Hormonal Balance and Weight Loss
What You’ll Learn:
- Why hormonal balance is a key to weight loss
- What hormones are and how they work
- Turning cellular resistance into cellular sensitivity
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Hi Jon,
I’ve been working/playing/thinking about your Method for about 2 years now. It has made a positive impact on my life but I have not been committed to it as I am now. I’m have been a member for a while, but I am now joining the Support Group. It is making a big difference to do the meditations and visualizations daily – because I want to.
I think you are a real revolutionary in this area. Why don’t you do a TED talk? I can hear your new theme song by Reggie Watts too, great! I think you would make a very valuable contribution to TED.
I look forward to losing this weight and living a greater life over time – once and for all – with your help. Thanks Jon!
Hi Jon,
I have been dealing with a number of issues since starting peri-menopause, and even before. At various points over the past 6 years, I have had vitamin D and iron deficiencies (which are now both fine), and high cortisol and TSH (both fine).
I am exhausted most of the time, and have been unable to work full-time for a couple of years. And I’ve gained about 20 pounds – in part because I just don’t have the energy to move around very much – but also because of financial stress (which I saw in your book).
I have been on Synthroid, which did nothing, and then natural masticated thyroid, which I am now weaning off because I haven’t seen an improvement in the year I’ve been on it. In fact, the only improvements I’ve seen have been through stress reduction (meditation, walking, journalling, etc.) and proper nutrition. At this point, I’m not even sure I have any of the diagnoses I have been given over the past 2 years – hypothyroidism, chronic fatigue, PTSD.
Your blog completely resonated with me and I know the Gabriel Method is the answer. That said, I’m wondering if you have any advice around peri-menopause. I have been following the GM for 1 month and haven’t seen any results yet, but I also know I am going through some adjustments as I stop the thyroid and natural progesterone (which was making me worse)!
Suggestions?
Hi Jon,
I’m new here and live in NZ. I’m post menopausal (59 years) and have gained about 20lbs of weight since the onset of menopause. Just wanted to know about vegetarian sources of omega 3. Are flax seeds enough as I don’t take fish oil. I eat very healthy with lots of vegies, some nuts and seeds. I also have had bouts of insomnia with menopause and wonder whats going on there. Some nights I’m so tired, but feel wired and can’t sleep. Any hormonal connection there? Thanks.
Hi Jon, I spoke to you a few months ago and you said you thought my weight gain was due to menopause, and suggested I talk to,Howard Leibowitz. I tried this route but sadly it’s just too expensive and difficult to communicate so far away. My question is, if I am doing everything you suggest in this video about hormones(which I am) will I be able eventually to help my menopause problems myself and lose the weight gained by menopause, without having to get hormone treatment from someone like HL? I have followed GM for nearly 6 months, feel amazing and have not gained any more weight. Definitely losing inches in legs, but tummy fat still as bad as ever. It was suggested I am focussing too much on my tummy, and since then have stopped doing this! And started listening to safe and protected to see if it helps.
But I would,be so grateful if you can tell me that if I stick at GM eventually I will solve the menopause problems! Or Whether the only way is to have hormone treatment. Thank you
I am wondering what your take is on leptin in regards to food timing as some specialists are saying to eat your protein at the beginning of the day in order to activate the leptin – and that there should not be any protein in your evening meal?
I have heard you say that Insulin is the fat storage hormone. I guess I don’t really understand that: if blood sugar is increased, then insulin level is increased in hopes of getting that blood sugar into the cells. Is it true that once the blood sugar gets inside the cells, it is either used by the cell, or it is stored inside the cell as fat?
What about if the blood sugar never makes it into the cells (because the cells are insulin resistant) … in that case, it’s not stored in the cell as fat? If that’s true, then why is insulin called the fat storage hormone? (because whether or not it’s stored as fat inside the cell is determined by the cell’s resistance, not by the hormone itself)
Where is my logic going wrong? (I’m confused)
Topic #2: What exactly is the purpose of leptin? I hear it brought up in discussion, but I don’t really understand what the heck it is!
Insulin activates a series of metabolic changes in your fat cells that cause your body to start making fat, regardless of your blood sugar levels. Insulin also inhibits the fat burning hormones, so you cannot burn fat when insulin levels are elevated. Insulin resistance causes elevated insulin levels. So insulin resistance is extremely detrimental for weight loss.
Leptin is produced by your fat cells and tells your brain how much fat you are carrying on your body. Leptin resistance causes your brain to act as if you have no fat on your body and creates excessive hunger AND insulin resistance.
I am also interested in what Sandra asked about Estrgen. If you Estrogen is low .. how does that effect weight ?
That’s really complicated. In some cases it can increase insulin sensitivity and in other cases reduce insulin sensitivity. There are so many factors at play. There’s a great hormonal specialist in the states named Dr. Howard Leibowitz http://www.liebowitzlongevity.com/
This is a great question to ask him.
This is very infomative and makes alot of sense. However, if a person goes years eating the wrong fats and then starts eating the right ones how long does it take to feel results?
You’ll feel results immediately. And it should get better and better over time.
Jon
Comment- Stress triggers various hormones in our bodies to basically Hold on to the Fat surrounding our cells as a Protective Mechanism. So the Key is to reduce or eliminate these Stress triggers!
Personally, It makes sense- with viable scientific backup. If we can somehow RETRAIN the mind to take a different pathway when dealing within and without Stressful situations, these hormonal reactions can be controlled.
Absolutely!
Do you have to reduce/eliminate all saturated fats to allow for your cells to be coated in the good type of fat (omega 3)? How long does the process take for your cells to become sensitive again (on average)?
Actually no, It’s more omega 6’s from refined vegetable oil that causes the biggest problem, because the cause inflammation and that leads to insulin resistance.
Jon
thank you. its so complicated. stress makes the resistance against such hormones as insulin and leptin? and estrogen – if there is lack of estrogen – then how it is about the weight?
Hi Sandra,
It’s true it can be very complicated. But keep following the approach of adding omega 3’s live food and protein, listening to visualizations and the other suggestions we make. It will help make your cells as sensitive as possible.
DOES 85 UNITS OF INSULIN MAKE ME CELLULAR RESISTANT? iI have cut out all wheat products and bread from my diet and still keep the weight on. Help me out
Insulin absolutely makes you cellular resistant. It’s the main hormone that tells the body to store fat. When Jon talks about stress, which results in the release of cortisol (the main stress hormone which raises blood sugar), insulin is released and high insulin levels to keep your blood sugar normal is what makes us put on weight and keep it on. There was a study done with mice that had each of them injected with insulin. As a result, they gained weight and became obese. Then the researchers decided to reduce the amount of food available to the mice to see if they lost weight, but continued the insulin injections. The mice died after a time and upon autopsy, the internal organs of the mice had severely atrophied due to the reduced food intake but the fat remained untouched. That is how powerful insulin is. If insulin levels have to remain high to keep your blood sugar down, your organs will atrophy until death before your fat cells with reduce in size.
When u talk about 85 u of insulin- some questions come to mind? To me that seems a large amount of insulin as a single dose/ so, is that a sliding scale amount of an amount given over different periods of time throughout the day and evening?
(Usually insulin is prescribed in relation to specific diet to regulate the blood sugars not elevate them.)
I understand how the physiology of high levels of insulin in ones body either secreted naturally ( as insulin is a hormone) or injected as per diabetic protocols. Therefore if administered over a period of time wouldn’t the body have different responses of then if administered or released in a larger single dose?