Weight & Metabolism

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When your weight begins changing despite eating carefully, exercising, or following plans that once worked, it can feel as though your body has stopped responding.

Weight is influenced by far more than calories alone. Blood sugar regulation, insulin, hormones, sleep, stress physiology, thyroid function, muscle mass, digestion, nutrient status, eating patterns, and metabolic adaptation can all affect how efficiently your body uses and stores energy.

This is especially important for women who are dealing with abdominal weight gain, cravings, fatigue after meals, afternoon energy crashes, difficulty losing weight, or weight changes during perimenopause and menopause.

Dr. Lori Puskar approaches weight and metabolism by looking for the physiological patterns that may be interfering with progress rather than assuming that the solution is simply eating less.

• Weight loss resistance
• Abdominal weight gain
• Unexplained weight gain
• Insulin resistance
• Blood sugar instability
• Slow metabolism
• Sugar and carbohydrate cravings
• Afternoon energy crashes
• Perimenopause-related weight changes
• Hormonal influences on weight
• Difficulty maintaining weight loss

A personalized evaluation may include meal timing, food composition, glucose regulation, insulin physiology, thyroid function, hormones, stress physiology, sleep, digestion, nutrient status, current supplements, and functional medicine testing when appropriate.

Understanding why your metabolism is struggling gives you a much better foundation for deciding what needs to change.

Dr. Lori Puskar helps women explore natural, functional medicine strategies for weight, metabolism, blood sugar regulation, and long-term metabolic health.