You thought you were ready to diet. You felt strong, focused, and "mentally there." But somehow, despite your best intentions, you're stuck. You’re tired, nibbling more, lifting less, and your body? Not responding like it used to.

In this raw, real episode, Ruby breaks down one of the most frustrating places to be as a high-performing woman in a fat loss phase: when your body slips into a suppressed maintenance, and you don’t even see it happening. It’s not a lack of discipline—it’s that you're unknowingly dieting in limbo.

We tackle the real reasons behind metabolic stalls, carb fear, recovery gaps, and why obsessively "tightening up" after results start to slow actually leads to burnout, not breakthroughs.

This is a must-listen if you’re:

• Afraid of increasing calories after seeing progress

• Confused by your cravings and constant fatigue

• Feeling like you’re stuck in a loop of trying harder but getting nowhere

• Scared to let go of dieting even when you know it's time to

You’ll leave this episode with permission to pause, pivot, and rebuild trust in your body again—with clear, grounded steps on how to get out of that unintentional maintenance trap.

Because dieting isn’t the goal—being fueled, strong, and thriving is.

If this hits, share it with the woman still white-knuckling her plan. Take a moment to reflect, breathe, and ask: is this still serving me?

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topics: female fat loss, sustainable fat loss, carb myths, women over 40, fat loss over 40, muscle gain for women, recovery and fat loss, cycle syncing, fat loss for performance