work alongside their physicians as they navigate the physical changes of perimenopause.
If you’re interested in exploring whether this program may be a good fit, you’re invited to apply for private coaching.
Meet Your Health Coach
Brandi Montague is a National Board Certified Health & Wellness Coach (NBC-HWC) credentialed through the National Board for Health & Wellness Coaching.
She specializes in supporting women through the physical and metabolic changes that often occur during the years leading up to menopause.
Her approach combines metabolic health education; nutrition, movement, sleep, and stress strategies; and practical lifestyle implementation to help women navigate this stage with more clarity and confidence.
If you’re experiencing changes in your body during perimenopause and are looking for thoughtful, structured support, you’re welcome to apply.
Is this perimenopause?
The concept of perimenopause itself is fairly new to most of us. This period of 7-10 years before menstruation stops is a bit like puberty in reverse. Our hormones are fluctuating on a daily basis — just like our tweens and teens, except their hormones are onboarding and ours our checking out. For some of us, this perimenopause time frame is a slow build to a slew of bothersome symptoms and others feel hit by a storm of symptoms all at once!
You’re up in the middle of the night – sometimes for hours. You’re having inconvenient hot flashes when you’re in meetings or out with friends. You’re sweat-soaking your bed sheets at night. You’re exhausted and can’t survive without your morning and afternoon caffeine. You’re likely pouring a drink to unwind after another overwhelming day. Your brain isn’t as quick as it used to be — you forget things every now and again, why did I come into this room?, and words are always on the tip of your tongue. You feel like you’ve developed ADD symptoms out of the blue in your 40s! You’re easily triggered by your kids, your partner and/or your parents. There’s anxiety that wasn’t there before, or it’s amplified. Your heart races, your thoughts continually loop, you feel outside of your body. And your physical body is changing too. You’re putting on weight in your mid-section even though your diet and exercise haven’t changed. And where is your muscle going? Then there’s all the stuff we don’t talk about openly (but we should, and we will) - you wet yourself when you sneeze, you learned the definition of prolapse this decade, and where did your libido go? And these are just the most common issues.
Do you feel like some or all of this is just happening to you? Like you don’t have any control or power over it?
Well, YOU DO! You have so much power over this phase of your life!
Grinning and bearing it, ignoring it to the best of your ability, or venting to your perimenopausal friends isn’t the only way to approach this. The problem for most of us in perimenopause is that we aren’t well-informed about what our bodies actually need in this phase of life and the tender loving care we require.
We make sure our kids have every resource and consultant they need, but we don’t offer ourselves, at the very least, the same level of attention. Change that today…