“Menopause? Yes, I think I experienced it…“: when michelle obama, on the eve of her fiftieth birthday, once asked her mother what menopause was and she didn’t remember anything, the former First Lady of the United States said to herself that the period was going to be much more difficult than expected. At least according to his confidences, delivered this Thursday to the American magazine Peoplewho asked him about this sometimes painful step.
Sincere about her feelings, the 50-year-old, known to have been married for 30 years to former President Barack Obama, has made no secret of her difficulties, in particular so that one day her two daughters, Malia (24) and Sasha (21 years old) does not find herself like her, in lack of information. “There are a lot of things we don’t know. No one really talks about menopause, I’m going through it and all I know is what all my friends are going through. But information is difficult“, she also confided.
Difficulties which particularly concerned her relationship to the body: very sporty, the one that some would see as president in 2024 after Joe Biden, saw her silhouette change. Fortunately for her, it was with a group of girlfriends just as addicted to sport as she was that she went through this ordeal. Friends she already had at the time of her life in the White House.
A healthy body
Important women for her, and for whom she had even created a sports course that she gave them as First Lady.
“I understood that when one day we were together. We were talking and laughing, and then we started talking freely about this subject, asking each other questions. ‘What is a hot flash?’ Some of our friends are able to answer, they have the right information, you just have to dare to ask them“, she said in the same interview, even if she can no longer take the same sports classes as before… and not only because of the menopause.
“Some of it is due to menopause, some of it is only due to age. I realized that I can no longer push my body as far as I used to. It doesn’t work for me anymore, especially when I strain my muscles or carry a heavy load. Recovery is not the same“, she revealed, assuring that she now has”found the balance” Between “fitness and a healthy body“.
While assuring that even though her waistline increases and she no longer has the famous “arm of michelle obama“, she stays focused on the positive.”I believe my skin is still healthy. My hair is still on my head. These are the things I feel blessed for.”she concluded, full of philosophy.