Michelle Black, RN · Functional Nutrition & Lifestyle · Menopause Specialist

You Are Doing Everything Right. Your Body Stopped Responding.

You are not broken or lazy. Perimenopause through post-menopause can change how your body responds to food, movement, and stress.

Base Camp 2.0 helps women stop guessing and understand what their bodies need now, so they can improve their energy, feel more comfortable in their clothes, and build a way of eating they can consistently maintain.

Created by Michelle Black, RN. Base Camp 2.0 provides functional nutrition and lifestyle guidance for women through perimenopause, menopause, and post-menopause.

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If You Have Tried Everything and Still Feel Stuck, Here Is Why

Perimenopause and menopause change the rules completely. The strategies that worked in your 30s actively work against your body now. This is not a willpower problem. It is a biology problem.

Perimenopause Belly Fat That Will Not Budge

As estrogen drops, your body shifts fat storage to the abdomen. No amount of cardio or calorie cutting will fix this without addressing the hormonal root cause first.

Hormonal Imbalance Driving Weight Gain

Dropping estrogen, crashing progesterone, and rising cortisol work together to lock your body in fat storage mode, especially around the belly and waist.

Insulin Resistance and Menopause

Insulin resistance silently worsens through midlife and is one of the leading drivers of menopausal weight gain. Eating less makes it worse. Eating right fixes it.

Waking at 2 or 3am Every Night

Nighttime waking in menopause is almost always a cortisol and blood sugar issue. When blood sugar drops, cortisol surges to compensate and jolts you awake. This is fixable with food.

Hot Flashes and Menopause Brain Fog

Blood sugar spikes directly trigger hot flashes and mental fog. Targeted menopause nutrition stabilizes blood sugar and calms these symptoms faster than restriction ever will.

Normal Lab Results but Still Feel Terrible

Conventional testing misses the gap between normal and optimal. Functional nutrition identifies and corrects what standard blood panels overlook in midlife women.

Not sure which hormones are driving your symptoms? Find out in 2 minutes.

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Meet Michelle Black, RN, Menopause Specialist in Functional Nutrition and Lifestyle

After years in healthcare I watched the same story repeat itself: women doing everything right, eating clean, working out, cutting calories, and still gaining weight, battling hot flashes, and feeling completely exhausted and dismissed.

The problem was never effort. It was that no one explained why the rules change in midlife and what to do instead. Perimenopause and menopause require a completely different nutritional strategy, and most doctors and dietitians are not trained in it.

That is why I built Base Camp 2.0, a functional nutrition and lifestyle program for women in perimenopause, menopause, and post menopause. It is not a diet and it is not a plan I hand you. It is where you learn to read your own body and understand why something worked, so it holds when life gets loud. Base Camp 2.0 is nutrition education and coaching. It supports the care you get from your doctor. It does not replace it.

  • A practical approach built around your real life
  • No unnecessary supplements or extreme workouts
  • Works alongside HRT, GLP-1 medications, or neither
  • Fully adaptable for vegetarian and plant-based lifestyles
  • Fully virtual, with a private member community and weekly live support calls
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"I joined this program when I was at my wits end. I now know how to eat for my body. My energy is high all day, I sleep great, and the plantar fasciitis I thought was from weight gain? Just changed how I eat and it went away completely."

Joanne Thuman, Program Member

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The Base Camp 2.0 Method

You do not need another list of rules. You need a clear way to understand what your body is showing you, know what to change first, and practice it until it works in real life.

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See What Your Body Is Showing You

Start with your real food, energy, hunger, and lifestyle patterns so you can stop guessing about what may be keeping you stuck.

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Know What to Change First

Identify the adjustment that makes the most sense for your body now, instead of trying to change everything at once.

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Build Meals That Work for You

Learn how protein, carbohydrates, fats, and fiber work together so you can make more confident food choices in real life.

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Practice Until It Becomes Yours

Use support, feedback, and repetition to build a way of eating you can consistently maintain, even when life gets busy.

Find Out Which Hormones Are Behind Your Symptoms

Take the free 2-minute hormone quiz to identify your primary hormonal imbalance pattern and receive a personalized roadmap for what to do next.

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Real Women. Real Results.

Women just like you who were exhausted, dismissed, and done guessing. Here is what happened when they stopped restricting and started resetting.

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My total cholesterol improved from 193 to 163 in one year. My bone density test that previously showed osteoporosis now shows osteopenia and my fracture risk dropped to 12%. My doctor told me to keep doing what I am doing. I learned to leave the diet mentality behind and finally understand how to nourish my body and burn fat efficiently. This is truly a lifestyle not a diet.

Jeri Missasi Dennison
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I lost 60 pounds, my energy improved, and my cravings decreased drastically. My blood sugars are stable and I feel it when I have an off day. I was post-menopausal with Type 2 diabetes and I tried everything. Then I found Michelle. Follow the program. It works. I am 69 and feel healthier than ever.

Karen Love
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Hot flashes are gone. Joint pain reduced so much I can now sleep on my side. Brain fog gone. I learned how to balance my meals and exercise correctly for my hormones. This program truly works.

Tonia Gipson
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I was on 3 prescriptions. The more I worked out and less I ate, the worse I felt. Within 3 months of joining I was off all prescriptions and lost 30 pounds and a bunch of inches. She gave me my freedom with food back.

Lisa Wilkerson
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She teaches you how to heal your body through food. Easy steps that work to reverse menopause symptoms including weight issues. I lost 15 pounds by just changing what I eat and when. NOT dieting. I still get ice cream when I want it but I crave it less.

Marybeth Roberts
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6 weeks in and I am finally sleeping. No more hot flashes and I am not craving like I used to. I feel like a 7 or 8 out of 10 and I was at zero when I started. This is not something you can Google. It takes the right support and the right plan.

Program Member, 6 Weeks In
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I was 219 pounds, hit a standstill at 183, and went back and forth to 187. I went through the teaching modules again and really put her knowledge into action. I have lost 4 more pounds in the last 2 weeks. Macronutrients finally make sense with Michelle Black.

Lisa Foley
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I reduced the medications I am on and feel so much better. She is truly invested in the success of her clients. She answers questions in the community and offers weekly Zoom support calls. If you want a maintainable lifestyle she is your person.

Angela Hodges
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My clothes fit better, my energy is high throughout the entire day, and I sleep great. The hormones alone were not doing the trick. This nutrition program gave me the emotional stability and energy I had been missing for years.

Joanne Thuman

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Your Questions Answered

Everything you need to know before taking the next step toward feeling like yourself again.

Who is Michelle Black and what does she specialize in?+
Michelle Black is a Registered Nurse, Menopause Specialist, and has 20 years of functional nutrition experience. She specializes in perimenopause weight loss, menopause belly fat, and hormone balance for women in midlife. She is the founder of Nutrition for You LLC and creator of Base Camp 2.0, working virtually with women across the country.
Why am I gaining weight in perimenopause even though I am eating healthy?+
As estrogen and progesterone decline, your gut microbiome changes, cortisol rises, and insulin sensitivity drops. This combination triggers fat storage especially around the belly regardless of how clean you eat. The answer is not eating less. It is eating specifically for your changing hormones and metabolism.
How is this different from working with a regular dietitian or nutritionist?+
Michelle combines her clinical RN training with functional nutrition expertise to find and fix the root causes of midlife weight gain including gut inflammation, cortisol imbalance, and insulin resistance. Most dietitians are not trained in the specific hormonal shifts of perimenopause and menopause. Michelle is, and with her background as a competitive bodybuilder she brings a deep understanding of metabolism, muscle, and body composition that most practitioners simply don't have.
Why won't my menopause belly fat go away no matter what I do?+
As your hormones fluctuate, your gut microbiome changes too. This directly affects how your body stores fat, manages inflammation, and processes food. It's not a willpower problem. Your gut bacteria shift during perimenopause and menopause, making your metabolism work against you. The fix isn't eating less. It's supporting your hormones and gut together so your body can finally let go of that belly fat.