# @ciarafoyinc on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DNBEb1RR9Ty
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- **Posted:** 2025-08-06T14:21:19.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Ciara Foy // Nutritionist • Hormone Expert • 20 Yrs (@ciarafoyinc) — https://gondola.cc/ciarafoyinc

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The fitness industry will hate me for saying this, but I’m sharing the SCIENCE anyway.

At 49, with 20+ years of clinical practice helping perimenopausal women, I see this constantly: 

Millions of women saying “what I used to do doesn’t work anymore” and they’re being told they’re LYING.

“Just eat in a calorie deficit! You’re not tracking properly! You’re eating more than you think!”

STOP. You’re not crazy. You CAN be in a calorie deficit and not lose weight after 40.

Here’s what’s really happening:

Your A1C looks “normal” at 5.4 or 5.5. Your doctor says everything’s fine. But what they don’t tell you is it took YEARS of high insulin to get here.

Before your glucose started creeping up, your body was overproducing insulin to keep your blood sugar low. You’ve been insulin resistant for YEARS without knowing it.

Here’s why it’s worse after 40:

🔥 Declining estrogen = decreased insulin sensitivity (estrogen supports insulin function)

💪 Muscle loss = slower metabolism and worse glucose control

⚡ Acute stress = insulin resistance can develop in just 24 HOURS

🩸 High insulin = fat storage hormone that makes weight loss feel nearly impossible

The fitness industry gaslights you because they don’t understand female physiology.

YES, you need a calorie deficit to lose fat. But when insulin resistance is driving inflammation, blood sugar chaos, energy crashes, and cortisol spikes - your body FIGHTS that deficit.

You end up exhausted, hangry, and storing fat around your midsection despite “doing everything right.”

The solution isn’t eating less. It’s addressing the insulin resistance FIRST.

But most fitness professionals aren’t studying this exact science like I have for the past two decades.

🔥 Comment “INSULIN” for my free masterclass: “The Insulin Advantage: A Metabolic Reset for Women Over 40” 

LIVE-Wednesday August 13th at 10am PST/1pm EST

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