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Behind the Body | Health, Fitness & Lifestyle for Women 40+

Andrea Cutuk, Founder of Behind the Body

At 38, I stood in a dressing room trying on the same size jeans I'd worn for years. They didn't fit. I hadn't changed anything but my body was different and I couldn't figure out why. If that feeling sounds familiar, you're in the right place. I lost 20 pounds and spent the next 10 years learning how to keep it off in real life, with a full schedule, stress, and all the hormonal changes that come with your 40s and 50s. That experience led me to become a double-certified Nutrition and Fitness Coach and build Behind the Body, a coaching and education platform for women in their 40s and 50s who are done losing the same weight over and over. The newsletter is where we start. Most coaches show you the first 90 days. Behind the Body is about the next 10 years. Subscribe below and join our community.

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Protein is in everything now. That's not the point after 40.

BEHIND THE BODY Diet • Fitness • Lifestyle for Women 40+ I haven't eaten meat in over 6 years. So when I tell you to eat more protein, I'm saying it as somebody who has to work for it. In a typical week, I usually hit my goal, or at least get close. In a busy week or when I'm traveling, I often don’t. And I have never once bought protein chips. Walk down any aisle right now, and protein is in everything. Chips, cereal, cookies, pancake mix, water. Things that never had it before now have it....

1 day ago • 4 min read
Behind the Body - Health and Wellness For Women Over 40

BEHIND THE BODY Diet • Fitness • Lifestyle for Women 40+ When I was around 40, I paid $1,600 for a peptide because I was hoping it could help me lose weight quicker. And I'm a double-certified Nutrition and Fitness Coach. I knew exactly how fat loss works. I was eating well. I was exercising. And I still bought a shortcut. Here's what was going on. I wanted to be thinner, no matter what. Even though I ate well and trained regularly, I was still looking for room for improvement and curious...

9 days ago • 3 min read

Hey Reader! You've lost weight before. Then it came back, and when you went to lose it again, it was harder the second time than it was the first. If that's your history, you probably blamed your willpower, or your age, or your hormones. There's something else going on, and it's something we barely pay attention to. The new episode is live. 🎧 New Episode: Muscle Loss After 40: Why Losing Weight Speeds It Up What we're chatting about: → Why how fast you lose weight decides how much of it is...

14 days ago • 1 min read

BEHIND THE BODY Diet • Fitness • Lifestyle for Women 40+ I have a photo of myself at 36 that I've shown on YouTube, social media, and I think even in one of my past newsletters. In it, I look relatively skinny. But I was skinny fat. I had zero muscle, I had cellulite, and I was soft and smushy. I hated my body. What's crazy about that photo is how hard I was working at the time. And by working, I mean trying everything to be smaller: eating as little as possible, exercising my butt off,...

16 days ago • 3 min read

Hey Reader! If someone has ever told you that you look great and you answered with the list of things you still want to fix, raise your hand 🙋🏻♀️. This week's episode is about that reflex. I have it too. But a few weeks ago I got to watch it from the other side, and I haven't stopped thinking about it since. The new episode is live, and it started with a single photo one of my clients sent me before her vacation. 🎧 New Episode: Weight Loss Journey After 40: How to See Your Progress What we're...

21 days ago • 1 min read

BEHIND THE BODY Diet • Fitness • Lifestyle for Women 40+ I'm the happiest I have ever been with my body. I'm 45, and I've kept 20 pounds off for 10 years. I’m strong, and I honestly like what I see in the mirror more than I did at 35. And I still pick myself apart ALL THE TIME. I'm built like a 12-year-old boy. No waist, no hips, and when I gain weight, it shows up everywhere at once, so there’s no hiding it. I will catch my reflection on a good day, and instead of seeing a strong, healthy...

23 days ago • 3 min read

Hey Reader! You finally get serious in the gym: 4 or 5 workouts a week, sore muscles you didn't know existed. But you see zero progress, or worse, your jeans get tighter instead of looser. If that's ever been your experience, this week's episode was made for that moment. There's a physical reason it happens, and once you understand it, it changes where you put your effort. This week’s episode is live. 🎧 New Episode: Lose Weight Without Exercise After 40 What we're chatting about: → The...

28 days ago • 1 min read

BEHIND THE BODY Diet • Fitness • Lifestyle for Women 40+ Last month I went 3 weeks without a single workout, the longest I've gone in a while. Surgery recovery first, then a vacation, back to back. I don't weigh myself often, and I definitely don't do it when I haven't worked out for a couple weeks, and I'm about to leave for vacation. But this time I wanted the data. Pure curiosity. Before I left, I weighed 145 lbs. When I got back, I knew I was in a good place. I felt it. And when I stepped...

30 days ago • 3 min read

Hey Reader! If you've ever cooked 2 dinners, the family's pasta and your own plate of chicken and vegetables, and eaten yours while watching them eat theirs, this week's episode is going to hit home. This week's episode is live. 🎧 New Episode: Low Carb After 40: Why the Weight Always Comes Back What we're chatting about: → Why the first 2 low-carb weeks feel like proof that carbs were the problem → The conversation with my mammogram technician that made me finally record this one → My own...

about 1 month ago • 1 min read

BEHIND THE BODY Diet • Fitness • Lifestyle for Women 40+ I've dropped a lot of things from my diet over the years. Carbs, sugar, dairy, gluten, all animal products. Protein was never one of them. Not during my strictest phases, not on vacation, not in the busiest weeks of my life. It's the one thing in my diet I treat as non-negotiable because, for muscle retention and building, and even as a weight-loss and maintenance tool, it's a MUST over 40. And I want to share what that looks like on a...

about 1 month ago • 3 min read