Think menopause is why you're gaining weight? It’s not. The truth: your metabolism stays stable from age 20 to 60. What does change? Your energy balance—and most women don’t see it happening. In this episode, I unpack the real reason weight loss feels harder now, and what you can do to shift it.

You’ll learn how energy in (food) vs. energy out (movement) drives fat loss, why tracking intake matters more than ever, and how your body subtly burns less as you lose weight—without you even noticing.

What you’ll walk away with:

• Why “calories” are just energy—and why mindset around them matters
• The law of thermodynamics: no one gets around it
• How untracked changes in daily movement stall fat loss
• Why tracking isn’t about judgment—it’s data to guide your goals
• What’s really behind midlife weight gain (and it’s not your hormones)

Cut through the confusion. If weight loss has felt impossible lately, this might be the missing piece.

Sources:

• Hall, K. D., Heymsfield, S. B., Kemnitz, J. W., Klein, S., Schoeller, D. A., & Speakman, J. R. (2012). Energy balance and its components: Implications for body weight regulation. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 95(4), 989–994. https://doi.org/10.3945/ajcn.112.036350
• Thomas, J. G., Bond, D. S., Raynor, H. A., Papandonatos, G. D., & Wing, R. R. (2017). Comparison of smartphone-based behavioral obesity treatment with gold standard group treatment and control: A randomized trial. Obesity, 25(6), 964–972. Chronic intestinal electrical stimulation improves glucose intolerance and insulin resistance in diet‐induced obesity rats

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