My Invisible, Frustrated and Stuck Story - 1176

The Chalene Show | Diet, Fitness & Life Balance

Chalene Johnson

Wellness, Health & Fitness, Chalenejohnson, Personalgrowth, Fitness, Lifecoaching, Health, Personaldevelopment, Family, Mental Health, Organization, Nutrition, Diet, Goals, Relationships, Focus, Faith, Productivity, Advice

4.8 • 7.2K Ratings

🗓️ 14 March 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Feeling stuck, frustrated, or just not like yourself anymore? So many women hit their 40s and 50s and suddenly feel invisible, exhausted, and out of control—no matter how hard they work or how little they eat. It’s not just in your head, and it’s definitely not your fault. The truth is, most of what we've been told about aging, weight gain, metabolism, and hormones is completely wrong. In this episode, Chalene dives deep into the real reasons behind these changes, why traditional dieting and exercise aren’t working, and how shifting your approach can make all the difference. If you’ve ever looked in the mirror and thought, Who is that?, this episode is for you.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	When I hit perimenopause, I couldn't stand to see a full body picture of myself.
0:04.0	It was like, delete, delete, delete.
0:06.0	Here I was a celebrity fitness trainer, and I had no idea what was going on with my body.
0:10.0	I even started dressing different, kind of to camouflage what was going on with my body.
0:14.0	I felt uncomfortable with my own skin, my face was round, my body did not feel like my own.
0:19.0	I wanted to live in my sweatpants.
0:21.6	I didn't want to leave the house.
0:22.6	And when I did, I felt invisible.
0:24.6	I actually wanted to be invisible.
0:26.6	No matter how hard I worked and how little I ate, I couldn't even lose a pound.
0:31.6	Because nothing fit, I was always in a bad mood.
0:34.6	I didn't look like myself.
0:35.6	I didn't feel like myself and I wasn't acting like myself. I was almost embarrassed to have my husband touch my skin. My skin was dry,
0:42.0	my hair was dry, my eyes were dry. I was like a lizard. I couldn't fall asleep. I couldn't
0:45.8	stay asleep. I would catch a glimpse of myself walking past a mirror and I'd be like, who is that?
0:49.7	I remember thinking, did I get old like overnight? Is this my new reality? Because I don't like it.
0:55.0	I definitely blamed myself. So I doubled down on the cardio. I started eating less. But nothing
1:00.1	that used to work was working now. I don't know if the changes in my body, but like I kind of lost
1:05.1	interest in everything, including even my work. But I still have this top-rated podcast. Then here's what happened.
1:12.4	I interviewed this guest, Dr. Mary Claire Haver, who's a women's hormone health expert. And I learned
1:17.3	that pretty much everything I was experiencing was probably because I was in perimenopause.
1:22.8	But because I had the podcast, we knew I could get the world's most renowned experts to come on my show and basically
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