Why You’re Doing Everything Right but Still Can’t Lose Weight (It’s Hormones)

Weight Loss Isn’t Just Calories

If you’re eating “healthy,” exercising, and still not losing weight, this is rarely a motivation problem. It’s often hormone resistance—your metabolism being biologically blocked from releasing fat.

At Inner Balance Functional Medicine, we see weight resistance linked to cortisol dysregulation, insulin resistance, thyroid dysfunction, and inflammation—especially in patients with long COVID, autoimmune disease, fertility challenges, and chronic stress.

The Hormones That Block Fat Loss

• Cortisol: promotes abdominal fat storage under stress

• Insulin: locks fat in storage when blood sugar is unstable

• Thyroid hormones: slow metabolic rate when conversion to T3 is impaired

• Leptin: disrupts satiety signaling

Why Dieting Can Backfire

Extreme calorie restriction and intense exercise elevate cortisol, slow thyroid function, worsen gut inflammation, and reduce metabolic flexibility—often making weight loss harder over time.

Functional Medicine Weight Loss Strategy

We stabilize the physiology first:

• Normalize blood sugar

• Reduce inflammation

• Support cortisol rhythm

• Optimize thyroid hormone conversion

• Repair gut health

• Personalize nutrition

This creates a metabolic environment where weight loss becomes possible instead of forced.

Telehealth Weight Loss Support

Our telehealth programs serve patients across Colorado and California with lab-based metabolic assessments and personalized protocols.

If weight loss feels impossible, your labs may explain why.

Start a functional medicine weight loss evaluation by booking free Discovery Call today!

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