break free of diet and grind culture and the cycles of stress and hormone imbalances they create.
If you've tried sweating more, depriving yourself of real food, chugging caffeine, fat and sugar to make it through the mornings and binge-watching TV or social media until late at night for no apparent reason...then you are chasing the symptoms of your body's issues- not dealing with the root causes.
And you are not alone. Most women recognize stress as headaches, emotional eating, weak bladders and temper flares- responses that are situational and leave as fast as they come. But there is a more subtle stress that exists under the surface of your everyday life and and over years can have major impacts on your mental and physical health.
It's the stress of endless to-do lists, scars from childhood trauma, recurrent trauma from discrimination and a lack of safe spaces for ethnic, gender and cultural minorities, prolonged financial worries, distressful work environments and the list goes on.
If you've been down on yourself for not being able to get it together, for the love of God, hear these 4 words...
SHOW YOURSELF SOME LOVE.
The good news is you're not a tree so you're not stuck. You can do something about this. WE can do something about this. It's time to shift the focus from treating symptoms to addressing the root causes. It's time to get real and heal.
Angela Billups
Nurse Anesthetist, Holistic Hormone Health Coach
break free of diet and grind culture and the cycles of stress and hormone imbalances they create.
If you've tried sweating more, depriving yourself of real food, chugging caffeine, fat and sugar to make it through the mornings and binge-watching TV or social media until late at night for no apparent reason...then you are chasing the symptoms of your body's issues- not dealing with the root causes.
And you are not alone. Most women recognize stress as headaches, emotional eating, weak bladders and temper flares- responses that are situational and leave as fast as they come. But there is a more subtle stress that exists under the surface of your everyday life and and over years can have major impacts on your mental and physical health.
It's the stress of endless to-do lists, scars from childhood trauma, recurrent trauma from discrimination and a lack of safe spaces for ethnic, gender and cultural minorities, prolonged financial worries, distressful work environments and the list goes on.
If you've been down on yourself for not being able to get it together, for the love of God, hear these 4 words...
SHOW YOURSELF SOME LOVE.
The good news is you're not a tree so you're not stuck. You can do something about this. WE can do something about this. It's time to shift the focus from treating symptoms to addressing the root causes. It's time to get real and heal.
Angela Billups
Nurse Anesthetist, Holistic Hormone Health Coach
THE BEGINNING
Weekly nuggets, healing how-to and recipes, to keep you focused on your health and protecting your peace.
YOU'RE ON YOUR WAY
experience
Transformation through education, community, and accountability designed to help you meet your goals.
YOUR HEALING DESTINATION
Customized holistic restoration plan designed to alleviate your symptoms while fixing the root causes.
THE BEGINNING
Weekly nuggets and healing how-to, recipes, meal planning, accountability and more.
YOU'RE ON YOUR WAY
experience
Transformation through education, community, and accountability designed to help you meet your goals.
YOUR HEALING DESTINATION
Customized holistic restoration plan designed to alleviate your symptoms while fixing the root causes.
I’m Angela. A dog mom to my Rottie Cassie. A lover of high vibes, good food, travel, wellness and two of my favorite words…HORMONE HARMONY! What I really love to do is to help women who have given everything to their loved ones and careers- RECLAIM THEIR TIME, ENERGY AND HEALTH!
I’m a Nurse Anesthetist and have worked in healthcare for close to 30 years. I’m also and entrepreneur and have been a caretaker for two parents and I know exactly what BURNOUT feels like and just how overwhelming it can become in your life if you don’t get a handle on it.
On top of a lifetime of the trauma that is being a Black woman in America and a lack of safety that I didn't understand, close to 10 years of in my face stress and burnout led me to face some serious health challenges- all stemming from insulin resistance and HPA dysfunction (aka adrenal fatigue).
So I became a holistic health coach to heal myself and have been helping people integrate nutrition, simple lifestyle changes and deep health work into systems that work in their day to day lives ever since.
Any woman over 35 can tell you that gaining weight in your twenties and early thirties AIN'T GOT NUTHIN' on hormonal weight gain from 35 and over. And even though it feels like your hormones have lost their mind and conspired against you, they're actually doing the best they can with what you're giving them to work with.
I know that didn't feel good, but keep reading, I promise it gets better from here.
You may have spent years failing at fad diets, doing complicated and long workouts, feeling disappointed in yourself and hopeless about ever being able to lose the weight that has been piling on in spite of your best efforts.
Is that you too? Or was it just me?
When my hormones decided enough was enough and said "Peace Out!", I was doing all the things that had worked for weight loss in the past with either little to no results and had an instant rebound weight gain after every attempt.
EVERY. SINGLE. ONE.
And it wasn't until I learned more about hormone health and what the little buggers need to work properly that I started to get twice the results with half the effort.
Insert praise dance here.
To be clear, losing hormonal weight gain requires a holistic approach of diet and lifestyle changes. You can't reverse all the years of damage by just eating their favorite foods.
HOWEVER, starting to add more foods that fight hormonal weight gain to what you eat daily is absolutely a fantastic place to begin.
Let's get into a few of them, shall we?
Here are 3 foods that fight hormonal weight gain (for 6 more foods that blast hormonal fat click below👇🏽)
Eggs are rich in protein, which has been shown to affect the production of the hormones ghrelin and insulin positively. Insulin controls your blood sugar levels, and ghrelin controls your appetite. Your insulin and ghrelin levels will drop when you eat eggs for your first meal of the day. Eggs also make you feel full for longer, making it more likely that you will eat less food for each meal.
The American Heart Association recommends eating fatty fish like herring, sardines, wild-caught salmon, mackerel, and lake trout. These fish been shown to help stabilize hunger hormones so you feel fuller longer. Fatty fish are rich in Vitamin D which is essential in managing female testosterone levels. When female testosterone levels are improved, it can lead to slower weight gain, less fatigue, and lower depression levels. Eating as little as 3.5 ounces of fatty fish twice a week can go a long way in keeping your heart healthy and your hair and skin glowing. Additionally, the good fats in fish are essential for proper hormonal communication which results in a better mood and better cognitive skills.
Nuts are rich in healthy fats that aid hormone production and boost blood vessel health. They help lower cholesterol and insulin levels while positively impacting your overall endocrine system and maintaining optimum blood sugar levels. Brazil nuts are a great source of selenium, essential for good thyroid health. Walnuts are rich in omega-3 fatty acids making them great for promoting good brain health. Finally, almonds have very high protein and antioxidant levels.
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I’m Angela. A dog mom to my Rottie Cassie. A lover of high vibes, good food, travel, wellness and two of my favorite words…HORMONE HARMONY! What I really love to do is to help women who have given everything to their loved ones and careers- RECLAIM THEIR TIME, ENERGY AND HEALTH!
I’m a Nurse Anesthetist and have worked in healthcare for close to 30 years. I’m also and entrepreneur and have been a caretaker for two parents and I know exactly what BURNOUT feels like and just how overwhelming it can become in your life if you don’t get a handle on it.
On top of a lifetime of the trauma that is being a Black woman in America and a lack of safety that I didn't understand, close to 10 years of in my face stress and burnout led me to face some serious health challenges- all stemming from insulin resistance and HPA dysfunction (aka adrenal fatigue).
So I became a holistic health coach to heal myself and have been helping people integrate nutrition, simple lifestyle changes and deep health work into systems that work in their day to day lives ever since.
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