The Body Reset: How Women Should Eat & Exercise for Health, Fat Loss, & Energy

The Mel Robbins Podcast

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Education, Mental Health, Relationships, Self-improvement, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 10.6K Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2025

⏱️ 98 minutes

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Summary

Today's episode is a MUST listen. You will learn the surprising science of women’s exercise and nutrition, the mistakes you’re making, and the simple changes that lead to better health and longevity. For way too long, fitness and nutrition have been based on research done almost exclusively on men, and the women who have been following those strategies are left wondering why the fitness and nutrition guidelines don’t work for their bodies. That changes today. In this firecracker of an episode, Mel sits down with Dr. Stacy Sims, a world-renowned exercise physiologist and nutrition scientist, to break down exactly how you, as a woman, should be eating, training, and recovering for your hormones, metabolism, and overall health. Dr. Sims reveals why traditional fitness advice is failing women. She talks about how intermittent fasting drains your energy and why your workouts leave you exhausted instead of strong. She explains why fasted workouts, calorie restriction, and extreme cardio can actually make it harder to lose weight and what you should be doing instead to build muscle, burn fat, and feel amazing at every stage of life. Ever wonder why men seem to drop weight faster than you? Or why your workouts feel great one week and awful the next? There’s a reason for that. Dr. Sims will tell you, it’s all in your hormones. Inside this episode, you’ll learn: -Why women should NEVER train like men (and what to do instead) -The #1 mistake you’re making in the gym—and how to fix it -The truth about fasted workouts (spoiler: they might be wrecking your metabolism) -Why eating too little could be making you gain fat—not lose it -How to work with your cycle for better energy, results, and recovery -What every woman needs to know about perimenopause and menopause training If you’ve ever felt like your diet and workout plan isn’t working, this episode will change the way you approach fitness and nutrition forever. For more resources, click here for the podcast episode page. If you liked this episode, your next listen should be: Look, Feel, & Stay Young Forever: #1 Orthopedic Surgeon’s Proven Protocol Connect with Mel: Get Mel’s #1 bestselling book, The Let Them Theory Watch the episodes on YouTube Follow Mel on Instagram The Mel Robbins Podcast Instagram Mel's TikTok Sign up for Mel’s personal letter Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes ad-free Disclaimer

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0:00.0	Hey, it's your friend Mel, and welcome to the Mel Robbins podcast.
0:08.7	Okay, I have a confession.
0:10.9	I just learned, I'm almost embarrassed to tell you this, that for the last 40 years of my life,
0:17.5	I've been exercising all wrong.
0:40.6	And I bet you or someone that you love have to. And I just want to break this down because the conversation that I just had with the expert that you're about to meet who is on the faculty at Stanford has a PhD, 107 peer-reviewed research studies, she is going to break down all of the mistakes that women are making when it comes to nutrition and exercise. I mean, this is going to blow
0:46.0	your mind. After learning everything that she's about to share with you based on all of her research,
0:54.0	I as a woman, I feel like I've been
0:56.2	gaslit by bro science and the male fitness industry. For real. Like literally, all of the
1:01.7	things that I've been doing that work for guys don't work for women. And you need to
1:08.1	understand this. I mean, this is one of the most life-changing conversations I have had
1:13.3	since I started this podcast over two years ago. Starting tomorrow, I am a different person
1:18.3	because I understand why my husband can do certain things. Next thing you know, he looks great.
1:24.3	I do him? Nope. And have you ever heard that saying? Abs are made in the kitchen?
1:29.3	That's not true if you're a woman.
1:31.3	So if you're wondering, while the cardio in the world isn't working, why the nonstop yoga and
1:37.3	hit classes are just not hitting, it's because you're exercising like a dude.
1:42.3	It's time that you wake up and realize, like our expert says,
1:45.9	women are not small men. Women have fundamentally different biology. In fact, even our muscular
1:52.9	structure is different. And so she is going to take you and me down the list of all the things
1:58.8	that we have been told to do that are actually backfired.
2:02.4	That cold plunge, you and I are doing it wrong. The reps you're doing with all those weights,
2:07.2	doing them wrong. Intermittent fasting, probably not for you. And if you like me have worked out
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