Caroline, 50 years old, runs her own business and is a mum to two young children. She enjoys cycling and exercise classes and feels she eats fairly well. She doesn’t feel she can take any more time to herself in week.
Despite her fitness regime, she said that she was struggling with weight gain and lack of energy.
She also suffered from pre-menstrual migraines, mood swings, and anxiety. Describing herself as having mild depression, (doctor had prescribed antidepressants but she did not want to start taking them), she was struggling with the ability to concentrate and frequently felt “foggy”.
Jo says “I encouraged her to keep a food diary, which helped me to identify several macro and micro nutrient deficiencies. Together we worked on a food plan to help her address this. Following GP and functional testing, midlife onset of hypothyroidism was revealed.
Thyroid hormones help to control all aspects of metabolism, particularly energy levels. Low thyroid hormone issues can often present as weight gain, dry skin, hair loss, low mood amongst other symptoms.
We discussed possible foods that can exacerbate thyroid issues and therefore needed to be avoided, as well as foods to definitely include to meet the specific requirements of the thyroid gland.
Once we had identified and addressed her nutrient deficiencies we turned our attention to balancing blood sugar levels and hormones as when out of balance these too can lead to weight gain and subsequent energy slumps. After adopting her new diet and lifestyle regime for 8 weeks, Caroline returned for her follow up session noticeably more energised and excited about her steady weight loss. She felt the suggestions made by Jo were achievable and because they did not deny her “the lovely things in life” as she put it, it is a lifestyle that can easily be continued for the rest of her life.
This demonstrates how we can help you get to the root cause of your symptoms and then create a tailored plan of lifestyle changes all designed to rediscover YOU again. Enabling you to make changes that may even create a BETTER VERSION of you, because you understand exactly WHAT is happening to your body and your mind, and WHY it’s happening.