Hormonal Belly is also known as the “Mom Pooch”

Did you know that over 80% of women suffer from hormonal imbalances? Do you know what comes hand in hand with hormonal imbalance? Hormonal weight gain! And losing hormonal weight gain can feel next to impossible UNTIL you learn the secrets I am sharing in this post! I will share exactly how I was able to naturally heal my hormones, drop over 50 pounds, and feel amazing again. 

What is Hormone Imbalance 

First let’s start with the root of most women’s problems, especially women who are around or over the age of 40! Hormonal imbalance. To keep it simple, hormonal imbalance is when our bodies are either not producing the right amount of hormones, this could be in the form of an overproduction of hormones known as hyperthyroidism, or not receiving the hormones being produced due to endocrine disruptors blocking them. 

It is said that over 80% of women in the US suffer from hormonal imbalances throughout their lifetime. Yes, you heard that right 80% of women! Now you might be able to see why the diet industry is a multi-Billion dollar industry if women are trying to diet the weight away instead of fixing the root of the weight gain problem – hormonal imbalance!

The most common reasons triggering hormonal imbalance are menopause, premenopause, pregnancy or post-pregnancy, obesity, and chronic stress or trauma. 

Of course, most of us suffer needlessly having a handful if not all of the symptoms listed below and if this goes on too long before it is corrected it turns into a full-on autoimmune disease. For more on Hormonal Imbalance in women and how to fix it read 15 Signs Of Hormone Imbalance That Most Women Ignore. 

Understanding how our hormones work helps us to see how delicate that balance is and why we should be focused on keeping it from getting all out of wack!

Join my 30-Day Shred Challange to Melt the Belly Fat

Do you feel like you have tried EVERYTHING to lose weight and NOTHING is working? I feel you, I have been there! After having my second baby it seemed like no matter what diet I tried and how hard I worked out nothing worked, I literally did not even lose a pound. 

Doctors’ visits, tests, and medication did nothing to help the situation and at the end of the day, they just offered diet pills as a solution. I did not know a lot about health back then but I knew enough to know that diet pills caused more harm than good, and as soon as people stopped taking them the weight boomeranged back on, so I said, “Heck no!” to that plan. 

This is when I started my research own research and healing journey. I have spent the last decade now reading 100’s books, listening to podcasts, interviews, and anything I could get my hands on to figure out what the root cause of my hormonal imbalance was and how I could actually fix it (vs just band-aiding it with medication or pills).

I cracked the code! Not only did I drop the 50+ pounds of post-pardon weight, but I have helped so many others do it too. The craziest thing is some people had hormonal imbalances like I did, while others had blood pressure issues, were pre-diabetic, and so on…..and the same secrets I share with you in my 30-Day Shred helped ALL of them see amazing results too!

What is Hormonal Belly (aka the Mom Pooch)

Hormonal belly, also sometimes called the “mom pooch” though now it is becoming more and more common in teenage girls and women who have not yet had children, hormonal belly refers to the fat that accumulates around the belly that is a direct result of having some level of hormonal imbalance. 

One of the core signs or symptoms of hormonal imbalance is hormonal weight gain, especially in the belly, hips, thighs, and butt. Hints the dreaded pair-shaped body starts taking form. The hormonal belly is one of the tops searched topics when it comes to hormonal weight gain because even when you start seeing weight loss belly fat often is the last to go.

At-Home Hormonal Imbalance Test

Where to Start Looking – The Thyroid Hormones

Unlike “normal” weight gain that comes from eating a crapy diet, hormonal weight gain is a whole nother beast. When trying to fix a hormonal weight gain problem the ol’ “eat less work out more” advice simply will not work! Actually, it most likely will make matters worse.

Let me share a personal example with you. 

Two years after having my youngest son, who is now 11 years old, my thyroid was all out of wack! Doctors and specialists did what they do best and put me on medication and sent me on my way. I love Dr. Mark Hyman’s way of putting it, “diagnose and adios”. They tell you what your problem is, give you medication, then send you on your way. 

The problem with this approach is they did not fix the problem, they simply gave us a bandaid to put over it to (hopefully) stop it from getting worse. 

So, here I am trying every diet under the sun, actually working out (for the first time in my life, lol) the good ol’ days of being a size 4 and eating whatever I wanted and never working out were long gone and I did not lose a single pound.

Then I did a 7-day water and vegetable juice only fast…… I DID NOT LOSE A SINGLE POUND!! My stepdad on the other hand did it for 3 days and lost a pant size (grrrrr…. I mean good for him). This is what trying to lose weight with hormonal imbalance looks like my friends, if you are struggling I have been there I know how frustrating it is.

The first place to start is when you know there is a hormonal issue, whether that be a hormonal imbalance or hormonal disorder for me it was hypothyroidism, is with food. 

Eating the Wrong Foods Will Make You Fat

If you wanta try to bootstrap it yourself this is where I would start with Food. I heard Dr. Hyman say, “You can not exercise your way out of a bad diet.” He is also famous for saying, “Food is either medicine or poison” which I 100% agree with!

Odds are pretty good that if you have gained weight and not been able to easily lose it, or have been overweight for more than a year then there is a hormonal imbalance involved. Regarding the question of whether being overweight or obese causes a hormonal imbalance or does hormonal imbalance cause obesity the simple answer is yes!

It doesn’t really matter which came first if you have one the other is soon to follow. 

The best diet for hormonal weight gain in my own personal experience, and in helping so many heal their hormones as well is hands down the Clean Keto Diet. 

Clean Keto is essentially the keto diet minus the dairy and avoiding highly refined processed foods I like to call Frankin’ Foods. Foods that are not real, are cooked up in a lab somewhere using God only knows what, and they are made to last on the shelf for years and be highly addicting so that you buy more. 

When I started Keto almost six years ago now it was the school of hard knocks for me. I spent months researching and meal planning trying to figure it all out myself. Now, I can recommend to you the Custom Keto Meal Planner for weight loss as the big red easy button to start Keto. 

Custom Keto Meal Planner quizzes you on your taste buds and weight loss goals and then formulates the perfect done-for-you meal plan to fit your needs. It even emails you the weekly shopping list for less than a dinner out with friends (it’s under $40 per month).

Hormonal Harmony Supplement

If you are really serious about hormonal weight loss you can combine the keto diet with the right supplements to give you a boost right out of the gate.

Hormonal Harmony HB-5 is an all-in-one supplement to support resetting your hormones. Formulated with all-natural ingredients and is essentially a multivitamin for your hormones. 

For my full review and in-depth research on this supplement check out this post next Hormonal Harmony Supplement Review

How I Healed Hypothyroidism Naturally

If you have been around the blog you know I started this journey to heal my own autoimmune disease after having my second baby. Hypothyroidism…. “Hypo….what now?”. I remember months after having my second son knowing something was off with my body. I could not pinpoint it but something was definitely off!

Unfortunately, most doctors’ blanket responses to post-pardon moms by saying something along the lines of, “Oh hun this is totally normal”. And by ‘this’ I mean the laundry list of issues I was having from no matter what I did the 50+ pounds of the extra baby weight was not budging, to extreme fatigue, and hormonal acne (p.s. I had never had acne in my life up to this point), my skin, and hair being so dry it almost hurt.

That unfortunately was not even all of it, but those were the big ones for me. 

Medical Disclaimer: I am not a doctor. I am a normal everyday person just like you who had a hormonal imbalance that I was told was incurable by a medical professional. I refused to believe it and took my health into my own hands. Healing my autoimmune system (hypothyroidism) and weaning off all medication naturally, losing over 50 pounds in the process and keeping it off for over 6 years now! The information I share is based on my own journey and is not medical advice, but it is meant to help you find your own answers and solutions in your healing journey. 

Conclusion

If you have been seeing all the signs and symptoms of hormonal imbalance and are finally able to connect the dots, sensitivity to heat or cold, extreme sugar and carb cravings (or feeling ha-ngry), weight gain around the belly, hips, and thighs, hormonal acne and other skin related issues, odds are pretty good there is a hormonal imbalance and hopefully, you learned where to start today from this post.

I have shared hundreds of posts here on the blog to help men and women with hormonal imbalances navigate the waters and point them in the direction I took to heal my body of an autoimmune disease, despite many doctors telling me it was impossible. I am free of all thyroid medication, have lost over 50 pounds and kept it off for 7+ years now, and look and feel younger than ever.

That is what I want for you too!

You don’t have to do it the slow, decade-long way I did…… that is why I started this blog, why I launch courses and do group coaching so that you can learn what works from me and speed up your results in getting your body back to a happy healthy state.