168. How to Stop Gaining Weight After 40 (It's Not Just Hormones)

Welcome to the Emotional Eats Podcast!

You think you've been eating healthy. You're exercising.

You're doing everything the way you've always been told to take care of your body.

So why is your weight still creeping up? Why are your sugar cravings stronger than ever? Why are you exhausted, stressed, emotional, and why you don't feel like yourself anymore?

The truth is, your body has changed. The strategies that worked in your 20s and 30s aren't working or even healthy in midlife.

In this episode, I sit down with board-certified gynecologist and menopause specialist Dr. Christina Enzmann to talk about what's really happening during menopause. Dr. Christina goes beyond hormones and we explore how stress, blood sugar, gut health, cortisol, inflammation, and metabolic health all work together to affect your energy, cravings, mood, and weight.

If you've ever been told your labs are "normal" but you know something doesn't feel right, this conversation is for you. You'll walk away understanding why your body feels different, why the old rules aren't working anymore.

You will learn what you can start focusing on instead.

In this episode, we discuss:

Why the old advice of "eat less and move more" often stops working in midlife The connection between stress, cortisol, and sugar cravings How blood sugar and insulin resistance affect weight, energy, and emotional eating Why gut health and inflammation matter more than most women realize The impact of overexercising and under-fueling during menopause Why your lab work can look "normal" even when you don't feel like yourself Practical ways to support your metabolism and feel more like yourself again About Dr. Christina

Dr. Christina Enzmann is a board-certified gynecologist, certified menopause practitioner, and functional medicine physician with more than two decades of experience helping women optimize their health. She combines evidence-based medicine with a root-cause approach to hormones, metabolism, gut and vaginal microbiome health, nutrition, and lifestyle medicine. Passionate about empowering women in midlife, Dr. Enzmann helps them understand why they feel the way they do and provides science-based strategies to restore energy, vitality, and long-term health

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