#1 I fell for the shiny stars to lose belly fat and it messed me up

I know that it can feel really tempting right now to say I'll wait till January to start on my health/weight loss/fat loss plan but let me tell you ladies over 40 - this is not good for our bodies when it comes to losing belly fat long - term. I know that you think you're going to wake up on January 1st and you're going to head out and exercise or you're going to cut your calories and you're going to burn all the fat that you have accumulated during the holidays or in 2022, that will not happen longer than a couple of weeks. When you eat less and exercise more it leads to failure and does nothing but convince your metabolism that it's starving which makes it compensate and therefore undoes any of the hard work you think that you are doing. Trust me on this -  in your 20’s and 30’s you may be have been able to cut calories and exercise more and get the results you want – I certainly did -  but behind the scenes you are actually messing up your metabolism and your hormones but on the scale it says you have dropped weight. After 40, I’m sorry – but it’s different. I wrecked my body for too long with calorie deprivation and over exercise and did get results but wore myself out and ended up wrecking my metabolism. I will put a caveat in here - there is nothing wrong with the eat less exercise more thinking - it's just that it is one tool in our toolbox and it's overused and we've been using it for so long that it has made our metabolism inflexible so now we need to learn new strategies to have our metabolism become more flexible. Your metabolism is always talking to you through your hunger, your energy, your cravings, your sleep, and your mood, so now it's time to become more of a metabolic detective to get rid of that belly fat long-term instead of just relying on willpower, deprivation and restriction. Have you picked up my free 5 Hacks to Cut Cravings Checklist?? Pick it up here >> https://www.vibrantlivingwithtanya.com/5-Hacks-to-Cut-Cravings  Are you a woman over 35 with 20+ lbs to lose, or can't get your eating habits under control and ready to stop the diet cycle and lose weight for GOOD? You want to enter the second chapter (perimenopause - post menopause) of your life feeling amazing!!! YES YES YES. Click here to schedule your complimentary call with me and let's breakthrough what's holding you back!! https://calendly.com/tanya-43/ www.vibrantlivingwithtanya.com https://www.instagram.com/vibrantlivingwithtanya/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/moveeatlivebetterwithtanya