Menopause often brings a frustrating and unexpected weight gain that feels impossible to reverse—but TikToker Staci Hall (@stacihallcoaching) is showing that with a few mindset shifts and lifestyle tweaks, sustainable weight loss is possible.
After struggling for years with her body image and trying “everything on planet Earth” to stay in shape, Hall says she finally shed 44 pounds—and kept it off—by ditching the advice that wasn’t serving her.
“I have for years struggled with having the body that I wanted to have,” Hall shared. “When I hit my forties, it just started to pile on like crazy.” Now, she’s helping other women navigate this stage of life with a different, more holistic approach.
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1. She Stopped Fasting
“Fasting is all the rage—I know intermittent fasting is everything,” Hall said. “But if you find that the minute you stop and start eating normally, you put the weight back on, that’s not sustainable.”
Hall decided to step away from fasting altogether, questioning its long-term effects: “Are you going to do intermittent fasting for the rest of your life? And if so, what is that doing to you long-term? I don’t know.”
2. She Quit Intense Weight Training
Hall also moved away from heavy, intense workouts. “Our bodies were never designed to just move heavy weights in a linear path like that—it’s not functional strength,” she explained. The toll on her body wasn’t worth it: “I started to have chronic injuries, shoulder pain, knee problems… it was creating imbalances everywhere.”
Instead of looking leaner, Hall said she looked “fluffy.” She also highlighted the hormone disruption these workouts caused. “That intense training jacks up your cortisol levels… When your hormones are completely out of whack, it makes it even harder to lose weight.”
3. She Ditched Restrictive Dieting
“I stopped the diet. I stopped the restriction,” Hall said. Cutting carbs and overloading on protein only made things worse. “It is sabotaging you. It is messing with your metabolism… especially if you’re pounding back so much protein because you aren’t eating any carbs.”
Her advice? “Ditch the diet and start to eat a little bit more intuitively. Focus on nourishing yourself and not on losing weight. It’s amazing how the weight starts to fall off.”
4. She Stopped Hating Her Body
The last shift wasn’t physical—it was mental. “I had all these bad attitudes about my body, instead of being grateful,” she said. But once she changed her mindset, everything started to click. “When I started being more grateful, the stress started to lift—and the weight started to come off.”
Now, Hall encourages other women to stop fighting their bodies and start listening to them instead. “All of the things that the fitness industry and diet culture have taught us are sabotaging our efforts,” she said. “There’s a better way—and it starts with trusting yourself.”
