We're sticking with the theme of client case studies for the entire month of April, I'll be providing an inside look at a variety of real client case studies inside the SF Coaching Method.

In today's episode is one I've been really looking forward to recording, because we're going to unpack a real client case study that sits at the intersection of PCOS, perimenopause, fat loss, and hormone health.

And before I even get into her story, I want to zoom out for a second here because one of the biggest problems women are facing right now isn't just symptoms, it's where the nuance gets lost.

There's a massive amount of information online about hormones, PCOS, perimenopause, insulin, and of course, fat loss. And a lot of it is either oversimplified, taken out of context, or just not applicable to real life.

So what that does is it creates a constant feeling of, am I doing this right? Should I be doing more? Why isn't this working for me? And what I want to do in this episode is give you a clearer lens in a better understanding of what's happening.

We're going to talk through what's happening physiologically in PCOS and perimenopause, why fat loss can feel more complex in this phase. How metabolism, stress and hormones are all interacting.

And I'll walk you through the real case study of how this played out over the course of about nine months with my current client.

Time Stamps:

(0:57) Client Case Study I'm Excited To Dive Into

(2:35) Defining Perimenopause

(7:18) Insulin

(9:49) Energy and Stress

(14:18) My Client's Background and Lifestyle

(17:02) TPO Antibodies

(21:27) Changes In Months 3 and 4

(28:36) The SF Coaching Method

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Today I'm walking you through a real case study from a client inside the SF coaching method.

This client didn't call me because Fat loss stopped working for her. She came back because she was scared. She was waking up fifteen to twenty times per night, drinking three gallons of water a day and still couldn't quench her thirst.

Doctors told her what she was imagining and the symptoms she was experiencing were all in her head. Just because her lab values fell within the normal Western range.

So this is where coaching changes your experience. This is no longer a fat loss or a transformation conversation.

This becomes a systems root cause conversation.

A conversation of advocacy.

And today I'm going to walk you through this case. How I'm thinking about it, what stands out and what this teaches us about fat loss shortcuts.

Time Stamps:

(1:45) Who This Episode Is For

(3:38) Beth's Case Study

(6:40) Retatrutide, Weight Loss, and Weight Regain

(11:05) How I Look At This Case As A Functional Health Coach

(16:45) GLP-1's, Peptides, and Fat Loss Tools

(24:28) Rebuilding Predictability

(30:30) The SF Coaching Method

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This is part two of a conversation I started last week that, quite honestly, I felt compelled to have because if you've been paying attention to culture lately, you've probably noticed something happening again.

Bodies are getting smaller, celebrity frames are shrinking, and the language around women's bodies is starting to sound a lot like it did in the late nineties and early two thousand. The skinny era is back, and I'll be honest with you, it pisses me off.

Not because women are losing weight, but because we are watching the same cycle repeat itself without the education that women actually deserve about what these trends can do to their bodies over time.

In last week's episode, we started unpacking the physiology behind chronic under fueling. We talked about energy availability, metabolic adaptation, thyroid downregulation, and stress physiology.

In other words, what actually starts happening inside the body when calorie intake drops too low for too long? If you haven't listened to that episode yet, I highly recommend going back and starting there because it lays the foundation for everything we're going to talk about today, because today we're going to keep going.

We're going to move deeper into what chronic under-eating can do to the female body. And we're starting with something that almost no mainstream dieting conversation talks about the menstrual cycle specifically and female hormone signaling.

Because when energy availability, aka calories, stays too low, the body doesn't just slow metabolism, it begins adjusting reproductive physiology as well.

And that's where the conversation gets really important for women.

Time Stamps:

(0:40) Part 2 Of Our Conversation

(2:55) The Menstrual Cycle

(6:24) Muscle Mass Considerations

(15:30) Energy Balance and Availability

(21:48) Micronutrient Considerations

(34:18) The Cultural Pendulum

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