Top 10 Health Tips for Women
“What if everything you’ve been told about women’s health is actually… backwards?”
You read that right. Backwards. Upside-down. A kaleidoscope of half-truths and regurgitated slogans dressed up as advice. Look—if health tips were gospel, we’d all be radiant, resilient, full of life. But scroll through your feed. Ask around. Fatigue is normalized. Period pain is shrugged off. Hormones? A total mystery. Something is off. Very off.
I remember being 27, dragging myself out of bed for that god-awful 5:45 a.m. spin class. “No pain, no gain,” the instructor shouted, and I remember thinking, but I’m already in pain. It wasn’t working. My body wasn’t getting stronger; it was revolting. And not in a sexy, #fitnessgrind way—more like dry skin, mood swings, insomnia, and this relentless anxiety I couldn’t name.
So let’s start with this: conventional wisdom is stale bread. It fills you up but leaves you starving.
It lingers because it’s simple. Easy to market. But women’s bodies aren’t simple—they’re messy, magical, wildly complex systems that don’t respond well to cookie-cutter checklists or Top 10 clickbait articles. (Yeah, I know the irony here. Bear with me.)
1. Starving Yourself is Not Discipline. It’s Just—Exhaustion.
You’ve probably heard it. “Eat less, move more.” Honestly, it’s the nutritional equivalent of “just be yourself”—vague, unhelpful, and low-key harmful.
The science? Evolving. Finally. Remember that 2022 update from the NIH? Turns out, long-term calorie restriction doesn’t lead to sustainable weight loss for most women—it leads to metabolic slowdown, irregular cycles, even thyroid crashes. Your body fights back because it’s built to survive famine, not look good in a dress.
And don’t even get me started on those 1,200-calorie meal plans circulating on Pinterest. That’s toddler-level nourishment.
I once tried one for a month. My hair fell out in clumps. I couldn’t finish a sentence without forgetting what I was saying. But hey—my jeans fit.
The smarter path? Eat like you love yourself. Protein. Fiber. Real fats. Colors. Warm soups in winter, raw crunch in summer. Sounds silly, but listen to your cravings—sometimes they know something your brain doesn’t. Sometimes they lie too, though. That’s the dance.
2. Cardio Isn’t Queen. It’s…fine. But Muscle? Muscle is gold.
Here’s the thing. We’ve been sold this bill of goods that cardio is the Holy Grail. Runners high, calorie burn, the whole “you’ll get leaner faster” myth.
And okay, yes, cardio can feel amazing. The wind in your face on an early morning jog, that weird euphoria right after a sweaty HIIT class—it’s real. But it’s not the whole picture.
Lifting weights changed my life. Not overnight. Not in a “six-pack in six weeks” kind of way, but in the deep, soul-shifting way. I felt powerful. Like I could walk into a room and not apologize for existing.
Muscle changes your shape, your metabolism, your mind. It’s active tissue. That means it does stuff—like regulate insulin, stabilize hormones, and help you not fall apart at 50.
But society says, “Don’t get bulky.” So we shrink. We shrink our plates, our bodies, our dreams.
No more.
Start small if you need to. Kettlebells. Resistance bands. Hell, bodyweight. Your kitchen counter can be a workout station if you let it.
3. Sleep Isn’t a Luxury. It’s the battlefield where your body wins or loses.
I used to say “I’ll sleep when I’m dead.” I didn’t realize I was inching toward it faster.
Let’s get this straight—sleep is not optional. It’s where your hormones get rebalanced, your brain detoxes, and your entire immune system does its overnight magic. Miss it, and you’re operating on a glitchy internal software with no patches in sight.
Case in point: There was a week last year I pulled three all-nighters working on a launch. By Friday, my skin broke out like I was 15 again, my period ghosted me, and I cried over a video of a penguin hugging a zookeeper. (No regrets, though. That penguin was adorable.)
But seriously, sleep isn’t self-care. It’s…non-negotiable.
Turn off the damn phone. Tape your mouth if you’re mouth-breathing (yes, that’s a thing now). Get blackout curtains. Trick your body into trusting the night again.
4. Women Don’t Thrive on Consistency—We Thrive on Cycles
“Just be consistent.” Ha. If only that applied to ovaries.
Listen. Women aren’t built on a 24-hour rhythm. That’s male biology. We run on a 28ish-day cycle—four phases, four energetic personalities, four internal seasons. And yet, health advice tells us to eat the same, train the same, feel the same every day.
But you’re not a robot. You’re a tidal system.
Ovulation? You’re Beyoncé. That’s your peak. Lift heavy. Host a dinner party. Brainstorm a business.
Luteal phase? Think more yoga pants and journaling. Scale back. Bake something. Let the edges soften.
PMS? Everything hurts and you want to fight God. That’s fair. Honor it, don’t suppress it.
Cycle syncing sounds woo. But it’s biology. Hormones are chemical messengers. They whisper what your body needs—if you stop yelling over them with prepackaged “fitness” plans.
5. Ditch the Scale. Like, burn it. (Or recycle. Whatever.)
I remember standing on a scale once—maybe 144 pounds—and feeling like I had failed. Never mind I had just finished a full-body strength program and could finally do three pull-ups in a row.
We have been brainwashed into believing that a number defines wellness. That lower is better. That “healthy” is synonymous with “thin.” But you know what’s actually powerful? Energy. Mobility. Sex drive. Focus. Peace. Try measuring that.
If you must track something, track how you feel after eating. Track your strength. Track your cycle regularity. Track how often you laugh without faking it.
Your body isn’t a math problem. It’s a symphony. Stop trying to make it behave like a spreadsheet.
So Now What?
Rethink the rules. Reclaim your rhythm. Rewrite your definitions.
The world doesn’t need more women following cookie-cutter health tips. It needs more women willing to question them. Challenge that doctor. Push back on that wellness influencer. Ask why—and ask again.
Look. You don’t have to do it all at once. Hell, maybe today you just swap the scale for a journal. Or skip that HIIT class and stretch instead. Maybe you stop apologizing for being tired. That’s enough.
This isn’t about rebellion for rebellion’s sake—it’s about remembering your body knows things the world forgot.
So let’s stop pretending the “Top 10 Health Tips for Women” were ever written for women.
Let’s write our own.
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