EP#363: The 5 Biggest Weight Loss Struggles Middle-Aged Women Face (And How to Fix Them)

In this episode of Dieting From the Inside Out, I’m diving deep into the 5 most common struggles middle-aged women face on their weight loss journey—and more importantly, how to overcome them with real solutions.

Whether you’ve battled all-or-nothing thinking, emotional eating, food obsession, body image issues, or the effects of decades of diet culture, this episode is for you. I'm giving you a breakdown of each issue, practical strategies, and the mindset shifts needed to finally get off the diet hamster wheel—for good.

Topics we cover:

- Why “I blew it on the weekend” thinking is keeping you stuck

- How to stop using food to numb your emotions

- What food noise really means (and how to silence it)

- Navigating body changes with aging and menopause

- Unlearning diet culture lies you’ve believed since you were 12

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TIMESTAMPS:

(00:00) – Intro & Biggest Weight Loss Struggles for Middle-Aged Women

(00:45) – Top 5 Weight Loss Struggles from ChatGPT

(01:42) – Struggle #1: All-or-Nothing Thinking

(07:10) – Struggle #2: Emotional Eating & Food as Comfort

(13:20) – Struggle #3: Food Noise & Mental Obsession with Eating

(19:20) – Struggle #4: Body Image Issues and Aging Fears

(28:25) – Struggle #5: Diet Culture Damage & Decades of Unlearning

(33:55) – Final Thoughts & How to Move Forward

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