How To Balance Hormones Naturally To Lose Weight

Weight loss is about a lot more than “eat less and move more”, it often comes down to hormones that aren’t balanced. Naturally balancing hormones to lose weight, makes weight loss sooo much easier!

If you have been on a weight loss journey, and you’ve reached a point where it feels impossible to lose weight because the scale just isn’t moving. You’re NOT alone!

After struggling with losing weight yet again, I concluded nothing was working for me. I was over 40, and I was determined this would be the last time I would have to lose this weight. I wanted natural alternatives because I wasn’t interested in hormone therapy to lose weight.

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In my house we believe there is a time and place for medical intervention. That time and place is after we try things naturally. Fixing things with a pill sounds great until you read all the side effects. Come on… “Anal Leakage”, is not something I even want to think about.

When you can’t get the scale to move, and it feels like your just not getting anywhere it’s time to make some adjustments. And it’s often an issue with hormones. But the good news is, it’s easier to balance hormones out naturally once ya have a little knowledge under your belt.

There is deeper way to look at how to balance hormones for weight loss. Hormones are the chemical messengers that control the natural activity in your body. When your hormones are out of balance, your body may store weight in unhealthy locations, can’t process sugar properly, has stress-related fatigue and mood issues including irritability. Forget about dieting–let’s focus on naturally balancing hormones for reaching your weight loss goals.

How To Fix Your Hormones And Lose Weight

To understand how to balance your hormones naturally, a it’s important to understand the basic science behind hormones. But have no fear, I will break the science down into non-science geek terms so it’s totally understandable.

The natural way to lose weight is to lower our caloric intake, and increase activity. Are ya hearing “eat less & move more?) As much as I hate this statement, we all know this. But the issue is doing this too drastically, and repeating the cycle over and over causes massive issues with hormones. And as we age, one of the key hormones for metabolism declines naturally, so this can leave ya in a hell of a pickle.

Weight gain over a certain age may not have anything to do with poor diet and lack of exercise. Recent trends in Americans have shown that weight increases significantly with age, even in people who maintain healthy diets and exercise regularly. This weight gain has become the main cause for concern in America. This is where hormone imbalance and the science behind it, is your weapon of choice!

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Before we talk about how to balance your hormones, let’s go over a big chunk of the symptoms so you know where you stand.

Hormone imbalance symptoms aren’t just cramps, zits, inability to lose weight and weight gain. There are a ton of various symptoms that most don’t even associate with hormone balance. I know I didn’t when I started my journey 8 years ago.

Hormone imbalance is something we think of in puberty and menopause, but in reality 85% of women have dealt with hormone imbalance and didn’t even realize it.

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The thing that kills me is that most hormone imbalances can be resolved naturally if we know what to do. So I’m giving you the symptoms and then how to fix that hormone imbalance naturally.

The more of these symptoms you have (and there are more), the more you should pay attention below. Because right about now (I’m hearing song in my head….)

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Do ya’ know the “sugar high” you feel after eating a candy bar (or two?)? Well this is a blood sugar spike. This spike gives you short lived energy and a sense of well being. But it also spikes insulin and this hormone spike has repercussions on the downside of the spike.

The answer to this is a resounding “YES!” Keeping blood sugar steady prevents insulin from overflowing the cells, this means your body has is able to burn fat for energy between meals. Sooo in the long run balancing your blood sugar keeping the insulin flow steady will cause weight loss.

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This is one of my favorite questions! There are some little known ways to balance blood sugar, and I love to share.

Now that you have some ways to keep your blood sugar balanced. Let’s talk a little about Insulin and specifically how a blood sugar spike effects it and sets you up for weight gain instead of weight loss.

Insulin will remain balanced when we balance our blood sugar most of the time. We talked about this above, all 5 of these items are key in keeping blood sugar and insulin balanced. These are some healthy ways to help control blood sugar levels and insulin levels.

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WebMD defines insulin resistance as: “Insulin resistance iswhen cells in your muscles, fat, and liver don’t respond well to insulin and can’t use glucose from your blood for energy. To make up for it, your pancreas makes more insulin. Over time, your blood sugar levels go up.”Insulin Resistance

When you are insulin resistant, it becomes really important to exercise and move your body so your muscles improve at using the glucose (sugar) from your blood for energy, so your body stops making more insulin. It’s also very important to manage your food intake and balance your macros. Knowing how much protein, carbs and fats your eating so you can give your body what it needs to lose weight.

To lose weight quicker, increase metabolism and reduce the muscle loss associated with aging, and lose weight quicker we need protein. Protein is the first part of the diet to balance hormones and lose weight. The CDC reports that women get a mear 15.8% of their calories from protein. This is not nearly enough for hormone balance.

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One of the first things we do in Macros 101 is track everything we eat without judgement. We do this to find out out how much of this very important macro is eaten on a daily basis. Increasing your protein intake is a step in the right direction to balancing those hormones naturally!

Carbs are the second part of the diet to balance hormones and lose weight. Our brains need carbs! If you have cut your carbs below 30% of your daily intake and you are experiencing brain fog, depression, anxiety and overwhelm… this could be your culprit.

Avoiding “bad” carbs such as sugar , refined white flour, and processed snacks can help regulate your insulin levels, which will then in turn help regulate your glucagon levels and help you lose weight.

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The CDC reports that women get 48.2% of their calories from carbs. The problem with this, is that most of those calories are processed carbs. These processed foods don’t have the natural sugars or fiber your body needs for hormone balance. And it doesn’t leave enough room for the balance of macros our bodies need to naturally balance your hormones.

Whole food, unprocessed carbs come with the kind of sugar our brains need and the fiber that the hormones in our digestive tract need to be in balance. Too many carbs, or carbs not high in fiber send the blood sugar out of balance.

When the blood sugar is out of balance you are one starving lady, that is exhausted, and feeling like a moody witch (you can substitute a different letter there if ya like.)

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So it’s key to balance blood sugar for weight loss, it’s too hard to lose weight when your soooo hungry and crabby, you might just eat your childs face off if they ask the wrong question the wrong way.

Are you seeing a trend here? Carbs contain fiber, and you need this fiber for hormone balance in the digestive tract. Hormone balance in the digestive tracts leaves you feeling full longer so you eat less. This full feeling is a direct result of balanced blood sugar which leads to weight loss.

This is the third part of the diet to balance hormones and lose weight, add more fiber. But just a quick warning, increase slowly to avoid stomach upset.

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Eating more fruits, vegetables, and whole grains, you’re also eating fiber. The goal is to eat whole grains that are processed as little as possible, and don’t have added sugars.

A benefit of eating more fruits and vegetables are increased phytosterols, these are found in the fruits and vegetables. Phytosterols are antioxidant-rich molecules that can lower your risk of weight gain and heart disease by decreasing the bad cholesterol. Antioxidants are a subject for another day… but