{"podcast":{"title":"The Leaner You Podcast with Daniel Rosenthal and Santo Chiappetta","slug":"the-leaner-you-podcast-with-daniel-rosenthal-and-santo-chiappetta-7244823","podcast_index_feed_id":7244823,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/1005eb3c4/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://www.rosentrain.com","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/42911737/42911737-1770393149542-3555adc86fc97.jpg","author":"Daniel Rosenthal (aka @rosentrain)","episode_count":69,"summary":"Tired of trying every diet and still not seeing results? The Leaner You Podcast helps moms over 40 lose weight, build muscle, and feel stronger - without crash diets, food guilt, or spending hours in the gym. Hosted by strength and nutrition coaches Daniel Rosenthal and Santo Chiappetta, who’ve helped hundreds of women transform their bodies, each episode tackles real questions from real women, giving you simple, proven strategies that actually work. 📩 Got a question? DM @rosentrain on Instagram. 🎧 New episodes every week.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-08T16:18:29.871374+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-leaner-you-podcast-with-daniel-rosenthal-and-santo-chiappetta-7244823"},"episode":{"title":"#58 - How To Lose Weight In Perimenopause When Nothing Works","slug":"58-how-to-lose-weight-in-perimenopause-when-nothing-works","published_at":"2026-03-23T07:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-leaner-you-podcast-with-daniel-rosenthal-and-santo-chiappetta-7244823/58-how-to-lose-weight-in-perimenopause-when-nothing-works","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-leaner-you-podcast-with-daniel-rosenthal-and-santo-chiappetta-7244823","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/leaner-you-podcast/episodes/58---How-To-Lose-Weight-In-Perimenopause-When-Nothing-Works-e3gqao6","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/1005eb3c4/podcast/play/117303494/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-2-22%2F420533526-44100-2-a88c839490f1.mp3","summary":"Book a 10-minute Strategy Call with Daniel: ⁠rosentrain.com/strategy-call⁠ What used to work doesn’t work anymore in perimenopause. Same meals, same workouts, same effort… worse results. In this episode, we break down why that’s happening and why it’s not your metabolism. You’ll learn what actually changes during this stage of life, why your old approach stops working, and how to adapt your strategy to match your current reality. Timestamps 00:00 Why perimenopause makes it feel like nothing works 02:20 The metabolism myth (and what the data actually shows) 06:30 What actually changed: sleep, recovery, stress, movement 11:00 Muscle loss and why body composition shifts 14:30 How small calorie surpluses add up over time 17:45 Sleep, hunger, and inconsistency cycles 20:30 Why lack of structure breaks everything 23:30 Hormones vs fat gain: what’s really happening 25:30 Why your old approach no longer fits your life 28:30 Building a structure that actually works now 31:30 Why calorie tracking feels hard (and how to simplify it) 36:00 Protein targets and why they matter more now 38:30 Steps, movement, and suburban life 42:00 HIIT vs strength training and recovery limits 46:30 Sleep, alcohol, and decision-making 52:00 Weekends: how progress gets undone 57:00 Social vs special occasions 1:02:00 Planning vs winging it 1:07:00 Doing the work even when you don’t want to 1:11:00 Perimenopause, difficulty, and personal responsibility 1:15:00 Why calorie deficits “stop working” 1:20:00 Adjusting your approach to your current life 1:22:30 Medical considerations and taking control 1:24:00 Final takeaway (Study) "Daily energy expenditure through the human life course": https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abe5017 Episode 16 ("You're Exercising, But You're Not Stren…","meta_description":"Book a 10-minute Strategy Call with Daniel: ⁠rosentrain.com/strategy-call⁠ What used to work doesn’t work anymore in perimenopause. Same meals, same worko…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5060,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-leaner-you-podcast-with-daniel-rosenthal-and-santo-chiappetta-7244823/episodes/58-how-to-lose-weight-in-perimenopause-when-nothing-works/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-leaner-you-podcast-with-daniel-rosenthal-and-santo-chiappetta-7244823/58-how-to-lose-weight-in-perimenopause-when-nothing-works.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}