In this episode, I’m breaking down what’s really happening when you’ve been cutting calories, skipping meals, or fasting longer, and the scale still will not move.

Metabolic adaptation is your body’s protective response to prolonged under-eating. Your resting metabolic rate can slow, hunger hormones shift, cortisol rises, thyroid signaling can downshift, and you can end up feeling tired, bloated, wired, and stuck. This is not failure. This is physiology.

💡 In this episode, we cover:
• What metabolic adaptation is and why it happens
• Resting metabolic rate and how under-eating can slow it down
• The hormone shifts behind cravings, fatigue, and stalled progress
• Why midlife stress and hormone changes make this more common after 40
• Common signs of adaptation (coldness, mid-afternoon crashes, 3–4 a.m. wakeups, bloating)
• What to do instead: regulate blood sugar, increase protein, reduce stress signals, and rebuild safety

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Resources / Links:
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📋 Download the FREE DANRE™ Fasting Strategy Worksheet → https://theelevatedwomanproject.com/episode-16
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