Is your metabolism damaged from decades of dieting?
Jenny was sure her body was broken. She started with cabbage soup in 7th grade, and by her late 40s, Atkins and keto had stopped working for her.
(She also tried non-fat foods, the Mediterranean diet, Weight Watchers, Noom, South Beach, intermittent fasting, and OMAD. No surprise, but none of them worked long term.)
I'm sharing Jenny's own voice messages on how she lost 13 pounds of body fat in about 6 months, why the 10 pounds she lost with a previous coach came back within 2 months, and the tracking mistake that finally made one of our lessons click for her.
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You'll learn:
- Why restrictive diets become hard to sustain with adult life
- The fear of a broken metabolism and the appeal of GLP-1 drugs
- What research shows about metabolic adaptation, weight cycling, and age
- The real cost of yo-yo dieting as lost muscle and “skinny fat” body composition
- The ONE tracking mistake that shrinks your calorie deficit without you noticing
- How to use your own data as evidence
- Strength training benefits beyond the scale like stairs, mobility, and comfort
- Handling travel, promotions, stress, and imperfect weeks without overcorrecting
If you want fat loss over 40 to stick this time, hit play!
Join our 12-Week Dialed In Fall Challenge, where you'll follow the same exact process as Jenny, with 3 specific goals scored against your own starting point to get you successfully through the holidays so you don't have to "start over" in January. The winner gets 3 months of free coaching and a 2-on-1 private call with me and Coach Carol. It starts Monday, October 12.
https://witsandweights.com/challenge
Timestamps:
0:00 - Why Jenny thought her body was broken
3:20 - Dieting since 7th grade
7:30 - Can decades of dieting damage your metabolism?
10:12 - How she used her own data
11:32 - Why her last coach's results didn't last
14:00 - The tracking lesson that finally clicked
16:24 - Eating more and the problem with "trust the process"
20:20 - Wins that don't show up on the scale
25:59 - Work travel, a promotion, and two puppies
30:20 - Building skills you keep after coaching
31:33 - Jenny's advice if you think your body is broken
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Educational content only, not medical advice.
