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Increased Energy, Better Sleep!

Our weight loss program will definitely help you achieve your weight loss goals and get you back to skinny once again! But that is not the best part of the program according to those participating. 

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The greatest thing about our weight loss program in The Villages is how it makes you feel. Everyone wants to lose weight and look great but what happens on our program is patients get addicted to how incredible they can feel once again.  Just like getting the oil changed in your car, we often forget what our bodies are capable of and how well we can function at any age. 

While on our 12-week weight loss program patients consistently give us feedback about how much more energy they have and how much their sleep has improved. Patients remark that their bloating has gone away and that clothes fit so much better and often times a new smaller size is needed.

Patients often say goodbye to their stomach pains and watch acid reflux melt away. Patients remark that they no longer have to wake up in the night to eat antacids.

Increased libido, more energy, less brain fog, better digestion, fewer pills, better focus, and getting a renewed sense of excitement with life are the things that patients love experiencing while on our doctor-directed weight loss program.

Are you ready to feel amazing too?

Call Legacy Clinic at (352) 259-0024 to schedule your free weight loss consultation so you too can feel AMAZING in 2022!

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Weight Gain Due to Hormonal Imbalances

Endocrine glands secrete hormones that are distributed all over your body via the blood. They play a vital role in the body’s metabolism, helping maintain a healthy weight.

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Impact Of Hormones on Weight

To lose weight and keep it off, we should understand the workings of these hormones. They work as follows;

Hormone Endocrine Gland (Produced by)FunctionIssues due to malfunction
InsulinPancreas (islets of Langerhans)handles utilization and storage of blood sugar (glucose) makes the cell walls permeable to glucose (source of energy)excess sugar is turned into glycogen stored in the liver, muscles, and adipose tissue (fat cells) glycogen turns to glucose in presence of insulinChronically, high levels of insulin in the blood lead to insulin resistance, weight gain, diabetes (Type 2)
LeptinWhite adipose tissue, but also by the stomach, skeletal muscle & pituitary glandappetite suppressant hormone communicates with your brain  telling it when you are satiated or hungryLeptin resistance Feeling unsatiated or empty leading to the brain telling your body to keep eating à weight gain
Ghrelina pleiotropic hormone secreted by endocrine X/A-like cells of the stomach & in small amounts by the small intestine, pancreas, and brainstimulates appetite increases food intake promotes fat storageincreased appetite à body weight disorders like cachexia, anorexia nervosa
CortisolAdrenal glandsThe adrenal cortex produces hormones that control sex (androgens, estrogens)salt balance in the blood (aldosterone) sugar balance (cortisol)causes cravings for sugary, fatty & salty foods affects the carbohydrate & fat metabolism à weight gain
estrogengonads – ovaries, corpus luteum, and placenta non-gonad organs – liver, heart, skin, and brainoptimal functioning of female reproductive organsproduced too little or too much estrogen à weight gain

Conclusion

There are other obscure hormones such as – Neuropeptide Y (NPY), Cholecystokinin (CCK), Glucagon-like Peptide-1 (GLP-1), and Peptide YY (PYY) – that play a role in weight gain. Legacy Clinic offers a doctor-directed weight loss program that targets hormone imbalances to determine the source of the weight gain and provides a custom weight loss solution for each patient.

Legacy Clinic in The Villages operates a doctor-directed weight loss program that gets to the cause of weight gain. Contact us today to find out the cause of your weight gain and learn about how you can reset your hormones to keep the weight off forever. Legacy Clinic is located in The Villages, FL at Laurel Manor Professional Plaza.