You’re doing everything right. I’d check these 5 things.
When a women tells me:
"I'm doing everything right and I still cannot lose weight"
I believe her because after working with over a hundred women I can tell you that "just eat less" is not always the most powerful next step.
There are 5 things I want you to know first
What is happening with your insulin sensitivity?
You can have "normal" blood sugar and still have poor insulin sensitivity. I want to know what happens after you eat
Do you crash?
Get hungry again in 2 hrs?
Need something sweet after meals?
Carry most of your weight around your middle?
Because if your body is having to pump out more and more insulin to manage the food you are eating, that changes the strategy I am going to use
Are you actually eating enough?
This suprises most women. I have had women coming to me eating 1100-1400 calories, working out 5-6 days/week and wondering why their body refuses to budge.
Eating less isn't always the smartest move.
I want to know your diet history, how much you are currently eating, your protein intake, your hunger, your energy, your training and whether your metabolism has adapted to years of restrictiohn.
Sometimes we actually need to spend time building your intake back up before asking your body to lose more weight.
What does your stress and recovery look like?
And I don't mean "are you stressed?"
You have a career, kids, a house, responsibilities, of coarse you are stressed
I want to know whether your body can actually come down from that stress
Are you wired at night?
Are you exhausted in the morning?
Are you waking up at 2-4am?
Are you craving sugar in the afternoon?
Are you working out hard but recovering terribly?
Your nervous system and cortisol rhythm affect sleep, appetitie, blood sugar regulation, recovery and how much movement you naturally do throughout the day. All that matters.
What changed hormonally?
This one becomes very important in your late 30's, 40's and 50's.
If the exact strategy that worked beautifully at 32 suddenly isn't working at 44 I want to know what changed.
Your cycle
Sleep
Symptoms of perimenopause
thyroid
Muscle Mass
Where are you storing fat
Your reponse to carbs
I am not blaming everything on hormones. But I am also not going to pretend they don't matter
What are we missing
this is where I want to look deeper.
Ferritin
B12
Vit D
Glucose regulation
Digestion
Inflammation
Sleep quality
Medications
Gut symptoms
If you have been doing the obvious things and your body still isn't repsonding...we need to stop giving you more of the obvious things.
That's the difference between asking ...
"how can I eat less" and askiung "why am I putting in this much effort and getting so little back"
If you feel like you are already trying and your results make absolutely no sense compared to the effort you are putting in, book a call with me here
I'll help you figure out what I'd actually want to investigate... and what I'd do differently.
Chat soon
Cheryl
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