I want to start today's episode by sharing some common questions that I get asked, and I want you to

really think about yourself and think if you have ever thought this before yourself, because if so,

today's episode is for you. Have you ever thought? Why am I not seeing any changes when I'm

always dieting? Why can't I lose weight when I'm eating as

little as possible or I am always watching what I'm eating? Why am I always thinking about food?

I have so much food noise. Why am I storing so much belly fat when I'm always working out and

dieting? Why do I feel like I keep having to eat less and less in order

to see changes, but then I still stall out all the time and feel stuck? The reason that you

are experiencing this is because you are in a calorie deficit and it is massively backfiring,

which is making you stuck. And that is what we're going to talk about today in detail, and I'm

going to explain it from a hormone perspective. I've done a couple different podcasts on this topic,

but I've explained it more from a biological with your metabolism what it does. But today I want

to give you the details of what is happening with your hormones when you are living your life

in a calorie deficit. And I do want to add that

this episode is honestly incredibly important for women who are in their middle 30s, 40s, and 50s

because hormones are already going a little wonky during this stage as we ease into perimenopause

and get older. So it's really important that with our nutrition, we are being

balanced and we are not rocking that boat even more by living our lives in a calorie deficit.

The other thing about a calorie deficit, I want to point out, it's also known as a cut or just

a decrease in food intake, is I do understand that sometimes people are doing it on purpose

to diet, and there are

situations where people fall into this category on accident, simply because they are so busy.

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