Thrive45Method™ with Nutritionist Stacey Nicole Smith

This episode was inspired by all of the recipes I see online for making meals with cottage cheese and greek yogurt.  They claim that because they're high protein and relatively low in calories that they're the perfect food. If you are having challenges losing weight over 40 and feel like you're doing everything right - this one's for you. I share with you how dairy may be impac...

If you're a woman over 40 and struggling to lose weight, and you may even be gaining weight even though you haven't changed anything in your diet and lifestyle, this is for you. Most women will turn to either calorie counting, eliminating carbs or intermittent fasting to lose weight - but those types of diets not only don't effectively work at this age - they can backfire. Food is m...

Food is not just calories.  It's a messenger. Especially as we enter into perimenopause this is more important than ever. You may have found that the things you did in your 20's and 30's to lose weight are no longer working. Or maybe you haven't changed anything and you can't understand why you're gaining weight. Maybe you feel like you're doing everything right...

I'm so happy to present this episode to you - it's good news. I hear from so many women who are frustrated because they think they're doing everything right to lose weight but it's just not working. It's not that your body is broken - it's simply that a different approach is required. An approach that works with our changing hormones at this age. In today's episo...

In today's episode we talk about how alcohol affects weight loss in perimenopause and menopause. I also share with you a little of my story of how I quit drinking alcohol over 3 years ago on my 48th birthday and the 4 steps I used to help me do it. I hope you find this valuable.  Please be sure to share this episode with someone you think it can help, and follow this show to be notified when...

As a woman trying to lose weight in peri or menopause you may be feeling frustrated because it seems like nothing is working and that weight gain is inevitable at this age. This is simply not the case.  The issue is - the things we used to do in our 20's and 30's to lose weight may no longer apply.  And one of those methods is by using willpower. In today's episode we discuss WHY wi...

In this episode I discuss why weight loss plateau's happen and why they are common on your weight loss journey. I also help you out with actionable steps you can take today to get through a weight loss plateau.  These steps can help you achieve success in achieving your weight loss goals. I have been a Nutritionist since 2006, helping women break out of the diet cycle and live in a body they...

On this episode we talk about how to have food work for you towards your weight loss goals and how certain foods can stimulate the production of GLP-1 - the active ingredient in many medications being used for weight loss. I always recommend food and lifestyle before medications.  There is a lot that can be done simply through food and lifestyle without having to resort to medications (which can c...

This is a question I get asked frequently - can you drink alcohol and still lose weight? Especially in perimenopause & menopause with the fluctuations of our hormones at this time. It is not simply calories in versus calories out, especially when it comes to alcohol. In today's episode I explain how alcohol affects weight loss, especially in peri and menopause. If you found this helpful d...

As we enter into perimenopause you may notice that they things you used to do to lose weight are no longer working.  Our body is in fact changing, and the key is in knowing how to eat to work with our changing hormones, not against them (which many restrictive diets will do). Today we talk about the importance of eating enough protein for weight loss in perimenopause and menopause. https://linktr....

Many women are frustrated that they not only gain weight due to the hormonal fluctuations of perimenopause and menopause, but that the things they used to do to lose weight are no longer working. In this episode I help you to understand why we gain weight at this age, and why some of the things we used to do in our 20's and 30's to lose weight are no longer working. In this episode I spe...