The 5 Weight-Loss Lies Keeping Women Stuck
- Dr. Mindy Pelz
- 9 hours ago
- 2 min read
EP358 with Dr. Mindy Pelz
Women have been taught to judge the success of a health plan by one thing: Did the number on the scale go down?
That question has shaped decades of dieting advice, but the scale cannot tell you whether you lost muscle along with the fat.
It cannot tell you whether your blood pressure improved, whether your glucose is more stable, whether you are stronger, or whether you will be able to maintain that weight loss six months from now.
In this solo episode, Dr. Mindy shares a different way to measure progress.
She breaks down research involving adults between 60 and 75 who lost body fat while gaining muscle through resistance training. They also became stronger, improved their blood pressure, and increased their endurance.
They did not become healthier by trying to shrink as quickly as possible. They became healthier by building something and that's the shift this episode offers women to make.
You were not failing at weight loss, you may simply have been following a strategy that was never designed to make you healthier.
In this episode:
Why women have been taught to get smaller instead of healthier
What a recent meta-analysis found in adults ages 60 to 75
Why resistance training improves more than body composition
The relationship between strength, blood pressure, endurance, and longevity
Why high-intensity workouts are not always the healthiest choice
Why eating less is not a complete weight-loss strategy
The problem with relying on cardio for fat loss
How to begin resistance training without joining a gym
What to track instead of obsessing over the scale
How to increase the challenge as your body gets stronger
A simple 30-day plan for improving strength and body composition
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What is the title and source of the meta-analysis study referenced?
Much discussion has been brought up about A1C lab work indicating how well we are doing with health and weight loss, isn’t it true also that some people who are obese that while losing weight and the liver releases glucose that people’s A1c may actually increase for a while in the beginning months due to the body losing weight and releasing the excess glucose stores causing the blood work to show those spikes. Even if a person has had normal A1c prior to losing weight.