https://womenwelly.com/ WomenWelly is an online-only women's health magazine. Evidence-led reporting on fitness, health, nutrition, beauty and the mind — reviewed by clinicians and free to read, always. en-GB Tue, 01 Sep 2026 07:00:00 GMT https://womenwelly.com/health/perimenopause-symptoms-timeline/ https://womenwelly.com/health/perimenopause-symptoms-timeline/ It can start a decade before your last period, and the first symptoms are rarely the ones you were warned about. Health Ruth Alvarez Tue, 01 Sep 2026 07:00:00 GMT https://womenwelly.com/weight-loss/zenday-glp1-companion-app/ https://womenwelly.com/weight-loss/zenday-glp1-companion-app/ A million people are using a web app to make their injections work harder. What that says about how GLP-1 medication is actually prescribed is the more interesting story. Weight Loss Ruth Alvarez Tue, 01 Sep 2026 07:00:00 GMT https://womenwelly.com/fitness/progressive-overload-guide/ https://womenwelly.com/fitness/progressive-overload-guide/ Adding weight is only one of six ways to make a session harder. The other five are what keep people training for decades. Fitness Nadia Okonjo Mon, 31 Aug 2026 07:00:00 GMT https://womenwelly.com/reviews/best-recovery-wearables/ https://womenwelly.com/reviews/best-recovery-wearables/ Ring, band or watch — what the readiness score is actually measuring, and which devices earned their subscription. Reviews Tess Armitage Mon, 31 Aug 2026 07:00:00 GMT https://womenwelly.com/health/glp1-menstrual-cycle-changes/ https://womenwelly.com/health/glp1-menstrual-cycle-changes/ Periods returning, cycles shortening, PMS shifting — the changes are common, rarely explained at the pharmacy, and mostly predictable. Health Ruth Alvarez Mon, 31 Aug 2026 07:00:00 GMT https://womenwelly.com/sex-and-love/sex-life-on-a-glp1/ https://womenwelly.com/sex-and-love/sex-life-on-a-glp1/ Libido can rise, fall or do both in the same month. Here is what is driving it, and what is worth raising with a clinician. Sex & Love Margo Petrov Mon, 31 Aug 2026 07:00:00 GMT https://womenwelly.com/health/iron-deficiency-women/ https://womenwelly.com/health/iron-deficiency-women/ Exhaustion, breathlessness on stairs and a strange craving for ice — the symptoms that show up long before anaemia does. Health Ruth Alvarez Sun, 30 Aug 2026 07:00:00 GMT https://womenwelly.com/mind/sleep-anxiety-loop/ https://womenwelly.com/mind/sleep-anxiety-loop/ Anxiety wrecks sleep and poor sleep manufactures anxiety. CBT-I is the treatment with the best evidence, and it is not what most people expect. Mind Sara Whitfield Sun, 30 Aug 2026 07:00:00 GMT https://womenwelly.com/food/protein-target-no-appetite-glp1/ https://womenwelly.com/food/protein-target-no-appetite-glp1/ The most important nutritional job on this medication is also the hardest one, because it asks you to eat when you have no interest in eating. Food & Nutrition Imogen Clarke Sun, 30 Aug 2026 07:00:00 GMT https://womenwelly.com/weight-loss/glp1-plateau-troubleshooting/ https://womenwelly.com/weight-loss/glp1-plateau-troubleshooting/ Weight loss stalling after several months is expected, not a failure. Here is the order clinicians work through the possible causes. Weight Loss Ruth Alvarez Sun, 30 Aug 2026 07:00:00 GMT https://womenwelly.com/reviews/glp1-companion-apps-compared/ https://womenwelly.com/reviews/glp1-companion-apps-compared/ Five categories of app are competing for the same user, and they are built on very different incentives. Here is how to tell them apart. Reviews Tess Armitage Sun, 30 Aug 2026 07:00:00 GMT https://womenwelly.com/food/protein-per-meal-target/ https://womenwelly.com/food/protein-per-meal-target/ The daily total gets all the attention. The distribution across the day is what determines whether you use it. Food & Nutrition Imogen Clarke Sat, 29 Aug 2026 07:00:00 GMT https://womenwelly.com/weight-loss/glp1-muscle-protection/ https://womenwelly.com/weight-loss/glp1-muscle-protection/ Up to 40 percent of the weight lost on these medications can be lean mass. Two interventions change that substantially. Weight Loss Ruth Alvarez Sat, 29 Aug 2026 07:00:00 GMT https://womenwelly.com/fitness/strength-training-on-glp1-low-energy/ https://womenwelly.com/fitness/strength-training-on-glp1-low-energy/ Fewer calories in means less fuel for the session. Here is how coaches adjust a strength programme so you keep the muscle you are trying to protect. Fitness Nadia Okonjo Sat, 29 Aug 2026 07:00:00 GMT https://womenwelly.com/beauty/ozempic-face-what-is-happening/ https://womenwelly.com/beauty/ozempic-face-what-is-happening/ It is not the medication doing something to your face. It is rapid weight loss doing what rapid weight loss has always done — and there are things that help. Beauty Jia-Lin Tan Sat, 29 Aug 2026 07:00:00 GMT https://womenwelly.com/fitness/zone-2-training-explained/ https://womenwelly.com/fitness/zone-2-training-explained/ The easy-effort cardio that everyone suddenly cares about — what it does, how to find it, and how much you actually need. Fitness Nadia Okonjo Fri, 28 Aug 2026 07:00:00 GMT https://womenwelly.com/beauty/retinoid-starter-guide/ https://womenwelly.com/beauty/retinoid-starter-guide/ The most evidence-backed ingredient in skincare, and the six weeks of misery most people put themselves through unnecessarily. Beauty Jia-Lin Tan Fri, 28 Aug 2026 07:00:00 GMT https://womenwelly.com/health/glp1-fertility-and-contraception/ https://womenwelly.com/health/glp1-fertility-and-contraception/ Restored ovulation, an absorption issue with the pill, and why the phrase “Ozempic babies” exists at all. Health Ruth Alvarez Fri, 28 Aug 2026 07:00:00 GMT https://womenwelly.com/mind/food-noise-has-gone-quiet/ https://womenwelly.com/mind/food-noise-has-gone-quiet/ For people who spent decades negotiating with their own appetite, silence is not always an unqualified relief. Mind Sara Whitfield Fri, 28 Aug 2026 07:00:00 GMT https://womenwelly.com/health/heart-disease-symptoms-women/ https://womenwelly.com/health/heart-disease-symptoms-women/ Crushing chest pain is one presentation. Jaw pain, nausea and a fortnight of unexplained exhaustion is another. Health Ruth Alvarez Thu, 27 Aug 2026 07:00:00 GMT https://womenwelly.com/sex-and-love/desire-discrepancy/ https://womenwelly.com/sex-and-love/desire-discrepancy/ One partner wants sex more often than the other. Therapists say this is the norm, not the diagnosis — but how you handle it matters enormously. Sex & Love Margo Petrov Thu, 27 Aug 2026 07:00:00 GMT https://womenwelly.com/food/what-to-eat-on-a-nausea-day-glp1/ https://womenwelly.com/food/what-to-eat-on-a-nausea-day-glp1/ Nausea is the most common reason people stop this medication. What you eat, and when, changes it more than most people expect. Food & Nutrition Imogen Clarke Thu, 27 Aug 2026 07:00:00 GMT https://womenwelly.com/life/telling-people-you-are-on-a-glp1/ https://womenwelly.com/life/telling-people-you-are-on-a-glp1/ You are not obliged to disclose a prescription to anyone. Here are the scripts for when you'd rather not, and the people who genuinely need to know. Life Delphine Roy Thu, 27 Aug 2026 07:00:00 GMT https://womenwelly.com/food/fibre-gut-health-guide/ https://womenwelly.com/food/fibre-gut-health-guide/ Most of us eat about half the recommended amount. Closing that gap does more, faster, than almost any supplement. Food & Nutrition Imogen Clarke Wed, 26 Aug 2026 07:00:00 GMT https://womenwelly.com/life/salary-negotiation-script/ https://womenwelly.com/life/salary-negotiation-script/ Four sentences, prepared in advance, that do most of the work — plus what to say when they say there's no budget. Life Delphine Roy Wed, 26 Aug 2026 07:00:00 GMT https://womenwelly.com/fitness/training-around-injection-day/ https://womenwelly.com/fitness/training-around-injection-day/ Most people on a weekly shot have a predictable rhythm of good and bad days. Finding yours is worth more than any programme change. Fitness Nadia Okonjo Wed, 26 Aug 2026 07:00:00 GMT https://womenwelly.com/mind/mood-changes-on-a-glp1/ https://womenwelly.com/mind/mood-changes-on-a-glp1/ Separating a pharmacological effect from the psychological weight of rapid change is genuinely difficult — and worth doing carefully. Mind Sara Whitfield Wed, 26 Aug 2026 07:00:00 GMT https://womenwelly.com/health/annual-bloodwork-guide/ https://womenwelly.com/health/annual-bloodwork-guide/ What a standard check-up usually includes, what it usually doesn't, and which extras are worth requesting. Health Ruth Alvarez Tue, 25 Aug 2026 07:00:00 GMT https://womenwelly.com/mind/burnout-vs-depression/ https://womenwelly.com/mind/burnout-vs-depression/ They overlap heavily and are treated differently. The distinguishing question is about what happens on holiday. Mind Sara Whitfield Tue, 25 Aug 2026 07:00:00 GMT https://womenwelly.com/sex-and-love/body-image-and-intimacy-on-a-glp1/ https://womenwelly.com/sex-and-love/body-image-and-intimacy-on-a-glp1/ Losing the weight you wanted to lose does not automatically make you comfortable being seen. Therapists see this constantly. Sex & Love Margo Petrov Tue, 25 Aug 2026 07:00:00 GMT https://womenwelly.com/reviews/protein-shakes-for-glp1-users/ https://womenwelly.com/reviews/protein-shakes-for-glp1-users/ We tested fourteen powders and ready-to-drink shakes on the metric that matters on a GLP-1: protein per mouthful, and whether you can face it. Reviews Tess Armitage Tue, 25 Aug 2026 07:00:00 GMT https://womenwelly.com/fitness/12-week-strength-plan/ https://womenwelly.com/fitness/12-week-strength-plan/ Three sessions a week, six movements, and a progression you can follow without a coach standing over you. Fitness Nadia Okonjo Mon, 24 Aug 2026 07:00:00 GMT https://womenwelly.com/sex-and-love/contraception-options-2026/ https://womenwelly.com/sex-and-love/contraception-options-2026/ Not by effectiveness alone — by side effect profile, reversibility, cost and how much you want to think about it. Sex & Love Margo Petrov Mon, 24 Aug 2026 07:00:00 GMT https://womenwelly.com/beauty/hair-shedding-on-a-glp1/ https://womenwelly.com/beauty/hair-shedding-on-a-glp1/ It usually starts around three months in, it frightens people badly, and in the great majority of cases it is temporary and reversible. Beauty Jia-Lin Tan Mon, 24 Aug 2026 07:00:00 GMT https://womenwelly.com/beauty/hair-shedding-causes/ https://womenwelly.com/beauty/hair-shedding-causes/ Losing more than usual is common, frightening and usually reversible. Identifying which pattern you have is the whole task. Beauty Jia-Lin Tan Sun, 23 Aug 2026 07:00:00 GMT https://womenwelly.com/fitness/running-performance-on-glp1/ https://womenwelly.com/fitness/running-performance-on-glp1/ Losing weight should make running easier. For a lot of people on GLP-1 medication it does the opposite, at least at first. Fitness Nadia Okonjo Sun, 23 Aug 2026 07:00:00 GMT https://womenwelly.com/food/high-protein-batch-meals/ https://womenwelly.com/food/high-protein-batch-meals/ Each one hits at least 30 grams of protein, keeps for four days, and doesn't taste like it was made on a Sunday. Food & Nutrition Imogen Clarke Sat, 22 Aug 2026 07:00:00 GMT https://womenwelly.com/weight-loss/glp1-dose-escalation-guide/ https://womenwelly.com/weight-loss/glp1-dose-escalation-guide/ Most people who quit do so during escalation. Going slower is usually available, usually effective, and rarely offered. Weight Loss Ruth Alvarez Sat, 22 Aug 2026 07:00:00 GMT https://womenwelly.com/fitness/running-form-fixes/ https://womenwelly.com/fitness/running-form-fixes/ Cadence, cross-over and the hip drop nobody notices until it hurts — the cues that show up again and again in gait clinics. Fitness Nadia Okonjo Fri, 21 Aug 2026 07:00:00 GMT https://womenwelly.com/weight-loss/metabolic-adaptation/ https://womenwelly.com/weight-loss/metabolic-adaptation/ Your metabolism does slow when you lose weight. The size of that effect is far smaller than the internet believes. Weight Loss Ruth Alvarez Fri, 21 Aug 2026 07:00:00 GMT https://womenwelly.com/food/constipation-on-a-glp1/ https://womenwelly.com/food/constipation-on-a-glp1/ Less food in means less coming out — but slowed digestion makes it more than simple arithmetic, and it is very fixable. Food & Nutrition Imogen Clarke Fri, 21 Aug 2026 07:00:00 GMT https://womenwelly.com/beauty/spf-myths-dermatologists/ https://womenwelly.com/beauty/spf-myths-dermatologists/ On the amount nobody applies, the difference between the two filter types, and whether you need it indoors. Beauty Jia-Lin Tan Thu, 20 Aug 2026 07:00:00 GMT https://womenwelly.com/health/glp1-in-perimenopause/ https://womenwelly.com/health/glp1-in-perimenopause/ Two things changing your body at once makes it genuinely hard to tell which is causing what. Here is how clinicians separate them. Health Ruth Alvarez Thu, 20 Aug 2026 07:00:00 GMT https://womenwelly.com/health/pcos-management-2026/ https://womenwelly.com/health/pcos-management-2026/ Updated international guidance has shifted the diagnostic criteria and quietly demoted a few familiar recommendations. Health Ruth Alvarez Wed, 19 Aug 2026 07:00:00 GMT https://womenwelly.com/life/solo-travel-safety/ https://womenwelly.com/life/solo-travel-safety/ The unglamorous logistics that make a solo trip feel expansive rather than exhausting. Life Delphine Roy Wed, 19 Aug 2026 07:00:00 GMT https://womenwelly.com/life/social-eating-on-a-glp1/ https://womenwelly.com/life/social-eating-on-a-glp1/ Eating almost nothing in front of other people invites questions you may not want. A practical guide to the social side. Life Delphine Roy Wed, 19 Aug 2026 07:00:00 GMT https://womenwelly.com/food/supplement-shelf-audit/ https://womenwelly.com/food/supplement-shelf-audit/ Four supplements have solid evidence for most women. The other eleven on the average shelf are, at best, expensive insurance. Food & Nutrition Imogen Clarke Tue, 18 Aug 2026 07:00:00 GMT https://womenwelly.com/reviews/home-gym-under-500/ https://womenwelly.com/reviews/home-gym-under-500/ Five pieces of equipment, one corner of a spare room, and a full strength programme that doesn't need a gym. Reviews Tess Armitage Tue, 18 Aug 2026 07:00:00 GMT https://womenwelly.com/sex-and-love/when-only-one-partner-is-on-a-glp1/ https://womenwelly.com/sex-and-love/when-only-one-partner-is-on-a-glp1/ Meals stop matching, evenings change shape, and something unspoken shifts. Couples therapists say the pattern is remarkably consistent. Sex & Love Margo Petrov Tue, 18 Aug 2026 07:00:00 GMT https://womenwelly.com/fitness/recovery-days-science/ https://womenwelly.com/fitness/recovery-days-science/ Muscle repair, nervous system recovery and the reason your best session often follows the day you did nothing. Fitness Nadia Okonjo Mon, 17 Aug 2026 07:00:00 GMT https://womenwelly.com/mind/identity-after-weight-loss/ https://womenwelly.com/mind/identity-after-weight-loss/ People expect to feel triumphant. A surprising number feel unmoored, and almost nobody warns them it is coming. Mind Sara Whitfield Mon, 17 Aug 2026 07:00:00 GMT https://womenwelly.com/weight-loss/maintenance-phase-guide/ https://womenwelly.com/weight-loss/maintenance-phase-guide/ Every plan ends at the goal. The skill that determines whether it lasts starts the day after. Weight Loss Ruth Alvarez Sun, 16 Aug 2026 07:00:00 GMT https://womenwelly.com/beauty/loose-skin-after-rapid-weight-loss/ https://womenwelly.com/beauty/loose-skin-after-rapid-weight-loss/ An honest account of what creams, building muscle and time can and cannot do — and when surgery is the only real answer. Beauty Jia-Lin Tan Sun, 16 Aug 2026 07:00:00 GMT https://womenwelly.com/sex-and-love/pelvic-floor-pleasure/ https://womenwelly.com/sex-and-love/pelvic-floor-pleasure/ It is not only about leaking. Tone that is too high is as much of a problem as tone that is too low — and it's far less discussed. Sex & Love Margo Petrov Sat, 15 Aug 2026 07:00:00 GMT https://womenwelly.com/reviews/glp1-travel-and-storage-kit/ https://womenwelly.com/reviews/glp1-travel-and-storage-kit/ Your medication needs refrigeration, your pen needs declaring, and your needles have to go somewhere. Six months of testing the kit. Reviews Tess Armitage Sat, 15 Aug 2026 07:00:00 GMT https://womenwelly.com/life/friendship-recession/ https://womenwelly.com/life/friendship-recession/ Adult friendship collapsed quietly over two decades. The repair is more mechanical — and more achievable — than it sounds. Life Delphine Roy Fri, 14 Aug 2026 07:00:00 GMT https://womenwelly.com/weight-loss/coming-off-a-glp1/ https://womenwelly.com/weight-loss/coming-off-a-glp1/ Regain after stopping is the expected physiological outcome, not a personal failure. Planning for it changes what happens next. Weight Loss Ruth Alvarez Fri, 14 Aug 2026 07:00:00 GMT https://womenwelly.com/life/what-a-glp1-actually-costs/ https://womenwelly.com/life/what-a-glp1-actually-costs/ The monthly price is the number everyone quotes. The total cost of doing this properly is a different figure, and worth knowing before you start. Life Delphine Roy Thu, 13 Aug 2026 07:00:00 GMT