If you feel like you’re doing everything right to lose weight but the scale won’t budge, your hormones could be out of balance and sabotaging your efforts. At Z Med Clinic, we understand the intricate relationship between your body’s hormones and its ability to shed fat.
That’s why we offer personalized hormone therapy to help patients finally lose stubborn extra pounds and keep them off for good.
With your hormones working for you instead of against you, reaching your ideal weight can become an achievable goal. Our detailed testing identifies any hormone deficiencies or excesses contributing to weight gain.
We create tailored treatment plans to restore hormone balance and spark your body’s innate fat-burning powers.
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What is Hormone Therapy for Weight Management?
Hormone therapy, also called hormone replacement therapy (HRT), involves correcting deficiencies or imbalances in hormones like estrogen, progesterone, testosterone, thyroid hormone, cortisol, insulin, leptin, and ghrelin.
These powerful chemical messengers coordinate many of the body’s functions related to metabolism, appetite, and weight. When certain hormones are out of balance, it can be nearly impossible to lose weight through diet and exercise alone.
Hormone therapy gets to the source of the imbalance, bringing your body back into an optimal state for shedding excess fat. As hormone levels are restored, you’ll start to see results from your weight loss efforts once more.
Understanding Hormones and Weight Management
Your endocrine system produces hormones that act as chemical signals to control hunger, metabolism, fat storage, muscle growth, stress responses, and more. When these hormones are dysregulated, it impacts weight in the following ways:
| Hormone | Function | Imbalance Effects |
| Leptin and Ghrelin | Control hunger and satiety signals | Can disrupt normal appetite cues |
| Insulin | Regulates blood sugar and influences where the body stores fat | Too much insulin drives fat storage |
| Cortisol | Manages stress response | Excess cortisol causes abdominal fat deposition |
| Estrogen | Regulates fat distribution and metabolism in females | Declining estrogen after menopause often leads to weight gain |
| Testosterone | Builds muscle mass and influences metabolism in males | Low testosterone is linked to increased body fat |
| Thyroid hormone | Directly controls metabolic rate | An underactive thyroid slows metabolism |
How Imbalances in Hormones Affect Weight
Imbalances in hormones can all contribute to weight gain or difficulty losing weight in different ways, such as:
- Slowing metabolic rate, causing fewer calories to be burned
- Increasing appetite cues and caloric intake
- Promoting abdominal fat storage around the organs
- Causing more fat storage and less muscle growth
- Shifting fat storage patterns to accumulate fat in certain areas
Signs and Symptoms of Hormonal Imbalance
Hormonal imbalances can cause a variety of signs and symptoms in both men and women. Some common symptoms include:
| Signs and Symptoms | Women | Men |
| Irregular or painful periods | X | |
| Heavy menstrual bleeding | X | |
| Missed periods | X | |
| Infertility | X | |
| Breast tenderness | X | |
| Acne | X | |
| Headaches | X | |
| Mood swings | X | |
| Fatigue | X | X |
| Weight gain or difficulty losing weight | X | X |
| Low libido or erectile dysfunction | X | |
| Breast growth or tenderness | X | |
| Mood changes like irritability or depression | X | |
| Loss of body hair or muscle mass | X | |
| Increased sweating | X | |
| Hot flashes | X |
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Hormone Therapy for Men
Testosterone plays a vital role in men’s health and regulates many key functions. As testosterone levels decline with age or due to conditions like hypogonadism, men may experience troubling symptoms. Testosterone replacement therapy can help restore optimal hormone levels and provide wide-ranging benefits.
How Testosterone Influences Health in Men:
- Builds muscle mass and strength
- Maintains bone density
- Boosts red blood cell production
- Regulates fat distribution
- Supports reproductive health and fertility
- Influences libido and erectile function
- Impacts mood, motivation, and energy
- Aids cognitive function and memory
Our testosterone therapy is supervised by a hormone specialist to ensure proper dosing, monitoring, and safety. Lifestyle changes like diet, exercise and stress reduction also complement hormone replacement. For men struggling with low testosterone, restoring optimal levels can greatly enhance quality of life.
Who is an Ideal Candidate for Testosterone Therapy?
Testosterone replacement therapy may be appropriate for men exhibiting signs and symptoms of low testosterone along with blood tests showing decreased levels.
Ideal candidates for testosterone HRT are men who:
- Have clinically low testosterone levels based on blood testing along with symptoms
- Do not have conditions that may be aggravated by testosterone therapy
- Have no signs of prostate cancer based on digital rectal exam and PSA testing
- Are committed to ongoing monitoring and safety precautions
- Understand the benefits and risks of hormone therapy
Before initiating treatment, a full medical history, physical exam, and lab testing are needed to evaluate candidacy. Additional assessments may include:
| 1 | Prostate health evaluation |
| 2 | Cardiovascular risk assessment |
| 3 | Evaluation of sleep apnea risk |
| 4 | Assessment of fertility goals |
| 5 | Screening for psychiatric conditions like depression |
Our experienced hormone specialists carefully review the full clinical picture for each patient. We take a thorough, responsible approach to determine appropriateness of testosterone therapy based on symptoms, lab results, medical history, exam findings, and patient goals. Close monitoring and follow-up are conducted to ensure treatment is effective and safe on an ongoing basis.
Hormone Therapy for Women
Estrogen and progesterone are key hormones that work synergistically to regulate many vital functions in women. These hormones are essential for reproductive health, and also influence body composition, weight management, and overall well being.
How Estrogen and Progesterone Affect Health:
- Regulate menstrual cycle and fertility
- Support bone density and cardiovascular health
- Impact skin, hair, and breast tissue
- Influence body fat distribution and metabolism
- Affect mood, memory, sleep quality, and energy
- Support urogenital and sexual health
The menstrual cycle is regulated by fluctuations in estrogen and progesterone. Estrogen levels peak just prior to ovulation, triggering the release of a mature egg. After ovulation occurs, progesterone levels rise to help build up the uterine lining.
If pregnancy does not occur, hormone levels drop dramatically and this leads to menstruation. The hormonal changes across the menstrual cycle lead to alterations in appetite, sleep quality, libido, energy levels, and various other symptoms.
Benefits of Hormone Therapy for Women
- Relieves menopausal symptoms like hot flashes, night sweats, and vaginal dryness
- Reduces abdominal fat accumulation and risk of metabolic syndrome
- Supports optimal bone density and may lower fracture risk
- Improves sleep quality, energy levels, and mental clarity
- Restores moisture and elasticity to skin and tissues
- Normalizes menstrual cycles and can help manage PCOS
- Improves urogenital health and sexual comfort
- May provide cardiovascular and neuroprotective benefits
Who is an Ideal Candidate for Estrogen and Progesterone Therapy?
The ideal candidates for estrogen and/or progesterone hormone replacement therapy are women going through perimenopause or menopause who are experiencing symptoms related to declining estrogen levels.
Women who have undergone hysterectomy with ovary removal before natural menopause often need HRT at an earlier age to make up for the abrupt drop in hormones.
Those at increased risk for conditions like heart disease or breast cancer may use lower dose therapy.
Before starting HRT, an initial medical assessment is done, including a detailed history, physical examination, and lab testing to evaluate hormone levels and overall health status. This helps determine if hormone therapy is appropriate and at what dose.
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The Z Med Clinic Approach
At Z Med Clinic, we tailor every HRT program to each patient’s unique hormone profile, medical history, symptoms, and health goals. We use advanced testing to pinpoint imbalances in key hormones and precisely formulate treatment plans using bioidentical hormones to restore optimum balance. Throughout your treatment, we monitor progress and adjust dosing to help you achieve sustainable results.
Lifestyle and nutrition guidance provides additional support to enhance the effectiveness of hormone therapy. Our integrative approach addresses all aspects – mind, body and spirit – for complete wellness.
We provide:
- Personalized care and customized treatment plans
- Specialized expertise in hormone therapy and weight loss
- Use of advanced hormone testing and analysis
- Precisely compounded bioidentical hormone therapy
- Ongoing monitoring and dosage adjustments
- Holistic approach including diet, exercise, stress management
Getting Started with Z Med Clinic
To start your hormone therapy and weight loss journey with Z Med Clinic, schedule a consultation online or call us to book your appointment through the following numbers and locations:
Houston Greenbriar: +17135416988
Houston Cyfair: +12819550000
The Woodlands: +12812923030
Corpus Christi: +113618533559
We’ll design a customized treatment plan just for you to bring your hormones back into balance. Follow-up visits and testing will assess your progress, and adjust therapy as needed to help you successfully meet your weight loss goals.
