The Hormone Lie: Why ”Eat Less, Move More” Stopped Working
Are you a women in your late thirties to early fifties finding that all the things that used to work for weight loss just aren't working anymore? You're doing everything "right," eating clean, moving your body yet... nothing budges. The scale's stuck, the belly's stubborn, and you're tired of hearing "just try harder."
What if I told you it's not you. It's cortisol, burnout, and hormones shifting after decades of hustle—kids, work, life. This isn't about another diet. It's about balancing what decades of extreme diets, exercise, and chronic stress have thrown out of whack.
Eventually, the nervous and endocrine systems get burned out and that's when we start seeing that weight we've worked so hard to keep off start creeping back. We try harder, thinking cutting calories further, exercising more and harder will reverse it, but it's actually making matters worse.
In order to release the weight we need to calm the nervous system, fuel our bodies not starve, exercise in a way that supports hormones rather than adding stress, and change our inner dialogue.
I'm sharing what I'm learning live, no fluff. From stress hacks to hormone-friendly habits, we're figuring out why the old rules failed... and how to win now. If you're done fighting your body, come along. Midlife isn't the end, it's just a pivot point. Let's step into our queen era together!
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Wednesday Aug 23, 2023
Wednesday Aug 23, 2023
After a lifetime of looking outside myself for solutions to my problems with things like body image, self-worth, relationships, and money, I learned that the problem was within. It all stemmed from not loving myself enough and not fully accepting myself. Looking back there are several signs of my not loving myself enough. These are:
A negative or critical inner dialogue
Struggling in multiple areas of your life
Apologizing for yourself
People pleasing
Avoiding new relationships and social events
Sunday Aug 20, 2023
Sunday Aug 20, 2023
We’ve all done it; we tell ourselves we are going to start a diet and exercise routine and we have the best intentions, and we start, and then we make it like a week, maybe, then we fall off. Sound familiar? So, why does this happen? Well, there are a few possible reasons:
You don’t have clear or realistic goals.
You don’t have a clear why.
You are trying to change too much, too fast.
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Wednesday Aug 16, 2023
Wednesday Aug 16, 2023
Today I want to help you realize and connect to your worth. To do that, we have to understand our dominant paradigm and how it reveals itself in our day to day life, our reality. So, we’re going to dive into how it shows itself in:
Relationships
Finances
How we limit ourselves.
Sunday Aug 13, 2023
Sunday Aug 13, 2023
It may not be the first thing that occurs to you when you think about health and fitness, but sleep is far more important than we tend to think. Many of us, myself included for many years, seem to try and operate on as little sleep as possible. It’s like we are trying to squeeze more hours out of the day. As much as we may want to get more done or try and get by with less sleep, it doesn’t do us any favors. In a recent episode I discussed how sleep affects weight loss, so today I am discussing how you can establish a good sleep routine, so you can get better results.
Wednesday Aug 09, 2023
Wednesday Aug 09, 2023
I have spent the past several years on a journey of healing. In recent years I have gone deeper into inner healing and energy healing. This journey has revealed to me why God is so emphatic on the importance of forgiveness. I have learned how holding on to old hurts and past trauma has held me back. More importantly, I have gone through energy healing to help me release all that has held me back and I have gotten trained in providing this service to others. It is powerful work and today I am sharing some of what I have learned with you and I also have a heart healing included in this episode for you. So, get a glass of water, find a comfortable chair to sit in, and join me in today’s episode of Faith Fitness Joy.
Sunday Aug 06, 2023
Sunday Aug 06, 2023
It sounds so simple and easy to set boundaries, doesn’t it? Yet, this is one of the most difficult things to do for most of us. We live in a culture that encourages and rewards hustle, which leads us to believe we have to do more, give more, be more, to “earn” the income we want, to have the life we want. This is complete garbage that really only serves your employers and the people who have become accustomed to you giving and doing and putting yourself last while putting everyone else first. If you are ready to break this cycle, set some healthy boundaries, and get your life back, then join me in today’s episode.
Today I am talking about setting boundaries. It is critical to getting started on and staying on your health and wellness journey. Lack of boundaries is one of the biggest reasons people struggle to get started with fitness and nutrition or to stick with it. We tell ourselves we have no time, we have to work late, we have to be at so and so’s event, and so on. This may be tough to hear, but none of this is true. We don’t truly have to do anything; we just convince ourselves that we do. So how do we shift this? How do we get ourselves out of this cycle of hustle and burnout caused by lack of boundaries? How do we set boundaries for ourselves?
Evaluate where you are.
Determine how you want things to change.
Decide.
Commit.
Identify and release the limiting beliefs as the come up.
Sunday Aug 06, 2023
Sunday Aug 06, 2023
It sounds so simple and easy to set boundaries, doesn’t it? Yet, this is one of the most difficult things to do for most of us. We live in a culture that encourages and rewards hustle, which leads us to believe we have to do more, give more, be more, to “earn” the income we want, to have the life we want. This is complete garbage that really only serves your employers and the people who have become accustomed to you giving and doing and putting yourself last while putting everyone else first. If you are ready to break this cycle, set some healthy boundaries, and get your life back, then join me in today’s episode.
Today I am talking about setting boundaries. It is critical to getting started on and staying on your health and wellness journey. Lack of boundaries is one of the biggest reasons people struggle to get started with fitness and nutrition or to stick with it. We tell ourselves we have no time, we have to work late, we have to be at so and so’s event, and so on. This may be tough to hear, but none of this is true. We don’t truly have to do anything; we just convince ourselves that we do. So how do we shift this? How do we get ourselves out of this cycle of hustle and burnout caused by lack of boundaries? How do we set boundaries for ourselves?
Evaluate where you are.
Determine how you want things to change.
Decide.
Commit.
Identify and release the limiting beliefs as the come up.
Wednesday Aug 02, 2023
Wednesday Aug 02, 2023
In today's episode I have a channeled message. This is guidance for you for whenever you come across this episode.
Sunday Jul 30, 2023
Sunday Jul 30, 2023
Today I am talking about mindset. Our minds and the way we think are so much more powerful than most of us realize. It’s often the last thing we think of when we think about weight loss or getting fit, but it is probably the most critical player in this endeavor. If you are like I was, the way you think and the way you speak to yourself when you look in the mirror is probably not the best. In fact, it may be downright horrible. I know it was the case for me. When I started making a conscious effort to change my mind, my whole life changed as well as my weight. So, how does one change their mindset? Well, there are several major steps:
Become aware of your current state of thinking.
Take stock of how your current state of thinking is affecting you.
Determine how you want to feel and the results you want.
Develop affirmations aligned to how you want to feel and your desired results.
Speak your affirmations daily.
Wednesday Jul 26, 2023
Wednesday Jul 26, 2023
As I sat down to think about what to talk about in this week's Wonderful Wednesday episode, I felt pulled to do an angel reading for my listeners. I thought about it more, and as I started to question it, I looked at the clock and there was 444, the angels' angel number! So, today's episode is a channeled angel reading. Enjoy!