I used to think eating less was the answer. Then I hit perimenopause and realized everything I learned about weight loss in the 80s and 90s was working against me. If you're eating 1,200 calories a day and still can't lose weight, or worse, you're falling asleep at your desk every afternoon, this episode will change how you think about food forever.

Here's the uncomfortable truth: 73% of midlife women are dissatisfied with their weight, and most of us are trying to fix it by eating even less. But after 40, restriction doesn't just fail. It backfires. Your metabolism slows, your body breaks down muscle, and you end up more tired, more obsessed with food, and no lighter than when you started.

I'm teaching you how to use bio-individuality and your body's feedback to create an energy eating plan that actually works for your over-40 body. No calorie counting. No willpower. Just paying attention to what fuels you versus what crashes you.

• Why eating 1,200 calories after 40 is sabotaging your metabolism and making you gain weight
• How to use your afternoon energy levels to determine if lunch was an energy food or a crash food
• The three-column framework I use with clients to stop depending on willpower and start eating for sustained energy
• Why your body gives you different feedback in perimenopause (and what to do about it)
• How one client went from falling asleep on the couch every night to sleeping in her bed and having morning energy—just by changing what she ate, not how much

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