The Midlife Mom Edit: Redefining Health & Wellness Over 40
Are you a mom in your 40s or beyond, watching your body change in ways you didn't expect and can't quite explain? The weight creeping up despite doing everything right. Dragging through every day with exhaustion. The overwhelming amount of information online that leaves you more confused than when you started. You don't need more information. You need the right information, and someone to help you cut through the noise. The Midlife Mom Edit is the place to come when you're done with the overwhelm and ready for real answers. Each week, host Ashley Malik — women's health coach, certified life coach, and MSW — brings you actionable strategies on weight loss, mindset, strength training, anti-inflammatory nutrition, GLP-1s, and hormones. Everything that actually matters for feeling strong, healthy, and more vibrant than you have in years. After losing 65 pounds in perimenopause, healing her gut, surviving breast cancer, and helping countless women transform their health in midlife, Ashley knows that the women who feel the best over 40 aren't the ones who try harder. They're the ones who learn to think differently. This is your season. It's time to edit the story you've been telling yourself about midlife. To learn more and work with Ashley directly, visit ashleymalik.com.
The Midlife Mom Edit: Redefining Health & Wellness Over 40
3 Lessons From Losing 65 Lbs
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How in the world do you stay consistent and "motivated" long enough to lose 65 lbs?
As I reflect on my 50th year (which I hoped would be my healthiest year ever), I recognized that the health lessons I really needed, I learned when I lost 65 lbs in my late 40s.
When people ask me how I stayed consistent, it all came down to three big lessons, which I unpack here.
In this episode:
📌 Learning how to work with your brain instead of fighting against it's natural wiring, allows you to stay consistent whether you have motivation or not.
📌 Find small wins, because motivation and discipline don't show up everyday. Finding excitement in the small wins can help you keep moving toward your bigger goal.
📌 The truth is that sustained weight loss is long and boring...but you can train you brain to celebrate all the victories along the way!
If you're struggling with your weight loss journey, or you want to be more resilient in midlife and beyond, this is the episode for you!
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