Why do people eat clean, train hard, and still gain weight around the midsection? Lisa Franz was a police officer in New Zealand battling shift work, sleep deprivation, and chronic stress when her body started breaking down. Brittle hair and nails, stubborn belly fat despite no dietary changes, injuries in the gym, chaotic hunger signals. The wake-up call came one morning when she thought, "If I wasn't here today, that would be fine." Instead of accepting burnout as inevitable, she built an evidence-based framework for sustainable health that survives real life.

In this episode of Legacy and Longevity Podcast with host Zach Dancel, Lisa Franz reveals why your metabolism isn't broken but adapted, how chronic stress shuts down fat loss even with perfect nutrition, and why people fail because systems can't survive kids, careers, and travel. She shares the laptop battery analogy that explains metabolic adaptation, why one client lost three pounds by sleeping more and training less, and the exact framework of whole foods, protein, and fiber that works without extremes. She explains why expecting change without making changes is delusional, how reverse dieting fixes eating less but gaining more, and why discipline over obsession wins the long game every time.

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