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Ep 39: Why You’re Not Losing Weight (Even When You’re Doing Everything Right) Perimenopause, Hormones & Metabolism Explained
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Struggling to lose weight even though you're eating well, exercising, and doing all the “right” things? In this episode, we explore why weight loss can stall—especially during perimenopause—and why it’s not simply a calories-in, calories-out issue. We break down the deeper metabolic factors that influence fat loss, including hormone shifts, thyroid function, mitochondrial health, blood sugar balance, nervous system regulation, and detox capacity. If your body feels like it has stopped responding to the habits that once worked, this conversation will help you understand why. Learn how supporting metabolic health, stabilizing blood sugar, and improving detox pathways can help your body restore balance and make sustainable weight loss possible.
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Transcript
Introduction to 'What's My Age Again'
00:00:00
Speaker
Welcome to What's My Age Again, the realest podcast for women who are done chasing trends and ready to feel empowered. Hi, I'm Kim. And I'm Tanya, holistic nutritionists and childhood best friends who've been there, done that, and bought the collagen.
00:00:16
Speaker
more than once. Each week we provide actionable steps that you can start today to help you thrive through every decade to come. We're cutting through the wellness noise to bring you honest conversations about aging, hormones, health, beauty, mindset, and everything in between.
00:00:33
Speaker
You see, we're also on a mission to age gracefully, one WTF moment at a time. Backed by research and real life, we're here to share what actually works, what's a waste of time, and how to truly thrive through the messy, magical midlife transition.
00:00:49
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We're so happy you're here. Let's dive in. Hello everyone, welcome back to What's My Age again. hi Tanya, how are you? I'm good, Kim. How are you? I'm good.
Challenges of Weight Maintenance in Perimenopause
00:01:01
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i think Tanya and I are both wanted to dive right into this episode because it is packed with information and actually it is long overdue. I think this episode today is, it's something that so many of my clients talk to me about. And a few of you have wrote an in about to us, you know, through DMs,
00:01:25
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just about this. And what we're talking about here today is why are we not losing weight or why are we struggling with weight as we enter perimenopause, even when we're doing the exact same things that we've always done and what's always worked for us, the same diet, the same lifestyle.
00:01:46
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Kim, this is a biggie. and Me too. If I had a penny, there's no pennies anymore. If I had a penny, every time this came up on a client call, I would be filthy rich. And this is one that actually hits home for me personally as well in my friend group um because I'm in perimenopause.
00:02:10
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Most of our friends are in perimenopause. So I feel this so hard. And it's like, these are the questions that we start to hear. And even that I ask myself, like, it feels like your body has stopped listening to you. And you're like, hey, I'm eating amazing.
00:02:32
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I'm actually consistently moving my body. Yes, I am prioritizing sleep. And for the most part, that's going pretty well for me. Yes, I'm managing my stress. I'm doing everything I can to love my nervous system. So again, like you said, Kim, we are doing all the things that used to work for us.
00:02:56
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And yet, absolutely nothing is shifting. Not a half pound is even coming off that body. And if anything, we're not maybe losing weight.
00:03:09
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Some of us might be actually gaining weight. And this feels so hard and it feels so debilitating and it feels like you want to throw your hands up and say, well, what else can I do? I'm doing everything and this is where I'm at.
00:03:25
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Absolutely. and And I hear the frustrations all the time from clients. And, you know, this is very, very common amongst so many people and women that we work with. So today we're going to dig into why this could be happening.
Adapting Lifestyle and Diet for Perimenopause
00:03:41
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We're going to dig into those lifestyle and diet um habits and kind of shift our mindset a little bit because it is true, Tanya, what worked for us in the past isn't going to work for us during this phase of life. And we're going to talk about why. And then we're going dig into a little bit more about if that foundation, as we always talk about, those diet and lifestyle habits are on point, what are the things you could dig into? Because there could be a couple of other things going on. So we like to say, let's peel back the onion a bit and give you some ideas of where you could look and what you could speak with your practitioner about.
00:04:21
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Absolutely. And we hear it all the time. Also, we talk about like women saying, okay, well, maybe I need to eat less and I need to work out more, you know, and that's not working. And then we talk about things like, well, maybe I need to restrict my calories, but we have to understand it's not calorie in calorie out. There's so many things that are happening that And in perimenopause, in any big hormonal shift in a woman's life, which is technically different problems, but just to define it technically, puberty, postpartum, and perimenopause, those are the big hormonal shifts in women's lives.
00:05:01
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This makes things much more complicated. And we need to remember that we have things like estrogen shifting, cortisol becoming higher, muscle mass changing. So let's actually maybe break these down into the manageable steps, the things that we say, but we're doing everything we used to do. Well, let's talk about those things. What is everything we used to do? Let's break those down.
Nutritional Misconceptions and Balance
00:05:28
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Yeah. Let's start with diet. That's always a great place to start. I do. I have clients coming in and they're saying, you know, i eat i eat so clean. I watch my calories.
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And this is where we take a deep breath and we dig into ah a little bit more.
00:05:47
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Calorie restriction is not going to work. Period. i mean At the end of that sentence. the end of theen regards Absolutely. And I mean,
00:05:58
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Overall, yes, we look at calories in, calories out, 100%. But what unfortunately happens when we're in a very restricted diet, our body, well, first of all, I always like to say to clients too, let when we're taking a look at our diet, what is going to work for us now?
00:06:18
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And then also, is this going to continue to work for us in six months time? For example, if you decide you want to lose weight quickly, like some people do, and they have a certain date in mind, and they go on this very restrictive diet for a certain amount of time. And then, you know, after they've reach reached that goal, they start adding back into their diet.
00:06:41
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What ends up happening is they've lost this weight. And then they can't maintain the same, and nor that should they, they're not feeding themselves, they're not fueling their bodies enough.
00:06:53
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And so when they get back to adding those calories back in, their weight goes up again, but their muscle mass does not go up again. So when you're in this restrictive phase, you're losing not only fat, but you're losing muscle mass. And then as you gain it back, you're not gaining that muscle mass back. So in fact, your body composition has also changed, which it puts you even far back to where you were at the beginning.
00:07:21
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Yeah, and we'll dive into what that means a little bit further on in this podcast, because that is such an important point about body composition changing. And when it comes to diet as well,
00:07:34
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Man, when i started it with this whole nutrition gig and I started my holistic nutritionist, I was like, I'm eating good. I am eating amazing.
00:07:46
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Spoiler alert. I, in fact, was not eating good. or amazing. So I'm not, we're not here to say you guys aren't eating as good as you think, but honesty bomb, truth bomb coming here. You might not be eating as good as you think, because at the end of the day, it's not just about good whole foods. It's about that balance of adequate protein. It's about that balance of fat and fiber. And like you said, Kim,
00:08:16
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What might have worked for us six months ago, six years ago, doesn't work for us now. Our body is always in motion. That's why our health always has to be in motion. And that's why it's important to check in regularly with your practitioners, because we need to change as our body
Reassessing Diet and Movement Strategies
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changes. And then that diet that you think is amazing, it might be amazing for the person you saw it on from Instagram.
00:08:44
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Or it might be amazing, you know, at a point in your life, as we mentioned, but it, I always, this is the, for me, this is the mic drop. I think it's the mic drop moment. I hope people listening are going to be like, Tanya, that isn't the mic drop moment. But I was pretty proud of this when I started saying this like a decade ago with my clients.
00:09:01
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When my clients used to come to me, new clients and still do, and they say, i eat well. Lots of times I can agree they do eat well, but I take my clients from eating well to eating right.
00:09:14
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So we need to eat right for your body where you are now. So pillar number one, we'll call them pillars in this, I'm doing everything I can and I'm not losing weight.
00:09:25
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That's the diet piece. So you all might be sitting back and going, sure okay, maybe I'm a little bit off in my diet. So we'll continue. So if you're doing everything right and you're not losing weight, it brings us to movement.
00:09:39
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And movement is also something that's not going to be static and that needs to change. Kim, I used to do boot camp.
00:09:50
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I literally used to go to a boot camp class in the evening. At 8 p.m., like the thought of that to me is so mind-blowing. I would leave my house and go to a boot camp class at 8 p.m.
00:10:04
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and literally work myself to exhaustion, soaking wet, puddle on the floor, barely walking out of there. But I was in my 20s and that's something that was okay for me at that time.
00:10:15
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If I did that now, I would be dead. Well, so much with that, Tanya. First of all, okay for the bootcamp. If you guys are doing bootcamp, great. However, also I'm looking at that cortisol, Tanya, because we're working out that hard right before, but anyway, it could work for some, but yes, something to consider for sure. And, you know, what we're learning as we're moving into perimenopause is supporting muscle is key.
00:10:50
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So Yes to the cardio, of course, we want to get that heart rate up. Of course, you know that's supporting our cardiovascular health, that's supporting lymph drainage, which we always talk about, that's supporting so much, but that old focus on cardio all the time is not what's going to support us now. We need to also support our muscles because we just sort of briefly spoke about it when we talked about body composition, and we can talk more on it in a second, But those muscles are going to help support our metabolism. They're going to help support our glucose and our in our our blood sugar balance. um
00:11:29
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Yeah. So yeah, for that movement piece again, i don't know if some of you are sitting there going, okay, so maybe strike two. um My movement might not be fitting where I need to be now. I might be overdoing it. I might not be being consistent with it. I might not be working my muscles. So there's another thing, you know, what, what worked before might not be working now. um The third pillar kind of like before you start, minya sorry, just one, one more thing, because I think this mind shift, because we, when we consider calories all the time, Just like we were considering with diet calories, that's sometimes how people consider that with movement. I need to burn those calories off. So the mind shift here going into perimenopause is less about looking at those calorie burn and more about that muscle building, right? That is what we need going forward um into perimenopause.
00:12:28
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Yeah, that's an amazing point. Again, what worked back then doesn't necessarily work for us now.
Blood Sugar Regulation and Metabolism
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And, you know, Kim, you referenced blood sugar a few times and that's another pillar. So we're doing all the same things as we were before. You might not have realized necessarily what you were doing with your blood sugar because it's not like you're like, okay, diet, movement, blood sugar, but inadvertently, um You know, balanced meals, timing, skipping meals. How have your meals changed? How has your lifestyle changed? Because remember, in our blood sugar episode, Kim said it great. What goes up must come down. So if we're seeing big spikes in our blood sugar because we're not getting the fiber, the fat, the protein that we need, we're not balancing our plates, we're skipping meals, we're waiting too long to eat,
00:13:18
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When insulin goes up, guess who follows? Cortisol. And cortisol is a hormone that likes to say, let's store everything. And specifically for women in perimenopause, that's going, let's store it in our belly. let's Let's store some fat in our belly. So that's a big one as well, is that blood sugar balance that you might not know that you're not keeping in check.
00:13:44
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Absolutely. And you can go back to the episode and listen to it. It's a really... It's found, I know we say so many things are foundational, like nervous system, which we'll also get into in a second here, but absolutely supporting that blood sugar is key. And those calorie restrictive diets that we were talking about is not necessarily supportive. You need to, as Tanya said, that balanced plate is what you need to be looking at. Increasing that protein, making sure you have that healthy fat, as well to keep you stable throughout the day. So, okay, we briefly, and guys, this is only going to be part one of this, right? We're going dig deeper into diet um later on. We'll have to schedule another podcast at some point soon. This isn't going to be the only conversation. So if you feel like we're going through this fast, don't worry, there'll be more to come.
Metabolic Processes and Hormones
00:14:38
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But what we thought is we would kind of dig into a little deeper is if you are
00:14:43
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you know if your diet and lifestyle is on point what are some things that you can look into and i think one of the biggest things is thyroid right yeah exactly those points sorry just before we dig into thyroid those points that we've just gone over these are more of a self-examining to say okay am i still doing all of these right If so, here are maybe the next steps to examine. And you might think you need now after hearing us talk about diet, movement, blood sugar, nervous system, you might know where you can make little tweaks.
00:15:20
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But chances are when you tweak, you'll still probably need to examine the fact that our metabolism just isn't calories. Our metabolism is so much more. And like Kim said, starting number one with the thyroid function, and there's no one better to speak on the thyroid function.
00:15:39
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than you, Kim. Oh my, and absolutely, Tanya. And likely there's a combination of things happening here, right? Because as we go through men perimenopause, all of these things that we're talking about get tweaked. So working with someone that can help point you in the right direction is ideal during this time. Well, always, I would say too.
00:15:59
Speaker
So thyroid function. Our thyroid function help manages our metabolism. right? it's it doesn't and It doesn't just control weight. It also controls our body temperature, our heart rate, our energy production, our speed of our digestion. It supports mood.
00:16:19
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And you know likely many of you who are listening have gone and had their thyroid tested, or if not, it's something I definitely would recommend during perimenopause. But what happens mostly is that we test the TSH. Now the TSH, the thyroid stimulating hormone is comes from a pituitary, it's our pituitary gland. And it essentially is the signal telling our body, telling our thyroid gland, if we need to produce more or less thyroid hormone. So if that if that metric is off, it just means it's telling our body we need more or less thyroid. The issue is, is that a lot of times we don't dig deeper into this and look at our actual thyroid hormones, the labs there, which is T4 and T3.
00:17:09
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that is the That is the labs to find out how much thyroid hormone our body is actually producing. And what can happen if we're experiencing symptoms of hypothyroidism, our labs could be within range with that TSH because it takes quite a while of our thyroid hormone, for example, if it's low, hypothyroid,
00:17:32
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it can take a while to move the needle on that TSH. So what I usually recommend to clients, if they're experiencing those symptoms of low thyroid is to request an actual full thyroid panel so that you're not only testing that TSH, but you're also testing your actual thyroid hormones, that T4 and the T3.
00:17:53
Speaker
That is absolutely amazing. And thanks for that explanation. Um, I'm always one to encourage the same with my clients and you have put it so beautifully as to why, because the TSH, excuse me, it's just a signaling. It's not the, you know, it's just a signaling mechanism. It has no idea to tell us how the thyroid's actually functioning. So ladies, number one, first layer of the onion, you know, if nothing's working for you, take a peek at your thyroid for sure. Um, the second one, Kim, I love talking about mitochondrial health.
00:18:30
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It's something that I've been doing a lot of research on, you know, in the last year or so. And Kim, it literally brings me back. Do you remember, were you in this class? Were you in um biology in grade nine with Mr. Turco?
00:18:43
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Do you remember him? in the basement of the high school. One of my favorite things, I don't know why I always love this, was like labeling the cell and learning about all of its parts. And I swear that is burned in my brain. It's one of the few things I can remember. Can't remember why I walked into a room, but the cell, I got you there, right? So when we talk about the mitochondria of the cell, that's literally the powerhouse of the cell. And they take the mitochondria, turn the food the food we eat into usable energy for the body.
00:19:19
Speaker
If the mitochondria are sluggish, they're tired, they're not doing what they need to be doing. This affects our weight and metabolism in a really big way because resting, you're going to burn fewer calories.
00:19:36
Speaker
You're going to get tired easier. Guess what? You're going to crave sugar and like refined carbohydrates. And you might even feel like ah more tired and it takes you longer to recover after a workout. So the mitochondria health is actually important for many things, but in terms of stagnant weight,
00:19:58
Speaker
Very important there. And our mitochondria can be damaged by the things that really plague us the most in society today, which is that chronic inflammation we've talked about, our toxic load, which is so, so important. um poor sleep habits.
00:20:17
Speaker
Here we go again with the insulin, blood sugar spikes, and even overtraining, exercising beyond our means. So this can also be a really good indicator why, again, you feel like you're doing all the good things, you're eating so clean, and you're still exhausted, and you can't lose the weight because your energy conversion machinery is not working.
00:20:39
Speaker
It needs, you know, it's not efficient. So metabolism, again, isn't always about how little you're eating. Again, like Kim said, restricting calories and all of that stuff. It actually can come down to how well your mitochondria can produce energy.
00:20:55
Speaker
I love that, Tanya. met Metabolism isn't how little you eat. Say that again. Metabolism isn't about how little you eat. It's about how well your cells are making energy.
00:21:08
Speaker
I love it. I love it. And so true. and so And so things that we can do, right, to support our mitochondria. We decrease in inflammation, right? We can talk about supporting those detoxification pathways, which are so important. We can manage our blood sugar. Those are things that we can do to support our mitochondria.
00:21:30
Speaker
Another... big one that we dig into a lot on this podcast is nervous system. And guys, let's face it. in In our 40s, in perimenopause, I just saw a statistic. Oh my gosh, I'll have to put it in the show notes. But I i saw somebody um reference a statistic about the stress that women are and are in during this season of life.
00:21:57
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And for so many of us, myself included, Tanya, I know you included We have work obligations, we have family obligations, we have aging parents, we're concerned about our own health and you know how we're managing day to day. And so this time of life is so stressful as it is. And so supporting our nervous system is so important.
00:22:22
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I couldn't have said it better. We talk about it all the time. It's the foundation of the pyramid, the foundation of the pyramid. And remember, we talked about this too. um The nervous system is very archaic. It is like black and white. It can only pick safety or doing another task. So what does this mean? When you are in fight or flight situation,
00:22:46
Speaker
it can only pick safety, meaning dealing with the threat, raising all of the hormones, you know flooding your blood with glucose, even if that stresses while you're watching a TV show and you're thinking about all the things you need to get done. So the problem is, is that when your body is prioritizing safety, it cannot prioritize fat loss.
00:23:09
Speaker
It's always going to prioritize survival. So if you're in fight or flight, Your cortisol is high, your thyroid conversion drops, which you talked about, Kim, your digestion slows.
00:23:22
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And guess what? That belly fat storage increases, right? Yeah. So if you are living in a state of constant high cortisol, because your body is stuck in this fight or flight response,
00:23:39
Speaker
All that exercising you're doing is actually exacerbating the problem, right? Exercise is good. We are never going to talk. We're always going to say that it is. But, oh, it's a stressor on our body. And we need to find ways to come back from that constant state of go, go, go. to the parasympathetic system, the rest and digest under eating is a stressor.
00:24:05
Speaker
Your body is going to hold on to that weight and not let it go. Because again, that safety piece that Tanya was talking about the go, go, go lifestyle. Our body is going to conserve energy when it feels under a threat.
00:24:19
Speaker
For sure. And that means that everything else is going to grind to a halt. And Yes, we've talked a lot about how we can support the nervous system. So I don't think we need to go into that now. But I will say that if you have serious concerns about your cortisol, go see your practitioner, go see your naturopathic doctor, you can do some really amazing cortisol tests. And yes, we can definitely work on getting that down. It's important to know, especially if you think you're super high cortisol, you know, um so that's a really, really important one.
00:24:55
Speaker
Absolutely. And the thing is, too, is that what we recommend to you is that you prioritize it. Again, this is something that kind of always goes off the radar, but absolutely speak to your practitioner about cortisol because there's so much that you can do to support.
00:25:10
Speaker
So the next layer of the onion, this one seems like you're like, okay, well, just let me poke my eyes out now because how do I deal with this in perimenopause is hormone signaling. Because when we really talk about hormones at the core, there are a whole bunch of little messengers that are always communicating with one another. So they're also telling your body what to do with the fuel that you eat, the food that you're eating, right? They're telling you where to put it, where to break it down, what to do with it. um
00:25:43
Speaker
And here's the part where you're like, do I poke my eyes out now? In perimenopause, these signals don't know if they're coming or going because estrogen is fluctuating or dropping drastically, like in my case. Progesterone is also taking a nosedive. Our insulin sensitivity shifts. And as we know, our our friend, the capital C, um cortisol becomes more dominant, right?
00:26:13
Speaker
Absolutely. And these these shifts that we're experiencing can increase belly fat. If you're finding that you're that the weight you're gaining is around the middle, this can this that we're talking about why here.
00:26:28
Speaker
An increase in water retention. You can have the increase in cravings. We talked about the insulin sensitivity shifting changes in muscle response to exercise. So, you know, fat storage becomes easier because our hormone signaling has changed. And again, this goes back to why we need to prioritize adding protein to our diet.
00:26:53
Speaker
Guess what? Protein is actually the building blocks for our hormones, right? It's the building blocks of our immune system. We need to have adequate protein in our diet. And this also goes back to hand in hand with that blood sugar regulation.
00:27:08
Speaker
Absolutely. um And again, with the whole protein to the diet, Kim. In part two, I cannot wait to get into that. I know as as as much as you can. Don't worry guys, we're not gonna leave you high and dry. Like couple weeks, we will literally be talking about how now we put these things into action so you can maybe start to see that stagnation shift a little bit. But with that next layer of the onion, that blood sugar regulation,
00:27:33
Speaker
Honestly, regulating your blood sugar is literally almost like having like a metabolic stabilizer. It's literally foundational, our favorite word, which is why we talk about it all the time.
00:27:48
Speaker
Right? It's funny, i was just I was just doing a talk um for a company and we were talking about, they wanted me to discuss energy what was the top thing that I talked about? Blood sugar support. It's like, it is foundational in energy support, in metabolism, as we're talking about today, hormone, like all the things, cardiovascular health, limiting potential chronic diseases later in life, like diabetes and heart disease. Blood sugar is foundational.
00:28:22
Speaker
Exactly. And like, In the metabolism for sure. But Kim, what you said are biggies, like to know, I don't think a lot of people understand that blood sugar is very foundational in the development or, you know, or the healing of degenerative diseases, like you just said, like, it is so important. And I bet you.
00:28:42
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we need to do this, Kim. I'm going to say it on the podcast, which means that eventually at some time we will have to, sorry, volunteering you. We're going wear continuous glucose monitors, Kim and I eventually just to see, because this spike and up and down and ziggy, ziggy blood sugar is common in women who are go, go, go.
00:29:02
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Everybody's going to be like, are you holding a mirror up? Women who sometimes are often skip meals women who under eat protein, who have that coffee before they have food in their belly, or who, you know, have to constantly snack on refined treats or, you know, sweets to kind of keep themselves going. Right.
00:29:27
Speaker
Absolutely. And I mean, at the end of the day too, our blood sugar is going to rise and fall. Absolutely. But what we want to avoid is the rollercoaster. That is what we want to have a gradual rise and a gradual dip and to be able to eat. You know, i think Tanya mentioned at the very beginning, one of the biggest things is not skipping meals, eating at regular intervals. And we also talked about what's on your plate. So because so many of our clients, it's common that we skip meals, right?
00:30:02
Speaker
Undereating that protein again is a huge one. That protein and that fat stabilize your blood sugar. Drinking coffee at the beginning of the day, but first coffee puts you right on that blood sugar roller coaster and constantly snacking or waiting too long to eat and then feeling like that urge to snack to get that blood sugar back up.
00:30:25
Speaker
For sure. And again, we are going to help you with this. We're going to help you understand the simple things that you can be doing for all of these things. um But it's so important that everything that we went through, all of the layers of the onion that we just kind of unpeeled, this is what we were kind of trying to get into. This is the heart of it today. You know, again, despite doing everything you used to do, all of these things can be going on in the background and they need to be addressed. Right.
00:30:54
Speaker
And there's other symptoms that can kind of shed a little light on that. Maybe it's not just your diet, lifestyle, nervous system, you know, like even things like cold hand, cold feet, those afternoon energy crashes, which I have had before. And, you know, I can cycle in and out of those knowing if I'm not taking care of those layers of the onion, waking up at 3am, worsening symptoms of PMS, um,
00:31:22
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bloated, but not because you're overeating because you're just bloating for apparently no reason. It might be under eating. How about the heavy legs, puffiness, puffiness around your eyes when you wake up, this is stagnation in the body. So one of my favorite sayings ever that I always go back to is that your body will not release your what it cannot safely eliminate. And maybe we should into that. That's a good one too. That's a really good one, Tanya. It's so true.
00:31:57
Speaker
Weight loss becomes a side effect of repairing, but metabolic repair, right? And
Detoxification and Liver Function
00:32:05
Speaker
it's so interesting. I've got to look at when this podcast comes out, Tanya, maybe you can tell me, but um for those of you who are interested, we are hosting a detox seminar um coming up and we can add the link here if you're interested in looking at it. Because one thing that is really, really important here is, as Tanya just said, your body will not release what it cannot safely eliminate. we have to be able to open up those channels of elimination as well to help mobilize stored fat, to help release those toxins, to help us eliminate properly.
00:32:41
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Absolutely. So um are the free seminar, which I'm so excited for, is actually this coming Monday, which is going to be March the 23rd. But again, we will have all of that information about what the time, you know what I mean? And the place and the link in the show notes. But Kim, you hit the nail on the head because this I feel is often the missing link with my clients.
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I'm going to say with my friends and family, I'll volunteer it with my husband. We're doing some, some work on that with myself and If we are stagnant, we literally cannot eliminate weight because you know what?
00:33:28
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Excess weight can also be labeled as a toxin. It's something excess in the body that needs to be released. And we can't properly release any toxins, including excess weight. And when the body is stagnant, weight is stagnant.
00:33:49
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Right? It's like... Absolutely, Tanya. So, you know, things, I think we've given you a lot of things to think about, right? Again, like the peeling back the onion, what one thing that we didn't get into here was liver, lymph, drainage pathways, right? Because as Tanya said, you will hold onto that weight as protection. um Inflammation increases, energy drops. So, you know, maybe we can kind of summarize here, Tanya, with like,
00:34:19
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because we've given so many points. So we're starting with the foundations of diet and lifestyle. We've given you some things to talk to your practitioner about if, you know, to look at thyroid, to look at blood sugar, to look at metabolic health, to look at your liver.
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So what are some things that we couldn't do? So instead of cutting back more on calories, counting calories, skipping meals, exercising harder,
00:34:48
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adding supplements because sometimes we like to bandaid things, right? What can we focus on? And that's a great point. Exactly. So the focus needs to shift on those layers of onions. that
Key Health Pillars and Personalization
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blood sugar stability, adequate protein, strategic strength training, nervous system regulation, eating enough, but the missing links too that we didn't really get into is that lymphatic movement. Hello, lymph green over here. i have a terrible lymphatic system. And gentle liver support. Because again, ladies, weight loss, especially at this time, often becomes a side effect, a good side effect of metabolic repair. And guess what?
00:35:35
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We cannot have metabolic repair without detox. It just absolutely, it goes right to what you were saying up at the, at, at at the start of the podcast, Tanya, it's like our toxic load that affects that ATP, that affects that energy center of our cell, right? The mitochondria. So I think if we could leave you with this, let's, I mean, let's go back to the foundations again, ladies, what is on your plate, that balance of Protein, adequate protein.
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Let's look and see if we can get up to 30 grams per meal, right? Adequate protein, fat, fiber. Are we getting enough fiber in our diet? That's 30 grams-ish per day, right?
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And what are we doing for our movement practices, right? Can we incorporate those muscle building activities that How are we resting?
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Are we giving our nervous system the love and support that it needs throughout the day? How are we sleeping at night? Are we prioritizing sleep? We need to get to bed at a decent time, as my mother used to say, and get those eight hours of sleep, if possible, per night.
00:36:54
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Right? It comes down to those foundational things. Absolutely. And then it comes down to, if we're doing all of these things, and they're being done, you can honestly say, to the best of
Future Episodes and Actionable Steps
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your ability in the way that is right for your body, right in this moment, then are you able to eliminate? And if you're still doing all those things, and you're not eliminating in terms of you're still holding on to weight, and your body is stagnant,
00:37:25
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well, then we really need to pay attention to lymphatic, to liver, and to detox, which is one of my absolute most passionate favorite topics.
00:37:36
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This is your sign then, guys. Me and Kim are obsessed with detoxification. It is spring. It is the perfect time to talk about it. You have nothing to lose. Next Monday, the 23rd, it's a free seminar.
00:37:51
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come show up, sign up. And if you can't make it for the time, cool, watch the replay. But this is important information. If you are stagnant, you need to learn about this.
00:38:04
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Absolutely. Detox is a huge part of my, it has been a huge part of my healing in general. It's something, you know, and you'll discover more, we'll dive deep into it. But that is one of the things that unfortunately in this world we need to do. because we live in such a toxic society and we could go on and on and on about this, but we and we will need to actually, seminar yeah, we need to actually cleanse and detoxify our body. Tanya, I think we could go on and on and on about this one. This was a really good episode. I hope it's leaving you with, with some hope and it's eliminating some of the frustrations that you have been having. um and then it gives you some ideas and of where to focus your energy on in terms of, of your overall health.
00:38:50
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Absolutely. There's always a solution. um and it usually lies within those onions we talked about. And a lot of it usually lies in the body being stagnant. So in a couple weeks, we're going to jump right back in and we're going to talk about now how we can start to address these layers of the onion in your day to day life. So until then, um we will see you on Monday in the free seminar.
00:39:14
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Love it. Thank you, Tanya, for the conversation. Bye everyone. Bye guys. Hey guys, thanks so much for hanging out with us today. If this episode resonated with you, we would love it if you would hit like, subscribe to the podcast and share it with a friend.
00:39:30
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00:39:42
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