# @ciarafoyinc on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DT-YZKOEfVu
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- **Posted:** 2026-01-26T12:57:36.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Ciara Foy // Nutritionist • Hormone Expert • 20 Yrs (@ciarafoyinc) — https://gondola.cc/ciarafoyinc

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Your doctor isn’t telling you this, but I will.

What you’re experiencing:
“I started HRT progesterone and now I’m bloated, hungry, and gaining weight. My friend is on the same thing and she’s fine. What’s going on?”

What nobody’s explaining:
The SAME hormone works completely differently depending on YOUR metabolic health. And if this is happening to you, you’re not stuck.

Here’s what the research actually shows:
🧬 The Insulin Connection:
Research published in the American Journal of Physiology found that progesterone can inhibit insulin signaling in adipocytes. BUT this effect is dramatically amplified in women with existing insulin resistance.

💡 The Metabolic Context:
A 2020 study in Scientific Reports showed progesterone increases glucose production via the liver ONLY when insulin action is already impaired. In metabolically healthy women? It supports normal glucose regulation.

😴 The Cortisol Trade-Off:
Your body makes cortisol from the same precursors as progesterone. When you’re metabolically stressed, adding progesterone triggers compensatory hunger.

I’m living proof. At 49, with an A1C of 4.7, optimal muscle mass, and 21% body fat, I’ve always been my leanest during my luteal phase. Same on micronized progesterone. Because of my metabolic health.

Here’s the truth: You need to be metabolically healthy. And most women are NOT during perimenopause. 

That’s why what used to work doesn’t anymore. Insulin resistance. This isn’t just impacting your weight, it’s impacting your health, your risk factors on HRT, and how you feel. You cannot ignore this.

After 20+ years as a Nutritionist helping thousands of women, I created The Hormone Stacking Method™ an 8-week live program so you understand what’s going on and can control your metabolic health. It will change everything. 

🔥 DM me “STACKING” for details

SHARE with a friend who needs to know! 

Are you the friend who’s fine on progesterone or the one struggling? Tell me below 👇

#HRTprogesterone #perimenopausalhealth #womenover40 #insulinresistance #hormonetherapy

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womenover40, insulinresistance, hrtprogesterone, hormonetherapy, perimenopausalhealth

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