730: The Metabolic Shift After 40: What’s Really Driving Weight, Energy & Mood Changes

Energized with Dr. Mariza

Dr. Mariza Snyder

Alternative Health, Medicine, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 999 Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2026

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Midlife is the time to measure, understand your body, and take proactive steps to support your future self. In this episode, I’m diving into the massive metabolic shift that happens during perimenopause—and why this stage of life is the perfect time to build true metabolic resilience. We explore how metabolism doesn’t respond to punishment or extremes, but instead thrives on consistent biological rhythms and supportive daily signals. Even small, simple habits can create powerful changes when practiced consistently. Because over time, these small shifts can stabilize energy, reduce inflammation, and help eliminate those frustrating crashes. If you’re ready to feel deeply supported in midlife, this episode will give you the roadmap to start today! IN THIS EPISODE One of the MOST important upgrades of your life Preventing chronic disease and protecting your heart and brain health Defining your own habits that bring you energy and clarity Navigating hormone shifts and other physiological changes happening in midlife Building life-changing habits that you can be consistent with What to expect from my new FREE jumpstart program! QUOTES “I am more committed than ever to protecting my metabolic and brain health. Even on the hard days, because at the center of everything, your energy, your mood, your weight, your resilience, is your cellular energy, your cellular capacity is what’s determining the symptoms.” “I believe a big part of our midlife journey is building daily habits that protect our cellular energy.” “Perimenopause is the most rapid intervention window for body composition change. A 2020 study showed the greatest decline in lean muscle mass occurs during perimenopause.” RESOURCES MENTIONED Kickstart your Energy in my FREE 7-day Jumpstart Program HERE! https://go.drmariza.com/lp/reignite-your-energy/ Order my newest book: The Perimenopause Revolution HERE! https://peri-revolution.com/ RELATED EPISODES 728: Why Brain Fog Isn’t Random: The Hormone Shift Behind It 727: The Missing Link in Perimenopause: How to Rebuild Energy, Resilience & Hormonal Harmony with Dr. Deanna Minich 725: Exhausted, Wired & Not Yourself? The Hormone Havoc Causing Midlife Burnout with Dr. Amy Shah #632: The Secret to Optimal Sleep, Resilience, Performance and Emotional Wellbeing with Dr. Kristen Holmes

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0:00.0	I'm prioritizing protein and fiber. I am strength training. I'm walking every single day throughout my day.
0:08.0	And you know I'm doing my exercise snacks. I am doing jump squats. I'm doing jack squats. I am doing push
0:12.9	shops. I am going up and down my stairs with weights. I am doing all kinds of things. I am not
0:18.4	messing around in this season of my life. I am dialing at all because I know
0:22.7	I am not getting any younger. Welcome back to the energized with Dr. Marisa podcast. I'm your host,
0:29.8	Dr. Marisa, and I'm here to help you rock your hormones, optimize your metabolic health,
0:34.8	and feel energized in your body so that you can age powerfully
0:38.8	and wake up feeling amazing in your body for many years to come. Let's jump on in.
0:45.0	At 46, I am not chasing smaller anymore. I am finally letting go of that version of me.
0:53.5	I am committed to building metabolic resilience because I know that my future self will be so
0:59.6	deeply grateful that I did.
1:01.6	And if I'm going to focus this much on my health every single day, it might as well be
1:07.3	on feeling stronger and more resilient.
1:10.0	Don't you agree?
1:12.8	I mean, we spend so much time on our health today. I know that you're doing that. You know that I'm doing it. It might as well
1:17.9	be the levers that matter that are going to help us feel amazing in our 70s so that we are not
1:24.8	negotiating with ourselves. Now, I want to be honest with you, because it took
1:29.3	me a long while to get here. A few years ago, when I was 43 years old, and my energy was crashing,
1:35.9	my brain felt like it was mush, the weight was piling on, and I just felt freaking inflamed.
1:41.7	I did what I've watched thousands of women do in my clinical practice and in my
1:46.3	community. And honestly, what I have done many, many times before, I tightened everything up.
1:52.2	I was more disciplined, more willpower, more intensity, more detoxing protocols, more strict
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