If you’re a woman over 45 and feel like the harder you try to lose weight, the more stuck you become — this episode will explain why that’s happening from a physiological and hormonal perspective.

Many women in perimenopause and menopause respond to weight gain by eating less, exercising more, and pushing harder. But after 45, this approach often backfires. Instead of fat loss, you may experience stalled progress, increased belly fat, fatigue, disrupted sleep, and constant frustration.

In this episode, I break down the real biological reasons weight loss stalls after 45, including:

How chronic stress and elevated cortisol block fat loss

Why eating less can slow your metabolism in midlife

The role of muscle loss and metabolic adaptation after 40

How hormonal shifts change your body’s response to dieting and exercise

Why “discipline” and “willpower” stop working — even if they worked before

This isn’t about motivation or mindset.
It’s about understanding how your body changes in perimenopause and menopause — and why trying harder is often the exact thing keeping you stuck.

If you’ve been doing everything “right” and still not seeing results, this episode will help you understand what your body actually needs now.

Who this episode is for:

✔ Women over 45
✔ Perimenopause & menopause weight loss
✔ Women stuck despite dieting and exercising
✔ Anyone frustrated with stalled metabolism after 40

Next Step

If this resonates and you want personalized support, I work with women in perimenopause and menopause through private 1:1 coaching. Enrollment always starts with a conversation.

Please visit my bio for 1:1 coaching information.

Subscribe for more science-based guidance on:

Weight loss after 45

Perimenopause & menopause nutrition

Hormones, metabolism, and fat loss

Why traditional dieting stops working in midlife

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Struggling to lose weight as a woman over 40—even though you're eating less and exercising more?
You're not alone, and it's not your fault.

In today’s episode, we break down why the old “eat less, move more” advice stops working as you experience the hormonal changes of perimenopause and menopause, and what you should do instead to finally see results.

You’ll learn:
How hormonal changes impact metabolism after 40
Why chronic dieting slows fat loss
The hidden role of stress + cortisol
Why long workouts may be making things WORSE
What actually works for sustainable weight loss over 40

If you feel like you're doing everything right but the scale won’t budge, this episode will help you understand what’s really going on inside your body—and how to work WITH your metabolism, not against it.

Stick around to the end for practical strategies you can start using today.

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More more info. and ways I can help you please visit:

Stacey Nicole Smith

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Do you find yourself stuck in a cycle of losing and regaining the same weight over and over?
Or maybe you gain even more each time you come off of a new diet?
Do you find yourself starting over every Monday?
Or maybe you get close to your goal weight and then something happens, and you're not sure WHY but you start eating off track and can't seem to reel yourself back in?
There are reasons for it - especially as women over 40 experiencing the hormonal changes of perimenopause and menopause - these can be even more so.
In today's episode we address both - the physical reasons we self-sabotage our weight loss and the psychological reasons.

Do you need help taking out the guesswork and would like a step-by-step plan to taking the weight off (and keep it off) in perimenopause and menopause?

Please visit my website for 1:1 personalized Coaching info.

Stacey Nicole Smith

https://linktr.ee/staceynicolesmith