“I barely eat anything.

I walk every day.

I’ve tried what feels like every diet up to this point…

And nothing has worked.

It’s driving me crazy, and what makes me feel even crazier, is getting on social media and seeing “try this one thing to lose weight.”

They make it sound so easy and then I try it and nothing.

Am I just not working hard enough?

I’m honestly ready to give up. I figured I’d try this out but this is my last thing.”

Two years ago, I sat in my gym listening to Maggie, a Revitalized member, share this with me.

You could feel the frustration radiating off her body. Her face fought to hold back every emotion she was feeling. Her voice cracked more with every word she said.

I imagine that you’ve felt this way, or something similar, at one point…maybe you’re feeling this way now.

I’ll tell you what I told Maggie.

You have every right to feel frustrated. If anyone in their right mind felt they were doing everything right and not seeing results, they’d feel crazy. I know I would.

And you are working hard enough. You’re putting in the right amount of effort. Just not pointed in the right direction.

This is why most women over 40 are doing health backwards.

But it’s not your fault.

And here’s why.

Open social media on your phone and I bet you’ll see it within the first few posts.

A loud voice…maybe someone who has some authority…whoever it is, they’re talking about the “one thing you need to do to lose weight”.

It’s usually something like this:

Don’t get me wrong…what they’re saying has its place.

But making you think that this is the only thing you need is setting you up for failure.

Think of it like building a house.

What’s the first step you’d take to building a house?

Probably something like laying a strong foundation, right?

Well focusing on red lights, cortisol, supplements, and teas are like starting by putting the windows in first.

(And this is coming from someone who is starting a supplement company.)

To help you start building, below are the 5 key habits all women over 40 need to take back control of their bodies.

Habit #1 is at the base and this is sleep.

Statistics show 1/3 of women over 40 sleep less than 7 hours per night.

On top of this, women over 40 actually need more sleep than men.

Sleep is tricky after 40 - hot flashes, stress, a racing mind - so let’s make it practical.

If sleep is a challenge for you, I want to give you 3 things you can do tonight to sleep better.

Sleep is not an easy one but it’s so important. And after you start sleeping better, it’s time for habit #2 - Strength Training.

Some of the biggest health challenges women face as they age are:

While it’s easy to think of strength training as only having superficial benefits, it’s SOOO much more than that.

Strength training and sleep truly are the two antidotes that combat aging the most in women.

Anywhere from 2-4 days per week for 15-40 minutes is the sweet spot. And it doesn’t need to be anything crazy.

The 15-minute Follow-Along Friday workouts we do in the Revitalized Inner Circle’s private group is perfect.

If you want a workout you can do today, try this workout: click here

When you start strength training, you begin requiring more of this from your body…

Habit #3 - Protein

Protein for women over 40 has become more and more popular. This is great news.

And because of it, you see protein everywhere.

Protein chips, protein bread, even protein water.

While strength training makes your body require more protein, just existing after 40 makes your body require more, too.

On top of building stronger muscles, protein helps to:

The easiest way to find out how much protein you need to eat is this formula:

Your bodyweight (175lbs) x .7 = 120g per day

Here’s a simple breakfast you can have tomorrow to knock out 40g first thing:

Once you have your protein, you can move onto the next habit…

Habit #4 - Activity

Activity is not to be confused with exercise. They’re 2 different things.

Think of exercise as: planned strength training.

And activity as: all the light/medium movement that keeps your metabolism humming.

On top of strength training, you’re ideally getting 30-45 minutes of moderate activity

A really simple actionable way to do this is to take a 10-minute walk after you eat. That’s at least 3 walks per day AND it had been shown to lower blood sugar levels as much as medication.

And last but not least, habit #5 - Hydration.

Your body is ~60% water. Without enough of it, your body lacks health.

Even a small 3% dehydration can lead to:

Now the common advice is to drink a gallon of water per day. Or ½ the ounces of your bodyweight.

But here’s the problem with this advice.

Hydration is more than just drinking water.

It’s all about electrolytes.

If you go to the hospital for dehydration, what do they give you?

Hint: it’s not water.

They hook you up to an IV of saline solution…essentially an IV of electrolytes.

To help you with hydration, try this tomorrow first thing in the morning…

Pour 16oz of water in a glass with a pinch of sea salt. You can add lemon juice for a nice boost. Mix and sip it over the next 5-10 minutes.

These are the 5 Revitalized Foundational Habits.

If you’re wondering why other habits don’t fit in, it’s because these are the 5 that make the biggest difference in your health. And without them, nothing else works.

Now there’s a reason these backwards solutions I mentioned earlier are so enticing…

Because all you have to do is take a supplement…drink a tea…sit in front of red lights.

That would be incredible if it worked as well as they say!

And often, the 5 foundational habits above aren’t as easy. They take some work. You might even sweat a little doing them.

But I can promise you they’re worth it.

To help make these as easy as possible, we’re starting a free 5-day program focused around building these healthy habits so you can have a happy and healthy holidays.

We’re calling it “Revitalized in 5”.

In 5 days you’ll sleep better, hit 30–40g protein at breakfast, strength train 2x, and get consistent walks.

And as a bonus, you’ll also get:

These habits have been adjusted and perfected after helping 500+ women do these same things.

So I’m confident it will work for you.

Registration closes in two days on Friday so if you haven’t already reserved your spot, reply back with “I’m in” and join the other 20+ women in the program.

All you need is a stronger foundation and we’re going to help you build that.

Your friend and coach,

Ben

P.S. Reply back with “I’m in” before Friday to reserve your spot in our 5-day program to help you build healthy habits before the holidays.