04/30/2026
You’ve been dieting for yearssss, and all you have to show for it is gaining weight ??? This is for you.
This is the most frustrating thing that I see every single day.
Women restricting for months (more like years). Doing everything they’ve been told. Doing everything right on paper. But the scale is going up.
This isn’t a discipline or willpower problem. This is a biology issue.
Under-eating raises cortisol.
Cortisol breaks down muscle + signals fat storage.
Less muscle slows your metabolism. The deficit that worked for the first 3 months stops working because your body has quietly dismantled the engine burning calories.
The ghrelin rises to force you to eat. Your body is literally fighting you to keep you alive.
The answer is not more restriction. It’s rebuilding - adequate protein, manage cortisol, enough food to convince your body the famine is over.
You don’t have to “feel” mentally stressed for your body to be under stress.
High cortisol = thyroid hormone shift = even lower metabolism
This is the clinical reality of almost every woman I’ve worked with.
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