“The TV personality jetted off to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines this week to mark the milestone with fiancé George Smart and has been documenting her time away.”, — write: www.dailymail.co.uk
The TV personality jetted off to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines this week to mark the milestone with fiancé George Smart and has been documenting her time away.
On Thursday, Lisa took to Instagram to share a stunning bikini-clad snap that highlighted her toned abs.
She posed for a mirror selfie in a tiny coral two-piece that she paired with a turquoise kaftan.
Lisa captioned the snap: ‘It’s my Birthday!! Feeling fabulous at 53! Bring it on! I’m just getting started ♥️’.
She also took to her Stories to share snaps in a snakeskin print bikini as she danced around for the camera.
Proving just how she stays in shape, Lisa also revealed that she began her birthday with a 7am workout, posing with George in her workout gear.
Yet she did allow herself to indulge later in the day as she revealed she was enjoying a beer on the beach.
Last summer, Lisa discussed losing two stone during a five-year weight loss battle while dealing with menopause, saying she ‘lost herself’ when she first started experiencing symptom in her mid-40’s.
Speaking to Closer Magazine, the former Britain’s Next Top Model host admitted that she didn’t recognise herself at the time as the perimenopause and menopause had such an impact on her confidence.
She revealed: ‘I had days so dark that I thought, “If this is what my life looks like, then I can’t do it”, I felt so lonely and confused. I didn’t recognise myself.’
‘The perimenopause and menopause have such an impact on your confidence and I lost myself for a little while.’
The star went on to explain how she was her ‘heaviest’ in 2018, however, HRT (hormone replacement therapy) helped ease many of her symptoms.
She also revealed that she went on to lose two-stone after focusing on exercise and eating the right foods for her mind and body.
She admitted to Closer that she had ‘no grip’ on her cravings before and revealed she started ‘listening to her body.’
Lisa revealed in 2021 that she was prescribed antidepressants after experiencing low moods and anxiety as a result of early menopause.
The presenter, who suffers from endometriosis started experiencing depression around 10 years ago but had no idea her symptoms were a result of the perimenopause.
Appearing on Lorraine at the time, she explained that her 2016 appearance on I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! was worsened by ‘debilitating’ periods, low energy and ‘brain fog’, revealing she relied on the pill to stop her irregular cycle.
It wasn’t until being prescribed Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) that Lisa was able to ‘take ownership’ of her health, hailing the treatment as a ‘game-changer’ and insisting she ‘wouldn’t be without it’.
‘When I look back it did creep up on me, it wasn’t a definite pinpoint the actual day I knew I was going into perimenopause,’ Lisa explained.
‘When I look back it was about seven years ago when I started experiencing low mood, depression, anxiety and I was managing it because I just thought that was what was wrong with me, maybe I was just a bit unhappy.’
‘I got prescribed antidepressants and that wasn’t what I needed but I thought I did. The symptoms started evolving and it was painful periods, awful cycles, really irregular, all these other symptoms started coming up and it was a juggling act. It was really hard to work out what was going on.’
After signing up as a contestant on the ITV reality show I’m A Celeb, Lisa began having periods so painful she struggled to leave the house – but still had no idea that she was exhibiting signs of menopause.
‘It was such a shame,’ she said. ‘I said yes to going into the jungle and I was really excited about it and in the months leading up to it I had debilitating cycles and really irregular, almost where I couldn’t leave the house and I didn’t know what to do.’
‘I already suffer from endometriosis, so I’m used to having very painful cycles but I thought “What am I going to do? This is going to be awful”.’
‘I went to see my gynaecologist and we had scans and tests, never discussed once it could be my hormones or perimenopause, or the menopause.’
‘We did a short fix which, looking back, I was able to go into the jungle. I was on the pill which stopped cycle, which isn’t ideal but I wanted to experience [the jungle].’
‘When I look back I didn’t have the experience I wanted. I didn’t have the energy, I did have brain fog, I did have the anxiety and feeling low and lonely and out of sorts and not recognising your body.’
Now Lisa takes HRT for her symptoms and says that she no longer has ‘rages’ or ‘screams at her partner.
It usually happens between the ages of 45 and 55.
It is a normal part of ageing and caused by levels of the sex hormone oestrogen dropping.
Some women go through this time with few, if any, symptoms.
Others suffer from hot flushes, sleeping difficulties, mood swings and brain fog, which can last for months or years and might change over time.
HRT replaces the hormones and is the main treatment used to treat symptoms — which can be severe and disrupt day-to-day life.
Menopause happens when your ovaries stop producing as much of the hormone oestrogen and no longer release an egg each month.