Symptoms — weight gain

You’ve gained weight, and you can’t get rid of it — no matter what you do?

Possible causes of weight gain: weight loss resistance, hormonal imbalance, adrenal imbalance

If you’ve gained and lost weight over and over, you may have noticed that it gets more difficult each time to drop excess pounds. Most women gain weight during midlife and perimenopause — especially around the waist and hips, even when they are dieting and restricting calories.

Most of us were taught that weight management is simply a matter of calorie control and discipline. But every woman who has ever been on a diet knows this is not true and is, in fact, misleading. This well-worn myth causes a tremendous amount of unnecessary guilt and suffering.

Instead, there is usually an underlying cause that interferes with weight loss, or that drives weight gain in the first place. If weight loss feels impossible for you, you may be actually resistant to it. Weight loss resistance can arise when you have a metabolic or other physiological imbalance that “tells” your body to hold onto weight at all costs. These imbalances can involve hormone levels or adrenal function, or even the brain’s neurotransmitter function. Unusual weight accumulation can also be related to thyroid function.

The standard American diet includes lots of high-carbohydrate foods, an over-abundance of processed foods, along with beer, wine, or spirits. Eating too many of these foods can lead to insulin resistance (erratic blood sugar) when calories are converted into fat, even if you’re dieting. Exercise will not burn off fat under these conditions.

Women with stressful lives frequently turn to high-sugar, low-nutrition foods for quick energy. The combination of stress and empty-calorie foods can create such powerful imbalances that weight gain — and a resistance to weight loss — are almost inevitable. Dieting and the use of artificial sweeteners deepen this pattern because both are known to stress the body and damage metabolism.

Which profile best describes your experience with weight gain as a symptom?

• Weight loss resistance. If you’ve had a long-term problem losing weight, you have surely tried countless methods to slim down. You may have counted every calorie and exercised to the point of exhaustion, and yet your body seems unable to let go of any weight. Even if you do drop a few pounds, you often regain it quickly. In addition, you may also have cravings, digestive issues, and a lack of energy.


• Weight gain and hormonal imbalance. If you are in perimenopause or menopause, or if you have PMS, fluctuating estrogen levels can affect how your body holds onto fat. When you diet and restrict calorie intake, it can trigger cravings, irritability, depression, or mood swings — all common symptoms of hormonal imbalance. Hot flashes and night sweats can cause sleep problems which lead to weight gain by affecting the “satiety” hormones that signal when you’ve had enough to eat.


• Weight gain and adrenal imbalance. If you’re under tremendous, prolonged stress, it can lead to adrenal fatigue and stubborn weight gain. Stress hormones block weight loss, and if your diet isn’t health-supporting, your body senses an “emergency” and stores unused calories as fat. A high-sugar diet, often compounded by too much caffeine and not enough sleep, makes it hard for your body to maintain its daily cycle of optimal blood sugar and cortisol levels.

Restore balance first to lose the weight once and for all

Trying to lose weight can be so discouraging that your efforts become counterproductive. Our philosophy on weight loss is based on what works in our practice for women of all shapes and sizes. You can’t lose weight until you become healthy — it simply doesn’t work the other way around.

If you heal the underlying causes that have been interfering with your ability to lose weight, you will be able to achieve and maintain your ideal weight. Our Personal Program is very successful at positioning women to overcome the physiological barriers that have been preventing weight loss.

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NOTE: If you think that your weight gain is related to hormonal imbalance, find out more here.

If you think that your weight gain is related to adrenal imbalance, read about our Personal Program for Adrenal Health.

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Last Modified Date: 12/19/2011