172 | Is Mindset the Missing Link? How to Break Up With Sugar Part 2
Menopause Makeover⎮Belly Fat, Strength Train, Lose Weight, Hormone Imbalance, Meal Planning
Release Date: 02/13/2026
172 | Is Mindset the Missing Link? How to Break Up With Sugar Part 2
Menopause Makeover⎮Belly Fat, Strength Train, Lose Weight, Hormone Imbalance, Meal Planning
Have you ever felt like cravings for sugar hit so fast and strong that you have to answer them? If you’re walking through menopause and noticing that cravings for sweets feel louder, more emotional, or tied to stress and belly fat frustration, this episode is for you. In Part 1, we talked about blood sugar and hormones. In Part 2 of Breaking Up With Sugar, I’m teaching you the practical mindset tool that changed everything for me. This isn’t about fighting cravings or giving in to emotional eating. It’s about learning how to allow an urge without obeying it. I’ll walk you through the...
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171 | How To Break Up With Sugar When Hormones Make Cravings Louder
Menopause Makeover⎮Belly Fat, Strength Train, Lose Weight, Hormone Imbalance, Meal Planning
Have you ever wondered why your cravings for sweets feel louder, stronger, and harder to ignore after 40 — even when you’re eating “on plan”? If you’ve found yourself battling cravings for sugar, bargaining with desserts, or feeling frustrated that willpower just isn’t cutting it anymore, this episode is for you. In this first part of Breaking Up With Sugar, we’re having an honest conversation about what’s really behind sugar cravings in midlife. This isn’t about discipline or shame. It’s about blood sugar, hormones, stress, and how your changing body processes sugar...
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170 | Exercise Snacks: How Tiny Bursts Improve Blood Sugar in Menopause
Menopause Makeover⎮Belly Fat, Strength Train, Lose Weight, Hormone Imbalance, Meal Planning
Not long ago, I realized something had to change in the way we approach exercise in midlife. Pushing harder wasn’t working—and honestly, for a lot of women, it was making things worse. If workouts feel more draining than energizing, if your body isn’t responding the way it used to, or if your hormones seem to be running the show now, this conversation is for you. Today I want to share a science-backed shift in how we move our bodies in this season—one that supports blood sugar, protects muscle, and helps with belly fat, without requiring long workouts or pushing your body past its...
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169 | 12 Ways To Support Healthy Blood Sugar In Midlife
Menopause Makeover⎮Belly Fat, Strength Train, Lose Weight, Hormone Imbalance, Meal Planning
If you’re juggling work, kids, aging parents, laundry piles, a grocery bill that makes you gasp… and still wondering why belly fat keeps showing up uninvited — this episode is for you. Not because you’re failing. Not because you’re unmotivated. But because midlife hormones change the rules. In this episode of The Menopause Makeover Podcast, I’m talking honestly about hormone imbalance and belly fat — and why insulin quietly becomes the boss of fat storage in perimenopause and menopause. When stress is high, sleep is short, meals are rushed, and you’re grabbing bites while...
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168 | Overcome The Shame–Cortisol Cycle That Fuels Belly Fat
Menopause Makeover⎮Belly Fat, Strength Train, Lose Weight, Hormone Imbalance, Meal Planning
Have you ever eaten off plan or skipped a workout—and immediately felt that familiar wave of guilt, frustration, or “what is wrong with me?” That moment matters more than you think… not because of the food, but because of what happens next in your mindset and your nervous system. In this episode of The Menopause Makeover Podcast, we’re talking about the shame–cortisol cycle that so many midlife women get trapped in after a slip. I’ll walk you through why beating yourself up actually drives cortisol higher, keeps your body stuck in stress mode, and makes belly fat harder to...
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167 | Why Midlife Weight Loss Has To Be Simple Now
Menopause Makeover⎮Belly Fat, Strength Train, Lose Weight, Hormone Imbalance, Meal Planning
If you’re trying to lose weight in midlife but not strength training, this episode may explain exactly why your progress has stalled. So many women in menopause are eating less, walking more, and doing “all the healthy things” — yet belly fat won’t budge, energy is low, and hormone imbalance feels louder than ever. The missing piece isn’t more discipline. It’s muscle. In this episode of The Menopause Makeover Podcast, I break down why strength training is non-negotiable after 40 if you want to lose weight, stabilize blood sugar, and support shifting hormones. We talk about how...
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166 | The Hidden Thyroid Issue Blocking Weight Loss After 40
Menopause Makeover⎮Belly Fat, Strength Train, Lose Weight, Hormone Imbalance, Meal Planning
Have you ever been told your labs are “normal”… but your body feels anything but? Low energy, stubborn weight gain, brain fog, and that frustrating sense that something is just off—yet you keep hearing, “Everything looks fine.” In this episode, I’m pulling back the curtain on a huge missing piece for many midlife women: thyroid health. I’m sharing why “normal” thyroid labs don’t always tell the full story—and how an under-supported thyroid can quietly drive hormone imbalance, stalled efforts to lose weight, fatigue, and feeling disconnected from your body. I also walk...
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165 | The Mindset Shift You Need To Lose Weight After 40
Menopause Makeover⎮Belly Fat, Strength Train, Lose Weight, Hormone Imbalance, Meal Planning
Midlife weight loss isn’t just about food or movement. It’s about managing your expectations, your thoughts, and your trust — in your body, in the process, and in God’s timing. If you’re trying to lose weight in midlife and feel stuck, discouraged, or tempted to start over, this episode is for you. In today’s coaching-style episode, I’m sharing a real moment from one of our weekly calls inside Midlife Fat Loss Formula — where we slow things down and talk about what’s really happening beneath the surface when progress feels invisible. I walk one of our ladies through a...
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164 | Overwhelmed, Hormonal, And Snacking At Night? Start Here
Menopause Makeover⎮Belly Fat, Strength Train, Lose Weight, Hormone Imbalance, Meal Planning
Have you ever said, “I know what to eat… I just can’t stop eating when I’m emotional”? You can feel calm and confident all day—then nighttime hits. You’re tired, stressed, overwhelmed… and suddenly food feels like comfort, relief, or escape. If that sounds familiar, this episode is for you. In this conversation, I’m talking honestly about emotional eating in midlife—and why it often gets louder during perimenopause and menopause. TIt’s not that you’re weak—it’s stress, changing hormones, and a nervous system that’s feeling everything more deeply now.… and why...
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163 | Muscle First, Then Fat Loss: Why Strength Training Works After 40
Menopause Makeover⎮Belly Fat, Strength Train, Lose Weight, Hormone Imbalance, Meal Planning
Have you been strength training, eating “on plan,” doing all the right things… and yet the scale isn’t moving — or worse, it’s creeping up? If that’s you, this episode is going to bring so much peace to your mind and clarity to your strategy. In today’s Menopause Makeover Podcast, we’re flipping one of the biggest midlife weight loss beliefs on its head. Because after 40, muscle isn’t the reward for losing weight — it’s the requirement. I’m walking you through the real science behind menopause exercise, why fat loss feels harder in this season, and how strength...
info_outlineHave you ever felt like cravings for sugar hit so fast and strong that you have to answer them?
If you’re walking through menopause and noticing that cravings for sweets feel louder, more emotional, or tied to stress and belly fat frustration, this episode is for you.
In Part 1, we talked about blood sugar and hormones. In Part 2 of Breaking Up With Sugar, I’m teaching you the practical mindset tool that changed everything for me.
This isn’t about fighting cravings or giving in to emotional eating. It’s about learning how to allow an urge without obeying it.
I’ll walk you through the Pause–Pray–Pivot method — how to interrupt autopilot, calm your nervous system, and rewire the habit loop that keeps cravings for sugar running the show.
If you’ve struggled with emotional eating, mindset battles, or feeling defeated around sweets, this episode will give you a skill you can practice immediately.
Press play. And when you’re ready for deeper support, come join me inside the Midlife Fat Loss Formula or connect with me in my Facebook community. You don’t have to figure this out alone.
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