“Beverly Hills, 90210” star Jennie Garth has opened up about how menopause has affected her.
On Tuesday, the 52-year-old actress shared a video of herself lifting weights, doing lunges and using exercise machines while working out at a gym. She revealed that working out regularly has become a challenge due to menopause.
“Happy Tuesday. I'm gonna be real honest with you… I've been having trouble working out lately. My travel and work schedule, my body aches, not to mention menopause is a daily minefield both physically and mentally,” Garth captioned the clip, set to Shania Twain's hit song, “Man! I Feel Like A Woman!”
“Beverly Hills, 90210” star Jennie Garth has opened up about coping with menopause. (Gary Gershoff/Getty Images)
She continued, “Here's the deal… I stay motivated by FORCING myself to exercise. I know I'll always feel better doing it. But lately I feel like my body is fighting me sometimes.”
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“I forget that there's so much going on inside me, causing so many changes, that of course I'm not always going to feel or be able to act the way I'd like (or hope) to,” Garth added.
“I have to remind myself to be easy on myself! I'm doing the best I can and that makes me feel a little better.”
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The “What I Like About You” alum noted that “working out becomes more challenging as we get older” and asked how her fans have been handling “these human changes.”
Garth then asked his followers to share their tips and tricks in the comments, adding, “I need them as much as all of us,” along with a praying hands emoji.
“Lately I feel like my body is fighting against me sometimes.”
The actress is a mother of two daughters, Luca Bella, 27, Lola Ray, 21, and Fiona Eve, 17, with whom she shares a son with ex-husband, Peter Facinelli. Garth was previously married to musician Daniel B. Clark from 1994 to 1996. In 2015, she married actor Dave Abrams.
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Garth described menopause as a “minefield.” (Emily Assiran/Getty Images for the 90s Convention)
On Wednesday, Garth opened up about her experience of menopause during an episode of her podcast, “I Chose Me.” She took to Instagram to share a clip from the episode, “I Choose… Destigmatizing Menopause with Dr. Mary Claire Haver.”
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During the episode, Garth and Haver, an obstetrician-gynecologist and author of the bestselling book “The New Menopause,” delved deeper into the topic of menopause and the symptoms that accompany it.
“This week on the podcast, I'm joined by menopause expert Dr. Mary Claire Haver to talk in-depth about menopause. We discuss everything from brain fog to hot flashes to low libido and so much more,” Garth wrote in the caption.
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“Gone are the days when this wasn't talked about!” she added. “I'm excited to be able to expand this conversation and have an open discussion about something that all women will have to deal with at some point!”
In the video Garth shared, she and Haver addressed the effects of brain fog.
“I feel like brain fog is another silent struggle that people don't understand,” Garth said.
“It happens to me at least three times a day that I walk into a room and have no idea why I'm there. That's brain fog.”
Garth recently hosted a podcast episode on how to destigmatize the topic of menopause. (Michael Tran/AFP via Getty Images)
Haver agreed, adding: “Either you can't find a word, or you can't remember a name… and these things happen to us from time to time.
“But when it becomes a pattern and you suddenly question your judgment… one “Every fifth woman of our age leaves her job for this reason,” she added. “It's terrible.”
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“Because they feel inadequate,” Garth said.
“Physicians, who are cognitively intensive, are really struggling and hitting a wall, hitting a wall at work,” Haver said.
“It's scary,” Garth said.
