Are Female Hormones
making you Fat?

Female hormones are responsible for hormonal weight gain during puberty, pregnancy and menopause. This is where our culture (which demands taut, toned, tummies) and our biology don't exactly see eye to eye! Our weight gaining hormones and body need to do one thing - our mind about what is desirable from a weight and shape point of view want us to do another.

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But there are silent changes going on inside our cells which often make themselves very visible and affect our body image and our self-esteem, and often call for us to diet. This can be especially dangerous during pregnancy.

These three times of changing female hormones times can be extremely challenging for women (and their partners). These are often times of high anxiety for women, their bodies are changing and they appear to have little control over those changes.

And the higher their anxiety levels, the more fat-building hormones- like cortisol- they release into their system. Not only are women's bodies changing, but their moods can fluctuate quite wildly. And, especially during menopause, other unwanted changes like facial hair and coarsening skin are experienced.

The more a woman has invested in her shape and appearance, the more difficult these female-hormone-changing times can be:

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