The Summer Reset — It's not your fault. It's a metabolic shift.
For women in peri & menopause
3:47am.
Wide awake. Wired. Again.

Weight that goes straight to your middle no matter what you eat. Words that vanish mid-sentence. Emotions at full volume — and no dial to turn them down.

You're not crazy, and you're not failing. It's a metabolic shift — and it can be reset.

$147 One-time · no subscription · charged in your local currency
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Jessica Barac
Built by Jessica Barac, Registered Nutritionist (mBANT) & Strength Coach — trusted by 1 million women at @whatthemenopause.
Jessica Barac, founder of What The Menopause
10,000+ women coached through the reset
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What's hitting hardest right now?

Tap one. (Nothing is tracked — this just takes you to the part that explains it.)

Why this happens — in plain English

Around 40, your metabolism hits a turning point.

Nobody warned us, doctors get eight minutes, and "eat less, move more" was built for a body you no longer have. Here's what actually changed — and the lever that moves each one.

01 · Fuel

Your cells got worse at using fuel.

As estrogen falls, your body becomes less sensitive to insulin. Energy that used to be burned gets stored instead — and it heads disproportionately to your middle. Same food, same effort, different result. That's chemistry, not character.

The lever: 30g protein + fiber at every meal keeps you full, steadies blood sugar, and protects muscle while you lose fat.
02 · Muscle

Muscle — your engine — is shrinking.

Estrogen helped protect your muscle. With less of it, you lose lean mass faster every year — and muscle is the engine that burns fuel and clears the fog. Endless cardio burns the engine for parts. Lifting rebuilds it.

The lever: 3 short, heavy strength sessions a week. ~35 minutes. Home dumbbells are enough.
03 · Sleep

Cortisol runs unopposed at night.

Falling hormones disrupt your sleep architecture and leave stress hormones louder at 3am — wide awake, mind racing, sheets off. Broken sleep then drives cravings and exhaustion the next day, and the spiral feeds itself.

The lever: a realistic evening protocol and a bedtime you actually keep. Sleep is where the reset compounds.

The part nobody tells you"These three feed each other downward — bad sleep drives cravings, lost muscle slows the burn, stored fuel saps energy. Pull the three levers together, and the same spiral runs upward instead. That's the whole reset."

Let's name it

Menopause is "having a moment" — and suddenly everyone has something to sell you.

Powders. Patches. "Clinically formulated" shakes with no clinical data. You're right to be skeptical. So let's be clear about what this is not:

No supplements No subscription No 1,200-calorie crash diet No miracle molecule No "anti-aging" nonsense

It's the three unglamorous things the evidence keeps pointing at — lift heavy, eat properly, sleep more — taught well, in one app, for four weeks. That's it. That's the product.

Jessica Barac
Who's behind this

From the outside, my life looked perfect.

Inside, I was waking at 3am with my heart pounding, crying in the car without knowing why, and quietly convinced I was losing my mind.

Perimenopause blindsided me. I'm a Registered Nutritionist and a strength coach — I should have known. I didn't. Nobody told us. My doctor offered antidepressants in an eight-minute appointment.

So I did what I was trained to do: went into the research. The answer wasn't a powder or a punishing diet. It was rebuilding my metabolism — muscle, protein, sleep. Within months I got my brain back, my body back, me back.

I started talking about it on Instagram, and one million women answered. The Summer Reset is everything I tell them that works, built into four weeks. No shame. No bootcamp. No selling you your own insecurities back.

Jessica
Jessica Barac · Registered Nutritionist (mBANT) & Strength Coach
The plan — three levers, four weeks

Simple to follow. Built for tired women in real lives.

Everything lives in one app: what to eat, how to lift, when to sleep — told to you daily, so you never have to think about what to do next.

Done-for-you meal plans
Lever 01 — Eat

Properly fed, not punished.

Done-for-you meal plans built around the 30g-protein-per-meal rule. Real weekday food. No weighing lettuce, no shame spirals.

  • High protein + fiber at every meal
  • Calorie targets set for menopause, not for a 25-year-old
  • Standard and vegan versions included
Strength training for perimenopause
Lever 02 — Lift

Heavy enough to matter. Short enough to happen.

Three ~35-minute strength sessions a week, designed for peri and meno. Video demos for every lift, beginner-safe, no gym required.

  • Follow-along sessions with home dumbbells
  • Weights and reps tracked, progress visible
  • Joint-friendly progressions — strong, not smashed
Short lessons on hormones and recovery
Lever 03 — Sleep & understand

Ten minutes with a coffee.

Short, evidence-led lessons on hormones, cortisol, sleep and cravings — the "why" behind every instruction, plus an evening protocol for the 3am club.

  • What's happening, why, and what to do about it
  • A realistic wind-down that survives real life
  • No jargon. No fear. No diet talk.
What 4 weeks looks like

Built to compound, week on week.

Week 1

Foundations

The fog starts lifting.
  • Cravings & bloating ease
  • Energy steadies
  • First proper nights of sleep
Week 2

Strength

Something switches on.
  • Lifts feel natural
  • Clothes sit a little looser
  • Mornings get easier
Week 3

Momentum

You actually feel good.
  • You crave the sessions
  • Deeper sleep
  • Steadier mood all day
Week 4

Lock it in

It's becoming yours.
  • Habits hold on busy days
  • Lifting heavier than week 1
  • You trust your body again
Real voices

Hit play. Real women, real change.

No actors, no paid influencers — women from the @whatthemenopause community, on camera.

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Kristin
· 1y

Within 4 weeks I've seen dramatic results. I feel empowered, strong, energized — and my hot flashes have subsided.

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Andrea
· 11mo

Energized. No cravings. Sleeping better. Less anxiety. It almost feels too good — but it is.

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Quincilia A
· 41w

5 weeks in (not even strictly following everything): down an inch in the waist, 2" on the hips. Heavier weights are making such a difference.

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Julia
· 6w

I've finally taken on board that changing my diet isn't about losing weight — it's about doing something kind for myself.

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Patricia
· 8mo

Progress in inches and muscle definition. And new control over the nighttime snacking I'd been trying to kick for months.

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Beth
· 1y

Lost 2 inches from my waist and hips. I don't stress if a day doesn't go to plan — progress over perfection.

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Everything in one place

One program. One payment. No subscription.

Most women stitch this together from a generic PT, a nutritionist and three apps that don't understand menopause. The honest math on doing that yourself:

Pieced together separately

Typical going rates, four weeks:
Menopause-literate PT~$360
Nutritionist + meal plans~$250
Workout & tracking app (annual)~$120
Hormone & sleep education~$90
Total~$820
The Summer Reset, all of it$147
One-time · No subscription · No upsells
$147 USD

The complete 4-week reset

35 min3x a week. That's the time ask.
OnceLess than two PT sessions. Yours for good.
Day 1Beginner-safe. Every lift has a video.
  • Done-for-you meal plans (standard or vegan)
  • Home strength program with video demos
  • The app — meals, lifts & check-ins tracked
  • Hormone, sleep & recovery lessons
  • Community support all the way through
Join the reset now
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The 30-day, feel-the-shift guarantee

Do the reset. If you've shown up and genuinely don't feel a shift in your energy, sleep or strength by the end of week 4, email Jessica directly and get your money back. The risk is on us, not you.

Two short lists

No shame either way.

This is for you if…

  • You're in peri, meno or post — and the old playbook stopped working.
  • You want to feel strong and lean without a crazy diet.
  • You're done googling at 3am and want someone to just tell you what to do.
  • You can give it 35 minutes, three times a week.

This isn't for you if…

  • You want a quick-fix detox or a 1,200-calorie crash diet.
  • You're not willing to pick up a dumbbell.
  • You're looking for a supplement to do it for you.
  • You want hours of cardio — we don't do that here.
Real questions. Straight answers.

No tiny print. No surprises.

Because "everything" was probably built for a pre-menopausal body. Eat-less-move-more burns muscle in midlife and makes the next five years harder. This is built on the three levers that consistently work in peri and meno — heavy lifting, adequate protein and fiber, protected sleep — taught step by step.

No. Every session has a video demo, a guided player, and clear weight and rep targets. You start with the basics, at home, with dumbbells. Most women lift more by week three than they thought possible at week zero.

Around 35 minutes, three times a week, plus simple weekday food. It's designed for tired women — energy tends to come back as sleep and food improve, not before you start.

Yes. This works alongside whatever your doctor has prescribed. We don't give medical advice — HRT, medication and injuries are conversations for your GP. We handle training, nutrition and lifestyle. The two stack well together.

Women on this approach typically describe looser jeans, a steadier midsection and visible strength within four weeks. Some see the scale move, some don't — muscle is denser than fat. The goal is feeling like you again, not chasing a number from 1998.

You pick up where you left off. Sessions move around real life, and a missed week is a fresh Monday, not a failure. The program is yours; it doesn't expire.

Not ready today?

That's completely fine.

Don't disappear at 3am empty-handed. Start smaller:

Take the 60-second check

A few quick questions, and you'll get a personalised read on what's going on with your body right now — and the first lever to pull.

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Lift heavy. Eat well. Sleep more. Feel like yourself again.

Four weeks. One app. A plan built for the body you have now, in the life you actually live. You're in the app within 60 seconds — and by Monday of week five, you'll know.

I'm ready — join for $147
See you at lift one. — Jessica
The Summer Reset.

A 4-week reset for women in peri, meno and post. From the team behind @whatthemenopause — 1M+ women, one honest conversation.

© The Summer Reset by What The Menopause. Not medical advice — this is a nutrition, training and lifestyle program. We do not diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any condition. Please speak to your doctor about HRT, medication, injuries or any health concerns. Outcomes described reflect what women on this approach typically report and are not guaranteed.