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My hormones make me fat - is that really true?

My hormones make me fat - is that really true?

Hormones can slow weight loss by a small real amount - about 65 to 230 kcal a day. They never make weight loss impossible, because burning fat still follows the same 7700 kcal per kilo rule for everyone.

12 Jul 2026 · Burnie Academy
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Lots of people blame hormones when the scale won't move. That is partly true, and partly a story we tell ourselves. Let us look at what hormones actually do - and what they don't. Every number below comes from a real study or database, rounded and given as honest ranges.

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