Hello and welcome to this episode of the ESG Fitness Podcast, which is a little bit late today.

And I pride myself. And if anyone listening is a coach on AFM, you'll be like,

tut, tut, tut. Because I'm always like, I never miss a Monday morning ever. But you know what?

I missed a Monday morning. And it was a choice that was in line with my values

of wanting to spend the day with my girlfriend the day I came back from London. So I'm accepting

it but I'm not accepting the excuse of not putting something out on Monday because in perfect action.

So here I am with a slightly later episode on a Monday.

Today I wanted to talk about a message that I got that I just thought was so, basically

I get this message a lot. And it is essentially along the lines of I've always been fit

and active and trim. however, recently I've been

gaining weight around my tummy, especially my hips, bottom and top of my legs as well. I've

turned, this says 43, but like generally it's any age after like 40, and I've not changed

anything in the way of exercise or eating, but have definitely changed shape, which I've not changed anything in the way of exercise or eating, but have definitely changed shape,

which I'm struggling with after being the same size most of my life. And then she talks about

some other things. But anyway, she also says, I do believe the weight gain and change in my body

is to do with age and possibly perimenopause.

And this is so, so common. And the reason I want to touch on this is because you are exactly

who I want to help. Like, you are the person that I am passionate about helping. So if that does

sound like you, please do reach out, fill in the application form, esgfitness.com.com. I will personally email you. And if we're not the right fit, I will find

someone who it is. But this is kind of my jam. So the truth is the principles or the mechanism

of losing body fat is exactly the same, right?

Your biology hasn't changed to the extent that a calorie deficit no longer works for fat loss,

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