The real reason you’re not seeing results – part three… If you missed parts one and two, be sure to go back and give them a read (part one / part two) as this builds on what we’ve already discussed!

We’ve finally arrived at the problem children (or so you may be thinking). Chances are you’ve heard of our all too familiar sex hormones – estrogen, progesterone and testosterone. But unfortunately, these poor little guys are getting the blame meant for their older brothers and sisters – when in fact they’ve just been following instructions. 

Let me remind you of our little hormone funnel… remember the sex hormones are going to respond to what’s going on above. So if cortisol, insulin and thyroid hormones are misbehaving, your sex hormones will too.

There’s no point blaming estrogen for your metabolism holding weight, when your insulin isn’t sensitised enough to stop telling the body to store fat.

You can’t blame testosterone for poor muscle mass, when you’ve constantly been telling the body to be catabolic (breaking down muscle), because you’re living in survival mode and over producing cortisol.

You also can’t blame progesterone for poor sleep (and therefore poor insulin + blood sugar regulation and often poor food choices), when you’re body is being told there’s a famine going on – aka you’re not eating enough – it’s slowed down your thyroid and increased your cortisol levels and now you’re wired and fatigued.

No… it really isn’t fair to blame our sex hormones for what their older brothers and sisters have been up to as a result of your dietary and lifestyle choices.

Now I am not here to shift the blame to you, or to the top tier hormones either. This is a team effort, and if you want to see real change, you need to revisit part one and two to make sure you’re nourishing your nervous system, balancing your blood sugars, and getting enough nutrients to support optimal hormone production.

I’ve had clients come to me taking all sorts of estrogen clearing + progesterone boosting + testosterone balancing supplements, but they aren’t addressing the root cause.

And often when they do, they don’t need any of those fancy things, their hormones come right and the weight simply falls off because their metabolism is in a healthy, optimal state.

This is where you’ve most likely heard the term ‘weight loss is a by-product of a healthy body’ – ain’t that the truth. And if you want to experience it for yourself – go back to phase one, two and even three.

BUT… because I know you’re here wanting to learn more about your beautiful hormones, here’s a little run down of what your most common sex hormones are responsible for in your body and how you can optimise them!