#1043 She Did Everything Right… But Still Gained Weight – The Most Overlooked Fat Loss Mistakes with Natalie Jill

Metabolic Freedom With Ben Azadi

Ben Azadi

Health & Fitness, Nutrition, Fitness, Alternative Health

4.8 • 946 Ratings

🗓️ 30 June 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

In this powerful conversation, Ben Azadi welcomes high-performance coach and fat loss expert Natalie Jill to the Metabolic Freedom Podcast. Together, they dig into the misunderstood roadblocks to fat loss—especially for women in midlife. From hidden toxins like breast implants and black mold to metabolic disruptors like amalgam fillings and stress, Natalie shares her personal story of transformation at age 53 and the surprising upstream causes of her symptoms and stubborn weight gain. You will discover the top midlife fat loss mistakes, why counting calories isn’t the answer, and how gut health, toxin load, and mindset can dramatically influence your results. This is a must-hear episode if you feel like you're doing everything “right” but still stuck. 🔥 Key Topics Discussed: Why fat loss resistance in midlife is often misattributed to hormones Natalie’s shocking personal story: ruptured implants, mold, and mercury exposure Top functional tests for hormones, toxins, and gut health (Dutch Test, GI Map, etc.) The 3 non-negotiables before any “tweaking” with peptides or microdosing The biggest myths about calorie cutting and overtraining How to increase your steps, improve your sleep, and optimize detox High-impact, low-risk workouts for midlife and beyon How sleep quality (not just quantity) affects fat loss and metabolic function Natalie’s favorite magnesium for deep sleep and her sleep optimization tools 🔗 Links and Resources: Oura Ring – Sleep and recovery tracker - https://ouraring.com/discount/6e9615cebf?utm_medium=iac_raf Magnesium - https://bioptimizers.com/shop?gl=634d35583f5d609e778b4582&coupon=ketokamp10 Blue Light Blocking Glasses – https://boncharge.com/?aff-view=ketokamp& CGM (Continuous Glucose Monitor) –https://www.nutrisense.io/marketing/freedom?code=freedom Natalie’s Favorite Weighted Blanket – https://amzn.to/3I2Zz6H

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0:00.0	So what do I mean by tweaking?
0:01.5	Tweaking is the peptides.
0:02.8	Tweaking is the next level stuff.
0:04.9	What I think happens wrong is people in the 80%,
0:08.5	the first group, they skip those steps
0:10.7	and they jump right to this extreme stuff.
0:12.3	You don't need to yet.
0:13.9	I also think the people in that 20% I'm talking about,
0:16.8	they jump right into, oh, I must microdose GLPs
0:20.0	or I must do all these things,
0:22.0	when they're all skipping this detective work first.
0:25.2	So it's this detective work of,
0:27.3	let me look at the whole picture,
0:29.5	and now let's get into fine-tune and tweaking.
0:31.5	The The Greek definition for metabolism is to transform.
0:48.0	Your metabolism is designed to take food and to transform it into energy so you feel good and burn fat.
0:55.6	We are determined to deliver the science and art of metabolism to you.
0:59.8	We bring on the thought leaders in this space to have life-changing conversations
1:03.7	so you could apply it and upgrade your metabolism.
1:06.3	The topics covered here include biohacking, ketosis, carnivore, fasting strategies, mindset, and metabolic health.
1:15.4	Your body was built to be self-healing.
1:17.8	Our goal is to identify the interference and remove it.
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