If you’re over 35 and have found yourself thinking,
“Why isn’t what used to work working anymore?” ...this episode is for you.

There was a time when tightening up your food, adding cardio, or extending a fast created quick results.

Now you can do the same things, sometimes even more consistently, and the scale barely moves or doesn’t move at all.

In this episode, we unpack why.

It’s not a discipline problem.
It’s not a motivation issue.
It’s physiology.

I walk you through the “beaker” analogy to explain how stress quietly accumulates over time including sleep disruption, emotional strain, training stress, responsibilities, and even growth and success.

When your system is already carrying more than it used to, adding more deficit, more fasting, or more cardio doesn’t accelerate fat loss.

It tells your body to conserve, not release.

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Why Your Body Stopped Responding After 35

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This episode closes out a five-part series we’ve been walking through together, beginning with the nervous system, moving through hormones and metabolism, then behavior and rhythm.

And today, we zoom out.

Because lasting results rarely come from pushing harder or doing more. They form when the body feels supported long enough to stop bracing.

In this episode, we talk about why fast change often doesn’t hold, why healing is cumulative rather than instant, and how real progress unfolds through steady, repeated support in the season you’re actually living.

Weight loss can happen quickly.
Symptom relief can show up in bursts.
But healing that lasts develops gradually through patterns the body can rely on.

You’ll hear why the body prioritizes stability before visible change, why progress doesn’t always happen in the order we would choose, and how rhythm over time allows the system to recalibrate instead of rebound.

This conversation is an invitation to zoom out, to notice what is already settling, and to trust the kind of healing that unfolds quietly, but holds when life gets full again.

Mentioned in this episode:

• The DNA Reset for Fat Loss Academy – Waitlist
  Inside this 12-week program, we use advanced DNA testing alongside comprehensive lab panels, including hormones, thyroid, metabolic markers, and stress physiology, and more, to understand how your body is responding beneath the surface. From there, we build a personalized roadmap that supports lasting change instead of temporary results.
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Consistency is often treated like something you have to force.
More discipline. More pressure. More effort.

But for most women, consistency doesn’t fall apart because willpower is missing.
It fades when the rhythm underneath the day breaks down.

In this episode, we bring together the layers we’ve been building: the nervous system, hormones, metabolism, and behavior...and talk about why sustainable consistency grows from rhythm, not drive.

Rhythm isn’t a rigid schedule or a set of rules. It’s the order and predictability your body begins to recognize and rely on. When the day has a shape the body can anticipate, behavior stabilizes without being forced.

We explore why willpower works in short bursts but rarely carries change across seasons, how inconsistent rhythm shows up as reactive behavior, and what it looks like to build consistency by giving the body cues it can trust.

This conversation is about moving away from pressure and toward patterns the body can work with, so consistency becomes something that grows, not something you chase.

Mentioned in this episode:

• The DNA Reset for Fat Loss Academy – Waitlist
  Inside the Academy, we look at your DNA alongside comprehensive lab testing to understand your body and from there, we create a personalized roadmap so change is supported, not forced.
  🔗 Click here to join the waitlist

🫶🏼 Let’s Stay Connected
📸 @tanya.pennington.miller on Instagram
💻 nourishtothrive.com

And don’t forget to follow the show so you never miss an episode.

ROOTED IN FAITH. BACKED BY SCIENCE.