MORE BLOG POSTS — Weight Loss

  If you’re like me, you’ve built a supplement routine based on your age, your symptoms, and what you want your health to look like moving forward. My goals are pretty simple: feel good, maintain what’s working, and avoid problems down the road. And I’ll be honest—I don’t take my routine lightly. Not because I enjoy swallowing a handful of capsules every day (no one does), but because I’ve seen what happens when I don’t. Every once in a while, I experiment. I’ll cut back. Skip a few things. Tell myself I probably don’t need all of it. And every single time… it...

Some habits wear a halo they didn’t earn. They look healthy. They sound responsible. They’ve probably been recommended by a friend, a fitness app, or that one overly enthusiastic morning show segment. But after 40, your metabolism isn’t playing by the same rules it did at 25. Hormones shift. Stress hits differently. Recovery slows. And suddenly, a few of those “healthy habits” start quietly working against you instead of for you. If your weight isn’t budging—or your energy feels like it left the building years ago—one of these may be the reason. Let’s take a look under the hood.   Eating Too Little This...

GLP-1 medications are everywhere right now. Friends are talking about them. Social media is celebrating them. Primary care offices are prescribing them at record rates. And yes, some women are losing a significant amount of weight. But here’s what I’m also seeing. Women over 40 who are losing less than expected. Women who drop weight quickly and then plateau. Women who feel weaker instead of stronger. Women watching the scale fall while their energy falls with it. And they’re confused — because this was supposed to be the solution. If only. It’s true that medications like semaglutide and tirzepatide are powerful appetite-regulating tools....