Are Your Hormones Making You Fat?

Everyday women go to battle with their bathroom scale (even the skinny bitches). But take heart my girlfriends, your weight gain is in part connected to your hormones and that extra pound you gained this morning is not your fault, not entirely anyway. Read on for a better understanding of how your hormones just might be making you fat.

THYROID

Your thyroid is running the show my love and it's the force that's driving your metabolism. A deficiency of thyroid hormones will most assuredly result in weight gain and/or difficulty losing weight. Make sure your doctor tests your TSH, Free T4 and Free T3. You want your levels to be high normal. And remember this; if you do not feel normal regardless of your "normal" levels pursue this even if it means you see a new doctor.

PROGESTERONE

Progesterone, one of your two primary female sex hormones is significant with respect to weight control. Studies show it has a direct impact on thyroid function and acts as a natural diuretic. As we age progesterone levels decline leading to estrogen dominance. It's this dominance that impairs thyroid function and causes bloating. Restoration of progesterone to more youthful levels with bioidentical progesterone supports optimal thyroid function and reduces the bloating caused by estrogen dominance.

ESTROGEN

Estrogen, your other primary female sex hormone is a fat-storing hormone. It's estrogen that gives us hips, thighs and breasts. Throughout our reproductive years estrogen is carefully balanced by progesterone however the aging process causes progesterone to fall dramatically and at a faster rate than estrogen leading to estrogen dominance. This inhibits thyroid function. Once again restoring progesterone to more youthful levels balances estrogen which serves to support optimal thyroid function leading to weight loss.

TESTOSTERONE

Testosterone, a fat burning hormone is the hormone we love but as with all our other hormones it declines with age. And this decline leads to a loss of lean muscle tissue. As we lose lean muscle tissue our metabolism slows down which leads to weight gain. The remedy to this dire situation is to restore your testosterone levels to their more youthful levels with bioidentical testosterone. Doing so will enhance your lean muscle tissue and increase fat burning. The end result is weight loss.

Thyroid, progesterone, estrogen and testosterone are the four main hormones that impact weight management the most. While there are many other hormones and factors that contribute to weight management these are the four you want to pay the most attention to. Bioidentical hormone replacement therapy (BHRT) is what's needed to restore these declining hormones and address your weight gain once and for all.