What happens when you've always been the "healthy one" and then menopause changes everything? In this episode, Angie sits down with client Carrie, a 58-year-old freelance bookkeeper from Oregon who spent decades as an active, health-conscious woman, only to find herself in perimenopause feeling like she was living in someone else's body.

Carrie shares how slow, stubborn weight gain, tanked energy, and sleepless nights pushed her to finally make herself a priority after years of putting herself last. She opens up about the decision to invest in herself, the specific changes that moved the needle (including the strength training result that shocked even her), and why she says this program gave her a "healthiness perspective" she calls life-changing.

If you're a woman in your 40s, 50s, or beyond who's been active her whole life and still can't figure out why nothing is working anymore, this one is for you.

In this episode:

• Why menopause weight gain feels completely different from any weight gain before it
• How Carrie dropped four inches from her waist and saw results she never got from cycling a hundred miles a day
• How she finally made tracking her food easy
• What finally made her decide she was worth the investment

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