Lisa Snowdon says she felt ‘completely alone and lost’ as she went through the menopause

Lisa Snowdon has bravely opened up about the menopause, admitting it was a time she felt ‘completely alone and lost.’ 

It was her early forties when the television presenter, who turned 50 in January, started to experience an ‘out of control’ feeling, which she now recognises as the beginning of her perimenopause – the transitional period before menopause. 

Since being put on the right HRT after meeting Dr Naomi Potter last year, Lisa said she has ‘got her brain back’ after years of feeling ‘awful and angry.’

Speaking to OK! magazine, the fashion model said of her changes during the menopause: ‘I felt completely alone and lost. It was feeling awful and angry and sleep deprived, with skin, hair and body changes. I ended up putting on quite a bit of weight.’ 

While Lisa, who has modelled for a slew of beauty adverts and high-fashion covers such as Elle, often manifests a ‘pretty positive body image’, her weight gain did impact her confidence. 

She explained: ‘I was a little bit broken when nothing in my wardrobe fitted me. I remember sitting on the floor and just crying.’ 

Symptoms: It was her early forties when the television presenter, who turned 50 in January, started to experience an ‘out of control’ feeling, which she now recognises as the beginning of her perimenopause (pictured this month)

Hard times: The former Capital Breakfast host also recalled ‘sitting on the floor crying’ over her weight gain (pictured February 2014)

HRT has been ‘amazing’, the former Capital Breakfast host admitted, but she recalled how she came to the realisation she had to keep an eye on the food and drink she was consuming, as well as upping her exercise. 

Her fitness regime is mostly centred on strength training, with Lisa feeling ‘more positive’ from her regular serotonin boosts.

The long-time TV star was not alone as she battled her ‘perimenopause madness’, as she rekindled her relationship with now fiancé George Smart, whom she branded a ‘saint.’ 

Support: The long-time TV star was not alone as she battled her ‘perimenopause madness’, as she rekindled her relationship with now fiancé George Smart, whom she branded a ‘saint’ (pictured in January)

‘I know that the menopause can cause relationships to break down but I’m lucky that George came into my life at that time. For me, it was a godsend. For him, it was challenging. We laugh about it now,’ she said. 

The pair first crossed paths two decades ago, when Lisa’s career was planted at MTV. 

After getting back together via a close friend of Lisa’s, the ‘familiarity’ was instantaneous. 

George cemented his love for a self-proclaimed, ‘genuinely happy’, Lisa in 2016 by getting down on one knee.