If you missed today's call, watch the replay. Seriously. Elena broke down the stuff nobody explains properly — how muscle actually gets built, why most workouts backfire for women over 40, and how to train hard without wrecking your hormones in the process. Here's the short version of what we covered: 1. Muscle is the goal. Not the scale. Muscle is your engine. It's what burns fat while you sit still, protects your joints, and keeps your metabolism from sliding. Every year past 40 you lose it quietly unless you give your body a reason to keep it. That reason is resistance training. 2. More is not better. Better is better. This was the big one. Long, grinding, exhausting workouts spike cortisol — your stress hormone. High cortisol tears down the exact things you're trying to build: muscle, collagen, bone. So you can absolutely work out hard and still go backward. 3. There's a right way to train — and it's simpler than you think. You don't need two hours. You don't need to be sore for three days. You need progressive resistance, enough recovery, and enough protein to actually rebuild. That's the whole game. 4. Recovery is part of the workout, not a break from it. Sleep is when the rebuilding happens. Under-eating and chronic stress cancel out good training. If you're doing everything right in the gym and nothing is changing, look at those three first.

I needed some fresh meal ideas last week and tried the Chicken Cacciatore out of Dr. Golman's recipes and it hit the spot! Delicious! For another meal I used a whole red pepper, deseeded and cut in half. I scored it gently in a few places so I could put it on the grill with a homemade smash burger. I preheated the grill, added both the burger and pepper halves, salted and peppered generously and closed the grill until done. It was incredibly delicious with mustard, and a sliced up dill pickle. I then went on a bit of a smash burger kick - serving them on lettuce with garden tomato slices, mustard and pickle. So tasty!

If you've been eating clean, working out, and still watching the scale creep up (especially around the belly)… I want you to hear this: Nothing is wrong with you. ❤️ One of the biggest hidden culprits we see is stress. When cortisol stays high from poor sleep, undereating, or overtraining, your body shifts into protection mode and holds onto fat. 🛡️ Your body will always choose safe over lean. So this week, try sending it a new message: 🚶‍♀️ Swap intense cardio for a morning walk 😴 Protect 7–9 hours of sleep 🌬️ Take 3 minutes a day for slow, deep breathing Simple? Yes. Powerful? Absolutely. 💪 FAST40 members: this is a big part of why the protocol works. Stay the course. 🌱 Free community: this could be the missing piece you've been looking for. 👇 Drop a comment: What's your biggest stress right now? Talk soon,

Good Morning! New to the group and program! Excited to post I am on day 8 of the program and down 10lbs! I haven’t been able to lose weight for so long I can barely believe my eyes when I weigh in every day! Love working with Dr.G!

This is one way I love to enjoy my apples! Especially since it's fall, I have been harvesting apples, filling a crock pot and in 4 hours have this delicious apple butter. I enjoy it as my fruit and have frozen some as well in silicone muffin cups. Thank you to Oh She Glows for the delicious and easy sugar free recipe - just apples and cinnamon! https://ohsheglows.com/slow-cooker-naked-apple-butter/