Weight gain can be so frustrating to women of all ages, especially as they approach peri-menopause and menopause. Even worse is the struggle to lose a few pounds and keep them off! Just this week the “Journal of the American Medical Association” published a study showing that middle-aged women must exercise 1 hour a day to maintain their current weight.1 I don’t know about you but most of the women that I work with on a day-to-day basis at Signature Wellness want to lose weight. Moreover, it is not just middle-aged women that struggle with weight; many of our younger patients with hormonal imbalance also fight the weight loss battle. My guess is that this study may be a bit disheartening for some women. Sure we all know we need to exercise and eat right. But what about the women that are eating right and do exercise but can’t seem to make the scale budge an ounce? This can be so discouraging that some ladies just give up and don’t even bother trying any more. Even worse, there are some women who have such fatigue that they don’t even feel like exercising at all. When you are doing everything that you know to do but not reaching your target weight you deserve some answers. If you are so tired that even a walk around the block sounds overwhelming there just has to be a reason. Your hormones may be the culprit.
Here is what you need to know! Hormone imbalance directly affects your weight. In fact, every hormone affects our weight and metabolism in one way or another. Follow the brand new blog, called, The Hormone Makeover Blog at http://hormonemakeover.blogspot.com/ each week as we discuss how each hormone relates to your metabolism. (This same information will be posted in the Signature Wellness newsletter.) We will cover: estrogen, progesterone, testosterone, DHEA, cortisol, insulin and thyroid hormones. We'll be sure to discuss ways of addressing hormone imbalances with bio-identical hormones (BHRT), supplements and nutrition. Balanced hormones work with your metabolism – not against it. You can look and feel good too while taking the stress, frustration and struggle of weight management out of your life. It just takes a better understanding of what can go wrong with your hormones and how to correct imbalances.
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http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/303/12/1173
I-Min Lee, MBBS, ScD; Luc Djoussé, MD, DSc; Howard D. Sesso, ScD; Lu Wang, MD, PhD; Julie E. Buring, ScD. Physical Activity and Weight Gain Prevention. JAMA. 2010;303(12):1173-1179.
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