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Fit Girl Magic | Healthy Living For Women Over 40

Release Date: 06/18/2026

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Fit Girl Magic | Healthy Living For Women Over 40

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Everyone is talking about GLP-1s right now.

Some women swear they've changed their lives. Others are side eyeing them from across the internet. And most are somewhere in the middle at 11pm Googling "should I just get the shot" or just diet harder.

No judgment. That's why we're here.

I brought on Shenelle Green, bariatric coach, surgery patient and honestly one of the most no-BS guests I've ever had on this show. Before she recommends anything to anyone, she asks one question: "Tell me everything you ate yesterday." Because that answer tells her more than any bloodwork ever could.

We went everywhere in this one. GLP-1s, bariatric surgery, food addiction, the scale holding your entire mood hostage, and the moment Shenelle hit her goal weight and realized, wait, that's it? No confetti? Just another Tuesday?

Yeah. We talked about that.

Because nobody warns you that the weight coming off doesn't fix the shitty job, the shitty relationship, or the 30 years of all-or-nothing thinking that got you here. And if you don't deal with that stuff, the weight is just the first thing on a very long list.

This Fit Girl Magic episode is for the woman who's GLP curious, the one who's already on them and wondering why it's not going the way she expected, and the one who's just tired of doing everything right and still feeling stuck. Come hang with us.

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