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Yvonnekarneymd Helping women ditch brain fog and fatigue so they can GET ON WITH THEIR LIVES!

01/24/2026

✨Weight Gain Inflammation Loop✨

High stress doesn’t just affect your mood, it rewires your metabolism. Cortisol drives belly fat, fuels insulin resistance, and creates inflammation that keeps your body stuck in fat storage mode. This is why midlife weight gain often shows up right around the middle, even when you’re eating well.

When stress stays high long-term, it can damage your gut, increase inflammation, and create what I call “rusty locks,” where hormones can’t do their job. If the things that used to work don’t work anymore, you’re not broken. Your body is asking for a different approach.

“If weight loss feels impossible, it’s not just calories—stress hormones, muscle loss, and hidden insulin resistance can...
01/24/2026

“If weight loss feels impossible, it’s not just calories—stress hormones, muscle loss, and hidden insulin resistance can work against you every day.”

01/23/2026

✨Why My Weight Loss Stopped✨

If you’re doing the exact same things you’ve always done but gaining five to seven pounds a year, that is not a discipline problem. That is a hormonal shift. In midlife, estrogen decline and insulin resistance quietly change how your metabolism works, even when your blood sugar looks “normal.”

When your body stays stuck in fat storage mode, it will actively resist weight loss to protect itself. This is your sign to stop repeating strategies that no longer work and start looking at the whole picture instead of blaming yourself.

“You can eat right and exercise consistently, yet still gain weight when hormones like estrogen and insulin are pushing ...
01/23/2026

“You can eat right and exercise consistently, yet still gain weight when hormones like estrogen and insulin are pushing your body into fat-storage mode.”

01/22/2026

✨5 Reasons For Weight Gain — Explained✨

You did what you were told. Eat less. Move more. Count calories. And yet your weight still won’t budge. That’s not a failure on your part. It’s a flawed equation that ignores how hormones actually work in a woman’s body.

Low estrogen, insulin resistance, stress, muscle loss, and toxic load all change how your body handles calories. When those signals are off, weight loss becomes biologically harder no matter how disciplined you are. Stop blaming yourself and start understanding what your body is really asking for.

“Weight gain isn’t a failure of willpower—hormones, stress, muscle loss, and metabolism shifts quietly change the rules,...
01/22/2026

“Weight gain isn’t a failure of willpower—hormones, stress, muscle loss, and metabolism shifts quietly change the rules, especially for women in midlife.”

01/03/2026

✨Don’t Outlive Your Brain✨

I don’t want to outlive my brain, and I don’t think you do either. When women lose hormones, the brain is one of the first places that feels it, memory, clarity, and cognition can quietly decline long before anyone calls it a diagnosis.

Studies show that women who take hormone replacement therapy have a lower risk of dementia, yet so many were denied hormones because of fear based black box warnings. You are not a number. Some 60 year olds feel 50, and some 50 year olds feel 80. The question is not your age, it is what is actually happening inside your body.

“I don’t want to outlive my brain—and hormones play a powerful role in protecting memory, cognition, and long-term brain...
01/03/2026

“I don’t want to outlive my brain—and hormones play a powerful role in protecting memory, cognition, and long-term brain health.”

01/02/2026

✨Oral Estrogen Risks✨

Birth control pills increase the risk of heart attack and stroke for a reason, and it comes down to how estrogen is processed in the body. When estrogen is taken orally, it goes straight to the liver, triggering inflammatory chemicals that raise cardiovascular risk. That is not how your ovaries ever released estrogen.

There is a huge difference between oral estrogen and transdermal estrogen like creams or patches that bypass the digestive system and enter the bloodstream directly. When hormones are used the way your body was designed to receive them, they can support heart health, brain health, and longevity. You deserve to be your best, and there is no number where you are suddenly too late for hormones.

“Estrogen doesn’t cause heart disease; timing, delivery method, and pre-existing conditions matter far more than the fea...
01/02/2026

“Estrogen doesn’t cause heart disease; timing, delivery method, and pre-existing conditions matter far more than the fear-based warnings women were given.”

01/01/2026

✨“Too Late” For HRT?✨

I call B.S. on the idea that you are “too late” for hormone replacement therapy. You are not a number, you are an individual, and you deserve a healthy brain, real intimacy, and a full quality of life. That outdated 10 year rule was built on fear, not on what the science actually shows.

Non oral estrogen does not cause heart disease, and the retraction of the black box warning was huge for women’s health. If you were denied hormones because your doctor did not have the right information at the time, you should not be penalized for that. Ask better questions. Demand individualized care. Your body deserves it.

“There is not a number where you’re suddenly too late for hormones—you are an individual, not a statistic, and your heal...
01/01/2026

“There is not a number where you’re suddenly too late for hormones—you are an individual, not a statistic, and your health deserves personal consideration.”

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