Ep. 837: Perimenopause, Weight Gain & Cortisol: Why Your Healthy Habits Aren't Working
From Fit 2 Love Podcast with JJ Flizanes for Wellness, Confidence & Relationships · 47:38
Show by JJ Flizanes
Perimenopause, Weight Gain & Cortisol: Why Your Healthy Habits Aren't WorkingGuest: Bria Gadd — The Period WhispererAre you eating healthy, exercising regularly, and doing everything you've been told to do, yet STILL gaining weight, struggling with sleep, or feeling exhausted?What if the problem isn't your hormones alone—or that you're not trying hard enough?In this episode, JJ Flizanes welcomes Bria Gadd, The Period Whisperer, to explore the connection between perimenopause, cortisol, chronic stress, metabolism, and what Bria calls HEALTH DEBT.Bria shares her personal journey from fitness professional to perimenopause expert after experiencing unexplained weight gain, anxiety, sleep disturbances, and hormonal changes—even while maintaining her healthy habits.Together, JJ and Bria discuss why simply eating less and exercising more may not be the answer, and why understanding your body's energy demands, nervous system, and capacity for recovery is essential.In This Episode, You'll Discover:What is Health Debt? Why your body's energy demands may exceed its available resources and how Bria uses this concept to explain frustrating midlife symptoms.Perimenopause vs. Chronic Stress: Why not every symptom should automatically be blamed on declining estrogen.Cortisol and Weight Gain: How chronic stress may influence sleep, metabolism, recovery, and body composition.Why Your Workouts Aren't Working: How pushing harder without adequate recovery can leave you feeling worse.The Nervous System Connection: Why moving out of fight-or-flight and making space for rest, pleasure, and joy matters.Hormones and Sexual Health: The relationship between stress, safety, arousal, libido, and overall well-being.How to Start Rebuilding Your Health: Simple foundations involving sleep, nutrition, movement, stress reduction, and recovery.The takeaway: Your body may not need you to work HARDER. It may need you to understand what it's asking for and support it differently.Resources & LinksTake Bria's FREE Health Debt Quiz:https://www.jjflizanes.com/healthdebtDiscover where you may be experiencing health debt and explore your next steps.Connect with Bria Gadd — The Period Whisperer:https://www.briatheperiodwhisperer.comListen to The Period Whisperer Podcast:https://www.briatheperiodwhisperer.com/the-period-whisperer-podcastExplore More with JJ Flizanes:https://www.jjflizanes.comYour health isn't just about what you eat or how much you exercise. It's also about how you manage stress, support your nervous system, and create the conditions for your body to recover.Listen now and discover why your healthy habits may not be delivering the results you expect!
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