It wasn’t just the weight…

A woman reached out to me last week.

She broke down on the call. 

“I’ve never weighed this much,” she said.

“Not even after having my kids.”

Her voice was calm at first,

But as we kept talking. 

She started to cry.

She’d been carrying this for a long time.

She talked about how things used to be:

She ran.

She worked out.

She lifted weights.

She tracked every meal, every calorie.

It was part of who she was.

And then COVID happened.

Life got harder.

Stress from her job piled on—she was promoted.

She started to feel disconnected. 

From her habits.

From herself.

“The weight just stayed,” she said.

For an hour, we talked.

She cried as we peeled back the layers of what she was carrying.

Stress from work.

A life upended by COVID.

Hormonal changes in her 40s.

She thought she just needed more willpower.

But it was so much deeper than that.

This wasn’t about food.

Her body had changed.

Hormones, stress, and exhaustion had all played a role.

She thought she’d failed.

But what she really needed was a new approach.

We talked about GLP-1 medications.

Because they address hormonal imbalances and metabolic challenges.

Especially for women in their 40s and beyond.

To make weight loss possible when other methods haven’t worked.

This is not a shortcut.

They work best as part of a comprehensive approach that includes mindset, movement, and nutrition.

For her, the conversation wasn’t about the medication.

It was about feeling seen.

Feeling understood.

And finally having a plan that made sense for where she was in life.

When we addressed the root causes of her weight gain,

She realized it wasn’t her fault.

And that made all the difference.

When we finished, she took a deep breath.

For the first time in years.

She felt hope.

If this feels like your story,

Know this.

You don’t have to figure it out alone.

If you’ve been wondering how to drop the the weight and stress even if with a packed schedule, think about her story.

Rooting for you,

Dr. Beckford

Your Coach

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