August 7, 2025 • 9 mins
I'm Bridget Walton, a Women's Hormone Coach helping ambitious women ages 25-40 naturally restore hormone balance, fix irregular periods, feel confident in their fertility, and resolve gut health issues without restrictive dieting.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hey there and welcome to today's episode of I'm
Hormonal.
I'm your host, bridget Walton,women's hormone coach, and today
we're going to be talkingthrough three key things to
avoid when it comes to thesenutritional blind spots.
Right, if you want to fix yourperiod, if you want to fix your
gut health, you have to ensurethat you are adequately
(00:21):
nourishing your body.
This is not an option.
This is not a nice to have.
If you're not doing this, thenyou are adequately nourishing
your body.
This is not an option.
This is not a nice to have.
If you're not doing this, thenyou are leaving progress and
improvement on the table.
Right, the change that you cansee from improving your meals.
That will have a huge impact onnot only your energy levels or
your skin clarity or your crampsor your PMS, but also your
(00:43):
period regularity.
So that's what we're going toget into today.
I have three blind spots, threekey things I want to walk
through with you and I know thata lot of you listening are
women in your 30s.
You gals are working incorporate, you are on the go,
traveling, and stress is a bigfactor for you, and so that's
(01:05):
why I want to start off talkingabout digestion, because one of
these blind spots that can popup is just not really thinking
about how well you're digestingyour food, because, I mean,
whoever really taught us tothink about this?
So that's why we're coveringthat here right now.
In short, this first of threenotes that I have for you,
(01:28):
though, is just think about howwell are you actually digesting
your food, because if yourdigestion is off, then you might
not even be absorbing or reallygetting the full benefit from
that food that you are eating,and if that's the case, then you
need to optimize your digestionfirst.
So I mentioned stress.
If you're stressed, that canimpact your digestion, in that
(01:51):
your system isn't going to beproducing as much stomach acid
as it normally would, and thenthere's a cascading effect
through the rest of yourdigestive system that can
prevent the appropriate enzymesfrom being released into your
system to help aid the breakdownof those foods.
Another thing to look out forwould be if you have a lot of
(02:12):
bloating.
Now, there are several reasonswhy you might be experiencing
bloating, but if that's you, itcould be because there's some
imbalance in your gut microbiome, could be because of stress,
could be something else.
This is all to say.
Those are going to be somesignals for you that I want you
to keep in mind, because, ifthat's relevant for your bod
(02:35):
these days, are you getting allof the nutrients out of your
food and if not, how can you goback to step one, square one and
support your digestion?
How can you go back to step one, square one and support your
digestion?
Because digestion and yourhormone health these are so
closely linked, and if you wantto fix your period, have better
periods, you got to start withdigestion.
(02:55):
The second thing that I want toshare with you today is really
coming back to mindset, and thisis something that I focus on a
lot with my one-on-one clients,because the way that you think
about food or nourishingyourself for the topic of
today's conversation is superimportant.
If you are somebody who may bealready listening to this
episode or maybe you listened tothe longer conversation on this
(03:18):
that came out earlier in theweek and you're like, yes,
bridget, I hear you, and thismakes sense that I should eat
three square meals, or maybe Ineed to focus on getting a wider
variety of vegetables in, but Ijust I don't have the time, or
I just can't eat breakfast.
There's no way that I can eatthat early in the morning.
Whatever that is for you, andhopefully, hopefully I'm
(03:41):
crossing my fingers over hereNone of those things popped up
for you.
But if they did, that's okay,that's normal.
It's important to become awareof that so you can retrain your
perspective on it.
You know, if you think I don'thave time, well, could you make
(04:01):
time right?
Is preparing nourishing mealsmore important than something
else that might take up 30 or 45minutes on the weekend?
I know that's super easy for meon this side of the microphone
to be suggesting to you like,hey, just make it more important
.
And that's not exactly what Imean.
(04:21):
But it really is about yourinternal, the way that you talk
to yourself, because if you arealready limiting yourself before
you even try something, saying,well, yeah, I want to get in
enough protein or more protein,but I just can never manage to
get lunch in because I'm justback to back at work, well,
(04:44):
there could be some validity,some truth to that, changing
your perspective on it, tothinking, okay, well, if I had
to eat lunch every day, howwould I fit that in?
That's a little bit more of aproductive way to look at that
and I would encourage you toagain just become aware of what
limiting beliefs are swirlingaround in your head or coming
(05:06):
out of your mouth, so you canaddress those head on and make a
plan to move beyond them toreach your nutritional and your
hormone health goals.
Now the third thing that I wantto reiterate for you today is
bringing back this conversationabout protein.
I know, I know I mean, I talkabout protein a lot here on the
(05:28):
podcast.
So if you just rolled your eyesand you said, bridget, cool,
you're talking about proteinagain, stay with me, don't jump
ship.
The reason why I'm making thisrecommendation for today is
because I think that making agoal and becoming aware of your
protein intake can be a muchbetter alternative to counting
(05:53):
calories.
I wouldn't necessarilyrecommend counting calories, and
certainly not on a daily basis.
That's not something thatserves most of my clients.
If it works for you, then doyour thing, girl, but I think
that when you create a goalaround protein, while
everybody's requirement isdifferent, I do generally think
(06:14):
that starting with shooting for100 grams of protein is a good
round number, but that will helpgive you something to build
your meals around or realize,hey, okay, I actually do need to
eat three meals a day, becauseit's not realistic for me to get
it into two.
And remember, too, that ChatGPTor Claude or whatever your
(06:35):
favorite AI tool is.
They're there waiting for youto ask to do some planning with
it, to say, hey, this is myprotein goal, or this is my
height and weight.
I exercise for 30 minutes a day, five times a week.
What's my protein goal?
Is that an imperfect answer?
Sure, ai is not perfect, but itwill give you something to
start from and see how thatimpacts your hormones, impacts
(06:59):
your period and impacts yourdigestion.
Of course, if you were to joinme for an I'm Hormonal coaching
program, we would get way morespecific and way more clear
around the changes that couldsupport you when it comes to
nutrition.
That's no question.
But for a couple of rules ofthumb keep your mindset on a
positive note.
Be a problem solver.
(07:20):
If you want to be confused, ifyou want to stay exactly where
you are, your brain would loveto come up with a bunch of
reasons, some good justificationfor you to stay there.
So keep track of what yourmindset is like.
Make some sort of goal, perhapsaround protein, so you can
start to get familiar with whatyou need to bring into your
(07:40):
house from the grocery store soyou can meet your goal.
And then, last but not least,and where we started off, think
about how well you're digestingfood, because if you are eating
the food, eating all the rightthings, but you're not properly
digesting it, then you're notgetting the most bang for your
buck.
And so some signals that yourdigestion could be a bit off
(08:01):
could be if you have a lot ofbloating, if you have multiple
bowel movements a day, or ifyou're having diarrhea, if you
have something else where you'relike okay, every time I eat X
type of food, my stomach is notfeeling good.
So those are just a couple ofthings to keep in mind.
If you are a busy woman, if youwant to restore your regular
(08:26):
easy periods, if you want tohave better energy, more focus
at work, if you want to havemore confidence in your
fertility, you need to nourishyour body appropriately and you
need to make it a priority.
So I hope this was helpful foryou.
I hope this was helpful for you.
I hope this gave you the littlebit of inspiration that maybe
you needed.
It's the end of the week, or atleast as this episode is coming
(08:49):
out, and so make your grocerylist, my friend.
Get that in your app, whateverit is, let your boo know what
you need at the grocery storethat's different this week than
maybe last week and start takingsteps to improving your hormone
health.
Imperfect action is better thanno action, so I will leave you
(09:09):
with that.
Thank you again for listeningto I'm Hormonal.
I'm Bridget Walton, and I willsee you on the next one.
If you loved today's episode andgot something good out of it,
make sure you subscribe so thatthese episodes show up
automatically in your feed, nowork needed on your side.
Let's put it on autopilot.
As always, I need to give youmy reminder that the information
(09:31):
I share with you here is foreducational purposes only, and
it should not be used as areplacement for medical advice
or diagnosis.
Now, if you are, on the otherhand, in the market for some
one-on-one support, then I wouldlove for you to take me up on
my offer for a free strategycall.
You can find these links andmore in the show notes.
All right, we'll see you on thenext one.
Hey there and welcome to today's episode of I'm
Hormonal.
I'm your host, bridget Walton,women's hormone coach, and today
we're going to be talkingthrough three key things to
avoid when it comes to thesenutritional blind spots.
Right, if you want to fix yourperiod, if you want to fix your
gut health, you have to ensurethat you are adequately
(00:21):
nourishing your body.
This is not an option.
This is not a nice to have.
If you're not doing this, thenyou are adequately nourishing
your body.
This is not an option.
This is not a nice to have.
If you're not doing this, thenyou are leaving progress and
improvement on the table.
Right, the change that you cansee from improving your meals.
That will have a huge impact onnot only your energy levels or
your skin clarity or your crampsor your PMS, but also your
(00:43):
period regularity.
So that's what we're going toget into today.
I have three blind spots, threekey things I want to walk
through with you and I know thata lot of you listening are
women in your 30s.
You gals are working incorporate, you are on the go,
traveling, and stress is a bigfactor for you, and so that's
(01:05):
why I want to start off talkingabout digestion, because one of
these blind spots that can popup is just not really thinking
about how well you're digestingyour food, because, I mean,
whoever really taught us tothink about this?
So that's why we're coveringthat here right now.
In short, this first of threenotes that I have for you,
(01:28):
though, is just think about howwell are you actually digesting
your food, because if yourdigestion is off, then you might
not even be absorbing or reallygetting the full benefit from
that food that you are eating,and if that's the case, then you
need to optimize your digestionfirst.
So I mentioned stress.
If you're stressed, that canimpact your digestion, in that
(01:51):
your system isn't going to beproducing as much stomach acid
as it normally would, and thenthere's a cascading effect
through the rest of yourdigestive system that can
prevent the appropriate enzymesfrom being released into your
system to help aid the breakdownof those foods.
Another thing to look out forwould be if you have a lot of
(02:12):
bloating.
Now, there are several reasonswhy you might be experiencing
bloating, but if that's you, itcould be because there's some
imbalance in your gut microbiome, could be because of stress,
could be something else.
This is all to say.
Those are going to be somesignals for you that I want you
to keep in mind, because, ifthat's relevant for your bod
(02:35):
these days, are you getting allof the nutrients out of your
food and if not, how can you goback to step one, square one and
support your digestion?
How can you go back to step one, square one and support your
digestion?
Because digestion and yourhormone health these are so
closely linked, and if you wantto fix your period, have better
periods, you got to start withdigestion.
(02:55):
The second thing that I want toshare with you today is really
coming back to mindset, and thisis something that I focus on a
lot with my one-on-one clients,because the way that you think
about food or nourishingyourself for the topic of
today's conversation is superimportant.
If you are somebody who may bealready listening to this
episode or maybe you listened tothe longer conversation on this
(03:18):
that came out earlier in theweek and you're like, yes,
bridget, I hear you, and thismakes sense that I should eat
three square meals, or maybe Ineed to focus on getting a wider
variety of vegetables in, but Ijust I don't have the time, or
I just can't eat breakfast.
There's no way that I can eatthat early in the morning.
Whatever that is for you, andhopefully, hopefully I'm
(03:41):
crossing my fingers over hereNone of those things popped up
for you.
But if they did, that's okay,that's normal.
It's important to become awareof that so you can retrain your
perspective on it.
You know, if you think I don'thave time, well, could you make
(04:01):
time right?
Is preparing nourishing mealsmore important than something
else that might take up 30 or 45minutes on the weekend?
I know that's super easy for meon this side of the microphone
to be suggesting to you like,hey, just make it more important
.
And that's not exactly what Imean.
(04:21):
But it really is about yourinternal, the way that you talk
to yourself, because if you arealready limiting yourself before
you even try something, saying,well, yeah, I want to get in
enough protein or more protein,but I just can never manage to
get lunch in because I'm justback to back at work, well,
(04:44):
there could be some validity,some truth to that, changing
your perspective on it, tothinking, okay, well, if I had
to eat lunch every day, howwould I fit that in?
That's a little bit more of aproductive way to look at that
and I would encourage you toagain just become aware of what
limiting beliefs are swirlingaround in your head or coming
(05:06):
out of your mouth, so you canaddress those head on and make a
plan to move beyond them toreach your nutritional and your
hormone health goals.
Now the third thing that I wantto reiterate for you today is
bringing back this conversationabout protein.
I know, I know I mean, I talkabout protein a lot here on the
(05:28):
podcast.
So if you just rolled your eyesand you said, bridget, cool,
you're talking about proteinagain, stay with me, don't jump
ship.
The reason why I'm making thisrecommendation for today is
because I think that making agoal and becoming aware of your
protein intake can be a muchbetter alternative to counting
(05:53):
calories.
I wouldn't necessarilyrecommend counting calories, and
certainly not on a daily basis.
That's not something thatserves most of my clients.
If it works for you, then doyour thing, girl, but I think
that when you create a goalaround protein, while
everybody's requirement isdifferent, I do generally think
(06:14):
that starting with shooting for100 grams of protein is a good
round number, but that will helpgive you something to build
your meals around or realize,hey, okay, I actually do need to
eat three meals a day, becauseit's not realistic for me to get
it into two.
And remember, too, that ChatGPTor Claude or whatever your
(06:35):
favorite AI tool is.
They're there waiting for youto ask to do some planning with
it, to say, hey, this is myprotein goal, or this is my
height and weight.
I exercise for 30 minutes a day, five times a week.
What's my protein goal?
Is that an imperfect answer?
Sure, ai is not perfect, but itwill give you something to
start from and see how thatimpacts your hormones, impacts
(06:59):
your period and impacts yourdigestion.
Of course, if you were to joinme for an I'm Hormonal coaching
program, we would get way morespecific and way more clear
around the changes that couldsupport you when it comes to
nutrition.
That's no question.
But for a couple of rules ofthumb keep your mindset on a
positive note.
Be a problem solver.
(07:20):
If you want to be confused, ifyou want to stay exactly where
you are, your brain would loveto come up with a bunch of
reasons, some good justificationfor you to stay there.
So keep track of what yourmindset is like.
Make some sort of goal, perhapsaround protein, so you can
start to get familiar with whatyou need to bring into your
(07:40):
house from the grocery store soyou can meet your goal.
And then, last but not least,and where we started off, think
about how well you're digestingfood, because if you are eating
the food, eating all the rightthings, but you're not properly
digesting it, then you're notgetting the most bang for your
buck.
And so some signals that yourdigestion could be a bit off
(08:01):
could be if you have a lot ofbloating, if you have multiple
bowel movements a day, or ifyou're having diarrhea, if you
have something else where you'relike okay, every time I eat X
type of food, my stomach is notfeeling good.
So those are just a couple ofthings to keep in mind.
If you are a busy woman, if youwant to restore your regular
(08:26):
easy periods, if you want tohave better energy, more focus
at work, if you want to havemore confidence in your
fertility, you need to nourishyour body appropriately and you
need to make it a priority.
So I hope this was helpful foryou.
I hope this was helpful for you.
I hope this gave you the littlebit of inspiration that maybe
you needed.
It's the end of the week, or atleast as this episode is coming
(08:49):
out, and so make your grocerylist, my friend.
Get that in your app, whateverit is, let your boo know what
you need at the grocery storethat's different this week than
maybe last week and start takingsteps to improving your hormone
health.
Imperfect action is better thanno action, so I will leave you
(09:09):
with that.
Thank you again for listeningto I'm Hormonal.
I'm Bridget Walton, and I willsee you on the next one.
If you loved today's episode andgot something good out of it,
make sure you subscribe so thatthese episodes show up
automatically in your feed, nowork needed on your side.
Let's put it on autopilot.
As always, I need to give youmy reminder that the information
(09:31):
I share with you here is foreducational purposes only, and
it should not be used as areplacement for medical advice
or diagnosis.
Now, if you are, on the otherhand, in the market for some
one-on-one support, then I wouldlove for you to take me up on
my offer for a free strategycall.
You can find these links andmore in the show notes.
All right, we'll see you on thenext one.
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