Around-50 Woman💛Keiko Ogasawara
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🔸Not feeling quite right lately 🔸Can't get rid of fatigue 🔸Not having fun
aimed atwomen around 50and is written about
daily meals!
Hello.
I'm Keiko Ogasawara💛.
15 years as a cooking class instructor
From my experience as a writer conveying food safety and security,
it has already been 15 years since I started receiving requests to be a lecturer for food education seminars and cooking classes.
It has been 15 years.
My cooking classes, which started with baby food and children's meals,
evolved into 'efficient cooking (one-on-one)' for working mothers.
I started 'vegan sweets' with the idea that
everyone should be able to eat the same things together!
Started due to requests to increase side dish menus,
I held 'vegetable-only cooking classes'.
I have held various classes, such as
being a 'Red Turnip Teacher (Radish Teacher)'
certified by Radish Boya,
and so on.
Class closed due to COVID😭
Although I had been happily holding classes,
eating together became a no-go,
so I decided to close the classes for a while.
During that time,
I managed to keep things going by holding online 'snack' lessons,
but when COVID ended,
customers didn't return to the in-person classes...
After three years of turmoil like that,
I am now holding online
seminars on 'dietary habits to overcome menopause'
exclusively for women around 50!
The feelings of women around 50 can only be understood by women around 50!
I had always been healthy,
but at 48,
I suddenly hit a wall.
Menopausal symptoms😢
At first, I thought, what is this!
Is it some kind of illness?
I felt that way because
・My body felt as heavy as lead
・I felt sluggish and heavy
・I had no motivation
These symptoms were a first for me.
You don't understand until you experience it
the mind and body symptoms unique to menopause.
I remember it was like this during morning sickness too...
I had heard about it,
but I remembered feeling anxious,
wondering if it would always be this tough,
and what would become of me.
A 53-year-old who wakes up refreshed and moves quickly!
In the midst of that,
I wondered,
is menopause something that just ends in suffering?
So,
I studied the mechanisms of menopause,
added my cooking experience and knowledge,
changed how I eat,
and set my mindset to
look only forward!
and to my surprise,
I was completely back to normal in half a year＼(^o^)／
I am 53 and in the peak of menopause now, but
I wake up refreshed at 4:30 AM,
and I can quickly handle
making lunch, breakfast, and planning my work.
I am living such an active daily life.
Let's be women in our 50s who dream!
This is what I think now after having that experience ↑
It's not quite bad enough to go to the hospital,
but I feel a bit off,
and I can't enjoy my days...
I want to support women in their 50s who feel this way!
While talking about our dreams together,
I want to create a "community"
where like-minded people gather to aim for realizing those dreams!
To do that,
your health is your greatest asset after all.
I will be sharing information on food
for women in their 50s,
so I would be happy if it serves as a reference 💛