The Body Reset: How Women Should Eat & Exercise for Health, Fat Loss, & Energy | Dr. Stacy Sims

(instrumental music plays) It often has felt like, to me, as I've learned more and more, like, oh my God, wait a minute, we've just kinda treated women and our health almost like if you're golfing. There's the tee that's further back for the guys, and there's the tee that's a little bit, like, closer for the women, and we're just gonna treat everybody the same but shrink it a little bit.

Well, take running shoes-

Yeah.

... or a bicycle. All they do is they make it a little bit smaller, maybe put some pink on it and say it's a woman's product. (screen swooshes) We experience things differently as women than men do, but that's not ever really explained. When we look at the trends of the fasted training, don't eat before, it's all on male data. If you look at most women who make a point to get up, do some training, go exercise, and after four weeks of following the same kinda training program as their male partner, their male partner has gotten leaner, fitter, better focus, all of the things that you want outta fitness. And the woman's like, "How come I'm fatter and tired?" (screen swooshes) We have gotten into a societal idea that we all live in the same kind of temperature. We have automatic garage door openers. We are, have created this environment where we don't move, and if we're talking about, "How do we just make one small change to improve our mental health?" that's exercise. (clock ticks)

Hey, it's your friend Mel. Welcome to the Mel Robbins Podcast. I am absolutely thrilled that you're here. I am on such a... I don't even know what to say it. I feel so excited about what we're talking about today. It is gonna be liberating. It is such an honor to spend time with you, to be together with you, but especially when we're gonna have a conversation that is gonna light you on fire and make you feel both mad and empowered. Let's fricking go. And if you're a new listener, I wanna take a moment and just welcome you. Welcome to the Mel Robbins Podcast family. And boy, have you picked a winner of a conversation to listen to. Because you made the time to listen to this particular episode, here's what I already know about you. You're the type of person who values your health. You want the facts. You want the science. You want results, and that's what you deserve. And if someone sent this to you, that's really cool because they care about you, and they want you to have the science and the facts and the correct information so that you can take better care of yourself too. I cannot wait for you and I to learn from Dr. Staci Sims today. Now, Dr. Sims is a globally recognized expert in women's health, exercise physiology, and nutrition science. She has a PhD in exercise physiology and nutrition science. She's on the faculty at Stanford, teaching about lifestyle medicine, and at Auckland University of Technology, teaching sports medicine. She is a renowned researcher and has directed research programs at Stanford, Auckland University of Technology, and the University of Waikato, and she has published, check this out, 107 peer-reviewed research papers, which in normal-person speak is a ton. Her research has revolutionized how women, mm-hmm, women approach fitness, especially during menopause and hormone changes. She's the author of two groundbreaking books, Roar and The Next Level. She also has a daughter and, just like me, is in her mid-50s, juggling a big career, a marriage, motherhood, and hormone changes. She has so much to teach you today, and we are gonna go straight for the bro science. We are going to tell you the mistakes and the lies that you've been told. We're gonna tell you the truth based on the research about what works for women and what doesn't. We're gonna teach you why the things that you've been doing have been backfiring. It's because you have been exercising like a dude, and it is time for you to exercise like a woman. I am so fired up for you to be here. I am fired up to learn with you, and I am fired up for all of the women and the young women in your life that you're gonna share this with. So please help me welcome Dr. Staci Sims to the Mel Robbins Podcast. Dr. Staci Sims, I am so thrilled that you're here in our Boston studios. I have been waiting a long time to be able to sit down, meet you, and learn from you. I'm s- just thrilled that you're here.