Women over 40’s Guide to Intuitive Eating, Balanced Hormones, and Transformative Sex Part 2

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!

A Woman’s Guide to Balanced Hormones

In my last post, we discussed a woman’s guide to intuitive eating, aka resetting our mindset around food. Becoming aware of the traps set by the Big Food companies from their sneaky little marketing tricks to the actual drug-like chemicals they use to make sure you eat more and become addicted to their food to get you as a customer for life. 

We covered how food addiction is REAL and it is not your fault! Click here to read that post next. 

Now it’s time to get to the root cause of the problem for most women in the US which is hormonal imbalance. Hormonal imbalance happens throughout our lives on and off naturally during puberty, pregnancy, and menopause but (BIG BUT) our bodies know how to reset and rebalance our hormones naturally. 

However, due to the increasing environmental toxins like plastics which skyrocket estrogen, and fragrances added to just about everything from our skincare and personal hygiene to the ever-popular candles, room sprays, and laundry soaps sending our hormones into a tailspin.

And we cannot forget the toxins found in our foods now that even just 100 years ago did not exist like the franklin-foods, cooked up in a lab by a scientist made out of God only knows what that can last on the shelves for decades….. how are our bodies support to digest something like that?

Yet it is estimated now that 70% or more of the daily consumption of Americans is made up of these Frankin foods.

Testing Your Hormones to See if You Have a Hormonal Imbalance

There are two ways to go about finding out if you have a hormonal imbalance. Finding a good doctor who has a more natural approach to healing and requesting a hormonal blood panel is a great start. A doctor I have been following and love is Dr. Mendy Pelz, author of the best-selling book “Fast Like a Girl“, who specializes in women’s hormones. She offers a test called the Dutch Test ($500) which includes the over-the-phone consultation to read the results of the blood work and they give you advice, supplement recommendations, etc in any areas they identify a problem.

This may not be in your budget so here is an affordable at-home test kit you can get right from Amazon

How to Heal Hormonal Imbalance Naturally

If you have been around my blog for a while now you know healing my autoimmune system is what set me out on the journey of creating a wellness lifestyle almost a decade ago now. Here are some of my most read posts on this topic that are filled with my “how to” guide on how I healed my thyroid after every doctor I saw said it was not possible.

Where to Start Looking For Hormonal Imbalance – Thyroid Imbalance

For most women with a hormonal imbalance, and this is especially common for women after having babies, is the thyroid hormone. Even more specifically hypothyroidism. Women close to the age of 40 and starting to see the signs of menopause, this stage of life is referred to as perimenopausal, often will see estrogen and progesterone hormonal imbalances, called estrogen dominance and progesterone deficiency.

Adrenal fatigue is becoming more common among women as stressors in our culture affect our adrenal glands the most, and lastly testosterone being too high or low in women can lead to PCOS. Polycystic ovary syndrome.

In short, PCOS is most common in women who have higher-than-normal androgen hormones and be experiencing irregular periods, develop enlarged ovaries with small cysts on the outer edge, infertility, weight gain (obesity), and if gone untreated over time often leads to health conditions such as diabetes and high blood pressure.

How Food Affects Hormonal Weight Gain

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 matter which came first if you have one the other is soon to follow. 

The best diet for hormonal weight gain in my own 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 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