Why Women Struggle to Lose Weight

The answer: hormones

I, like many women, have struggled with my weight and body image. As a full time health and fitness writer, I have learnt a lot about the female condition that school doesn’t teach you. For example, the profound impact of our menstrual cycle on our weight, mood and behavior. Why aren’t more people talking about this?

There are, of course, many other reasons why a woman may or may not be able to effectively lose weight. But for the sake of this article, we’re going to just focus on the role of hormones.

The way your body looks may seem minor in the grand scheme of things, but it’s undeniable that the way you feel in your body has a major impact in the way you feel and show up in the world. I’ve learnt this first hand.

If more people were aware of the hormonal fluctuations that occur as a result of their menstrual cycle, perhaps they’d be able to better work with their bodies to prevent hormonal weight gain and be kinder to themselves throughout moments of flux. So I hope this insight helps you.

In the next few paragraphs I’m going to cover some of the basic science of the menstrual cycle, because you’d be surprised how many women aren’t aware of it. Me included. Even after I did two degrees in science…

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