Ever feel like it’s so hard to lose 1kg, and ridiculously easy to put on 5? There’s a reason for that, and it’s not because you suddenly decided to eat 3500 calories (the amount you need to gain 1kg) more a week.
It’s your hormones, specifically your insulin, thyroid and stress hormones that cause this frustrating weight effect. So just like all your other PCOS symptoms, bing able to lose weight requires you to focus on the root cause.
Highlights, takeaways and research links:
- Weight-loss and weight-gain is not solely driven by calories. Hormones like insulin, thyroid and stress hormones are actually the overall guardian’s of weight
- My own experience and most of the women I’ve worked with mimics this: very hard to lose weight, but very easy to gain.
- While you do still need to be in a ‘calorie deficit’ to lose weight, you also need to address your hormone levels.
- Going down to 800 calories is NOT the answer.
- Focusing not on calories, but making your body more sensitive to insulin has had the biggest impact on my body and the women I work with