If you’re eating less, being disciplined, and doing everything you’ve been told to do—but your body is holding on harder—this episode explains why.

For many high-achieving women, eating less doesn’t lead to fat loss.

It leads to metabolic compensation.

When stress is high and fuel, recovery, or sleep are low, the female metabolism adapts by conserving energy. That can look like stubborn weight, increased inflammation, cravings, disrupted sleep, and feeling “wired but tired”—even when labs appear normal.

In this episode, we cover:

• Why eating less can cause the body to hold on harder

• How stress quietly rewrites metabolic signals

• Why “calories in, calories out” fails women under chronic stress

• How intermittent fasting and restriction can backfire in depleted patterns

• Why normal labs don’t mean your metabolism is functioning optimally

• Which metabolic patterns are most vulnerable to this response

• What actually needs to stabilize first before pushing harder

This isn’t a willpower problem.

It’s physiology.

👉 Take the free Metabolic Pattern Quiz to see how your body is compensating around stress and what strategy fits you best.

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Your hormones can be “normal” on paper… and you can still feel like something is seriously off.

If you’re exhausted even after sleeping…

If cravings hit hardest at night…

If your mood feels unpredictable…

If you’re gaining weight or holding inflammation “for no reason”…

And every lab keeps coming back “fine”…

This episode is for you.

I’m Dr. Riobé (OB-GYN + integrative physician), and I see this pattern all the time:

It’s not that your hormones are abnormal.

It’s that your metabolism is unstable—and your hormones are constantly trying to compensate.

In this episode, I’ll show you how to stop chasing random hormone fixes and start asking the real question:

“What is my metabolism adapting to that’s forcing my hormones to fluctuate?”

You’ll learn why:

• blood work often misses what’s happening inside your cells

• stress + cortisol can create metabolic chaos

• blood sugar crashes can mimic “hormone imbalance”

• thyroid patterns can still cause symptoms even in the “normal” range

• estrogen + progesterone symptoms aren’t just about levels—it’s also about regulation and clearance

TAKE THE FREE DYNAMIC METABOLIC TYPE QUIZ (and finally learn what YOUR metabolism needs first): https://form.jotform.com/250528550970055

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Stress Is a Metabolic Input

Stress isn’t just something you “manage.”

It’s a biological input your metabolism responds to — constantly.

In this episode, we unpack why stress is so often misunderstood in women’s health, and why treating it as an emotional or mindset issue misses what’s actually happening physiologically.

For women, stress directly alters:

• metabolic signaling

• energy production

• hormonal balance

• inflammation and recovery

When stress is ignored as a metabolic input, symptoms can start to feel random — even when labs look “normal” and you’re doing all the right things.

🧠 This episode reframes stress from a psychological burden to a biological signal

🌿 And explains why generic advice so often fails to resolve fatigue, inflammation, and hormonal symptoms in women

This conversation builds on the foundation laid in earlier episodes and sets the stage for understanding how metabolic patterns adapt under load.

If you want to understand how your metabolism responds to stress, the next step is identifying your Dynamic Metabolic Type.

👉 I invite you to take the Dynamic Metabolic Type Quiz here:

https://form.jotform.com/250528550970055

#womensmetabolism

#metabolichealth

#stressandhealth

#hormonehealth

#integrativemedicine

#functionalmedicine

#womenswellness