Fab Fit Forty Plus || What Losing 100+ Pounds in Midlife Taught Me About Life, Love and Loss

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• Why I Built An App For Cravings (FYOURI ) And What Five Candied Walnuts Taught Me 19.06.2026 37min

  Today I introduce you to FYOURI - my new cravings reset app that I created to help women manage cravings with no shame, no judgement, and just strategies that work. Most of us have been there... full after dinner, not hungry, and still reaching for something. This isn't a willpower problem. It's a biology problem. And nobody ever gave us the right tool for that exact moment.In this episode, I'm sharing something I've been quietly building for months: Fyouri, my new craving-reset app. Partdragon, part companion, FYOURI is designed to help you FIND YOUR INDEPENDENCE from cravings, one reset at a time. I walk you through the honest story of why I built her, the two things every existing solution gets wrong, and what five candied walnuts finally taught me about shame-free choice.FYOURI is now in beta mode - free full access in return for your honest feedback so that I make sure I get her right before full public launch on Apple / Google store. Private beta is open now. Full free access. No catch. To get your free full access to FYOURI during the private beta, please email me at vera@fabfitfortyplus.com and I'll send you the instructions on how to access the app.WHAT YOU'LL LEARN IN THIS EPISODE:●      Why cravings are not a moral failing●      How Fyouri works: the wheel, the science-backedstrategies, the check-in, and the no-wrong-outcome philosophy●      Why the dragon metaphor is at the heart of Fyouri'sdesign●     What one beta tester said that surprised even me! Andwhy the "fun" factor matters more than you'd think●     The candied walnuts story and why it led to building Fyouri●     How to join private beta for FYOURI: full free access and all I ask is for your honest feedback, no obligation, no commitment no catch, takes about a minute (email me at vera@fabfitfortyplus.com) to request free BETA access for FyouriTHIS EPISODE IS FOR YOU IF:●     Cravings feel like a struggle●     You've tried tracking apps and found them exhausting,shame-inducing, or just not helpful ●     You're done with solutions that make you feel bad aboutyourself and want something genuinely supportive●      You believe health transformation should be personal,shame-free, and actually fit your real lifeRESOURCES:☀️ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠FYOURI - the cravings reset app for women - why she exists and how to join beta (email me!)⁠🥗 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Sugar Decoder Guide - Stop letting sugar derail your progress, but also be able to enjoy sweet things in life on your own terms! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠🎧 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Free 8-Minute Motivation Meditation — transform your motivation for your weight loss journey in less than 8 minutes⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠🧠 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Complete Mindset Transformation Collection — 13 downloadable audio meditations / guided visualisations⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠🥗 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Free Nutrition Guide — the 5 golden food standards that supported my 100+ pound transformation⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠📞 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Book a VIP Weight Loss Strategy Session — personalized 1-to-1 coaching tailored to your body, life, and goals⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠🌐 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Learn more about how I can help⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠DID THIS EPISODE RESONATE WITH YOU?If so, please help more women find this show:⭐Leave a review on Apple Podcasts! 📲 Share this episode 🎙️ Subscribe or follow!ABOUT YOUR HOST: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.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.🌐 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠fabfitfortyplus.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 📸 @fabfitfortyplus on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🎙️ Fab Fit Forty Plus on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon, Goodpods, Castbox and Youtube.
• Your Health Transformation Toolkit - 3 Sentences To Use That Change Everything: The Permission You've Been Waiting For - Genuinely Yours in Midlife 10.06.2026 58min

  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! 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. 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. 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.WHAT YOU'LL LEARN IN THIS EPISODE:●     Why permission to focus on yourself is something only you can give, and a personal story about how I gave myself permission● 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● A complete toolkit - three sentences that you can use every single day to transform your health journey and weight loss motivation. ● 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 yourselfTHIS EPISODE IS FOR YOU IF: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'You want a complete toolkit you can use every single day - free, powerful, effective! 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 thatThe guilt of putting yourself first feels louder than the commitment to your goals, and you need something to say back to itYou'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 itYou're at any stage of your health journey and you need tools for the hard moments, not more motivation for the easy onesRESOURCES:🥗 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Sugar Decoder Guide - Stop letting sugar derail your progress, but also be able to enjoy sweet things in life on your own terms! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠☀️ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠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! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠🎧 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Free 8-Minute Motivation Meditation — transform your motivation for your weight loss journey in less than 8 minutes⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠🧠 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Complete Mindset Transformation Collection — 13 downloadable audio meditations / guided visualisations⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠🥗 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Free Nutrition Guide — the 5 golden food standards that supported my 100+ pound transformation⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠📞 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Book a VIP Weight Loss Strategy Session — personalized 1-to-1 coaching tailored to your body, life, and goals⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠🌐 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Learn more about how I can help⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠DID THIS EPISODE RESONATE WITH YOU?If so, please help more women find this show:⭐Leave a review on Apple Podcasts! 📲 Share this episode 🎙️ Subscribe or follow!ABOUT YOUR HOST: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.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.🌐 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠fabfitfortyplus.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 📸 @fabfitfortyplus on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🎙️ Fab Fit Forty Plus on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon, Goodpods, Castbox and Youtube.
• 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 08.06.2026 1t 10min

  Welcome - Part 2 of my 4 Part Sugar Series: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. 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. 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. In this episode, I shows you exactly where sugar is hiding and exactly how to spot it.WHAT YOU'LL LEARN IN THIS EPISODE:●   Why sugar is added to savoury foods in the first place, and the three completely practical reasons manufacturers do it● How to spot sugar on any food label regardless of what it is calling itself, including the one rule that covers most of them● 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● What maltodextrin is, why it does not appear in the sugar total on a food label, and why that matters● The specific health halo foods most likely to contain sugar you never chose● Fermented foods vs. pickles● How to do a kitchen audit that takes less than ten minutes and genuinely changes how you shop foreverTHIS EPISODE IS FOR YOU IF:●     You are doing your best to reduce sugar but feel like it keeps finding you anyway● You read labels but are not sure you are reading the right things on them● 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● 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● You love food and you love flavour and you want the information to enjoy both without being surprised by hidden ingredients4 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 RESOURCES:🥗 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Sugar Decoder Guide - Stop letting sugar derail your progress, but also be able to enjoy sweet things in life on your own terms! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠☀️ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠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! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠🎧 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Free 8-Minute Motivation Meditation — transform your motivation for your weight loss journey in less than 8 minutes⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠🧠 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Complete Mindset Transformation Collection — 13 downloadable audio meditations / guided visualisations⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠🥗 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Free Nutrition Guide — the 5 golden food standards that supported my 100+ pound transformation⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠📞 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Book a VIP Weight Loss Strategy Session — personalized 1-to-1 coaching tailored to your body, life, and goals⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠🌐 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Learn more about how I can help⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠DID THIS EPISODE RESONATE WITH YOU?If so, please help more women find this show:⭐Leave a review on Apple Podcasts! 📲 Share this episode 🎙️ Subscribe or follow!ABOUT YOUR HOST: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.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.🌐 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠fabfitfortyplus.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 📸 @fabfitfortyplus on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🎙️ Fab Fit Forty Plus on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon, Goodpods, Castbox and Youtube.
• 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 05.06.2026 52min

  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...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. 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. Because muscle is not about how you look. Muscle is about how you live. And this episode makes the case.WHAT YOU'LL LEARN IN THIS EPISODE:●     How the fitness industry spent decades pointing women at treadmills, stairmasters and elliptical machines, while ignoring the research●     What happens to muscle mass from your early thirties and how perimenopause and menopause accelerate the problem●     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●     The bulky myth: why women don't need to fear "getting too bulky" ●     Three things muscle does that have nothing to do with how you lookTHIS EPISODE IS FOR YOU IF:You have been avoiding weights because you are afraid of getting "too bulky" You have been doing mostly cardio and are not seeing the body composition changes you expectedYou want to become more "toned" but not "too muscular"You're in perimenopause, menopause, post-menopause and wondering if strength training is worth the time and effortYou are in your forties or beyond and you want to know what the research actually says about strength training nowYou want to build a body that is still capable, mobile, strong, and genuinely yours at 70, 80, and beyondRESOURCES:🥗 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Sugar Decoder Guide - Stop letting sugar derail your progress, but also be able to enjoy sweet things in life on your own terms! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠☀️ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠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! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠🎧 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Free 8-Minute Motivation Meditation — transform your motivation for your weight loss journey in less than 8 minutes⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠🧠 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Complete Mindset Transformation Collection — 13 downloadable audio meditations / guided visualisations⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠🥗 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Free Nutrition Guide — the 5 golden food standards that supported my 100+ pound transformation⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠📞 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Book a VIP Weight Loss Strategy Session — personalized 1-to-1 coaching tailored to your body, life, and goals⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠🌐 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Learn more about how I can help⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠DID THIS EPISODE RESONATE WITH YOU?If so, please help more women find this show:⭐Leave a review on Apple Podcasts! 📲 Share this episode 🎙️ Subscribe or follow!ABOUT YOUR HOST: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.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.🌐 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠fabfitfortyplus.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 📸 @fabfitfortyplus on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🎙️ Fab Fit Forty Plus on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon, Goodpods, Castbox and Youtube.
• The Truth About My AHA Moment That Ignited My 100+ Weight Loss in Midlife - Why There Wasn't Just One, And Why That's Actually Better 03.06.2026 51min

  Everyone wants to know "the one moment" that changed everything for me and launched my 100+ pound weight loss transformation in my 40s. They want to find out my secret cinematic turning point. The lightning bolt that made it all click. My Aha Moment! I get asked this question almost every week. And my answer always disappoints people at first.Because the truth is there was no single aha moment. There were many. Spread across years. And there still are.But here is what I have come to understand. That is not the disappointing answer. That is actually the better answer. Multiple "aha" moments is not a consolation prize for not having one dramatic turning point. It is the actual mechanism of lasting change.In this episode I take you through mine. The painful ones, the quiet ones, the ones I did not choose, and the ones that crept up on me so gently I almost missed them. Not to inspire you with someone else's story. But to help you find your own.Your aha moment does not have to be dramatic. It just has to be yours!WHAT YOU'LL LEARN IN THIS EPISODE:Why the single cinematic aha moment for midlife weight loss is mostly a myth — and what the research says insteadThe negative aha moments that scared me into action including a metro seat, an 80-year-old woman, and a photograph I tried to disappear fromWhy watching the people around us can be one of the most powerful and least talked about sources of motivationThe positive aha moments that pulled me forwardWhy multiple aha moments is not a weakness — it is the science of how lasting change actually worksTHIS EPISODE IS FOR YOU IF:You're curious about what is the truth behind my 100+ pound natural weight loss in my 40sYou are waiting for your aha moment to arrive before you truly beginYou have started and stopped your weight loss and health transformation so many times you wonder if something is wrong with youYou feel motivated by fear but wonder if that is enough to sustain real changeYou want to understand what actually drives a lasting health transformation, not just the initial sparkYou have watched someone close to you struggle and felt that quiet, uncomfortable recognitionYou're in perimenopause, menopause or post-menopause and wanting to transform your healthRESOURCES:🥗 ⁠⁠⁠⁠Sugar Decoder Guide - Stop letting sugar derail your progress, but also be able to enjoy sweet things in life on your own terms! ⁠⁠⁠⁠☀️ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠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! ⁠⁠⁠⁠🎧 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Free 8-Minute Motivation Meditation — transform your motivation for your weight loss journey in less than 8 minutes⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠🧠 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Complete Mindset Transformation Collection — 13 downloadable audio meditations / guided visualisations⁠⁠⁠⁠🥗 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Free Nutrition Guide — the 5 golden food standards that supported my 100+ pound transformation⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠📞 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Book a VIP Weight Loss Strategy Session — personalized 1-to-1 coaching tailored to your body, life, and goals⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠🌐 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Learn more about how I can help⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠DID THIS EPISODE RESONATE WITH YOU?If so, please help more women find this show:⭐Leave a review on Apple Podcasts! 📲 Share this episode 🎙️ Subscribe or follow!ABOUT YOUR HOST: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.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.🌐 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠fabfitfortyplus.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 📸 @fabfitfortyplus on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🎙️ Fab Fit Forty Plus on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon, Goodpods, Castbox and Youtube.
• 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 - Part 1 of a 4 Part Series 01.06.2026 51min

  Welcome - Part 1 of my 4 Part Sugar Series:Maybe you have been trying to cut back on sugar for years — doing all the right things, choosing the natural alternatives, reading the labels — and still feel like something is not quiteworking. Or maybe you are simply tired of the guilt and the confusion and the contradictory advice. Today, in part 1 of this four part series focusing on Sugar and how it impacts your weight loss and health goals we start by understanding sugar. Not making you afraid of it, but actually explaining it so you can make the decisions about the sweet things your life on your own terms. No shame, no fear, just real information about sugar and how it impacts your weight loss and health goals in midlife. WHAT YOU'LL LEARN IN THIS EPISODE:●   Why the bake sale that I spent 3 weeks preparing taught me the most important thing I know about sugar and weight loss●     What sugar actually is and what happens in your bodywhen you eat it — explained in plain, honest language●     The difference between intrinsic sugar and free sugar —and why this distinction changes how you see fruit, juice, honey ●     Seven of the most common sugar myths busted withwarmth, evidence and zero judgment●     Why those four o'clock cravings are biology notweakness — and what is actually driving them●     Why honey, maple syrup, coconut sugar and agave are notthe health foods most of us believe they are●     Five specific actions you can take this week to change your relationship with sugar THIS EPISODE IS FOR YOU IF:●     You have been trying to cut back on sugar but feel likeyou are fighting your own biology every single day●     You reach for the natural alternatives — honey, coconutsugar, maple syrup — and wonder why the results are not quite what you expected●     You are in your forties or fifties and feel likesomething has changed in your body even though your habits have not●     You want to understand sugar rather than fear it — soyou can enjoy the sweet things in your life with full awareness and zero guilt●     You are done with restriction and ready for an approachthat is actually sustainable●     You have a complicated, exhausting, decades-longrelationship with sugar and you want something to finally shiftRESOURCES:🥗 ⁠⁠⁠⁠Sugar Decoder Guide - Stop letting sugar derail your progress, but also be able to enjoy sweet things in life on your own terms! ⁠⁠⁠⁠☀️ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠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! ⁠⁠⁠⁠🎧 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Free 8-Minute Motivation Meditation — transform your motivation for your weight loss journey in less than 8 minutes⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠🧠 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Complete Mindset Transformation Collection — 13 downloadable audio meditations / guided visualisations⁠⁠⁠⁠🥗 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Free Nutrition Guide — the 5 golden food standards that supported my 100+ pound transformation⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠📞 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Book a VIP Weight Loss Strategy Session — personalized 1-to-1 coaching tailored to your body, life, and goals⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠🌐 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Learn more about how I can help⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠DID THIS EPISODE RESONATE WITH YOU?If so, please help more women find this show:⭐Leave a review on Apple Podcasts! 📲 Share this episode 🎙️ Subscribe or follow!ABOUT YOUR HOST: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.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.🌐 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠fabfitfortyplus.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 📸 @fabfitfortyplus on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🎙️ Fab Fit Forty Plus on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon, Goodpods, Castbox and Youtube.
• You Are Not Behind: You're Right On Time! Why It Is Never Too Late To Transform Your Health In Midlife - Why The Women Who Struggle With Their Health The Longest Make The Most Powerful Transformations 29.05.2026 1t

  Have you ever looked at someone else's transformation and felt that quiet, crushing sense that everyone else figured this out years ago — and you are still at square one?This episode is for you!I recently received a message from a woman, I will call her Emily, who said she had been trying to lose weight since her 20s. Nearly thirty years. And she was wondering if it was simply too late. If she had left it too long. If there was even any point.I want to spend this entire episode on that feeling. Not dismissing it. Not bypassing it with a quick inspirational quote. But really pulling it apart — and then dismantling it completely.You are not behind. You are exactly where you need to be. And this episode will show you why.WHAT YOU'LL LEARN IN THIS EPISODE:Why the comparison trap is lying to you — and what before and after photos actually leave outThe myth of "the right time" and what it cost me personallyWhy starting over is not failure — it is dataThe tortoise, the hare, and the race you are actually runningWhy being in midlife is not a disadvantage — it might be your greatest assetThree specific, practical things to do this week to start moving forward todayTHIS EPISODE IS FOR YOU IF:You feel like everyone else figured this out and you are still at square oneYou have started over so many times you have lost count and carry shame about itYou are waiting for the right time (the quieter season, the less hectic stretch) before you really beginYou compare your messy, complicated reality to other people's highlight reels and always come up shortYou wonder, honestly, if it is just "too late"RESOURCES:🥗 ⁠⁠⁠Sugar Decoder Guide - Stop letting sugar derail your progress, but also be able to enjoy sweet things in life on your own terms! ⁠⁠⁠☀️ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠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! ⁠⁠⁠🎧 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Free 8-Minute Motivation Meditation — transform your motivation for your weight loss journey in less than 8 minutes⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠🧠 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Complete Mindset Transformation Collection — 13 downloadable audio meditations / guided visualisations⁠⁠⁠🥗 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Free Nutrition Guide — the 5 golden food standards that supported my 100+ pound transformation⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠📞 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Book a VIP Weight Loss Strategy Session — personalized 1-to-1 coaching tailored to your body, life, and goals⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠🌐 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Learn more about how I can help⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠DID THIS EPISODE RESONATE WITH YOU?If so, please help more women find this show:⭐Leave a review on Apple Podcasts! 📲 Share this episode 🎙️ Subscribe or follow!ABOUT YOUR HOST: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.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.🌐 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠fabfitfortyplus.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 📸 @fabfitfortyplus on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🎙️ Fab Fit Forty Plus on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon, Goodpods, Castbox and Youtube.
• I Tracked Calories For Years And Still Gained Weight. Here's Why! Part 1 of 3 - Why Calorie counting and calorie restriction is the wrong approach for weight loss for women in midlife 27.05.2026 59min

  Millions of people are using just one calorie tracking app right now. And yet obesity rates keep rising. And so many of us (me included for decades) are still struggling... So what is actually going on?In Part 1 of this three-part series, I make the case for why calorie counting and calorie tracking is not just ineffective for most women in midlife, but it is actively working against your weight loss goals, the health transformation you're working towards, your relationship with food, and your mental health.I was one of those millions of people counting calories. I tracked calories for years. And still gained and lost the same weight over and over again. Until I stopped counting and started choosing. And lost over 100 pounds. Naturally. Without tracking a single calorie.WHAT YOU'LL LEARN IN THIS EPISODE:What a calorie actually is and where it came from — the answer might surprise youWhy the number on your food packet can legally be wrong by up to 20%The food matrix: why your body absorbs fewer calories from whole foods than the label saysWhy 100 calories of chicken and 100 calories of sugar are not the same thing in your body (it's more nuanced than you think!)The landmark study that showed identical calories of ultra-processed versus whole food produced completely different weight outcomesThe real mental and emotional cost of calorie tracking nobody talks about honestlyTHIS EPISODE IS FOR YOU IF:You have tracked calories and done everything right — and still not seen lasting resultsYou feel anxious, obsessive, or exhausted by the constant mental arithmetic around foodYou suspect there is a better way but do not know what it looks likeYou are a woman in your 40s or 50s or beyond navigating perimenopause, menopause, post-menopause You want the science behind why calorie counting fails — explained in plain honest languagePart 2 covers the calories-out side, and it is even more surprising. Part 3 brings the whole picture together and gives you strategies on what to do instead! Make sure you are subscribed so you do not miss it.RESOURCES:🥗 ⁠⁠Sugar Decoder Guide - Stop letting sugar derail your progress, but also be able to enjoy sweet things in life on your own terms! ⁠⁠☀️ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠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! ⁠⁠🎧 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Free 8-Minute Motivation Meditation — transform your motivation for your weight loss journey in less than 8 minutes⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠🧠 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Complete Mindset Transformation Collection — 13 downloadable audio meditations / guided visualisations⁠⁠🥗 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Free Nutrition Guide — the 5 golden food standards that supported my 100+ pound transformation⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠📞 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Book a VIP Weight Loss Strategy Session — personalized 1-to-1 coaching tailored to your body, life, and goals⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠🌐 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Learn more about how I can help⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠DID THIS EPISODE RESONATE WITH YOU?If so, please help more women find this show:⭐Leave a review on Apple Podcasts! 📲 Share this episode 🎙️ Subscribe or follow!ABOUT YOUR HOST: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.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.🌐 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠fabfitfortyplus.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 📸 @fabfitfortyplus on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🎙️ Fab Fit Forty Plus on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon, Goodpods, Castbox and Youtube.
• Reconnecting to Your Inner Rebel: Why Losing Weight on Your Own Terms Is the Only Approach That Actually Lasts For a True Sustainable Health Transformation for Women in Midlife 21.05.2026 59min

  Do you remember the teenage rebel version of yourself? The one who questioned everything. Who pushed back againstrules that didn't make sense. Who refused to just go along with things because everyone else was. The one who, somewhere along the way, went quiet.What if I told you that reconnecting with that version of yourself — your inner rebel, your questioning, defiant, nobody-tells-me-what-to-do self — is the single most powerful thing you can do for your health transformation?In today's episode I am making the case for something the entire diet and wellness industry is built to prevent you from understanding. That following other people's rules — howeverexpert they are, however well-designed the program, however impressive the before and after photos — is not just ineffective long-term. It is actively eroding the confidence, agency, and self-trust that are the only real foundations of lasting change.This is the episode that underpins my Standards Over Rules framework that I created from my own lived experience of losing over 100 pounds in my mid-40s. And it might just change everything about how you think about your health journey.WHAT YOU'LL LEARN IN THIS EPISODE:Why the inner rebel who has always eventually quit every program you've followed was not weakness — she was wisdom protecting you from approaches that were never going to lastThe seduction of the quick fix — why smart, experienced women keep handing their power over to rigid external programsThe profound difference between a rule and a standard — and why that distinction is the entire difference between short-term results and permanent transformationThe confidence compounding effect — how every standard you keep builds your identity, and why identity is the only thing that makes change permanentThe five questions your inner rebel deserves to ask! What it actually feels like to live by your own standards versus follow someone else's rules THIS EPISODE IS FOR YOU IF:You have tried program after program and always eventually gone back to where you startedYou feel like there is a part of you that always eventually rebels against any health program you commit toYou are in midlife and you refuse to keep doing things the way you've been doing themYou want a health transformation that is genuinely, permanently yours RESOURCES:🥗 ⁠Sugar Decoder Guide - Stop letting sugar derail your progress, but also be able to enjoy sweet things in life on your own terms! ⁠☀️ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠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! ⁠🎧 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Free 8-Minute Motivation Meditation — transform your motivation for your weight loss journey in less than 8 minutes⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠🧠 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Complete Mindset Transformation Collection — 13 downloadable audio meditations / guided visualisations⁠🥗 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Free Nutrition Guide — the 5 golden food standards that supported my 100+ pound transformation⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠📞 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Book a VIP Weight Loss Strategy Session — personalized 1-to-1 coaching tailored to your body, life, and goals⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠🌐 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Learn more about how I can help⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠DID THIS EPISODE RESONATE WITH YOU?If so, please help more women find this show:⭐Leave a review on Apple Podcasts! 📲 Share this episode 🎙️ Subscribe or follow!ABOUT YOUR HOST: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.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.🌐 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠fabfitfortyplus.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 📸 @fabfitfortyplus on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🎙️ Fab Fit Forty Plus on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon, Goodpods, Castbox and Youtube.
• START HERE! WELCOME to the Fab Fit Forty Plus Podcast: Real Weight Loss, Honest Advice, and a Genuine Health Transformation for Women 40 and above 20.05.2026 7min

  Welcome to the Fab Fit Forty Plus Podcast: What Losing 100+ Pounds in Midlife Taught Me About Life, Love and LossThis is the show I spent twenty years looking for and could not find... So I made it!If you are a woman in your 40s, 50s or beyond, navigating perimenopause, menopause, postmenopause or simply the reality of midlife, and you are done with starting over, done with the shame, done with programs that promise everything and deliver nothing lasting, this podcast was made for you!My StoryIn my 30s I lost 75 pounds in six months following a super restrictive programme. And then I gained it all back — every single pound, and then some. The shame of that experience stayed with me for years, but ultimately taught me what doesn't work! In my mid-40s, in the middle of perimenopause, everything changed. I stopped punishing myself. I stopped following other people's rules. I lost over 100 pounds naturally. No pills, no injections, no procedures, no calorie counting, no extreme diets... and I have kept it off. This podcast is everything I wish I had been told.What This Podcast Is AboutEach episode is a real conversation. Raw, honest and always focused on helping you push through the blocks, uncover the ways you may be holding yourself back and make real progress on your weight loss and health transformation goals.You will find a mix of:* Personal stories from my own two-decade journey: the moments of failure, shame and breakthrough that the diet industry never talks about honestly* Science and research that genuinely changes how you understand your body, your hormones, your cravings and your mindset* Real-world strategies from the women I coach every dayThe Idea Behind EverythingStandards over rules.Not someone else's rules about what you should eat, how you should move or what your body should look like. Your standards built around knowing yourself, respecting yourself and deciding on your own terms what kind of life you want to live.No shame. No judgement. No pretending any of this is easy. Just honest conversations and real strategies from someone who has lived the transformation and kept it off.This Podcast Is For You If* You are done with quick fixes and fad diets * You are ready for a health transformation that is sustainable, genuinely joyful and entirely on your own terms* You are ready to be inspired and get actionable strategies that workSubscribe and ConnectNew episodes published two to three times per week.🎙️ Listen on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Goodpods and Castbox.Have a question, a topic you want me to cover, or something from this episode that landed for you? Send me an email at vera@fabfitfortyplus.com.RESOURCES:🥗 Sugar Decoder Guide - Stop letting sugar derail your progress, but also be able to enjoy sweet things in life on your own terms! ☀️ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠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! 🎧 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Free 8-Minute Motivation Meditation — transform your motivation for your weight loss journey in less than 8 minutes⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠🧠 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Complete Mindset Transformation Collection — 13 downloadable audio meditations / guided visualisations🥗 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Free Nutrition Guide — the 5 golden food standards that supported my 100+ pound transformation⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠📞 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Book a VIP Weight Loss Strategy Session — personalized 1-to-1 coaching tailored to your body, life, and goals⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠🌐 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Learn more about how I can help⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠🌐 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠fabfitfortyplus.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 📸 @fabfitfortyplus on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ DisclaimerThe content shared on this podcast is for informational and educational purposes only and does not constitute medical, nutritional or psychological advice. Always consult a qualified healthcare professional before making changes to your diet, exercise routine, medication or any other aspect of your health plan.
• You Don't Need to Punish Yourself to Lose Weight — Why Self-Love Is the Most Powerful Weight Loss Tool You've Never Been Told About - Weight Loss and Health Advice for Women 40 and Above 16.05.2026 55min

  What if everything you believed about motivation and weight loss was wrong?What if the harsh inner voice — the one that says you have no willpower, you always fail, you ruined everything — is not your fuel but your cage? What if the very thing you have been relying on to push yourself forward is the exact thing that has been holding you back?In this episode I am sharing something I spent two decades learning the hard way. Something that finally changed everything for me when I lost over 100 pounds in my mid-40s naturally and sustainably. And something that the diet and wellness industry has almost never talked about honestly.You do not need to punish yourself to lose weight. You never did!This episode is raw. It is personal. It goes to places that most health podcasts never go. And by the end of it, my hope is that you feel something you may not have felt in a very long time on your health journey. Seen. Understood. And genuinely, powerfully lighter — not just in body but in spirit.WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:The cruel inner voice that many of us recognize and why that voice is not your motivation but your most significant obstacleWhy punishing yourself actually felt safe — the psychological mechanism behind this that almost nobody talks about honestlyHow the harsh inner critic can become a self-fulfilling prophecy The science of self-compassion — why the research shows that kinder self-treatment produces better results Cravings — why they are one of the most shame-loaded experiences on a health journeySelf-sabotage — what it actually is, why it happens, and how to address it with loveThe reframe — specific language shifts from the most common self-punishing thoughts to genuinely more productive, kinder, and more effective ways of relating to the same experiencesWhat self-acceptance actually is and why it is the foundation of of a true sustainable health transformationTHIS EPISODE IS FOR YOU IF:You've been on your health journey and the inner critic has been your constant companionYou struggle to reconcile loving yourself as you are with wanting to changeYou feel shame around cravings and self-sabotage⁠SOMETHING EXCITING IS COMING!:⁠⁠⁠⁠I am building something specifically designed to help you manage cravings in real time — in those actual moments when they hit. ⁠⁠⁠⁠If cravings are a challenge for you, I'd love for you to be the very first to know when it launches. Join the waitlist here. ⁠⁠RESOURCES:🎧 Listen to the full Cravings episode 🎧 ⁠⁠⁠⁠Free 8-Minute Motivation Meditation — transform your motivation for your weight loss journey in less than 8 minutes⁠⁠⁠⁠🧠 ⁠⁠⁠⁠The Complete Mindset Transformation Collection — 13 downloadable audio meditations / guided visualisations at the launch price⁠⁠⁠⁠🥗 ⁠⁠⁠⁠Free Nutrition Guide — the 5 golden food standards that supported my 100+ pound transformation⁠⁠⁠⁠📞 ⁠⁠⁠⁠Book a VIP Weight Loss Strategy Session — personalized 1-to-1 coaching tailored to your body, life, and goals⁠⁠⁠⁠🌐 ⁠⁠⁠⁠Learn more about how I can help⁠⁠⁠⁠☀️ ⁠⁠⁠⁠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! It will be a gamechanger! ⁠⁠⁠⁠DID THIS EPISODE RESONATE WITH YOU?If so, please help more women find this show:⭐Leave a review on Apple Podcasts! 📲 Share this episode 🎙️ Subscribe or follow!ABOUT YOUR HOST: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.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.🌐 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠fabfitfortyplus.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 📸 @fabfitfortyplus on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🎙️ Fab Fit Forty Plus on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music
• 5 Weight Loss Quick Wins – 5 FREE Easy Wins to Support Your Health Transformation Journey Today — No Willpower, No Overhaul, Just One Small Change You Can Start Today! 14.05.2026 42min

  Transforming your health can often feel overwhelming and so often, so many of us don’t know where to start.  So often, the best way to start is not a massive overhaul, not changing ten things overnight, but actually picking just one small change.  Doable, manageable and within your control! Sounds good, but where do you start?  Well, today, I give you 5 suggestions for that one small thing that you can do today, right now, starting immediately and start to build progress on your health transformation!  And that is exactly what this episode is about. Welcome to the second episode of the Low Hanging Fruit series where I share 5 suggestions for easy quick wins to build confidence and gain momentum helping you on your weight loss and health transformation journey.  Today, I share 5 more quick wins based on my five pillars of a genuine health transformation – nutrition, movement, sleep, stress management and mindset! And, I clarify the real difference between a quick win and a quick fix!WHAT YOU'LL LEARN IN THIS EPISODE:The five pillars of true, sustainable weight loss and health: nutrition, movement, sleep, stress management, and mindsetThe nutrition quick win: a concept called "free sugar" that will change how you look at your daily glass of orange juiceThe movement quick win: bodyweight air squats – the perfect strength training exercise on the goThe sleep quick win: introducing the phone sunset and why it does your body wonders!The stress management quick win: morning light to jump start our body’s natural circadian rhythmThe mindset quick win: writing down one “WHY” that goes beyond the obviousTHIS EPISODE IS FOR YOU IF:You've tried big dramatic programs and diets and are ready to try something differentYou feel overwhelmed by the endless options and advice around healthYou're a woman over 40 who wants to lose weight naturally and sustainably without extreme diets, calorie counting, or punishing exerciseYou're in perimenopause, menopause or post-menopause You need a confidence boost — a small, real, achievable win — to remind yourself that you can do this⁠⁠SOMETHING EXCITING IS COMING! JOIN THE WAITLIST:⁠⁠⁠⁠I am building something specifically designed to help you manage cravings in real time — in those actual moments when they hit. ⁠⁠⁠⁠If cravings are a challenge for you, I'd love for you to be the very first to know when it launches. Join the waitlist here. ⁠⁠RESOURCES:🎧 ⁠⁠⁠⁠Free 8-Minute Motivation Meditation — transform your motivation for your weight loss journey in less than 8 minutes⁠⁠⁠⁠🧠 ⁠⁠⁠⁠The Complete Mindset Transformation Collection — 13 downloadable audio meditations / guided visualisations at the launch price⁠⁠⁠⁠🥗 ⁠⁠⁠⁠Free Nutrition Guide — the 5 golden food standards that supported my 100+ pound transformation⁠⁠⁠⁠📞 ⁠⁠⁠⁠Book a VIP Weight Loss Strategy Session — personalized 1-to-1 coaching tailored to your body, life, and goals⁠⁠⁠⁠🌐 ⁠⁠⁠⁠Learn more about how I can help⁠⁠⁠⁠☀️ ⁠⁠⁠⁠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! It will be a gamechanger! ⁠⁠⁠⁠DID THIS EPISODE RESONATE WITH YOU?If so, please help more women find this show:⭐Leave a review on Apple Podcasts! 📲 Share this episode with a friend, sister, mother, aunt, colleague, loved one🎙️ Subscribe or follow!ABOUT YOUR HOST: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 pills, no extreme diets, no self-punishment.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.🌐 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠fabfitfortyplus.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 📸 @fabfitfortyplus on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🎙️ Fab Fit Forty Plus on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music
• Not Another Protein Podcast — Why Protein Is About So Much More Than Muscle (And Why That Changes Everything) – Why is Protein for Women Important? 12.05.2026 57min

  Protein is everywhere right now. High-protein yogurts, high-protein cereals, high-protein ice cream. Celebrities talking about it. Influencers swearing by it. Entire supermarket aisles dedicated to it. And if you are anything like the women I work with, you might be either completely over it (wondering if this is just another low-fat moment in nutritional history) or fully on board but confused about how much you need, where to get it, and whether you really need to be drinking chalky protein shakes to get the benefit.Today I am doing protein differently. Because the conversation you've been hearing, the one about muscle, about gym bodies, about macros and protein targets, is missing the most important, most fascinating, most personally relevant parts of the story.Protein is not about a gym body. It is about the quality of life you want to live… Now and in twenty years. And by the end of this episode, you will understand why.WHAT YOU'LL LEARN IN THIS EPISODE:Why some of the protein marketing boom is genuinely important — and some of it is more about profit than nutrition — and how to tell the differenceWhat protein actually is — a full, clear explanation of amino acids, the 9 essential ones you must eat, and why they are the literal building blocks of everything in your bodyWhere protein actually goes in your body — and why muscle is only part of the story. Collagen. The gut. The liver. The immune system. The brain. The hormones. The skin, hair, and nails. Are most of us actually getting enough — the honest, nuanced picture Animal protein versus plant protein — an honest perspective from someone who has lived both sides of this debateWhy you almost certainly do not need protein powders, shakes, or barsTHIS EPISODE IS FOR YOU IF:You are sceptical about the current protein trend and want an honest, evidence-based perspective that cuts through the marketingYou currently think of protein primarily as something for people building gym bodies You are a woman over 40 navigating perimenopause, menopause, or post-menopause You are tired of being told to buy protein supplements and protein powders and want to know whether you actually need them⁠SOMETHING EXCITING IS COMING! JOIN THE WAITLIST:⁠⁠I am building something specifically designed to help you manage cravings in real time — in those actual moments when they hit. ⁠⁠If cravings are a challenge for you, I'd love for you to be the very first to know when it launches. Join the waitlist here. ⁠RESOURCES:🎧 ⁠⁠⁠Free 8-Minute Motivation Meditation — transform your motivation for your weight loss journey in less than 8 minutes⁠⁠⁠🧠 ⁠⁠⁠The Complete Mindset Transformation Collection — 13 downloadable audio meditations / guided visualisations at the launch price⁠⁠⁠🥗 ⁠⁠⁠Free Nutrition Guide — the 5 golden food standards that supported my 100+ pound transformation⁠⁠⁠📞 ⁠⁠⁠Book a VIP Weight Loss Strategy Session — personalized 1-to-1 coaching tailored to your body, life, and goals⁠⁠⁠🌐 ⁠⁠⁠Learn more about how I can help⁠⁠⁠☀️ ⁠⁠⁠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! It will be a gamechanger! ⁠⁠⁠DID THIS EPISODE RESONATE WITH YOU?If so, please help more women find this show:⭐Leave a review on Apple Podcasts! 📲 Share this episode 🎙️ Subscribe or follow!ABOUT YOUR HOST: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.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.🌐 ⁠⁠⁠⁠fabfitfortyplus.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ 📸 @fabfitfortyplus on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🎙️ Fab Fit Forty Plus on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music
• Cravings: Why You Get Them, What They Really Mean, and How to Finally Take Back Control - Managing and Dealing with Cravings when Losing Weight and Transforming your Health 04.05.2026 42min

  You know that feeling. You've had a genuinely good day. You ate well, you moved your body, you made choices you're proud of. And then 10pm hits, the house is quiet, you sit down, and suddenly an overwhelming, consuming need for something hits you out of nowhere. Ice cream. Chocolate. Crisps. All of it. And no amount of knowing better makes the slightest difference.If that sounds familiar, you are not broken, you are not weak, and you are absolutely not alone. Today's episode is a real, honest, deep conversation about what cravings actually are, what they're really telling you, and what you can do about them.WHAT YOU'LL LEARN IN THIS EPISODE:Why cravings are signals, not character flawsThe rebellion craving — why restrictive diets and the moralising of food are fuelling your cravings The thirst craving — the surprising connection between dehydration and food-seeking signals The blood sugar craving — why what you ate three hours ago is often the real cause of cravingsThe emotional craving — the most common, least talked about source of cravings, and what to actually do about itWhy the solution to cravings is never more willpower — and what actually works insteadThe five practical tools you can start using todayWhat "craving literacy" means and why developing it changes everythingTHIS EPISODE IS FOR YOU IF:You've ever felt powerless in the face of a cravingYou suspect your cravings might be more emotional than physical You're exhausted by the shame and frustration of cravings derailing your health and weight loss effortsSOMETHING EXCITING IS COMING — JOIN THE WAITLIST:I am building something specifically designed to help you manage cravings in real time — in those actual moments when they hit. If cravings are a challenge for you, I'd love for you to be the very first to know when it launches. Join the waitlist here. RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:🎧 ⁠⁠Free 8-Minute Motivation Meditation — transform your motivation for your weight loss journey in less than 8 minutes⁠⁠🧠 ⁠⁠The Complete Mindset Transformation Collection — 13 downloadable audio meditations / guided visualisations at the launch price⁠⁠🥗 ⁠⁠Free Nutrition Guide — the 5 golden food standards that supported my 100+ pound transformation⁠⁠📞 ⁠⁠Book a VIP Weight Loss Strategy Session — personalized 1-to-1 coaching tailored to your body, life, and goals⁠⁠🌐 ⁠⁠Learn more about how I can help⁠⁠☀️ ⁠⁠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! It will be a gamechanger! ⁠⁠DID THIS EPISODE RESONATE WITH YOU?If so, please help more women find this show:⭐Leave a review on Apple Podcasts - I read every review and it helps spread the word! 📲 Share this episode with a sister, mother, friend, colleague, loved one🎙️ Subscribe or follow so you don't miss any future episodes!⭐ And if this episode helped you, I'd love to hear about it! Send me a DM or email! ABOUT YOUR HOST: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, while building a business and living in France — surrounded by the world's finest pastries and bread. No drugs, no injections, no extreme diets, no self-punishment.In my 30s I lost 75 pounds fast using extreme methods and regained every pound. I know both roads. That experience is why I created The Standards Over Rules Method™ — my own framework built entirely from lived experience — which helps women transform their health from a place of self-love, not self-hate.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.🌐 ⁠⁠⁠fabfitfortyplus.com⁠⁠⁠ 📸 @fabfitfortyplus on ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠ 🎙️ Fab Fit Forty Plus on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music
• 5 Easy Wins to Start Your Weight Loss Journey Today: No Willpower, No Overhaul, Just One Small Change - 5 Low Hanging Fruit / Quick Wins To Try Today to Lose Weight and Transform Your Health 01.05.2026 31min

  What if the secret to transforming your health wasn't a complete overnight overhaul? What if it wasn't a new gym membership, a 30-day challenge, or a diet that leaves you exhausted and miserable by day four? What if it was just one small thing — today, right now, starting immediately?That is exactly what this episode is about. Welcome to the Low Hanging Fruit series — my favourite series on this podcast. Because this is where real, lasting transformation actually begins. Not with drama. Not with perfection. With one small, achievable, sustainable win that builds momentum, builds confidence, and builds the foundation for everything that comes next.In this first episode of the series I introduce the five pillars of true health transformation — the five areas that together create a genuinely healthy life, not just a quick fix — and give you one specific, practical, free suggestion for each one that you can start today. Not tomorrow. Not Monday. Today!WHAT YOU'LL LEARN IN THIS EPISODE:Why small changes, not dramatic overhauls, are what actually create lasting health transformationThe five pillars of true, sustainable weight loss and health: nutrition, movement, sleep, stress management, and mindset5 Simple actionable strategies that are free and easy for you to try today! THIS EPISODE IS FOR YOU IF:You've tried big dramatic programs and diets and you're exhausted by them and ready to try something differentYou're a woman over 40 who wants to lose weight naturally and sustainably without extreme diets, calorie counting, or punishing exerciseYou're in perimenopause or menopause and feel like you're doing everything right and still not making progressRESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:☀️ 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! It will be a gamechanger! 🎧 ⁠Free 8-Minute Motivation Meditation — reconnect with your true why and transform your motivation for your weight loss journey in less than 8 minutes⁠🧠 ⁠The Complete Mindset Transformation Collection — 13 downloadable audio meditations / guided visualisations at the launch price (includes the 2 meditations mentioned in this episode!)⁠🥗 ⁠Free Nutrition Guide — the 5 golden food standards that supported my 100+ pound transformation⁠📞 ⁠Book a VIP Weight Loss Strategy Session — personalized 1-to-1 coaching tailored to your body, your life, and your goals⁠🌐 ⁠Learn more about The Standards Over Rules Method™ and how I can help⁠DID THIS EPISODE RESONATE WITH YOU?If one of today's five suggestions made you think "I could actually do that today", please help more women find this show:⭐Leave a review on Apple Podcasts - I read every review and it helps spread the word! 📲 Share this episode with a sister, mother, friend, colleague, loved one🎙️ Subscribe or follow so you don't miss any future episodes!⭐ And if this episode helped you, I'd love to hear about it! Send me a DM or email! ABOUT YOUR HOST: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, while building a business and living in France — surrounded by the world's finest pastries and bread. No drugs, no injections, no extreme diets, no self-punishment.In my 30s I lost 75 pounds fast using extreme methods and regained every pound. I know both roads. That experience is why I created The Standards Over Rules Method™ — my own framework built entirely from lived experience — which helps women transform their health from a place of self-love, not self-hate.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.🌐 ⁠⁠fabfitfortyplus.com⁠⁠ 📸 @fabfitfortyplus on ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠, ⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠ 🎙️ Fab Fit Forty Plus on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music
• How to Say No to Food, Social Pressure and Sabotage — The One Skill Every Woman Over 40 Needs to Lose Weight for Good 17.04.2026 37min

  Does this sound familiar? You're doing really well with your health goals... and then someone puts a plate of food in front of you at a dinner party, or your colleague brings birthday cake to the office, or your family keeps pushing seconds at Sunday lunch — and suddenly all your good intentions crumble. You say yes when you meant to say no. And then comes the frustration, the guilt, the "I'll start again Monday."If you're a woman over 40 trying to lose weight naturally and sustainably, this is one of the most common — and least talked about — struggles on the journey. And in this episode, I'm sharing the one skill that made the single biggest difference in my own 100+ pound weightloss transformation in my mid-40s. It's not a diet. It's not a workout plan. It's not a supplement or a quick fix. It's learning HOW TO SAY NO with confidence, without guilt, and without making every social situation a battleground between your goals and your relationships.This is the superpower nobody in the weight loss world talks about. And once you develop it, everything changes.WHAT YOU'LL LEARN IN THIS EPISODE:Why "SAYING NO" is the single most underrated weight loss skill for women over 40The surprising connection between people-pleasing and weight gain How to navigate food pressure without isolating yourself or feeling deprived5 powerful, practical tips to feel less awkward and more confident when you say no Why getting comfortable with saying no is an act of self-love, not selfishnessTHIS EPISODE IS FOR YOU IF:You're a woman 40+ who keeps self-sabotaging around food in social situations You find yourself saying yes to food you don't even want, just to avoid conflict, awkwardness, or hurting someone's feelingsYou're ready to approach your weight loss journey from a place of self-love rather than self-punishmentRESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:🎧 Free 8-Minute Motivation Meditation — reconnect with your true why and transform your motivation for your weight loss journey in less than 8 minutes🧠 The Complete Mindset Transformation Collection — 13 downloadable audio meditations / guided visualisations at the launch price (includes the 2 meditations mentioned in this episode!)🥗 Free Nutrition Guide — the 5 golden food standards that supported my 100+ pound transformation📞 Book a VIP Weight Loss Strategy Session — personalized 1-to-1 coaching tailored to your body, your life, and your goals🌐 Learn more about The Standards Over Rules Method™ and how I can helpDID THIS EPISODE RESONATE WITH YOU?Here's how you can help more women find this show:⭐Leave a review on Apple Podcasts - I read every review and it helps spread the word! 📲 Share this episode with a sister, mother, friend, colleague, loved one🎙️ Subscribe or follow so you don't miss any future episodes!⭐ And if this episode helped you, I'd love to hear about it! Send me a DM or email! ABOUT YOUR HOST: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, while building a business and living in France — surrounded by the world's finest pastries and bread. No drugs, no injections, no extreme diets, no self-punishment.In my 30s I lost 75 pounds fast using extreme methods and regained every pound. I know both roads. That experience is why I created The Standards Over Rules Method™ — my own framework built entirely from lived experience — which helps women transform their health from a place of self-love, not self-hate.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.🌐 ⁠fabfitfortyplus.com⁠ 📸 @fabfitfortyplus on ⁠Instagram⁠, ⁠Facebook⁠, ⁠TikTok⁠ and ⁠YouTube⁠ 🎙️ Fab Fit Forty Plus on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music
• Why Quick Fix Weight Loss Programs Don't Work for Women Over 40 — and Why Slow Progress is Real Progress - Beach Body Quick Fix Weight Loss Programs Miss the Point Entirely and Here’s Why 04.04.2026 27min

  Have you ever done a 30-day challenge, a rapid weight loss programme, or a "get your beach body in 8 weeks" plan — lost weight quickly — and then watched every single pound creep back on? Maybe with extra? You're not weak. You're not a failure. You were just sold a lie.I know this road intimately. In my 30s, I lost 75 pounds in just 6 months using an extreme programme. I was thrilled. And then I gained every single pound back. That experience — as painful and humiliating as it was — became one of the most important turning points in my entire health journey. Because it forced me to ask a question nobody in the diet industry wants you to ask: what if fast results are actually the problem?In this episode I'm making the case for something the weight loss industry will never sell you — because there's no money in it. Slow progress. Real progress. Lasting transformation. If you're a woman over 40 who feels like your weight loss is taking too long, this episode will completely reframe how you think about your journey — and why the pace you're moving at might be exactly right.WHAT YOU'LL LEARN IN THIS EPISODE:Why quick fix weight loss programmes and beach body challenges are designed to fail you — and keep you coming backWhy fast weight loss is almost always unsustainable for women over 40The reason why slow progress is not only normal but actually a sign that your transformation is real and lastingWhy feeling like your weight loss is taking a long time is not a problem — it's proof that you're doing it rightHow to shift your mindset from "why is this taking so long" to "this is exactly how lasting change works"What sustainable weight loss actually looks like for women in midlife — and why it looks nothing like the programmes being marketed to youTHIS EPISODE IS FOR YOU IF:You're a woman 40+ who has tried quick fix diets or rapid weight loss programmesYou're feeling frustrated that your weight loss is slow You're ready to stop chasing a beach body and start building a healthy body that actually lastsRESOURCES IN THIS EPISODE:🎧 Free 8-Minute Motivation Meditation — less than 8 minutes to reconnect with your true why and transform your mindset for your weight loss journey🧠 The Complete Mindset Transformation Collection — 13 downloadable audio meditations / guided visualisations at the launch price🥗 Free Nutrition Guide — the 5 golden food standards that helped me lose 100+ pounds naturally in midlife📞 Book a VIP Weight Loss Strategy Session — personalised 1-to-1 coaching tailored to your body, your life, and your goals🌐 Start your transformation here!DID THIS EPISODE RESONATE WITH YOU?Here's how you can help more women find this show:⭐Leave a review on Apple Podcasts - I read every review and it helps spread the word! 📲 Share this episode with a sister, mother, friend, colleague, loved one🎙️ Subscribe or follow so you don't miss any future episodes!ABOUT YOUR HOST: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, while building a business and living in France — yes, surrounded by croissants and bread every single day. No drugs, no injections, no extreme diets, no self-punishment.In my 30s I lost 75 pounds in 6 months on an extreme programme and regained every pound. I know both roads firsthand. That experience is exactly why I created The Standards Over Rules Method™ — my own framework built from lived experience — which helps women transform their health from a place of self-love, not self-hate. Slow, sustainable, real.I work with women who want to lose 30, 50, 80 or 100+ pounds. The strategies are the same. The transformation is real.🌐 fabfitfortyplus.com 📸 @fabfitfortyplus on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok and YouTube 🎙️ Fab Fit Forty Plus on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music
• Should You Weigh Yourself Every Day? The Honest Answer for Women Over 40 — Plus One Game-Changing Tip to Track Your Weight Without the Emotional Rollercoaster 01.04.2026 31min

  Should you weigh yourself every day when you're trying to lose weight? It's one of the questions I get asked most by the women I work with — and honestly, the internet does not help. You'll find social media posts screaming "never weigh yourself, it's toxic!" right next to fitness influencers insisting you must track your weight daily or you're not serious. The truth, as usual, is more nuanced than either extreme.In this episode I'm giving you my real, honest answer — not a social media hook, not a glib quote, but the perspective of someone who has actually lost 100+ pounds in midlife and spent years figuring out what genuinely works for women over 40. Because the scale question isn't just about data. For most of us, it's deeply emotional. And how you use that number — or don't — can either support your weight loss journey or quietly sabotage it.I'm also sharing one pro tip at the end that completely changes the relationship between you and the scale. It lets you track the data without the drama. Simple, powerful, and something I wish someone had told me years ago.WHAT YOU'LL LEARN IN THIS EPISODE:The honest nuanced answer to "should I weigh myself every day" for women over 40Why daily weigh-ins work brilliantly for some women and can be actively harmful for othersThe surprising reasons why the number on the scale fluctuates daily — and why that fluctuation has nothing to do with your actual fat loss progressHow the emotional rollercoaster of daily weighing can derail your mindset and your motivation The one pro tip that helps you track your weight data without letting it control your mood, your confidence, or your dayTHIS EPISODE IS FOR YOU IF:You're a woman 40+ who feels anxious, defeated, or obsessed every time you step on the scaleYou're not sure whether tracking your weight is helping or hurting your weight loss journeyYou want to lose weight naturally and sustainably without the emotional drama that comes with obsessive scale-watchingRESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:🎧 Free 8-Minute Motivation Meditation — reconnect with your true why and transform your mindset for your weight loss and health journey in less than 8 minutes🧠 The Complete Mindset TransformationCollection — 13 downloadable audio meditations / guided visualisations at the launch price:🥗 Free Nutrition Guide — the 5 golden food standards that supported my 100+ pound natural transformation inmidlife📞 Book a VIP Weight Loss Strategy Session — personalised 1-to-1 coaching tailored to your body, your life, and your goals🌐 Learn more about The Standards Over Rules Method™DID THIS EPISODE HELP YOU?The scale is such a loaded topic for so many women — and you are not alone if you've ever let that number ruin your morning. If this episode gave you a new perspective or that pro tip genuinely helped, here's how you can pay it forward:⭐Leave a review on Apple Podcasts 📲 Share this episode 🎙️ Subscribe or follow 💬 Tell me your scale story - DM or email me! ABOUT YOUR HOST: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, while building a business and living in France — surrounded by croissants and the world's finest bread every single day. No drugs, no injections, no extreme diets, no self-punishment.In my 30s I lost 75 pounds in 6 months on an extreme programme and regained every pound. I know both roads. That experience is why I created The Standards Over Rules Method™ — my own framework born entirely from lived experience — which helps women transform their health sustainably, from a place of self-love rather than self-hate.I work with women who want to lose 30, 50, 80 or 100+ pounds. The strategies are the same. The transformation is real.🌐 fabfitfortyplus.com 📸@fabfitfortyplus on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook and YouTube 🎙️ Fab Fit Forty Plus on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music
• Free Guided Meditation for Weight Loss Motivation — 10 Minutes to Reconnect With Your Why and Reignite Your Health Transformation - Weight Loss Mindset for Women 40+ 01.04.2026 13min

  You know that feeling when you've been doing all the right things in your weight loss journey and yet somewhere along the way the motivation quietly drains away?This episode is for that moment!This is a guided meditation and audio visualisation I created specifically for women on a weight loss and health transformation journey, and it's unlike anything else in this space! It's not about restriction or punishment. It's about deeply reconnecting with the woman you are becoming. The healthy, vibrant, confident version of you who exists 10, 15, 20 years from now. Not a number on a scale. Not a dress size. A life. Her life. Your life!This meditation has already helped many women shift something fundamental in how they feel about their health journey. Whether you're a seasoned meditator or a complete sceptic who has never tried anything like this before, I invite you to press play, find a comfortable spot, and give yourself 10 minutes. Just don't listen while you're driving!WHAT THIS GUIDED MEDITATION WILL HELP YOU WITH:Reconnecting with your deep, personal WHY for your weight loss and health transformation, beyond the scale, beyond the dress sizeReigniting motivation when progress feels slow or you've hit a plateauShifting your mindset from frustration and self-criticism to self-compassion and genuine excitement about your health transformation journeyVisualizing the healthy, energetic, confident woman you are becomingFinding a sense of calm, clarity, and renewed purpose around your health goalsTHIS EPISODE IS FOR YOU IF:You're a woman 40+ who has lost motivation on your weight loss / health transformation journey and needs a resetYou've never tried meditation before and are curious but a little scepticalYou want a quick, powerful mindset tool you can return to any time your motivation dipsYou need a reminder of why your health journey matters👉 GET THE CLEAN VERSION OF THIS EPISODE HERE RESOURCES:🎧 ⁠Free Clean Version of This Meditation🧠 ⁠The Complete Mindset Transformation Collection — 13 downloadable audio meditations / guided visualisations at the launch price🥗 ⁠Free Nutrition Guide — the 5 golden food standards that supported my 100+ pound natural transformation in midlife⁠📞 ⁠Book a VIP Weight Loss Strategy Session — personalised 1-to-1 coaching tailored to your body, your life, and your goals⁠🌐 ⁠Learn more about The Standards Over Rules Method™⁠DID THIS MEDITATION HELP YOU?I'd genuinely love to know! ⭐Leave a review on Apple Podcasts 📲 Share this episode 🎙️ Subscribe or follow 💬 Tell me your scale story - DM or email me! ABOUT YOUR HOST: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, while building a business and living in France, surrounded by croissants and the world's finest bread every single day. No drugs, no injections, no extreme diets, no self-punishment.In my 30s I lost 75 pounds in 6 months on an extreme programme and regained every pound. I know both roads. That experience is why I created The Standards Over Rules Method™, my own framework born entirely from lived experience, which helps women transform their health sustainably, from a place of self-love rather than self-hate.I work with women who want to lose 30, 50, 80 or 100+ pounds. The strategies are the same! The transformation is real!🌐 ⁠fabfitfortyplus.com ⁠📸@fabfitfortyplus on ⁠Instagram⁠, ⁠TikTok⁠, ⁠Facebook⁠ and ⁠YouTube⁠ 🎙️ Fab Fit Forty Plus on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Amazon MusicIMPORTANT NOTE:Please do not listen to this meditation while driving or operating any machinery. LEGAL DISCLAIMER:I'm not a doctor, nutritionist, therapist, or medical professional. Everything shared on this podcast is for informational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. Always consult a qualified healthcare professional before making changes to your health routine.
• What If Losing Weight Didn't Have to Feel So Hard? The Raw, Personal Mindset Shift That Changed Everything for Me — and Could Change Everything for You - Mindset for Midlife Weight Loss 01.04.2026 26min

  What if the hardest thing isn't actually losing weight? And, it's actually continuing to struggle with your weight and health for another year, another five years, another decade?That reframe changed everything for me! In this episode, I'm sharing it with you in the most raw, personal, vulnerable way because I genuinely believe it could shift something fundamental in how you approach your health journey!If you're a woman over 40 who's finding losing weight in midlife "HARD", then this episode is for you. Because I've been exactly where you are. And I want to show you a different way of thinking about what "hard" actually means on this journey.Fair warning: this episode is deeply personal and vulnerable. I go to places I don't always go. But that's what makes it powerful! WHAT YOU'LL LEARN IN THIS EPISODE:The one mindset shift that reframes the "weight loss is too hard" story that keeps so many women stuck — for goodWhy continuing to struggle with your weight and health is actually far harder than making the decision to change How to find genuine, lasting motivation for your weight loss journey How to approach weight loss in perimenopause / menopause The raw personal story from my own journey that I don't share everywhere, and why I believe it has the power to shift something in youHow to move from "this is too hard and I'll never get there" to a place of genuine belief that your transformation is possibleTHIS EPISODE IS FOR YOU IF:You're a woman 40+ who is exhausted by the effort of trying to lose weight and has lost sight of why it mattersYou've done every diet, tried every programme, lost weight and regained it, and are running out of belief that things can be differentYou're in perimenopause or menopause and feel like your body and your motivation have both abandoned you at the same timeYou need a raw, honest conversation — not tips, not tactics, but a real shift in perspective — to get you moving againRESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:🎧 ⁠Free 8-Minute Motivation Meditation — when motivation runs out, this is where to start. A guided audio visualisation to reconnect you with your WHY in under 10 minutes!⁠🧠 ⁠The Complete Mindset TransformationCollection — 13 downloadable audio meditations / guided visualisations at the launch price:🥗 ⁠Free Nutrition Guide — the 5 golden food standards that supported my 100+ pound natural transformation inmidlife⁠📞 ⁠Book a VIP Weight Loss Strategy Session — personalised 1-to-1 coaching tailored to your body, your life, and your goals⁠🌐 ⁠Learn more about The Standards Over Rules Method™⁠DID THIS EPISODE HELP YOU?This is one of the most personal episodes I've recorded and I mean every word of it. If something landed for you — if a sentence hit differently, if you felt seen, if something shifted — I genuinely want to hear about it!⭐Leave a review on Apple Podcasts 📲 Share this episode 🎙️ Subscribe or follow 💬 Tell me your scale story - DM or email me! ABOUT YOUR HOST: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, while building a business and living in France — surrounded by croissants and the world's finest bread every single day. No drugs, no injections, no extreme diets, no self-punishment.In my 30s I lost 75 pounds in 6 months on an extreme programme and regained every pound. I know both roads. That experience is why I created The Standards Over Rules Method™ — my own framework born entirely from lived experience — which helps women transform their health sustainably, from a place of self-love rather than self-hate.I work with women who want to lose 30, 50, 80 or 100+ pounds. The strategies are the same. The transformation is real.🌐 ⁠fabfitfortyplus.com ⁠📸@fabfitfortyplus on ⁠Instagram⁠, ⁠TikTok⁠, ⁠Facebook⁠ and ⁠YouTube⁠ 🎙️ Fab Fit Forty Plus on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music