Choosing you in your 50's

About this episode

Heather discusses the challenges of losing weight in your 50s, sharing personal experiences and insights on fitness and motivation.

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of The Message in the Mess, Heather gets raw, real, and a little hilarious about what it truly looks like to try and lose weight in your 50s. Spoiler: it’s not like your 20s… or your 30s… or honestly anything your metabolism ever tried to prepare you for. Heather opens up about walking back into the gym after years away — how the hardest part wasn’t the workout, but the courage it took to walk through the door. She talks about battling hormones, a...

People in this episode

Host: Heather Presley Leydekkers

Topics covered

• weight loss
• aging
• fitness
• metabolism
• self-care

Keywords

• weight loss
• 50s
• fitness
• metabolism
• hormones
• gym
• self-acceptance

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