Shania Twain said menopause helped her get over her body-image struggles

Shania Twain, 60, said menopause helped her be more confident about her body. In an interview with The Times, she recalled struggling with body image during her 2019 Las Vegas residency, tearing two thigh muscles and being carried off stage after becoming "malnourished" in her efforts to "be thinner." She described the shift of menopause as losing control: "In menopause you lose control of your body.

So all of a sudden I'm bloating and I'm definitely not in control. I can't just lose five pounds." For a time she avoided mirrors. "I stopped looking at myself in the mirror. I hated my body. I'm, like, 'Oh, I cannot stand this changing body.' But that was so unhealthy.

Who cannot look at themselves in the mirror?" Driven by insecurity, Twain turned to intense workouts and cut fats and sugars. "I was doing very unhealthy things," she said. "And I was working my body more than I was feeding it, to keep up with the strain." Her thigh injury worsened, and as recovery dragged on she began to rethink her relationship with her health.

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