{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Menopause Unscripted Podcast","title":"Why “Trying Harder” Fails for Menopause Weight Loss | #0109 | The Menopause Unscripted Podcast","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/d1da0ab2\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1690,"description":"\nIn this deeply personal episode of Menopause Unscripted, I’m speaking directly to the driven, ambitious woman whose default setting has always been “try harder”. \nThe woman who has built her career, her family and her life by pushing through, doing more, and outworking everyone else. \nAnd now, in menopause, she’s doing exactly the same thing with fat loss – and it’s backfiring.\nThis episode is about why trying harder no longer works in menopause, and why it’s actually making things worse for so many women.\nIf you’ve responded to weight gain by adding more workouts, more cardio, longer fasts, fewer calories, more discipline and more pressure, this conversation is for you. \nI unpack why the habits that worked in your 30s are now driving stress, fatigue, cravings, poor sleep and stubborn belly fat. \nNot because you’re failing, but because your hormones and nervous system are changing.\nI explain how effort without strategy increases cortisol, disrupts sleep and signals danger to the body – causing it to hold on to fat. \nI break down the powerful connection between stress, poor sleep, cravings and fat storage in menopause, and why “just pushing through” is no longer an option if you want results.\nWe talk about one of the biggest mistakes I see high-achieving women make: overtraining and under-fueling. \nChronically undereating protein, overdoing cardio, training fasted, living on caffeine and calling it discipline. \nI explain why menopause requires nourishment, not restriction, and why calorie counting and punishment-based strategies fail women at this stage of life.\nI also tackle exhaustion head-on. \nTiredness is not a badge of honour. \nBeing wired but exhausted, dragging yourself through workouts, working excessive hours and ignoring recovery is not commitment – it’s nervous system overload. \nAnd a dysregulated nervous system will protect fat at all costs.\nThis episode introduces a powerful concept I use with my clients: the self-audit. \nInstead of blaming yourself...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/i9gr5pa-XDNs6KPC_Oyy2ckLYaRMVoij_QkWymN0h-g/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8zMWJl/YTAwN2Y4NmY1NjRl/ZTc1ZTc4MmMyNTU5/NWM4My5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}