5 minutes from now, you’re going to be a MASTER of perimenopause snack ideas that banish that 2pm, hormone induced funk.

The problem with the *healthy* granola bars, bran muffins, an extra chai oat latte or lonely apple you’re grabbing when energy tanks and brain fog seeps in like a scene out of the “The Mist” is…

Those naked carbs – while some are healthy- bring blood sugar up quickly, which is *always* followed by a craving and hunger laden crash an hour or two later – leaving you vulnerable right as you need to be in the kitchen (or in Doordash) deciding what’s for dinner.

The only time naked carbs serve you really well?

During a higher-intensity or endurance workout. Think a metcon class, a hike up any trail on the North Shore (where the elevation is *always* kicking your butt right at the beginning) or before/during a 45+ min run.

Here’s the magic combination for perimenopause friendly snack ideas that help your energy & afternoon focus, instead of hurt it:

✅ Protein or fat to steady blood sugar and dampen hunger hormones
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✅ Plant food (fruit or veggie) for a little bit of slow digesting carb to fuel the rest of the day

Optional – a little carb for flavour, texture or as a fun vehicle for the two essential ingredients!

I know, it’s Friday and your inspo is running low. So here are 12 SIMPLE and client tested snacks to try for yourself.

Savoury Snack Lovers, Start Here:

Sweet Tooth Snackers, Unite:

The real magic to mastering snacks that work with your body in perimenopause?

It comes when you *plan* for these snacks. That means:

1. Putting them on your meal plan
2. Getting them with your groceries
3. Prepping, chopping, and packaging anything up on the weekend or night before so its grab and go.

Because I KNOW you are busy.

So give yourself that little gift of a bit of time spent now to save you hours of cravings, hormonal hunger and staring blankly at your screen in the afternoons.

You deserve to feel better than good -you deserve to feel healthy and energized so you have juice left over for bike rides with the kids in the evenings, or that pilates class you’ve been wanting to try Saturday morning.