Helping midlife women 40 – 60 lose weight and transform their health naturally and sustainably. Sharing the strategies and lessons I learned losing 100+ pounds in my mid 40s (perimenopause). For decades, I struggled with my weight and did the quick fixes, shakes, tracking apps, strict programs, and fad diets. Some of them worked… until they didn’t! In midlife, I decided I was DONE. Done with feeling crap, done with low confidence, done with restrictive quick fix diets! And then, things changed! I share real life tools for nutrition, fitness, sleep, stress management, motivation and mindset!
Fab Fit Forty Plus || What Losing 100+ Pounds in Midlife Taught Me About Life, Love and Loss
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Helping midlife women 40 – 60 lose weight and transform their health naturally and sustainably. Sharing the strategies and lessons I learned losing 100+ pounds in my mid 40s (perimenopause). For decades, I struggled with my weight and did the quick fixes, shakes, tracking apps, strict programs, and fad diets. Some of them worked… until they didn’t! In midlife, I decided I was DONE. Done with feeling crap, done with low confidence, done with restrictive quick fix diets! And then, things changed! I share real life tools for nutrition, fitness, sleep, stress management, motivation and mindset!
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June 10, 2026
Your Health Transformation Toolkit - 3 Sentences To Use That Change Everything: The Permission You've Been Waiting For - Genuinely Yours in Midlife
<p>This is not a mindset episode to help you on your health transformation. It's a tactical one! Today I'm sharing 3 simple but powerful tools! </p><p>Three specific sentences that you can start using today! For the moments when the friction and the resistance of your health journey feel like they might win. </p><p>What stops most of us during our weight loss and health transformation in midlife isn't the food and it isn't the exercise. It's the internal and external resistance that arrives the moment we start taking ourselves seriously. </p><p>This episode gives you three sentences for exactly those moments. Wherever you are on your health journey, at the beginning, in the messy, middle, at a plateau, after a setback, this episode is for you.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>WHAT YOU'LL LEARN IN THIS EPISODE:</strong></p><p>● Why permission to focus on yourself is something only you can give, and a personal story about how I gave myself permission</p><p>● The specific resistance that arrives when women start genuinely changing: internal friction, external friction, and the mirror effect that makes people around you feel challenged by your transformation</p><p>● A complete toolkit - three sentences that you can use every single day to transform your health journey and weight loss motivation. </p><p>● The 'but I am changing' exercise, four words added to the end of your limiting story that open the door to a different version of yourself</p><p><br></p><p><strong>THIS EPISODE IS FOR YOU IF:</strong></p><ul><li>You know what you need to do for your health and you still can't quite make yourself do it, and you're looking for something more specific than 'believe in yourself'</li><li>You want a complete toolkit you can use every single day - free, powerful, effective! </li><li>You've started prioritising your health and noticed that some of the people around you seem unsettled by it, and you're not sure how to handle that</li><li>The guilt of putting yourself first feels louder than the commitment to your goals, and you need something to say back to it</li><li>You've been telling yourself the same limiting story about your relationship with your health for years and you're ready to add four words to the end of it</li><li>You're at any stage of your health journey and you need tools for the hard moments, not more motivation for the easy ones</li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>RESOURCES:</strong></p><p>🥗 <a href="https://fabfitfortyplus.com/free-sugar-decoder-guide">Sugar Decoder Guide - Stop letting sugar derail your progress, but also be able to enjoy sweet things in life on your own terms! </a></p><p><strong>☀️ </strong><a href="https://fabfitfortyplus.com/cravings-tool-first-launch-waitlist">I’m working on a new tool to help women manage their cravings with confidence! Join the waitlist to be the first to know when it launches! </a></p><p>🎧 <a href="https://fabfitfortyplus.com/8minutesfreetool20">Free 8-Minute Motivation Meditation — transform your motivation for your weight loss journey in less than 8 minutes</a></p><p>🧠 <a href="https://fabfitfortyplus.com/10plusbonus-meditationsvisualizations-weightloss">The Complete Mindset Transformation Collection — 13 downloadable audio meditations / guided visualisations</a></p><p>🥗 <a href="https://fabfitfortyplus.com/5-golden-food-rules-free-guide">Free Nutrition Guide — the 5 golden food standards that supported my 100+ pound transformation</a></p><p>📞 <a href="https://fabfitfortyplus.com/vip-strategy-session">Book a VIP Weight Loss Strategy Session — personalized 1-to-1 coaching tailored to your body, life, and goals</a></p><p>🌐 <a href="https://fabfitfortyplus.com/">Learn more about how I can help</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>DID THIS EPISODE RESONATE WITH YOU?</strong></p><p>If so, please help more women find this show:</p><p>⭐<strong>Leave a review on Apple Podcasts</strong>! </p><p>📲 <strong>Share this episode</strong> </p><p>🎙️ <strong>Subscribe or follow</strong>!</p><p><br></p><p><strong>ABOUT YOUR HOST:</strong></p><p>I'm Vera Brown — weight loss and health coach for women 40+ and host of the Fab Fit Forty Plus podcast. I lost 100+pounds naturally in my mid-40s, over 2.5 years, during perimenopause. No drugs, no injections, no extreme diets, no self-punishment.</p><p>I work with women who want to lose 30, 50, 80 or 100+ pounds. The strategies are the same. The transformation is real. And if I can do it, so can you.</p><p>🌐 <a href="https://fabfitfortyplus.com/">fabfitfortyplus.com</a> 📸 @fabfitfortyplus on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/fabfitfortyplus">Instagram</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/fabfitfortyplus">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@fabfitfortyplus">TikTok</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@FabFitFortyPlus">YouTube</a> 🎙️ Fab Fit Forty Plus on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon, Goodpods, Castbox and Youtube.</p>
June 8, 2026
Sneaky Sugars: The Sugar Hiding In Places You Would Never Expect - | How and Where To Find the Sneaky Sugar That Affects Your Weight Loss Goals in Midlife - Part 2 of a 4 Part Series
<p><strong>Welcome - Part 2 of my 4 Part Sugar Series:</strong></p><p>You switched to almond milk specifically for your health. You chose the sriracha because it is just chilli, right? You have been buying the organic wholegrain bread because it says all the right things on the front. </p><p>You are making the effort. You are trying. And then you turn the packet around and you see it. Sugar. In a place you would never have thought to look. </p><p>This episode is for the woman who is already doing a lot of things right, and wants to understand where the invisible sugar is still getting through. </p><p>In this episode, I shows you exactly where sugar is hiding and exactly how to spot it.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>WHAT YOU'LL LEARN IN THIS EPISODE:</strong></p><p>● Why sugar is added to savoury foods in the first place, and the three completely practical reasons manufacturers do it</p><p>● How to spot sugar on any food label regardless of what it is calling itself, including the one rule that covers most of them</p><p>● The most surprising names for sugar on food labels, including the ones that sound natural, wholesome, or technical enough to slip past even careful readers</p><p>● What maltodextrin is, why it does not appear in the sugar total on a food label, and why that matters</p><p>● The specific health halo foods most likely to contain sugar you never chose</p><p>● Fermented foods vs. pickles</p><p>● How to do a kitchen audit that takes less than ten minutes and genuinely changes how you shop forever</p><p><br></p><p><strong>THIS EPISODE IS FOR YOU IF:</strong></p><p>● You are doing your best to reduce sugar but feel like it keeps finding you anyway</p><p>● You read labels but are not sure you are reading the right things on them</p><p>● You have made what you thought were the healthy swaps, plant-based milk, protein bars, low-fat dressings, and want to know if they are actually working for you</p><p>● You want to learn more about where sugar is hiding so you can make your own informed choices rather than following someone else's rules</p><p>● You love food and you love flavour and you want the information to enjoy both without being surprised by hidden ingredients</p><p><br></p><p><strong>4 PART SUGAR SERIES - THIS IS EPISODE 2. CHECK OUT EPISODE 1 - Sugar And Your Body: The Truth, The Myths, And Why This Matters For Women 40+ | How Does Sugar Impact Your Weight Loss Goals in Midlife </strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>RESOURCES:</strong></p><p>🥗 <a href="https://fabfitfortyplus.com/free-sugar-decoder-guide">Sugar Decoder Guide - Stop letting sugar derail your progress, but also be able to enjoy sweet things in life on your own terms! </a></p><p><strong>☀️ </strong><a href="https://fabfitfortyplus.com/cravings-tool-first-launch-waitlist">I’m working on a new tool to help women manage their cravings with confidence! Join the waitlist to be the first to know when it launches! </a></p><p>🎧 <a href="https://fabfitfortyplus.com/8minutesfreetool20">Free 8-Minute Motivation Meditation — transform your motivation for your weight loss journey in less than 8 minutes</a></p><p>🧠 <a href="https://fabfitfortyplus.com/10plusbonus-meditationsvisualizations-weightloss">The Complete Mindset Transformation Collection — 13 downloadable audio meditations / guided visualisations</a></p><p>🥗 <a href="https://fabfitfortyplus.com/5-golden-food-rules-free-guide">Free Nutrition Guide — the 5 golden food standards that supported my 100+ pound transformation</a></p><p>📞 <a href="https://fabfitfortyplus.com/vip-strategy-session">Book a VIP Weight Loss Strategy Session — personalized 1-to-1 coaching tailored to your body, life, and goals</a></p><p>🌐 <a href="https://fabfitfortyplus.com/">Learn more about how I can help</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>DID THIS EPISODE RESONATE WITH YOU?</strong></p><p>If so, please help more women find this show:</p><p>⭐<strong>Leave a review on Apple Podcasts</strong>! </p><p>📲 <strong>Share this episode</strong> </p><p>🎙️ <strong>Subscribe or follow</strong>!</p><p><br></p><p><strong>ABOUT YOUR HOST:</strong></p><p>I'm Vera Brown — weight loss and health coach for women 40+ and host of the Fab Fit Forty Plus podcast. I lost 100+pounds naturally in my mid-40s, over 2.5 years, during perimenopause. No drugs, no injections, no extreme diets, no self-punishment.</p><p>I work with women who want to lose 30, 50, 80 or 100+ pounds. The strategies are the same. The transformation is real. And if I can do it, so can you.</p><p>🌐 <a href="https://fabfitfortyplus.com/">fabfitfortyplus.com</a> 📸 @fabfitfortyplus on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/fabfitfortyplus">Instagram</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/fabfitfortyplus">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@fabfitfortyplus">TikTok</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@FabFitFortyPlus">YouTube</a> 🎙️ Fab Fit Forty Plus on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon, Goodpods, Castbox and Youtube.</p>
June 5, 2026
Why Muscle Is The Most Underrated Tool In Every Woman's Health Arsenal. And Why You Cannot Afford To Ignore It Any Longer - The True Benefits of Muscle for Women in Midlife
<p>This is not just another podcast about building muscle as a woman in midlife and beyond. This is a podcast that starts with a story about two photos. And two comments on those two photos...</p><p>Two comments on the same pair of arms, taken three weeks apart. In the first photo, relaxed — a woman commented to say I had the "rich girl arms she had always wanted". In the second photo, flexing — another woman commented to say I was "too muscular for a woman" and that she would "never want arms like that".... The photos were taken 3 weeks apart.. they were the same arms, the same body. Just me! But completely different reactions. </p><p>Why? Those two comments perfectly capture the complicated, contradictory, deeply emotionally charged relationship that so many women still have with the idea of muscle. And that relationship, that internal cringe when someone says the word "muscle" might be costing you more than you realise. </p><p>Because muscle is not about how you look. Muscle is about how you live. And this episode makes the case.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>WHAT YOU'LL LEARN IN THIS EPISODE:</strong></p><p>● How the fitness industry spent decades pointing women at treadmills, stairmasters and elliptical machines, while ignoring the research</p><p>● What happens to muscle mass from your early thirties and how perimenopause and menopause accelerate the problem</p><p>● Sarcopenia: what the medical term for significant muscle loss means in practice — and the striking statistic about how its prevalence changes across the menopausal transition</p><p>● The bulky myth: why women don't need to fear "getting too bulky" </p><p>● Three things muscle does that have nothing to do with how you look</p><p><strong>THIS EPISODE IS FOR YOU IF:</strong></p><ul><li>You have been avoiding weights because you are afraid of getting "too bulky" </li><li>You have been doing mostly cardio and are not seeing the body composition changes you expected</li></ul><ul><li>You want to become more "toned" but not "too muscular"</li><li>You're in perimenopause, menopause, post-menopause and wondering if strength training is worth the time and effort</li><li>You are in your forties or beyond and you want to know what the research actually says about strength training now</li><li>You want to build a body that is still capable, mobile, strong, and genuinely yours at 70, 80, and beyond</li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>RESOURCES:</strong></p><p>🥗 <a href="https://fabfitfortyplus.com/free-sugar-decoder-guide" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Sugar Decoder Guide - Stop letting sugar derail your progress, but also be able to enjoy sweet things in life on your own terms! </a></p><p><strong>☀️ </strong><a href="https://fabfitfortyplus.com/cravings-tool-first-launch-waitlist" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">I’m working on a new tool to help women manage their cravings with confidence! Join the waitlist to be the first to know when it launches! </a></p><p>🎧 <a href="https://fabfitfortyplus.com/8minutesfreetool20" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Free 8-Minute Motivation Meditation — transform your motivation for your weight loss journey in less than 8 minutes</a></p><p>🧠 <a href="https://fabfitfortyplus.com/10plusbonus-meditationsvisualizations-weightloss" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">The Complete Mindset Transformation Collection — 13 downloadable audio meditations / guided visualisations</a></p><p>🥗 <a href="https://fabfitfortyplus.com/5-golden-food-rules-free-guide" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Free Nutrition Guide — the 5 golden food standards that supported my 100+ pound transformation</a></p><p>📞 <a href="https://fabfitfortyplus.com/vip-strategy-session" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Book a VIP Weight Loss Strategy Session — personalized 1-to-1 coaching tailored to your body, life, and goals</a></p><p>🌐 <a href="https://fabfitfortyplus.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Learn more about how I can help</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>DID THIS EPISODE RESONATE WITH YOU?</strong></p><p>If so, please help more women find this show:</p><p>⭐<strong>Leave a review on Apple Podcasts</strong>! </p><p>📲 <strong>Share this episode</strong> </p><p>🎙️ <strong>Subscribe or follow</strong>!</p><p><br></p><p><strong>ABOUT YOUR HOST:</strong></p><p>I'm Vera Brown — weight loss and health coach for women 40+ and host of the Fab Fit Forty Plus podcast. I lost 100+pounds naturally in my mid-40s, over 2.5 years, during perimenopause. No drugs, no injections, no extreme diets, no self-punishment.</p><p>I work with women who want to lose 30, 50, 80 or 100+ pounds. The strategies are the same. The transformation is real. And if I can do it, so can you.</p><p>🌐 <a href="https://fabfitfortyplus.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">fabfitfortyplus.com</a> 📸 @fabfitfortyplus on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/fabfitfortyplus" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Instagram</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/fabfitfortyplus" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@fabfitfortyplus" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">TikTok</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@FabFitFortyPlus" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">YouTube</a> 🎙️ Fab Fit Forty Plus on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon, Goodpods, Castbox and Youtube.</p>
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