August 12, 2025 • 23 mins
Reaching the milestone of 50 brings remarkable changes to our bodies that many of us aren't prepared for. That stubborn midsection weight that appeared seemingly overnight? It's not your imagination, and you're not alone in this frustrating experience.
The truth about midlife belly fat lies in understanding three critical shifts happening in your body right now. First, declining estrogen dramatically changes where your body stores fat, redirecting it from hips and thighs to your abdomen. Surprisingly, this isn't a flaw but your body's intelligent attempt to protect you by storing estrogen (which is held in fat cells) when ovarian production decreases. Second, accelerated muscle loss in midlife naturally slows your metabolism, making fat storage easier and fat loss harder. Third, insulin resistance becomes more common, contributing to that apple-shaped profile many women develop.
What makes this journey particularly challenging is how our stress response systems get caught in chronic fight-or-flight mode. Those heart palpitations, brain fog, and energy crashes aren't random symptoms – they're signs your nervous system needs attention. The conventional wisdom of "work harder, do more crunches" not only fails to address these changes but can actually worsen them by triggering more stress responses in an already overwhelmed system.
The path forward requires a complete shift in approach: strengthening deep core muscles rather than superficial abs, regulating your nervous system instead of pushing through exhaustion, and building functional strength that supports your changing hormonal landscape. When your body feels safe, it can finally release its death grip on fat storage and begin prioritizing repair and recovery.
Ready to transform your relationship with your midlife body? Join me in the Midlife Core Reset program or connect through our supportive community at movingthroughmidlife.com, where we're walking this path together. Let's embrace this transition with wisdom, compassion, and strategies that actually work for our 50+ bodies.
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Speaker 1 (00:14):
Welcome back to Moving Through Midlife.
Today I wanted to share withyou because I can't remember if
I mentioned it in my lastpodcast episode, but this year,
this past month, I turned 50.
And with 50 comes a lot ofchanges and for many of you, you
(00:36):
have been on this rollercoasterride with me to kind of hear
some of the things that I'mdealing with me, to kind of hear
some of the things that I'mdealing with, and you may be
dealing with them as well.
So I wanted to talk today aboutthis midsection weight gain
that we are dealing with in thisphase of life and honestly so,
(01:02):
if we think about perimenopause,I would say that my late 30s,
early 40s, were all about thehormonal roller coaster of
periods like chaos with myperiods.
Then once I hit about 46, thenonce I hit about 46, that
(01:25):
started to change and thenthat's when I started to deal
with more of the things youthink about as you start to move
towards menopause, which werelike the hot flashes that
honestly, was the biggest thing,and then missing periods.
So that's kind of where thatera came through.
(01:46):
I also did notice and you maybe noticing this as well I
didn't change anything with theway I ate.
I didn't change anything withthe way I was exercising, yet I
kept noticing my midsection justkind of expanding.
(02:06):
I had to work harder.
Actually, the harder I worked Ifelt like the less I noticed
and just things weren't workingthe way they always had for me,
and this is something I alsohear a lot for other women in
this phase and now that I'mmoving into 50, I'm noticing
(02:30):
even a different fifth as well.
So I wanted to kind of talk toyou about this and how common it
is and not really a reason toit doesn't mean we have to dig
deeper and fight harder.
We just have to change ourapproach a little bit.
During this perimenopausal phasewe are starting to change in
(02:55):
three areas.
Actually there's probably more,but I'm going to focus on these
three.
So the first one is thehormonal changes.
You are starting to haveestrogen declining and that
affects how fat is stored in thebody.
So normally many of us willhave more weight in our hips and
(03:20):
our thighs, but as you start tolose estrogen, it kind of
stores that fat in themidsection around the abdominal
area rather than the hips andthe thighs.
I want to make sure that youunderstand that this is okay
(03:43):
because as estrogen declines,your body is basically trying to
hold on to the estrogen howeverit can, and estrogen is held in
fat, so it is like kind ofprotecting you for what's to
come in the way of the loss ofestrogen.
(04:04):
Now we don't look at it thatway, but it is a protective,
survival type thing with yourbody.
So it's okay that you don'thave that well-defined abs in
your late 40s, early 50s,because just think of it as your
(04:27):
body's trying to keep you safeand make sure that you have
enough estrogen to continue,because estrogen is huge for our
health and it's trying to storeit however it can.
The other reason we get thatmidsection weight gain is
(04:48):
cortisol, so that is the stresshormone.
We should know that, and itplays a bigger role in fat
storage during perimenopause andmenopause, just because we're
more in that fight or flight allthe time, and which is why the
exercise program you've alwaysdone may not be working anymore,
(05:10):
because exercise creates anatural cortisol response in the
body and when you are dealingwith all these other cortisol
responses in the body because ofthe hormones, it actually
identifies exercise as a stressand that is why you might notice
(05:30):
, even though you're doing allthese workouts and you may
notice, even when you do moreworkouts it gets worse.
So that has to do with thecortisol response.
The second thing is muscle loss.
So as we get older we naturallygo through sarcopenia.
This is age-related muscle loss.
(05:52):
It is natural.
That is why we encourage you topick up weight so you're trying
to hold on to that muscle aslong as possible.
Muscle helps keep you from beingtoo fragile in your old age.
So you want to try to keep themuscle to support the bones as
(06:14):
long as possible.
But in midlife it starts toaccelerate and when we have
muscle loss it means we're goingto have a slower metabolism,
which obviously makes it easierto store fat, so uses glycogen,
(06:34):
which is like sugar.
So if you aren't and if youhave less muscle, that glycogen
gets stored as fat.
So you end up having to changethe way you eat to handle this.
And then the third thing is yourinsulin and blood sugar.
(06:55):
Midlife changes due to thesehormonal changes can lead to
more insulin resistance, meaningyour body stores more fat
around the midsection yet again.
So all of these things that arehappening the declining
estrogen, the cortisolincreasing, the fact that your
(07:20):
muscles are.
You're not holding onto themuscle mass like you used to, so
you don't have the glycogenbeing pulled into the muscle.
All of these kind of lead intothe insulin and blood sugar
situations and you may havenoticed.
I know for myself.
I've noticed like some of theearly signs that you're dealing
with some of this is going to beunable to drink alcohol like
(07:43):
you used to.
You may notice differenteffects from sugar.
You may notice more of thisweird blood sugary type thing.
It usually has to do with yourblood sugar.
Dropping is where you mightfeel like you're almost drunk,
like this brain fog that theytalk about, this fogginess.
(08:04):
The best way to describe it isyou almost feel like you're
drunk and that has to do withyour blood sugar as well.
So all of these changes are nowaffecting your physiology,
which is changing thatmidsection.
So my goal is to help you findsome balance in your life so
(08:28):
that you're not looking at thatin such a terrible way, and
hopefully be able to provide youwith some ideas of what you can
do to help you feel a littlebit more comfortable with how
your body's changing and supportit along this menopausal
journey that you may be on.
(08:49):
So the first thing you need toknow is crunches aren't the
answer.
Spot reducing isn't possible.
Crunches alone aren't going toburn the belly fat.
What you need to work on islearning how to work into your
deeper core muscles, so yourtransverse abdominus muscles.
(09:10):
These are usually underactivein midlife and this is going to
affect your posture, stability,digestion, pelvic floor health,
all of it.
So what we've got to work onfirst, instead of crunches, is
learning how to breathe,learning how to sit properly so
(09:30):
that our deep core muscles arestaying active, and overdoing
traditional ab exercises couldbe making all of this worse if
you don't know how to fire onyour deep core muscles.
Worse if you don't know how tofire on your deep core muscles.
(09:53):
One thing I think is wonderfulfor women in midlife is the
Pilates style exercises.
I do want to caveat that,though, with if you aren't
learning how to use your deepcore before you start these
Pilates programs, then thatcould create a problem, because
your pressure within yourmidsection, if you're pushing
(10:16):
out, you're creating diastasis,recti DR or split abs, or could
be possibly dealing with pelvicfloor dysfunction, or could be
possibly dealing with pelvicfloor dysfunction.
So we want to make sure thatone we either learn how to, you
know, work on strengtheningthese deep core muscles or spend
(10:44):
time with Pilates instructors,or, you know, in studios where
you can work with someone or apersonal trainer who's trained
in core exercise, who can helpyou find those muscles.
Before you start those programsand I will always encourage
people.
If you feel like you have adisconnect within your body,
feel like you have a disconnectwithin your body, I would say,
(11:07):
take a few sessions with atrainer.
A good trainer will try to getyou to where you don't continue
to need them, month after monthafter month.
They should be providing youwith a foundation so that you
can then move on to work on yourown.
(11:28):
And if you're interested andneed help, reach out to me.
I don't currently offerpersonal training, but if you
were interested, I'm not goingto say no.
My goal is to help you.
So just you would need to emailme, courtney, at
formfitonlinecom, and let meknow you're interested and I'll
(11:48):
figure something out for you.
Okay, the other thing is thenervous system connection, and
this is something that, formyself, was the hardest thing to
get control of.
Hence the reason I have kind ofshut down my fitness side of
(12:09):
the business, because I startedrealizing my body would not stop
the fight or flight.
I was constantly in fight orflight and this started
happening.
I don't know if I have any old,old baby boot camp clients that
listen, but there was a timewhen I was teaching fitness
(12:30):
classes and I've probablytouched on this a few times
throughout here.
I started having heartpalpitations when I would teach
fitness classes and I do thinksome of it has to do with
magnesium, so I did start takingthat.
But I do think as well I wasnot nourishing my body properly
(12:52):
before I would teach theseclasses and I think my body was
completely and utterly run downfrom having three kids running
around constantly and notsupporting my body with
nutritious, healthy food.
I was definitely more of a eatthe sugar and burn it off
(13:13):
through fitness, which I do notrecommend at all because it will
bite you in the butt later.
So I was in this chronic stateof fight or flight and I
realized that I needed to changeit.
You may notice this foryourself.
(13:34):
If you're dealing with heartpalpitations, if you're just
constantly feeling off,something's not right in your
body.
Obviously go see a doctor.
You know, don't rely on thisinformation, but what I have
found for myself was I was inthat constant state.
I was eating a lot of sugar, Iwas working out to the extreme
(13:56):
in the sense of, you know, thatwas my job, and then I wasn't
supporting my body nutritiously,so I wasn't giving it the
nutrients it needed for all ofthat movement throughout the day
.
So I got stuck in this fight orflight pattern.
And, add to that, my breathingwasn't proper, because when you
(14:21):
teach fitness, you tend to holdyour breath to get the
information out quickly topeople.
And you know I had some reallybad breathing habits as well.
Now, the reason I'm telling youall of this is because I feel
like many of you may not realizesome of the things, these
(14:46):
patterns you've gotten stuck in,that are also creating this
chronic stress.
And you may hear me mentionsome of these things and realize
oh, you know what, maybe you'rea teacher and you're talking a
lot throughout the day.
Your breathing pattern may beoff because of that the day.
Your breathing pattern may beoff because of that.
(15:08):
If you're at a desk job and youare sitting at a computer for
hours a day, your posture may becreating a fight or flight
response in the body.
All of these things are deeplyconnected and my goal is to help
(15:31):
you really understand that.
We cannot segment things out andsay this is a problem within
itself.
Insulin and blood sugar is aproblem within itself.
Or you know, my midsectionweight is a problem within
itself.
There are so many moving partsand we need to look at the whole
(15:52):
body and approach it from awhole body aspect and a whole
health aspect to get thingsworking properly I guess,
properly.
I hate to say words like thatbecause we're all different, so
it's not just one way to moveand fix problems.
(16:15):
Okay, so back on topic.
If your nervous system isdysregulated, it's harder for
your body to prioritize fat loss, repair and recovery.
So we've got to get thatnervous system on board.
We got to get it calmed downand let it know it's safe before
it's going to ever let go ofthe fat loss, which is why so
(16:38):
many times, fat loss programsdon't work.
Weight loss programs don't workbecause our body is stuck in
that fight or flight state andwe have to work on that as well.
So what we're going to do isyou need to look at the whole
body.
You need to do a nervous systeminformed approach.
All of this is going to help youlose that midsection weight and
(17:03):
just feel stronger and betterin your body.
So you want to build functionalstrength.
This is going to boostmetabolism and help regulate
blood sugar.
So getting the strengthening.
You all have heard it numeroustimes you need to lift some
weights.
The other thing is what I willalways recommend is train your
(17:25):
posture, your mobility, so thatyou are feeling good as well and
living longer, right?
So looking at that longevity,getting the mobility in as well,
and then also working on thebreathing for your core so that
you're working those deep coremuscles to help with pelvic
(17:47):
floor health.
These practices the breathing,the mobility, the mindful
movement lowers cortisol andimproves fat loss potential.
All of these things I'm excitedto let you know because I have
been dealing with this.
(18:08):
I have been testing things.
I have noticed my motivation isnot where it used to be, and
through this came basically whatI have always taught, with a
slight difference, and it's thenervous system.
I have added within myeight-week midlife core reset
(18:30):
program.
You're getting your corestrengthening, you're getting
the posture and mobility work,you're getting the pelvic floor
support, but then we're takingit one step further and we're
working on the nervous system aswell, through blood sugar
balance and just some tips andtricks that I've learned over
(18:51):
the years to help me work oncalming the nervous system.
Thank you, thank you.
(20:48):
So if you are struggling andyou feel like you're dealing
with a stubborn belly, you'refeeling weaker overall, or you
just want to feel connected toyour body again, the midlife
core reset is going to give youthe tools to move, breathe and
live in a way that supports yourmidlife body.
If you're not interested in theprogram, that is okay.
(21:13):
I would love for you to join mein my Facebook community or over
in my email so that you canwork with me in some way.
I provide I'm trying to providea lot of free information for
you.
I'm hoping to level it up overthe next few months to provide
(21:34):
you more information.
I also have a calendar.
If you listened to my lastpodcast, I spoke about how I'm
struggling to get a workout inevery day.
So I've just been doing twoexercises they do rotate through
upper body, lower body, coreand then I created a calendar to
(21:54):
kind of follow along.
If you want to do it as well.
That way maybe we can hold eachother accountable in that
community and then you know I'malways here to answer questions.
If you have any, feel free toreach out.
I would love for it to be moreof a.
I feel like right now it's metalking at you and I'd really
(22:17):
love to have a little bit moreback and forth conversations,
just because I think we all canbenefit from that.
And I'm you know, yes, I haveexpertise, but I am a midlife
woman as well who's living itand testing theories and trying
to figure it out for myself aswell.
(22:38):
I don't have all the answersand I know that I can learn from
many of you as well, so feelfree to join me in the community
.
If you go to my website, youcan actually get there from
movingthroughmidlifecom.
If you can't remember mybusiness name, just go to
movingthroughmidlifecom andyou'll see where there's links
(23:02):
for getting into the community.
There's links for the program.
Check it out, reach out to me.
I hope you all have a wonderful, wonderful day and remember to
keep moving.
Welcome back to Moving Through Midlife.
Today I wanted to share withyou because I can't remember if
I mentioned it in my lastpodcast episode, but this year,
this past month, I turned 50.
And with 50 comes a lot ofchanges and for many of you, you
(00:36):
have been on this rollercoasterride with me to kind of hear
some of the things that I'mdealing with me, to kind of hear
some of the things that I'mdealing with, and you may be
dealing with them as well.
So I wanted to talk today aboutthis midsection weight gain
that we are dealing with in thisphase of life and honestly so,
(01:02):
if we think about perimenopause,I would say that my late 30s,
early 40s, were all about thehormonal roller coaster of
periods like chaos with myperiods.
Then once I hit about 46, thenonce I hit about 46, that
(01:25):
started to change and thenthat's when I started to deal
with more of the things youthink about as you start to move
towards menopause, which werelike the hot flashes that
honestly, was the biggest thing,and then missing periods.
So that's kind of where thatera came through.
(01:46):
I also did notice and you maybe noticing this as well I
didn't change anything with theway I ate.
I didn't change anything withthe way I was exercising, yet I
kept noticing my midsection justkind of expanding.
(02:06):
I had to work harder.
Actually, the harder I worked Ifelt like the less I noticed
and just things weren't workingthe way they always had for me,
and this is something I alsohear a lot for other women in
this phase and now that I'mmoving into 50, I'm noticing
(02:30):
even a different fifth as well.
So I wanted to kind of talk toyou about this and how common it
is and not really a reason toit doesn't mean we have to dig
deeper and fight harder.
We just have to change ourapproach a little bit.
During this perimenopausal phasewe are starting to change in
(02:55):
three areas.
Actually there's probably more,but I'm going to focus on these
three.
So the first one is thehormonal changes.
You are starting to haveestrogen declining and that
affects how fat is stored in thebody.
So normally many of us willhave more weight in our hips and
(03:20):
our thighs, but as you start tolose estrogen, it kind of
stores that fat in themidsection around the abdominal
area rather than the hips andthe thighs.
I want to make sure that youunderstand that this is okay
(03:43):
because as estrogen declines,your body is basically trying to
hold on to the estrogen howeverit can, and estrogen is held in
fat, so it is like kind ofprotecting you for what's to
come in the way of the loss ofestrogen.
(04:04):
Now we don't look at it thatway, but it is a protective,
survival type thing with yourbody.
So it's okay that you don'thave that well-defined abs in
your late 40s, early 50s,because just think of it as your
(04:27):
body's trying to keep you safeand make sure that you have
enough estrogen to continue,because estrogen is huge for our
health and it's trying to storeit however it can.
The other reason we get thatmidsection weight gain is
(04:48):
cortisol, so that is the stresshormone.
We should know that, and itplays a bigger role in fat
storage during perimenopause andmenopause, just because we're
more in that fight or flight allthe time, and which is why the
exercise program you've alwaysdone may not be working anymore,
(05:10):
because exercise creates anatural cortisol response in the
body and when you are dealingwith all these other cortisol
responses in the body because ofthe hormones, it actually
identifies exercise as a stressand that is why you might notice
(05:30):
, even though you're doing allthese workouts and you may
notice, even when you do moreworkouts it gets worse.
So that has to do with thecortisol response.
The second thing is muscle loss.
So as we get older we naturallygo through sarcopenia.
This is age-related muscle loss.
(05:52):
It is natural.
That is why we encourage you topick up weight so you're trying
to hold on to that muscle aslong as possible.
Muscle helps keep you from beingtoo fragile in your old age.
So you want to try to keep themuscle to support the bones as
(06:14):
long as possible.
But in midlife it starts toaccelerate and when we have
muscle loss it means we're goingto have a slower metabolism,
which obviously makes it easierto store fat, so uses glycogen,
(06:34):
which is like sugar.
So if you aren't and if youhave less muscle, that glycogen
gets stored as fat.
So you end up having to changethe way you eat to handle this.
And then the third thing is yourinsulin and blood sugar.
(06:55):
Midlife changes due to thesehormonal changes can lead to
more insulin resistance, meaningyour body stores more fat
around the midsection yet again.
So all of these things that arehappening the declining
estrogen, the cortisolincreasing, the fact that your
(07:20):
muscles are.
You're not holding onto themuscle mass like you used to, so
you don't have the glycogenbeing pulled into the muscle.
All of these kind of lead intothe insulin and blood sugar
situations and you may havenoticed.
I know for myself.
I've noticed like some of theearly signs that you're dealing
with some of this is going to beunable to drink alcohol like
(07:43):
you used to.
You may notice differenteffects from sugar.
You may notice more of thisweird blood sugary type thing.
It usually has to do with yourblood sugar.
Dropping is where you mightfeel like you're almost drunk,
like this brain fog that theytalk about, this fogginess.
(08:04):
The best way to describe it isyou almost feel like you're
drunk and that has to do withyour blood sugar as well.
So all of these changes are nowaffecting your physiology,
which is changing thatmidsection.
So my goal is to help you findsome balance in your life so
(08:28):
that you're not looking at thatin such a terrible way, and
hopefully be able to provide youwith some ideas of what you can
do to help you feel a littlebit more comfortable with how
your body's changing and supportit along this menopausal
journey that you may be on.
(08:49):
So the first thing you need toknow is crunches aren't the
answer.
Spot reducing isn't possible.
Crunches alone aren't going toburn the belly fat.
What you need to work on islearning how to work into your
deeper core muscles, so yourtransverse abdominus muscles.
(09:10):
These are usually underactivein midlife and this is going to
affect your posture, stability,digestion, pelvic floor health,
all of it.
So what we've got to work onfirst, instead of crunches, is
learning how to breathe,learning how to sit properly so
(09:30):
that our deep core muscles arestaying active, and overdoing
traditional ab exercises couldbe making all of this worse if
you don't know how to fire onyour deep core muscles.
Worse if you don't know how tofire on your deep core muscles.
(09:53):
One thing I think is wonderfulfor women in midlife is the
Pilates style exercises.
I do want to caveat that,though, with if you aren't
learning how to use your deepcore before you start these
Pilates programs, then thatcould create a problem, because
your pressure within yourmidsection, if you're pushing
(10:16):
out, you're creating diastasis,recti DR or split abs, or could
be possibly dealing with pelvicfloor dysfunction, or could be
possibly dealing with pelvicfloor dysfunction.
So we want to make sure thatone we either learn how to, you
know, work on strengtheningthese deep core muscles or spend
(10:44):
time with Pilates instructors,or, you know, in studios where
you can work with someone or apersonal trainer who's trained
in core exercise, who can helpyou find those muscles.
Before you start those programsand I will always encourage
people.
If you feel like you have adisconnect within your body,
feel like you have a disconnectwithin your body, I would say,
(11:07):
take a few sessions with atrainer.
A good trainer will try to getyou to where you don't continue
to need them, month after monthafter month.
They should be providing youwith a foundation so that you
can then move on to work on yourown.
(11:28):
And if you're interested andneed help, reach out to me.
I don't currently offerpersonal training, but if you
were interested, I'm not goingto say no.
My goal is to help you.
So just you would need to emailme, courtney, at
formfitonlinecom, and let meknow you're interested and I'll
(11:48):
figure something out for you.
Okay, the other thing is thenervous system connection, and
this is something that, formyself, was the hardest thing to
get control of.
Hence the reason I have kind ofshut down my fitness side of
(12:09):
the business, because I startedrealizing my body would not stop
the fight or flight.
I was constantly in fight orflight and this started
happening.
I don't know if I have any old,old baby boot camp clients that
listen, but there was a timewhen I was teaching fitness
(12:30):
classes and I've probablytouched on this a few times
throughout here.
I started having heartpalpitations when I would teach
fitness classes and I do thinksome of it has to do with
magnesium, so I did start takingthat.
But I do think as well I wasnot nourishing my body properly
(12:52):
before I would teach theseclasses and I think my body was
completely and utterly run downfrom having three kids running
around constantly and notsupporting my body with
nutritious, healthy food.
I was definitely more of a eatthe sugar and burn it off
(13:13):
through fitness, which I do notrecommend at all because it will
bite you in the butt later.
So I was in this chronic stateof fight or flight and I
realized that I needed to changeit.
You may notice this foryourself.
(13:34):
If you're dealing with heartpalpitations, if you're just
constantly feeling off,something's not right in your
body.
Obviously go see a doctor.
You know, don't rely on thisinformation, but what I have
found for myself was I was inthat constant state.
I was eating a lot of sugar, Iwas working out to the extreme
(13:56):
in the sense of, you know, thatwas my job, and then I wasn't
supporting my body nutritiously,so I wasn't giving it the
nutrients it needed for all ofthat movement throughout the day
.
So I got stuck in this fight orflight pattern.
And, add to that, my breathingwasn't proper, because when you
(14:21):
teach fitness, you tend to holdyour breath to get the
information out quickly topeople.
And you know I had some reallybad breathing habits as well.
Now, the reason I'm telling youall of this is because I feel
like many of you may not realizesome of the things, these
(14:46):
patterns you've gotten stuck in,that are also creating this
chronic stress.
And you may hear me mentionsome of these things and realize
oh, you know what, maybe you'rea teacher and you're talking a
lot throughout the day.
Your breathing pattern may beoff because of that the day.
Your breathing pattern may beoff because of that.
(15:08):
If you're at a desk job and youare sitting at a computer for
hours a day, your posture may becreating a fight or flight
response in the body.
All of these things are deeplyconnected and my goal is to help
(15:31):
you really understand that.
We cannot segment things out andsay this is a problem within
itself.
Insulin and blood sugar is aproblem within itself.
Or you know, my midsectionweight is a problem within
itself.
There are so many moving partsand we need to look at the whole
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body and approach it from awhole body aspect and a whole
health aspect to get thingsworking properly I guess,
properly.
I hate to say words like thatbecause we're all different, so
it's not just one way to moveand fix problems.
(16:15):
Okay, so back on topic.
If your nervous system isdysregulated, it's harder for
your body to prioritize fat loss, repair and recovery.
So we've got to get thatnervous system on board.
We got to get it calmed downand let it know it's safe before
it's going to ever let go ofthe fat loss, which is why so
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many times, fat loss programsdon't work.
Weight loss programs don't workbecause our body is stuck in
that fight or flight state andwe have to work on that as well.
So what we're going to do isyou need to look at the whole
body.
You need to do a nervous systeminformed approach.
All of this is going to help youlose that midsection weight and
(17:03):
just feel stronger and betterin your body.
So you want to build functionalstrength.
This is going to boostmetabolism and help regulate
blood sugar.
So getting the strengthening.
You all have heard it numeroustimes you need to lift some
weights.
The other thing is what I willalways recommend is train your
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posture, your mobility, so thatyou are feeling good as well and
living longer, right?
So looking at that longevity,getting the mobility in as well,
and then also working on thebreathing for your core so that
you're working those deep coremuscles to help with pelvic
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floor health.
These practices the breathing,the mobility, the mindful
movement lowers cortisol andimproves fat loss potential.
All of these things I'm excitedto let you know because I have
been dealing with this.
(18:08):
I have been testing things.
I have noticed my motivation isnot where it used to be, and
through this came basically whatI have always taught, with a
slight difference, and it's thenervous system.
I have added within myeight-week midlife core reset
(18:30):
program.
You're getting your corestrengthening, you're getting
the posture and mobility work,you're getting the pelvic floor
support, but then we're takingit one step further and we're
working on the nervous system aswell, through blood sugar
balance and just some tips andtricks that I've learned over
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the years to help me work oncalming the nervous system.
Thank you, thank you.
(20:48):
So if you are struggling andyou feel like you're dealing
with a stubborn belly, you'refeeling weaker overall, or you
just want to feel connected toyour body again, the midlife
core reset is going to give youthe tools to move, breathe and
live in a way that supports yourmidlife body.
If you're not interested in theprogram, that is okay.
(21:13):
I would love for you to join mein my Facebook community or over
in my email so that you canwork with me in some way.
I provide I'm trying to providea lot of free information for
you.
I'm hoping to level it up overthe next few months to provide
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you more information.
I also have a calendar.
If you listened to my lastpodcast, I spoke about how I'm
struggling to get a workout inevery day.
So I've just been doing twoexercises they do rotate through
upper body, lower body, coreand then I created a calendar to
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kind of follow along.
If you want to do it as well.
That way maybe we can hold eachother accountable in that
community and then you know I'malways here to answer questions.
If you have any, feel free toreach out.
I would love for it to be moreof a.
I feel like right now it's metalking at you and I'd really
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love to have a little bit moreback and forth conversations,
just because I think we all canbenefit from that.
And I'm you know, yes, I haveexpertise, but I am a midlife
woman as well who's living itand testing theories and trying
to figure it out for myself aswell.
(22:38):
I don't have all the answersand I know that I can learn from
many of you as well, so feelfree to join me in the community
.
If you go to my website, youcan actually get there from
movingthroughmidlifecom.
If you can't remember mybusiness name, just go to
movingthroughmidlifecom andyou'll see where there's links
(23:02):
for getting into the community.
There's links for the program.
Check it out, reach out to me.
I hope you all have a wonderful, wonderful day and remember to
keep moving.
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