# @ciarafoyinc on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DVRwdUyAdlM
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/61793317-ciarafoyinc-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-02-27T22:04:38.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Ciara Foy // Nutritionist • Hormone Expert • 20 Yrs (@ciarafoyinc) — https://gondola.cc/ciarafoyinc

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“Ladies, stop blaming your hormones. It’s just what you’re eating.” 🙄

I hear this constantly from fitness influencers and it makes me laugh. Because I understand what they’re trying to say. A calorie deficit is real. Thermodynamics are real. 

But to say hormones aren’t driving your results? That’s not true. And it completely dismisses women’s lived experience.

I have been a nutritionist focused on metabolic health and functional hormones for over 20 years. So I may know a thing or two above and beyond the laws of thermodynamics.

Here is what is actually controlling your body composition, cravings, sleep, energy, and aging after 40.

1) Insulin. The most powerful fat storage hormone in your body. It controls whether you burn fat or store it.

2)Cortisol. Your stress hormone. Chronically elevated cortisol raises blood sugar, which raises insulin, which promotes abdominal fat storage and breaks down your previous muscle, that supports your metabolic health.

1) Thyroid hormones. These control your metabolic rate and are greatly impacted by stress, including eating too little and not eating enough carbohydrates! A sluggish thyroid means your body runs slower, burns less, and holds on to fat.

4). Estrogen. Declining estrogen in perimenopause directly reduces insulin sensitivity and drives inflammation. This is not a feeling. It is documented physiology.

All four interact. And none of them respond to the advice “just eat in a deficit and exercise more.” 

Sleep matters. Meal timing matters. Blood sugar matters. Inflammation matters. Food quality matters.

The women I work with are not lazy. They are operating against a hormonal current that requires a completely different approach.

🔥Comment RENEW if you’re done trying to figure this out on your own and being gaslit into believing you just need to eat less. I can help. Let’s get you the hormone testing, support, and protocol built for you by a woman who knows how to move you forward.

Share this with your friends who need to hear this 🙌 

➡️Have you been gaslit? Tell me in the comments 👇

#insulinresistance #perimenopausalhealth #bellyfattips #womenover40 #hormonalhealth

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hormonalhealth, bellyfattips, womenover40, insulinresistance, perimenopausalhealth

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