When Lumi North turned 42, she expected a few subtle changes in her body. What she didn’t expect was how dramatically her metabolism slowed. “I was eating the same way I always had,” she says, “but the scale kept creeping up and my energy was crashing by 7 p.m.”
She wasn’t interested in extreme dieting, but she also didn’t want to feel stuck. After months of trial and error, she realized that lowering her evening carb intake made the biggest difference—not just for weight, but for how she slept, how she focused, and even how her skin looked.
But “low-carb” for Lumi didn’t mean deprivation. It meant eating smarter. “I needed dinners that wouldn’t spike my blood sugar but would still leave me satisfied,” she says. She started building her meals around lean protein, healthy fats, and fiber-filled veggies—keeping everything easy to digest and simple to prep.
Instead of pasta, she’d spiral zucchini and toss it with roasted salmon and olive oil. She swapped heavy grains for mashed cauliflower or baked eggplant. And on nights when she craved comfort food, she’d make a creamy coconut curry loaded with spinach and tofu.
The real key, she says, was consistency—not restriction. “Once I let go of perfection and focused on how I wanted to feel, everything clicked.”
Now, Lumi coaches women over 40 on building a sustainable, enjoyable dinner routine. “It’s not about cutting out joy,” she laughs. “It’s about fueling your body in a way that honors where you are right now.”
