Kelsey Weaver, FNLP

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Kelsey Weaver, FNLP

I am a functional health practitioner who empowers men and women to become their own healthcare advo

11/08/2025

✨ NEED HELP? I got you! COMMENT “help” for a link to the Seasonal Wellness Bundle that I created to support hormones, blood sugar, inflammation, gut health, and so much more. Get a ROADMAP step-by-step guide that I use with clients every single day.

REAL TALK: Your hormones don’t work in isolation. They work like an orchestra. When blood sugar is steady, stress is handled, sleep is protected, and you’re lifting and eating real food, the whole symphony sharpens.

🧪 SIMPLE SCIENCE: Insulin and cortisol control the tempo. Estrogen relies on your liver and gut to metabolize and clear it. Progesterone rises only when you actually ovulate and thrives on B6, cholesterol, and a calm nervous system. Testosterone is built from minerals, fats, and stable metabolic pathways.

Support the system → every hormone plays better.

🧩 LIFESTYLE STRATEGIES BLEED TOGETHER

Protein at every meal, fiber and color, walking after eating, consistent strength training, hydration, morning light, and real bedtimes. These aren’t “estrogen” habits or “progesterone” habits - they’re foundational habits that stabilize all three.

⚠️ COMMON SIGNS OF HORMONAL CHAOS:

😵 Low energy or afternoon crashes
😣 PMS or irregular cycles
😴 Insomnia or restless sleep
🧠 Anxiety, irritability, or brain fog
🧴 Acne or hair shedding
💡 Low libido / low motivation
🥐 Sugar cravings or blood sugar dips
🫄 Bloating or breast tenderness
🎯 Weight gain around the middle

YOU DON’T HAVE TO GUESS WHAT TO DO NEXT. I got you! ❤️

That’s exactly why I created the Seasonal Wellness Bundle - my top 3 resources that work together to fix the exact problems this post touches on. COMMENT “help” to check it out!

11/08/2025

✨ NEED HELP? I got you! COMMENT “help” for a link to the Seasonal Wellness Bundle that I created to support hormones, blood sugar, inflammation, gut health, and so much more. Get a ROADMAP step-by-step guide that I use with clients every single day.

REAL TALK: Your hormones don’t work in isolation. They work like an orchestra. When blood sugar is steady, stress is handled, sleep is protected, and you’re lifting and eating real food, the whole symphony sharpens.

🧪 SIMPLE SCIENCE: Insulin and cortisol control the tempo. Estrogen relies on your liver and gut to metabolize and clear it. Progesterone rises only when you actually ovulate and thrives on B6, cholesterol, and a calm nervous system. Testosterone is built from minerals, fats, and stable metabolic pathways.

Support the system → every hormone plays better.

🧩 LIFESTYLE STRATEGIES BLEED TOGETHER: Protein at every meal, fiber and color, walking after eating, consistent strength training, hydration, morning light, and real bedtimes. These aren’t “estrogen” habits or “progesterone” habits - they’re foundational habits that stabilize all three.

⚠️ COMMON SIGNS OF HORMONAL CHAOS

😵 Low energy or afternoon crashes
😣 PMS or irregular cycles
😴 Insomnia or restless sleep
🧠 Anxiety, irritability, or brain fog
🧴 Acne or hair shedding
💡 Low libido / low motivation
🥐 Sugar cravings or blood sugar dips
🫄 Bloating or breast tenderness
🎯 Weight gain around the middle

YOU DON’T HAVE TO GUESS WHAT TO DO NEXT. I got you! ❤️

That’s exactly why I created the Seasonal Wellness Bundle - my top 3 resources that work together to fix the exact problems this post touches on. COMMENT “help” to check it out!

11/06/2025

🔥TESTOSTERONE FUEL LIST🔥COMMENT “test” for a FREE PDF version of this grocery list. This goes without saying, but I’m going to say it anyway. Everyone need to care of testosterone, not just men.

If your energy, drive, or recovery feel “off,” it’s not just getting older, it could be your testosterone levels or poor testosterone metabolism.

Testosterone isn’t just about how much you have. It’s about how well your body can use it, convert it, and clear it. When that metabolism gets stuck, you can feel the ripple effect:

⚠️ Low motivation or focus
⚠️ Poor sleep and sluggish recovery
⚠️ Muscle loss and fat gain (especially around the midsection)
⚠️ Mood swings or irritability
⚠️ Libido that’s gone MIA

SIMPLE SCIENCE:
Cholesterol is the backbone to build T, the liver processes it, enzymes activate it. Inflammation, nutrient gaps, and shaky blood sugar jam the enzymes - so testosterone can be present but underperforming.

Use foods to help you out! These foods help your body make, protect, and metabolize testosterone naturally.

Think:
✅ Steady blood sugar for hormone stability
✅ Healthy fats to build hormones
✅ Cruciferous veggies to detox excess estrogen
✅ Micronutrients (zinc, magnesium, vitamin C) for enzyme function

And listen - I’m not against HRT. But I am for foundational work that moves the needle in a way your body can easily translate and understand. Because you can’t out-prescribe poor metabolism, chronic stress, or nutrient depletion.

🍳 Real food.
🥩 Real fuel.
⚡ Real results.

Comment “TEST” below and I’ll send you this free Testosterone-Supporting Grocery List - the same one I use with clients to rebuild energy, muscle, and hormone balance from the ground up.

11/04/2025

🔥 READ THIS 🔥Then COMMENT “labs” if you need help knowing what tests to ask your doctor for to know how your metabolizing testosterone. Because knowing your hormone “levels” is basic. What matters is how testosterone moves through your body. It’s the difference between feeling flat and feeling powerful.

Major root causes of poor T metabolism:
🧠 Chronic stress and high cortisol
🍬 Blood sugar issues and insulin resistance
🧪 Inflammation and gut dysbiosis
🧴 Endocrine disruptors like BPA and phthalates
🍷 Alcohol and poor sleep
🧂 Nutrient gaps, especially zinc, magnesium, B6
🧠 Thyroid sluggishness
🧁 Higher visceral fat → more aromatase activity
🫀 Liver overload affecting clearance

TESTOSTERONE’S 3 PATHWAYS:

1️⃣ 5α-reductase → DHT
Potent. Great for libido and drive. Too much can look like acne, oily skin, hair thinning, irritability, prostate issues in men, and PCOS-type patterns in women.

2️⃣ 5β-reductase → Inactive metabolites
This neutralizes testosterone. If it’s overactive, you can feel low T even when total levels look fine.

3️⃣ Aromatase → Estrogen
Normal in small amounts. Too much can tip you toward estrogen dominance.

💥 In women: PMS, bloating, breast tenderness, mood swings, heavy periods, stubborn fat.
🌀 In men: low libido, fatigue, belly fat, mood changes, gynecomastia.

Why this matters: the DUTCH test shows where your testosterone is going.
🔬 Is it shunted into DHT via 5α?
🔬 Cleared too fast through 5β?
🔬 Converting to estrogen through aromatase?
🔬 Skewed by stress, inflammation, or nutrient gaps?

Symptoms don’t always match “normal” labs. Pathways tell the real story.

📲 Want to actually understand your hormones instead of chasing symptoms COMMENT “labs” and I’ll share what to request to see your testosterone metabolism clearly.

11/02/2025

✨ UNLOCK HORMONE SUPERPOWERS ✨ Fine tune your testosterone and boost your health. COMMENT “GUIDE” for the 21 Day Hormone Reset Playbook, the full step by step to get back into balance.

💥 BLOOD SUGAR: Build meals with protein, fiber, and healthy fats. Short walks after meals help tame glucose spikes. Do not skip meals.

😌 CHILL ON STRESS: Daily breathwork, meditation, or vagus nerve work. Consider adaptogens, set tech boundaries, make time for joy.

🏋️‍♀️ TRAIN SMART: Strength train 2 to 4 times per week. Walk, yoga, or Pilates on recovery days. Never train fasted. Rest to keep cortisol in check.

✨ NUTRIENT GLOW UP: Prioritize zinc, B6, magnesium, and vitamin C. Eat the rainbow and add healthy fats like avocado, olive oil, and wild caught fish.

🔥 REDUCE INFLAMMATION: Remove processed foods, seed oils, and sugar bombs. Add turmeric, ginger, berries, and omega 3s. Reduce gluten and dairy if needed.

😴 SUPERPOWER SLEEP: Keep a consistent sleep schedule. Get bright morning light and limit blue light at night. Magnesium glycinate or calming tea can help.

🧴 DITCH TOXINS: Use glass or stainless steel, switch to clean skincare and home products, avoid synthetic fragrances, and filter water.

💩 SUPPORT THE GUT: Add fermented and prebiotic rich foods. If you have bloating, pain, irregular bowels, fatigue, or brain fog, consider a GI MAP.

MORE HORMONE HACKS:

🍏 Support liver with nutrient dense foods.
💊 Talk to your doctor about birth control options.
🏃‍♂️ Reduce excess body fat.
❤️ Keep cholesterol in a healthy range for hormone synthesis.
🩺 Run serum testosterone and SHBG and check thyroid.
🔬 Test micronutrients.
🩸 Track blood sugar.

If you want the full play by play at home, COMMENT “GUIDE” for the 21 Day Hormone Reset Playbook and I will send it.

10/31/2025

🔥Ladies and gentlemen, READ THIS!🚨LET’S DECODE TESTOSTERONE IN MEN🚨

💙 Testosterone is not just about muscle or s*x drive. In men, it’s made in the te**es, regulated by the brain, and it supports metabolism, red blood cell production, fat distribution, bone strength, and cognitive function. It’s your internal fuel. When it’s off, you feel “meh”. Stay tuned and give me a follow for more on T in the next week. Ladies, you need to hear this too!

WHAT CAUSES LOW T

🦠 GUT DYSFUNCTION: Affects detox and hormone production
🥬 NUTRIENT DEFICIENCIES: Low zinc, magnesium, vitamin D, healthy fats
☣️ TOXIN EXPOSURE: BPA, phthalates, pesticides
🍩 INSULIN RESISTANCE: Raises estrogen and lowers SHBG
🧪 LIVER DYSFUNCTION: Poor hormone clearance
😮‍💨 CHRONIC STRESS: High cortisol blocks brain signaling
😴 SLEEP ISSUES: T peaks in deep sleep
🧠 BRAIN SIGNALING ISSUES: Hypothalamus or pituitary
📈 HIGH ESTROGEN: From fat tissue or poor detox
🧬 LOW DHEA: Chronic stress depletes it
🦋 THYROID DYSFUNCTION: Slows T, affects SHBG

WHAT CAUSES HIGH T

🧽 POOR LIVER DETOX: Hormones not cleared
🦠 GUT DYSBIOSIS: Alters hormone metabolism
🔬 TOXIN EXPOSURE: Disrupts hormone signaling
🍭 INSULIN RESISTANCE: Low SHBG, more free T
🔥 INFLAMMATION: Can drive extra androgens
📉 BLOOD SUGAR ISSUES: Cortisol swings mess with hormones
📈 HIGH DHEA: More precursors, more T
🔗 LOW SHBG: Higher circulating free T
⚖️ ESTROGEN IMBALANCE: Throws off regulation
🧠 HPA T-AXIS DYSFUNCTION: Brain to gland misfire

TAKEAWAY: Dig deeper into gut, liver, nutrients, stress, blood sugar, and hormone signaling to find your root cause. 🧪

COMMENT “labs” and I will send you what to request from your doctor. I got you. 😉

10/29/2025

😎 COMMENT “help” for a free pdf of this post to help you grocery shop with confidence. 🌸 Progesterone: the quiet anchor, It isn’t just “another hormone.” It’s the calm in your hormonal storm.

Progesterone steadies your cycle, preps the uterus for pregnancy, and helps your brain relax so you can sleep. It also balances estrogen so you’re not stuck in bloaty, moody, wired-but-tired land.

✨ When progesterone is low
😣 Irregular cycles, heavy bleeding, painful cramps
💇‍♀️ Hair loss, facial hair
💧 Water retention, weight gain, low body temp, hypothyroidism
💤 Insomnia, headaches or migraines
💔 Fibrocystic breasts, endometriosis, fibroids, cysts
💔 Infertility or recurrent miscarriages
😔 Anxiety, depression, PMS, mood swings, irritability
🍬 Sugar cravings, higher blood sugar, low libido
🔥 Pain, inflammation, feeling stressed or jittery

✨ When progesterone runs high
🌝 Bloating, fatigue, breast tenderness, weight gain

🧠 Why it goes sideways
Chronic stress, blood sugar swings, gut and thyroid imbalances, and nutrient gaps like magnesium, zinc, and vitamin B6 all chip away at healthy progesterone. When it’s off, your whole hormonal rhythm stumbles and you feel it everywhere.

💫 The good news
You can support progesterone with daily habits. Build meals with healthy fats, quality protein, and fiber. Prioritize vitamin B6, zinc, and magnesium. Regulate stress with real recovery. Protect your sleep like it’s medicine.

📖 Want a deeper dive on how progesterone shapes mood, sleep, and cycle health? Check yesterday’s post.

🔬 Testing that actually helps
The DUTCH test maps your hormone landscape so we can personalize a plan that fits your body, not the internet’s. Clear data. Clear next steps.

👇 Comment “HELP” if you want details on functional testing and a tailored protocol to feel like yourself again.

10/27/2025

🌙 Perimenopause can feel like chaos until you understand what’s actually happening.

When progesterone starts to dip, often years before your period officially stops, you can feel it.

❤️‍🩹 Poor sleep.
❤️‍🩹 Heavy or irregular cycles.
❤️‍🩹 Mood swings that feel random.
❤️‍🩹 Constant “tired but wired” feeling.
❤️‍🩹 Headaches or migraines
❤️‍🩹 Weight gain, bloat

Sound familiar? I GET IT! I am sitting front and center in my perimenopause story, and it’s not fun. But I knew what to do!

Here’s what worked for me👇

💪 FUNCTIONAL TESTING:
I ran a DUTCH test to confirm what I suspected: low progesterone and signs of estrogen dominance. Seeing it in black and white helped me stop guessing and start supporting my body with clarity.

🥑 DIET AND LIFESTYLE SHIFTS
I started eating more, focused on blood sugar balance at every meal, added magnesium, and prioritized rest instead of overtraining. Within just one week, my sleep, mood, and energy started to shift.

💊 PROGESTERONE SUPPORT
Only after I gathered data through testing, I added a small dose of bioidentical progesterone. THE FIRST NIGHT, I was sleeping through the night again. After a couple days, my moods stabilized, and that daily fatigue began to lift.

For me, this was a recalibration. Perimenopause doesn’t have to mean suffering through it. With the right testing, nutrition, and targeted support, you can feel like yourself again - maybe even better. I DID IT! If you need help, I’m here to listen and support. If you want to know exactly what I did, check out my guide!

✨ Comment “GUIDE” for a link to my 21 Day Hormone Reset Playbook, the exact blueprint I used to bring my body back into balance.

10/26/2025

🎉 100K of you… and a GIVEAWAY to celebrate!

When I started this page, I had no idea it would turn into a community of over 100,000 people. What an amazing ride ❤️ If you’re new here, make sure you follow and peruse the resources I have on this page - they are there to help you love your healthiest life.

As a THANK YOU, we are giving away prizes to FOUR WINNERS!

💗 2 winners will get a grab bag of my favorite wellness things
💗 2 winners will get to choose between my 4-Day Gut Reset or Cozy Kitchen Fall Recipe Collection

HOW TO ENTER:

1️⃣ Follow
2️⃣ Like this post
3️⃣ Comment “win” below and tag a friend (each tag = one entry)
4️⃣ BONUS: Share this post to your story - make sure to tag me!

Winners announced in my stories - NOVEMBER 7th!

Thank you for showing up, learning, healing, and proving that health education can actually be empowering and fun. Here’s to the next 100K.

10/24/2025

✨Your zodiac sign says everything (well, some things) about your health habits… allegedly.

No, this isn’t peer-reviewed.
Yes, I have spent enough time with clients to confirm the vibes are shockingly accurate.

🐂 Aries is already on a “detox.”
💃 Virgo made a spreadsheet about it.
🐟 Pisces forgot to eat lunch because they were journaling.

This isn’t science - it’s sarcasm with a sprinkle of good observations.
(If astrology could fix hormones, I’d be out of a job.)

Drop your sign ⬇️ and tell me if I got you right.

10/21/2025

🧠 COMMENT “PDF” to get my Immune-Boosting Grocery List delivered to your inbox. Stock your kitchen with foods that actually move the needle and keep you feeling great through the cold and flu season.

💪 But let’s be real, your immune system is not just about colds and fighting viruses. It is your 24/7 security team. It tags invaders, builds antibodies, cleans up damaged cells, and keeps inflammation in check so you can feel like yourself.

🥦 Nutrients run the show.
Vitamin C helps white blood cells act fast. Zinc is required to make and activate immune cells. Vitamin D guides immune signals so you do not overreact. Selenium supports your antioxidant defenses so cleanup actually happens.

🧬 Quick science you can use.
A balanced immune response is the goal. Too low and you catch every bug. Too high and you feel inflamed and puffy. Food is information. Give your body the raw materials and it knows what to do.

🫐 Gut talk.
About 70 percent of your immune cells live along your gut lining. Feed the microbiome with prebiotic plants and fermented foods so your gut can signal calmly instead of sounding the alarm all day.

🍠 Real life matters.
If you under-eat or skip protein, your body has fewer building blocks for antibodies and repair. If blood sugar is chaotic, inflammatory signals spike. If sleep is cut short, immune cells lose their rhythm.

🛒 This list keeps it simple.
Shop once. Cook easy meals. Repeat. You will see staples like citrus, peppers, greens, salmon, pumpkin seeds, probiotics, and prebiotic veggies that make a noticeable difference fast.

✨ COMMENT “PDF” and I will send the free resource to your inbox. Save it. Shop from it. Support your immune system the holistic way.

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I help people maximize their health, lose weight, understand their body, get strong and build confidence through health and nutrition coaching. My clients learn how to build life-long habits in order to FINALLY reach their health, fitness and wellness goals. Being “fit” is not just about being active. So stop busting your ass in the gym in order to get the body you want. There is so much more to it and I want to teach you! Are you ready?

It’s time to get in the best shape of your life, for the rest of your life. We will improve your health, look incredible, feel strong, gain confidence and say goodbye to dieting forever. No more trendy diets to lose weight fast, only to gain it back. Instead, you will build a solid foundation of habits and behaviors that support your busy lifestyle without restrictions and food rules. The result? A life filled with joy, freedom and balance.

I understand and want you to know that you aren’t alone! The top reasons we fail to reach our goals, are due to a lack of reliable information, a weak support system and too many “food rules” that leave us deprived and unable to maintain long-term. With me as your coach, you will NOT fall into that statistic of failure.

We start with a Complimentary Strategy Session. During this session we discuss your goals, health history and any roadblocks you may have, so we can get a clear picture of what you need to be successful. I will explain exactly how the program works and what to expect with me as your coach.

We will then perform a full Nutrient Analysis. We will assess your nutrient needs, food intolerances, lifestyle and eating habits, readiness/ability and much more. You will take home two comprehensive guides to start you off strong and full of confidence.

Nutrient Analysis Session Guides include:

Precision Nutrition Quick Start Guide

Calorie and Macronutrient Portion Guide

You will leave this session feeling ready to conquer your goals and I will be by your side the whole time. We will meet bi-weekly to discuss how to continuously move forward with simple, attainable strategies and behaviors. The goal will always be to build a lifestyle that makes sense for YOU long-term, all while reaching your original goals. This is truly a life-changing experience.

For more information, give me a call or check us out online! (503) 596-2178 https://www.elevationfitnesspdx.com/nutrition

Let’s change your life!

Kelsey Weaver, Pn1 and Pn2