Weight Issues

When the weight won’t budge despite your best effort, your hormones may be working against you. Restore balance and unlock lasting change with a personalized, science-backed approach to wellness.

When Weight Gain Isn’t Just About Diet

Maybe you’ve struggled with losing weight for years, tried everything you possibly can, and still find the number on the scale won’t budge. Or perhaps your weight has suddenly increased for no (apparent) reason. While it may seem like a mystery, most likely some form of hormonal imbalance is at play.

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Midlife Hormones and Your Body Shape

Some women in their late 30s and early 40s gain weight for the first time in their lives. Despite regular exercise and little to no change in their eating habits, their body shape changes as extra fat starts collecting around their hips, abdomen, or shoulders.

Most likely, they are entering peri-menopause or full menopause when levels of estrogen, progesterone, testosterone, and other hormones shift, causing an imbalance in the system. Other symptoms, including mood changes, disruptions in their sleep and sex life, usually emerge as well.

How Stress and Sleep Impact Weight

Stress, fatigue, and insomnia can also facilitate weight gain. As cortisol levels increase (the “fight or flight” chemical released by the body to help you handle stressful situations), the body stores fat. Consistent stress, anxiety, fatigue, and insomnia over a period of time will pack on the pounds.

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Additional Weight Gain Triggers

Depression that triggers emotional overeating, or poor nutrition in general (choosing foods lacking healthy fats or fiber), and constant “dieting” will have the same result.

Sometimes conditions such as polycystic ovary syndrome or hypothyroidism, and various medications like antidepressants and steroids, affect body weight, too.

Find Your Personalized Path to Weight Loss

Whatever your struggle, you are not alone.

Our certified Life professionals will help you find solutions. Through hormone replacement therapy, supplements, and personalized, comprehensive nutritional and fitness support plans, you can restore the right balance for your body and mind to achieve optimum health and wellness.