Michelle W. | Age 51

July 2025 Client of the Month
Why Weight Loss Alone Wasn’t Enough: Michelle’s Shift to Real Results After 50

Michelle came to me because she wanted to level up. She already had lost 80 lbs on her own. She built up her discipline. She loves lifting. She was tracking. And even working with a trainer...

Most would agree she was doing all the right things...

So why wasn't she seeing more results? She still didn’t have the shape or muscle tone she had worked so hard for.

Here’s why:
There’s a massive difference between losing weight and losing fat while building muscle.
And most women aren’t taught that.

Michelle had been focused on the scale, like so many of us are conditioned to do.
But shrinking on the scale doesn’t mean your body composition is improving.

In fact, after a certain point, just losing weight starts to backfire:
— You lose muscle
— Your metabolism adapts and slows
— You feel “softer,” not leaner
— And the number goes down... but nothing changes in the mirror

That’s the exact plateau Michelle hit.
She was doing all the “right” things but her plan wasn’t built to take her body to the next level.

That’s where we came in.

She didn’t need more restriction.
She didn’t need more cardio.
And she sure as hell didn’t need another generalized workout plan built for 20-somethings.

What Michelle needed was a recomposition strategy. One that prioritized:

✔ Muscle growth through progressive training
✔ Protein intake that supported recovery and shape
✔ Active Recovery
✔ A hormone-friendly plan to work with her body in perimenopause, not against it

One Year In:

✓ Lifting 5x/week
✓ Eating 165g of protein daily
✓ Fasting 20:4 twice per week
✓ Preparing for her first photoshoot in September
✓ Rebuilding shape, structure, and confidence that reflects her hard work

This is what happens when weight loss ends and body transformation begins.

Michelle didn’t plateau because she was lazy.
She plateaued because weight loss and body recomposition require two different strategies.

Now she’s working smarter.
And her results speak for themselves.

She dropped 9 inches off her waist and 10% bf loss!

This is what happens when you stop guessing and start working with a team who's been where you are. If you’re doing everything “right” and still not seeing the shape you want…

It’s not your effort.
It’s your approach.

You need a new strategy.
One that supports your hormones.
One that values muscle.
One that’s built for your current phase of life — not the one you’ve outgrown.

If you're ready to rewrite your own story after 40, let me show you how. Click here to apply.