{"id":12571,"date":"2014-07-22T10:30:43","date_gmt":"2014-07-22T17:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145696.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=12571"},"modified":"2014-07-22T10:30:43","modified_gmt":"2014-07-22T17:30:43","slug":"sugar-weight-gain-hormones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/articles\/sugar-weight-gain-hormones\/","title":{"rendered":"Sugar, Weight Gain + Your Hormones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/SugarLips2byeli_santana.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"435\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12572\" src=\"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/SugarLips2byeli_santana.jpg\" alt=\"Sugar lips Image by eli santana at Flickr.com, cc\" srcset=\"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/SugarLips2byeli_santana.jpg 600w, https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/SugarLips2byeli_santana-300x217.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s sort of a clich\u00e9 that once women hit their 40s they gain about five extra pounds. That these extra lbs have managed to creep on gradually without a significant change in diet or exercise. And that those five extra are seemingly impossible to lose.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019d heard this many times and always thought they must be doing something to cause it. Or that they looked fine so who cares about a few extra pounds.<\/p>\n<p>Well, I\u2019m here to tell you this 5 pound phenomenon is the real deal. I never thought it would happen to me, but now that it has I want it off. It may sounds like nothing but is <em>something<\/em>. This small gain has caused my clothes to fit differently and my energy levels to drop. It also sucks to eat right (mostly), exercise regularly and still not look the way you used to.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Christian Northrup advocates a healthy diet of whole foods and also recommends making sure to keep your <a href=\"http:\/\/www.drnorthrup.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/puzzle-solved-easy-tips-for-healthy-blood-sugar\" target=\"_blank\">blood sugar balanced<\/a>. Out of whack blood sugar levels cause headache, low energy, scattered mind and can even lead to heart disease, diabetes and cancer. We\u2019ve talked here before about <a href=\"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/2014\/04\/22\/sugar-diet-feel-look-better-without-white-stuff\/\">low to no sugar diets<\/a> and this information seems to be everywhere right now.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m thinking this blood sugar issue (and my sweet tooth habit) are to blame for hormonal fluctuations and my recent struggles with not only weight gain and energy drop, but irregular periods and monthly migraines.<\/p>\n<p>So, I\u2019ve enlisted some help from a nutritionist and will document my experience over the next 10 days. Hope you follow along.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>[Image by eli santana at Flickr.com, cc]<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is sugar doing to your waistline, quality of life, and long term health? Follow along on my 10 day journey to find out&#8230; <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/articles\/sugar-weight-gain-hormones\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":12572,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false},"categories":[15],"tags":[4882,8160,9012,8156,8157,8159,8158,5755,3317,8155,3802],"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/SugarLips2byeli_santana.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12571"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12571"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12571\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}