Wellness for Real Life Podcast
Welcome to the Wellness for Real Life podcast!
Here we empower high achieving women to reach their goals in all areas by providing practical and straightforward advice that takes the overwhelm out of wellness.
Juggling work, family, and personal time can often feel like too much to manage, so we’ll provide simple tools and teach you how to set up routines that can seamlessly integrate into even the busiest season of life.
Tune in to hear us chat about everything from fitness, nutrition, mindset, time management, relationships, stress relief and self care, authentic communication, and more.
While sharing relatable lessons and takeaways from our own real life. You deserve to be and feel like the best version of yourself, and we’re here to help make that a reality.
Wellness for Real Life Podcast
What We’d Tell You About Why You’re Not Losing Weight (If We Didn’t Care About Hurting Your Feelings)
Lauren and Marci bring some tough love in this unapologetically honest episode, tackling the hard truths behind why you’re actually not losing weight. From mindset traps to overlooked habits, they break down the most common self-sabotaging behaviors and how to fix them. With humor, real client stories, and personal experience, this conversation is a wake-up call to anyone spinning their wheels in pursuit of fat loss. It’s not your hormones, your metabolism, or your age; it’s the little habits, lack of structure, and half-tracking that keep you stuck.
Key Timestamps
- 07:00 – Fat loss phase reality check: Lauren opens up about her own recent fat loss phase and how “phoning it in” on tracking led to stalled progress — until she got honest with herself.
- 10:00 – The sneaky sabotage of moral licensing: Marci explains why “rewarding” progress with relaxed habits is one of the biggest barriers to consistency.
- 12:00 – The theme of the day: Lauren and Marci reveal the truths most people need to hear about why results aren’t happening.
- 13:00 – The 80/20 myth: They discuss why “80% consistency” often isn’t enough, and how that number gets misinterpreted when progress slows.
- 17:20 – You’re not stuck — you’re in denial: Real client stories illustrate how “doing all the things” isn’t the same as doing them accurately or consistently.
- 22:00 – Healthy eating ≠ weight loss: The duo break down why “clean” or “whole” foods can still prevent fat loss if you’re not in a calorie deficit.
- 29:40 – It’s not your hormones, it’s your lifestyle: Marci explains how age, energy, and NEAT (non-exercise activity thermogenesis) affect progress — and why your metabolism isn’t broken.
- 35:00 – You’re not too old or too busy: Lauren and Marci close with a reminder that progress is possible at any age, and that being “too busy” is often just a matter of misplaced priorities.
Resources Mentioned
- Lauren’s fat loss tracking series on Instagram @thislifeuncluttered to follow along as she documents her current phase
- Previous episode: Epidsode 58 - "You're Not Too Old & It's Never Too Late"
If you’ve been telling yourself you’re “doing everything right,” this episode might be the mirror you need. Tune in for the kind of tough love that helps you stop spinning your wheels and finally move forward.
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