# 82. Lose belly fat, fix sleep & build muscle after menopause: Tammy’s story

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Podcast: [It's Not You, It's Your Hormones](https://stenobird.com/podcast/it-s-not-you-it-s-your-hormones-7334255)
Published: 2026-09-08T10:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

She came in at 65, exhausted, sleeping through the night maybe half the week, and thick around the middle after a decade of trying everything. 17 pounds later she's back under her college weight and sleeping through the night, and this is the case study of how we did it.

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