Progress Your Health Podcast

Linda’s Question:  Hello, Dr. Maki. I hope you are well. I eat perfectly. I a small amount of organic food daily. No alcohol. No smoking. I bike forty miles a week. I am a 51-year-old postmenopausal woman at five foot eight.  I am now 25 pounds overweight at 154 pounds. I cannot lose one pound. My TSH was 1.6 free T4, 1.1 free T3, 2.6 reverse T3, eleven had very low sex hormones. Hence, probably the postmenopausal part, recently began one milligram of biest troche daily and 50 mg capsule of progesterone at bedtime. My worst symptoms are water retention, bloating, and weight loss resistance. I also have aching joints and muscles. This hormone protocol does not seem to be working. I was thinking of switching to an Estradiol Patch. Short Answer:  Most people trying to lose weight all use the same strategy. They eat less and exercise more. Over time, this approach does not work very well cause the body is forced to adapt to the significant drop in calories and increased exercise. This is especially true for women