S2 EP25: Female Fat Loss & Hormones
The Thick Thighs Save Lives Podcast
Constantly Varied Gear
4.9 • 716 Ratings
🗓️ 7 January 2020
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
How does your cycle affect the way that you eat and exercise? Are there different things that you should be doing in different parts of your cycle? Today’s guest, Dr. Beth Westie, joins the podcast to talk about diet, fitness, and wellness SPECIFICALLY for women’s health. Listen in to hear what Beth has to say about how the female body is different, why so many diets don’t work as well for women, and how the timing of your cycle affects your performance and outcomes in the gym.
Topics Discussed in Today’s Episode:
- Beth’s medical background and how she got interested in women’s health
- How the female body differs when it comes to health and wellness
- Whether nutrition should vary depending hormonal shift
- How your cycle affects the way you build muscle tissue
- How restrictive diets affect hormones and ability to metabolize nutrients
- Considering the quality of your calories
- Why you need more calories at certain times of the month
- How menopause affects your system
- How hormonal birth control affects your performance
- Why it takes women longer to see the effects of a diet than men
- Eating for the cooling and warming phases of your cycle
- How to be your own advocate
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| 0:00.0 | For people who use the keto diet as a specific weight loss tactic, it works great for men. |
| 0:06.5 | But for women, when you restrict in carbohydrate, it actually triggers more fat storage and endocrine |
| 0:14.6 | disruption in the female body. |
| 0:20.6 | The big question is this. |
| 0:24.2 | In a world of fake Instagram models and fad diets, how do real people achieve their fitness goals? |
| 0:33.2 | We are an army of hardworking women, changing their lives through fitness and health. |
| 0:40.3 | Wherever you are at on your journey, we have the answers to how to make working out |
| 0:46.3 | and eating well a part of your life. |
| 0:49.3 | Join us in changing the dialogue for women everywhere. |
| 0:53.3 | Welcome to the Thick Thighs Save Lives |
| 0:56.1 | Podcast. Welcome back to the Thick Thigh Save Lives Podcast. I'm Rachel. And I'm Kelsey. |
| 1:04.1 | Super exciting today because we're super excited. Super excited. We have a guest today that we think is, first of all, long overdue this topic. |
| 1:13.1 | Yes. |
| 1:13.8 | And we had to find the right one. |
| 1:15.8 | I know. |
| 1:16.4 | She is amazing. |
| 1:18.4 | But what we're going to be discussing today in the podcast is specifically for the ladies. |
| 1:26.1 | So actually, you know what? |
| 1:27.8 | That's good because that's the majority of our listeners. |
| 1:29.9 | But you know what? |
| 1:30.5 | Get your husband to listen to this too because you know what? |
| 1:32.6 | We're real sick of him with his, are you being dramatic questions? |
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