The Stop. Dieting. Forever. Podcast with Jennifer Dent Brown
Is your dieter's mindset keeping you overweight?
Good question, right? Think about it—have all those diet rules actually helped you reach your forever weight? If you're here, chances are they haven’t.
I get it. And that’s exactly why I created the Stop. Dieting. Forever. podcast.
This isn’t just about weight loss—it’s about reinvention. The version of you that keeps the weight off for good doesn’t follow diet rules. She thinks differently. She acts differently. And that’s what I’ll help you do.
Each week, I’ll show you how to break free from the dieter’s mindset, rewire your habits, and step into your future self—the healthy, confident woman you crave to become.
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EP 299. Why Nothing Is Working: 3 Steps to Start Losing Weight Again When Diet Culture and Birth Control Set Us Up to Struggle in Perimenopause
You're doing everything right and your body is not responding. It didn't start in perimenopause. I'm breaking down the decades of food, hormones, and stress that led here, and the 3 steps to finally get your body to respond. GLP-1 conversation included.
EP 298.How to Find Time to Lose Weight - For The Busy, Midlife Woman Who Handles Everything
Waiting for the right time to focus on weight loss? This episode names what that's actually costing you. I break down why busy isn't your real problem, what is, and how women who actually lose weight do it without waiting for their schedule to clear. Weight loss for busy women starts here.
EP 297. How To Lose Weight Again When Nothing Is Working
If you're exercising five days a week, eating mindfully, and the scale is barely moving — this episode on weight loss in perimenopause is the one you've been waiting for. I'm breaking down why the strategies that used to work have stopped working, and what your perimenopausal body actually needs right now to release weight again.
EP 296. How to Stop Food Noise in Perimenopause (Without a GLP-1)
Food noise in perimenopause isn't a hunger problem — it's a nervous system problem. In this episode, Jennifer Dent Brown breaks down The Root, a four-part filter to stop food noise for good, lose weight after 40, and keep it off permanently. No GLP-1 required. Your plan wasn't wrong. It was incomplete.
EP 294. How Women Over 40 Lose Weight Faster When They Stop Focusing Only on Food
If you're eating right and still stuck, this episode explains why. Weight loss after 40 isn't just a food problem — it's a primary food problem. Learn the three-step audit that reveals the real hunger driving your emotional eating, and why fixing this is what finally moves the scale for women over 40.
EP 293 How to Stop Stress Snacking After Work
If stress snacking after work is keeping weight on you, this episode is your answer. Learn why evening cravings hit harder after 40, what your cravings are actually telling you about your hormones, and the one 15-minute shift that stops stress snacking for good. No willpower required.
EP 292 When the Math Isn't Mathing: Why Counting Calories Isn't Helping You Lose Weight
If counting calories isn't working, the problem isn't your math. It's your identity. In this episode, I break down exactly why calorie counting fails women over 40, introduce the 20-minute Pause Method, and show you the one mindset shift that finally gets the scale moving. Stop counting. Start changing. Because calorie counting was never the real solution.
EP 291. Heather Hanson: Losing 25 Pounds in 6 Months in Perimenopause and How She’s Keeping It Off
Heather lost 25 pounds in perimenopause in 6 months without a new diet, without willpower, and without changing a single thing about her schedule. In this episode, she breaks down the identity shift that made losing weight in perimenopause possible, and how she kept every pound off through the holidays.
EP 290. Do You Need HRT or Peptides for Perimenopause Weight Loss? What Labs Tell You
Standard perimenopause lab work misses the metabolic dysfunction causing weight gain. Learn why thyroid, hormone, and insulin testing matters before deciding on HRT or peptides. Discover the five questions that expose bad providers and how comprehensive testing reveals what your body actually needs for sustainable weight loss in perimenopause.