Eat Less, Move More Is a Lie

She cut the carbs, trained for triathlons, did CrossFit at 5:30 a.m., and tracked every calorie. And it worked — until it didn't. The weight came back, the brain fog rolled in, and no matter how hard she pushed, her body just stopped cooperating. The worst part wasn't the scale. It was the voice that said, what's wrong with me?Sue Soha is a physical therapist, women's wellness coach, and founder of Wholey Healed Community. She's also someone who spent years doing everything she was told — and still hit a wall she couldn't push through. After being diagnosed with celiac disease, Hashimoto's thyroiditis, ADHD, and Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, Sue had to throw out the old playbook entirely and rebuild her approach to health from the ground up.In this episode, Sue breaks down what actually changed when she flipped the food pyramid upside down, dropped sugar, and stopped treating cardio like the answer to everything. She shares how she lost four dress sizes and 10% body fat — not by pushing harder, but by finally listening to what her body had been trying to tell her all along.We dig into why the "eat less, move more" approach fails women in perimenopause. Why most weight loss research was done on male bodies and younger women — and why that matters more than most people realize. Why lifting heavy won't make you bulky, why your body holds onto fat when you starve it, and why the kitchen matters more than the gym for women navigating midlife.Sue also gets real about perfectionism, people-pleasing, and what happens when your stress response never turns off. We talk about the mind-body connection, how fear shows up physically, and why the body truly does keep the score.If you've been eating less and moving more and wondering why nothing's changed — especially past 35 — this episode is your permission slip to stop blaming yourself and start playing by the rules that were actually written for you.Connect with Sue Soha: Wholey Healed Community:wholeyhealed.comSpecial Settings Physical Therapy: specialsettingspt.comListen to Pain to Performance on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube. Website: paintoperformancepodcast.com