14d • General discussion
🔥Weight Loss, Fat Loss, and Why the Scale Can Lead Us in the Wrong Direction🔥
I want to talk about something that comes up with almost every woman I work with, especially women who are impatient with progress or who have taken (or considered taking) a GLP-1.
And that’s the difference between weight loss and fat loss.
They are not the same thing.
Weight loss simply means the scale went down. It does not tell us what was lost.
Weight loss can come from:
• water loss
• muscle loss
• inflammation shifts
• under-fueling
• stress
The scale doesn’t care how your body changed, only that it did.
Fat loss, on the other hand, is a biological process. It happens when the body feels supported, regulated, and safe enough to let go of stored energy.
That requires:
• adequate fuel (especially protein)
• preserved muscle
• managed stress
• recovery
• consistency over time
This distinction becomes even more important with GLP-1s.
GLP-1s can absolutely move the scale, often too quickly.
But if we only chase scale weight while appetite is suppressed, we can unintentionally:
• under-eat
• lose muscle
• slow metabolism
• feel more fatigued
• become less healthy than when we started
That’s how women end up lighter, but not better.
GLP-1s aren’t the problem. Focusing only on the scale without understanding fat loss, muscle, and metabolic health is.
For women 40+, muscle is not optional. It protects your metabolism, your hormones, your bones, and your long-term health.
That’s why inside this space, especially in Week 1, we are not obsessing over the scale.
Right now, we’re doing the work that allows fat loss to happen later:
• regulating stress
• stabilizing blood sugar
• supporting recovery
• protecting muscle
• lowering inflammation
This is what health and longevity actually look like.
This Week’s Mindset Shift
Instead of asking:
“Why isn’t the scale moving yet?”
Practice asking:
“Am I building a body that can lose fat, protect muscle, and stay healthy long-term?”
That question changes how you eat, move, recover and how patient you’re able to be.
Optional engagement question (recommended):
I want you to ask yourself this question and then answer in the comments below 👇
"Am I chasing weight loss… or am I building long-term health?"
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🔥Weight Loss, Fat Loss, and Why the Scale Can Lead Us in the Wrong Direction🔥
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