Kelsey Weaver, FNLP

Kelsey Weaver, FNLP I am a functional health practitioner who empowers men and women to become their own healthcare advo

🤓 COMMENT “LAB” and I’ll DM you a list of the biomarkers you should request from your doctor if you suspect or are confi...
07/26/2025

🤓 COMMENT “LAB” and I’ll DM you a list of the biomarkers you should request from your doctor if you suspect or are confirmed with hypothyroidism or Hashimoto’s.

🔎 I don’t know about you, but this graphic pretty much says it all. But if you want the full deep dive on how low thyroid function drags down your s*x‑hormone production and why HRT alone won’t fix the root issues, head over to yesterday’s carousel for the complete science‑backed breakdown.

🔥 Here’s the gist: when your thyroid slows, your brain stops sending the right signals to make estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone. Popping on HRT can help symptoms in the short term, but it skips over the underlying drivers—nutrient gaps, stress, inflammation, gut health, and detox pathways—that need realignment for lasting balance.

✨ Eat iodine, selenium, and zinc‑rich foods to fuel your thyroid
✨ Steady blood sugar with balanced meals so your HPA axis doesn’t hijack hormone conversion
✨ Support your gut microbiome to turn inactive T4 into active T3
✨ Prioritize sleep and stress tools so cortisol stops stealing your hormone precursors

Want the exact lab panel to request from your doctor? There are nine key thyroid markers I recommend checking, not just TSH or T4. Comment “labs” below, and I’ll DM you the full list so you can get the complete picture.

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07/25/2025

🤯 I don’t think this post even needs a caption. 🤯 SAVE & SHARE to support my work on this platform! ❤️Crafting these slides nearly fried my brain trying to keep the science nerdy yet relatable and easy to read. I didn’t have a single neuron left for a caption so here we are. Got questions or want to dig deeper? Drop them below or DM me anytime to learn how I help you get real‑life, lasting balance.

🔬 The science doesn’t lie, y’all! ❌ Don’t shoot the messenger if you spot habits you love—it’s time for real talk, no su...
07/23/2025

🔬 The science doesn’t lie, y’all! ❌ Don’t shoot the messenger if you spot habits you love—it’s time for real talk, no sugarcoating. Everyone’s body is unique; if you feel amazing, keep doing you. But if something feels off, this list is for you 😎

😍 READY? For true hormonal harmony, ditch these diet and lifestyle traps. Which ones are sneaking into your routine?

💥 Coffee Before Breakfast
Drinking coffee on an empty stomach floods your body with cortisol (your stress hormone), tricking your system into thinking you’re under pressure and making it harder to keep blood sugar steady.

⏰ Extended Fasting
Going too long between meals puts your body in “starvation mode,” boosting cortisol and reducing insulin sensitivity—so instead of burning fuel, your body hoards energy.

🍽 Chronic Undereating
Cutting calories nonstop tells your thyroid and s*x‑hormone factories to slow down, while stress hormones like cortisol get the green light—leaving you fatigued and hormonally imbalanced.

🍷 Regular Alcohol
Alcohol makes your liver prioritize booze breakdown over hormone metabolism, so estrogen and testosterone clearance slows—and that can throw your whole endocrine system off.

🏋️ Overtraining
Pushing past what your body can recover from spikes cortisol and drains anabolic hormones (like testosterone and growth hormone), making it nearly impossible to build strength or bounce back.

🦠 Gut Imbalance
A wonky microbiome disrupts gut‑liver hormone recycling, leading to higher circulating estrogen and inflammation that stress your whole system.

💊 Random Supplementing
Popping supplements without testing or timing can create nutrient bottlenecks, blocking the enzymes your body needs to make and balance hormones.

💉 Hormonal Birth Control
Synthetic hormones in IUDs and pills override your body’s natural signals, often causing mood shifts, fluid retention, and metabolic changes.

👉 We know there are more hormone‑wreckers out there—what habits aren’t listed here, and which ones are you working on right now? Comment “EASY” for my 5 Top Tips of Hormone Balance, delivered directly to your DMs.

🚨 Pause your scroll, your HORMONE DREAM TEAM is calling! Our bodies run on a network of tiny chemical messengers—hormone...
07/21/2025

🚨 Pause your scroll, your HORMONE DREAM TEAM is calling! Our bodies run on a network of tiny chemical messengers—hormones—that work in feedback loops to balance mood, metabolism, appetite, and sleep. Here are a few major players from last week’s Hormone Hierarchy (there are many more behind the scenes):

✨ The Radiant Muse (Estrogen): Promotes growth, supports mood, and keeps bones strong.
💫 The Serenity Shield (Progesterone): Balances estrogen, soothes stress, and aids restful sleep.
🔥 The Power Spark (Testosterone): Fuels energy, confidence, and muscle maintenance.
🎶 The Energy Engineer (Thyroid Hormone): Sets metabolic pace, tuning how your body uses fuel.
⚡ The Stress Strategist (Cortisol): Mobilizes energy under pressure and controls inflammation.
🍭 The Sugar Navigator (Insulin): Directs glucose into cells and stores excess for later.
🤝 The Bonding Queen (Oxytocin): Deepens trust and eases stress through social connection.
🌟 The Ember Alchemist (DHEA): Prepares the raw materials for s*x hormones, boosting resilience.
🌙 The Dream Weaver (Melatonin): Regulates sleep‑wake cycles for restorative rest.

Honorable Mentions: ⚙️ Cholesterol (precursor to all steroid hormones)
🔮 Pregnenolone (the primary steroid precursor)
🍽️ Leptin (signals fullness)
🍔 Ghrelin (triggers hunger)

Which dream team member is your favorite? Name yours in the comments (or simply COMMENT “TEAM”) and I’ll send you the full Hormone Hierarchy PDF—free!

👌COMMENT “LIST” to download a FREE PDF of this post so you know what to add to your cortisol balancing grocery cart 🛑 St...
07/19/2025

👌COMMENT “LIST” to download a FREE PDF of this post so you know what to add to your cortisol balancing grocery cart 🛑 Stop letting stress hijack your life. Cortisol is your master stress hormone – in a healthy rhythm it keeps you sharp and ready. But when it’s constantly high, it rewires your HPA axis and eventually leads to HPA axis dysfunction and low adrenal output.

🧬 Here’s the science in a nutshell: cortisol and insulin walk hand in hand. Every time your blood sugar spikes, cortisol rushes in to clear glucose. And it goes both ways: stress signals your body to dump stored glucose, often causing blood sugar dysregulation. Over time that dance creates vicious insulin swings, fat storage and metabolic chaos. Your HPA axis is the command center. Chronic stress retrains it so cortisol floods your system even at rest, fueling inflammation, immune imbalance and carb cravings.

🔥 High cortisol symptoms include insomnia or waking exhausted, stubborn belly fat and midday energy crashes.
❄️ Low cortisol symptoms feel like chronic fatigue and brain fog, dizziness or salt cravings, and that wired‑but‑tired drag even after an early bedtime.

Regardless of which side you’re on, the fix is the same. Cortisol balance starts with blood sugar control and stress reduction. From there we layer in foundational habits:

🍳 Eat breakfast first thing to kickstart energy
🍗 Prioritize protein at every meal to stabilize glucose
💧 Stay hydrated throughout the day to support hormone pathways
🚫 Limit caffeine and alcohol after midday to avoid spikes
⏰ Keep consistent meal timing every 4–5 hours
📝 Journal daily to unload stress
🦶 Ground with barefoot time or fresh air
🧘‍♀️ Take micro‑breaks of breathwork or quick walks
📵 Set a screen curfew to calm your nervous system before bed
😊 Practice daily gratitude or mindful pauses to reset stress baseline
🌙 Lock in 7 to 9 hours of sleep with a calming evening routine

💾 Save this post and comment “LIST” for a free pdf, so you never forget your hormone hacks and tag a friend who needs to see this. Which habit will you start today?

🚨 STOP right here and scroll down for a FREEBIE! 🧩 As we covered in yesterday’s hormone hierarchy post, cortisol and ins...
07/18/2025

🚨 STOP right here and scroll down for a FREEBIE! 🧩 As we covered in yesterday’s hormone hierarchy post, cortisol and insulin aren’t just stress and sugar players—they set the stage for every other hormone. When they wobble, the whole system falls apart.

🔬 Think of cortisol and insulin as the foundation of a house. You wouldn’t hang expensive art or install new floors on a shaky base. Chasing symptoms with supplements, herbs or HRT can patch cracks, but it won’t fix that unstable foundation. There’s a time and place for all those interventions, but first you must stabilize cortisol and insulin. Here’s how cortisol and insulin havoc causes problems to downstream hormones.

👑 REPRODUCTIVE ROYALTY (estrogen, progesterone, testosterone)
Unbalanced cortisol and insulin fuel estrogen dominance, drop progesterone and tank testosterone—undermining fertility, libido and cycle regularity.

🌙 HARMONIZERS (melatonin & thyroid hormones)
High cortisol blocks nighttime melatonin release and stalls T4→T3 conversion, wrecking sleep, slowing metabolism and fogging your focus.

🏗️ PRECURSOR PILLARS (pregnenolone & DHEA)
Chronic cortisol shunts pregnenolone into stress hormones and drains DHEA production—leaving you fatigued, unmotivated and vulnerable to infection.

🤝 SOCIAL CONNECTORS (oxytocin)
Stress‑driven cortisol shuts down oxytocin release and receptor function, cutting off bonding, empathy and stress resilience.

📥 Comment “YES” to download your free PDF “8 Pillars of Hormone Health” to start balancing your hormones naturally at home! I’ll DM you the link instantly.

COMMENT “PDF” for a FREE pdf version of this post ❤️ Sick of your hormones running the show—mood swings, zero energy, or...
07/15/2025

COMMENT “PDF” for a FREE pdf version of this post ❤️ Sick of your hormones running the show—mood swings, zero energy, or stubborn weight gain? 🤯 Here’s the ugly truth: your hormones stack like Jenga blocks. If the base (Tier One—Survival Foundations: Cortisol & Insulin) is wobbling, everything else crashes. Forget chasing HRT and magic supplements—they’re just symptom band-aids without a solid foundation.

YOUR HORMONE HIERARCHY

1️⃣ SURVIVAL FOUNDATIONS (Cortisol & Insulin): Control stress and fuel your energy—always start here!

2️⃣ SOCIAL CONNECTORS (Oxytocin): Builds bonds, trust, and kicks stress to the curb. 🤝

3️⃣ PRECURSOR PILLARS (Pregnenolone & DHEA): Born from cholesterol; they lay down the groundwork for every other hormone.

4️⃣ HARMONIZERS (Melatonin & Thyroid Hormones): Keep your sleep, metabolism, and daily rhythm in lockstep. 🌙

5️⃣ REPRODUCTIVE ROYALTY (Testosterone, Estrogen & Progesterone): Drive your libido, fertility, and mood. 💪

True hormone harmony starts with a rock-solid base. While HRT can mask symptoms, it won’t fix a busted cortisol-insulin axis or revive depleted precursors.

Real balance demands a full system reboot: smart nutrition 🍎, ruthless stress management, sleep hygiene, strategic lifestyle hacks 🏃‍♀️, and advanced Dutch testing to pinpoint your shaky tier and fine-tune hormone synthesis and receptor sensitivity.

💥 Comment “PDF” below for instant download. Tired of half-measures? Hit the link in my bio to book a call and get the real support you need. ❤️

💥 Ready to stop blaming “perimenopause” for every hormone wobble? While perimenopause is a very real thing that deserves...
07/14/2025

💥 Ready to stop blaming “perimenopause” for every hormone wobble? While perimenopause is a very real thing that deserves its own spotlight, I want to take a moment to discuss the vital connection perimenopause has with blood sugar. WE CAN SUPPORT OUR BODY through perimenopause and minimize the storm. So let’s talk blood sugar! And COMMENT “HELP” for my top tips to take the control back ❤️

Stress (of all kinds) is silently hijacking your blood sugar—and your cortisol response is the culprit.

When you’re under pressure, your HPA axis floods your bloodstream with cortisol. That signal tells your liver to dump glucose to fuel your “fight or flight.” Even if you’re eating like a saint, stress-driven surges push your pancreas into catch-up mode. Over time you develop insulin resistance, which then:

✨ Locks fat cells in place, making weight loss feel impossible
🌪️ Disrupts estrogen and progesterone balance, fuelling hot flashes and mood swings
🐢 Blunts thyroid conversion, slowing metabolism and energy

Then you crash. As cortisol plummets, blood sugar tanks, triggering:

⚡️ Adrenaline jolts that spike anxiety and jitters
🌙 Night sweats and sleepless awakenings
😩 PMS flare-ups, cramps and tearful meltdowns

It’s a vicious loop: stress makes sugar swing, sugar swing makes hormones revolt, hormones revolt makes you think it’s just aging—when you could actually break the cycle.

🔥 Want my no-bull, science-backed hacks to stabilize stress-driven glucose swings and reclaim real hormone harmony? Comment “HELP” and I’ll DM you my top tips instantly.

Ready to flip the script on your hormones? COMMENT “BALANCE” for a free guide! 🔄 Unlike a single blood draw that only ca...
07/11/2025

Ready to flip the script on your hormones? COMMENT “BALANCE” for a free guide! 🔄 Unlike a single blood draw that only catches a moment in time, the DUTCH test tracks your hormones and metabolites over 24 hours, giving you a full dynamic picture you can actually act on.

Benefits of the DUTCH Test
🎯 Pinpoints your 24-hour cortisol rhythm and metabolites
🔍 Measures cortisone levels and cortisol:cortisone ratios
⚖️ Quantifies s*x hormones (E, P, T, DHEA) and their metabolites
🧪 Reveals Phase I/II estrogen detox pathways
🌙 Assesses melatonin for sleep-wake insights
🧠 Tracks neurotransmitter breakdown products
🛠️ Identifies adrenal precursors (pregnenolone, 17-OHP)
🔋 Includes organic acids for B-vitamin and mitochondrial health

Key Drivers of Hormone Imbalances
🔥 HPA-axis dysregulation from chronic stress
🍭 Insulin resistance and blood-sugar swings
🌡️ Chronic inflammation throughout the body
🧹 Impaired liver detoxification pathways
☣️ Toxin overload and environmental chemicals
💤 Poor sleep and disrupted circadian rhythms

When you know exactly what’s out of balance—whether it’s a cortisol crash at 3 pm, sluggish Phase II detox, or low melatonin—you can build a surgical, not scattershot, protocol. Stabilizing blood sugar is your foundation: it tames inflammation, fuels healthy progesterone and thyroid function, and keeps cortisol riding on an even keel.

💬 Comment BALANCE for my free macronutrient cheat sheet to master blood sugar control and design a hormone plan that finally sticks. Which hormone insight are you ready to dive into? 👇

💬 COMMENT “GUIDE” to grab my FREE playbook uncovering the TOP FIVE health complaints I see in my work with one-on-one cl...
07/09/2025

💬 COMMENT “GUIDE” to grab my FREE playbook uncovering the TOP FIVE health complaints I see in my work with one-on-one clients. Learn what labs I use to investigate, and how to adopt simple at-home strategies to get you started towards regaining your health.

🧠 I see stress in many forms, but these are the ones I encounter most in my practice. I help you pinpoint which buckets are overflowing, run targeted functional labs, and build personalized protocols to free your body from their grip.

🔬 Here’s what’s happening under the hood:
When any stressor—like emotional overload, gut imbalances, environmental toxins, or sleep disruption—hits your system, your HPA axis kicks into gear. Cortisol and adrenaline surge. In the short term, that response is lifesaving; chronic spikes, however, throw off hormone balance, digestion, immunity, and mood regulation.

✨ Symptoms can show up as:

🌪️ Brain fog, anxiety, or mood swings.
💥 Muscle aches, joint pain, or chronic tension.
☁️ Bloating, blood-sugar crashes, or food sensitivities.
🌙 Insomnia, fatigue, or irregular sleep.
🔥 Inflammation, headaches, or skin flare-ups.

🔥Pretty much any symptom is caused my underlying stressors, whether you can identify them or not!

🧪 I use lab panels like DUTCH Complete for cortisol patterns; OAT for mitochondrial and detox markers; GI-MAP for gut health; and oxidative-stress assays to map your unique stress signature. From there, we craft a plan of nutrition, targeted supplementation, lifestyle tweaks, and mind-body practices that unravel stress at the root.

💬 Comment “GUIDE” below to grab your free guide and start unraveling stress for good.

🚨 Ready to stop PCOS from hijacking your cycle and fueling insulin resistance and androgen imbalance? PCOS isn’t a one-a...
07/08/2025

🚨 Ready to stop PCOS from hijacking your cycle and fueling insulin resistance and androgen imbalance? PCOS isn’t a one-and-done diagnosis—it’s a complex conversation between your hormones, metabolism, stress response and even your gut. Conventional medicine slaps on birth control and calls it a day, but that only masks symptoms until you really need your hormones to work (hello perimenopause, fertility goals, energy crashes).

🤝 That’s why I work with you one-on-one—digging into every driver of PCOS from insulin resistance and chronic inflammation to adrenal-thyroid balance, the gut–brain axis, nutrient gaps and toxin load. Using a root-cause healing approach in functional medicine, we run targeted labs, build a personalized protocol and meet in regular sessions to test, tweak and propel you forward—so you can rebalance blood sugar, tame androgens and restore true hormone balance, healthy cycles and energy.

✨ Here’s how we tackle it:
🔬 Targeted labs for insulin resistance, hormones & inflammation
🥗 Kitchen medicine protocols to stabilize blood sugar
🧘‍♀️ Stress & adrenal support with vagal breathing & adaptogens
🦠 Gut-brain axis healing via GI-MAP & Organic Acids testing
💊 Nutrient & toxin screening to fill gaps & clear hormone disruptors

🍽️ We always start in the kitchen—because smart meals and balanced nutrition give your body the building blocks to produce the right hormones at the right time. Want to get cooking for your hormones? Comment “RECIPES” below free hormone-balancing recipes and start nourishing your body from the inside out. ✨

🔥Don’t get mad - hear me out. I’m Type A too. I know what it’s like to push through and ignore the signs. But healing do...
07/06/2025

🔥Don’t get mad - hear me out. I’m Type A too. I know what it’s like to push through and ignore the signs. But healing doesn’t happen in the hustle. Your body can’t recover until you slow down and actually listen to the whispers (or screams) it’s sending you.

⚠️ You weren’t meant to run on empty. The symptoms you brush off as “normal” might actually be your body begging you to hit pause.

⚠️ Cravings
😵‍💫 Mood swings
😴 Midday crashes
🧠 Brain fog
💤 3 a.m. wakeups
🍽️ No appetite
📉 Unexplained weight changes
💤 Poor sleep
💇‍♀️ Thinning hair
🤒 Frequent illness

These aren’t random! They’re biological red flags. Your hormones and nervous system are reacting to stress, even if you don’t FEEL stressed.

This post breaks down 11 sneaky signs you’re running on stress hormones (or have burned them out), and what to do about it.

👇 Want real solutions?

Comment “RESET” and I’ll DM you:

✅ The 21-Day Hormone Reset Playbook
✅ Playback of The Hormone Masterclass

The 21-Day Hormone Reset Playbook is a science-backed guide designed to restore balance, energy, and clarity using tools that actually work:

🧬 Whole food–based, evidence-backed nutrition
📅 A 3-phase, step-by-step plan
🍽️ 40 hormone-loving recipes you’ll enjoy
📓 Sample days + food lists so you know exactly what to do
💡 Tools to support cortisol, insulin, and metabolism
✅ Journals + habit trackers for real, lasting change

Built for real people who want real, lasting results. Backed by science. This is how you stop just surviving, and start rebalancing your body.

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I help people maximize their health, lose weight, understand their body, get strong and build confidence through health and nutrition coaching. My clients learn how to build life-long habits in order to FINALLY reach their health, fitness and wellness goals. Being “fit” is not just about being active. So stop busting your ass in the gym in order to get the body you want. There is so much more to it and I want to teach you! Are you ready?

It’s time to get in the best shape of your life, for the rest of your life. We will improve your health, look incredible, feel strong, gain confidence and say goodbye to dieting forever. No more trendy diets to lose weight fast, only to gain it back. Instead, you will build a solid foundation of habits and behaviors that support your busy lifestyle without restrictions and food rules. The result? A life filled with joy, freedom and balance.

I understand and want you to know that you aren’t alone! The top reasons we fail to reach our goals, are due to a lack of reliable information, a weak support system and too many “food rules” that leave us deprived and unable to maintain long-term. With me as your coach, you will NOT fall into that statistic of failure.

We start with a Complimentary Strategy Session. During this session we discuss your goals, health history and any roadblocks you may have, so we can get a clear picture of what you need to be successful. I will explain exactly how the program works and what to expect with me as your coach.