# @amandanighbertrd on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DXmQQYADbLe
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/64627677-amandanighbertrd-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-04-26T14:11:33.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Amanda Nighbert, Registered Dietitian (@amandanighbertrd) — https://gondola.cc/amandanighbertrd

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Hear me out before you close this. 🙋‍♀️

Your daily cardio. I am not saying stop moving your body. Movement is everything.

But if you are doing an hour of cardio every day and nothing is happening — that chronic cardio is likely fueling your inflammation and making weight loss harder, not easier. Here’s why:

Excessive cardio without enough recovery spikes cortisol significantly. Elevated cortisol = elevated inflammation = your body storing fat, not burning it.

After 40 your cortisol is already harder to regulate. Piling on daily cardio is like yelling at a fire to go out. Signs your cardio might be working against you:

→ Exhausted but can’t sleep
→ Hungrier than ever after workouts
→ Belly fat isn’t moving despite miles logged
→ Feeling puffy and inflamed after hard sessions The missing piece is almost never more exercise. It’s better nutrition.

When you get your food right first — inflammation drops, cortisol regulates, and the workouts you’re already doing finally start producing results.

That’s why LEAN is built around the principle that nutrition is 80% of the equation.

Inside LEAN you get customized macros, 2 full meal plans with grocery lists and prep guides, weekly nutrition education from a Registered Dietitian, AND 5 workouts a week — structured to support fat loss without spiking cortisol.

Work smarter, not just harder. 4 weeks. $149.

Starts May 4th. Link in bio to join. 👇

#TooMuchCardio  #NutritionOverExercise #LEANProgram #InflammationAndExercise  #CortisoBellyFat

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leanprogram, inflammationandexercise, toomuchcardio, nutritionoverexercise, cortisobellyfat

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