Feel Better. Live Free. | Healthy Weight Loss & Wellness for Midlife Women
Feel Better. Live Free. with Lisa Joy Thompson is the revolutionary health & wellness podcast brought to you by Thinlicious®. It's a show dedicated to helping midlife women find lasting health and sustainable weight loss by healing our bodies from the inside out, while questioning the outdated mainstream narratives surrounding health and weight loss that haven't worked.
Our mission is to help you find the freedom to look and feel your best. The freedom to NOT be controlled by food addictions ever again. And the freedom to confidently pursue all your big goals and dreams because your health and weight issues are no longer holding you back.
Each week we'll discuss what it means to live your best life as a woman in your 40s, 50s, and beyond, talking openly and honestly about the highs and lows of weight loss, wellness, cultivating a healthy mindset, and pretty much everything in between. We'll also speak with leading health experts on everything from thyroid and cortisol health to hormonal balance and menopause to healing your gut.
It's a place where you'll discover actionable strategies for losing weight and getting healthy, unconventional health breakthroughs that no one else is talking about, and the powerful mindset shifts you'll need to find lifelong wellness and true happiness, with a whole lot of tough love along the way.
Basically, this is the podcast to listen to if you're looking for answers to these questions:
- Why is it so hard for women over 40 to lose weight?
- How can I improve my mindset and get healthy for life?
- What supplements should I be taking?
- How can I improve my immune system?
- How do I overcome resistance and finally get motivated?
- Why am I so tired all the time?
- What's the healthiest way to lose weight?
- Should I go on Ozempic?
- What does it mean to be metabolically flexible?
- How does stress affect weight loss?
- What is gut health, and why does it matter?
- Could I have a thyroid issue?
- What can you eat to reduce inflammation?
- What are the biggest health mistakes to avoid?
- How can you lose weight without dieting?
Feel Better. Live Free. | Healthy Weight Loss & Wellness for Midlife Women
Why Diets Stop Working After 40 (And What to Do Instead)
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You weren't failing those diets. Those diets were teaching your body to fail you.
Have you noticed that the diets that used to work in your twenties barely move the needle anymore? That you can eat the exact same way you ate five years ago and the scale just sits there and laughs at you? That's not in your head. And it's not a willpower problem.
After years of dieting, especially during perimenopause and menopause, your body adapts to protect itself. Your metabolism slows down. Your hormones get dysregulated. Insulin resistance sets in. And every diet you try just digs the hole a little deeper.
In this episode, I'm walking you through the real reason weight loss gets harder after 40, including:
- The Biggest Loser study that proved your metabolism can stay suppressed for years after a diet ends
- How insulin resistance and cortisol team up to lock fat in place
- Why set point theory means your body will fight you to defend a higher weight
- The cumulative damage of decades of yo-yo dieting
- What actually works instead of dieting (it's not what you've been told)
- Three specific things you can do this week to start healing
If you've been doing everything right and your body still isn't cooperating, this is the episode that's going to put down the shame you've been carrying for years.
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