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At Face Forward Wellness, we help men and women restore their energy levels, confidence, libido, metabolism and health through metabolic support, hormone balance and longevity medicine.

After having three different people ask me last week "What labs should I ask for?", I decided to write a blog and create...
09/03/2026

After having three different people ask me last week "What labs should I ask for?", I decided to write a blog and create a guide for you all. The answer is--it depends on how you're feeling, what your age is, and... (drumroll please).. how comfortable your P*P is ordering and deciphering the results.

Here's what most people don't realize: the ranges on your lab report were built from population averages that include people who are already symptomatic and not exactly healthy. "Normal" just means you haven't crossed a threshold that was set using data from people who aren't feeling great either.

In our latest blog, I break down:

→ Why "normal" and "optimal" are two very different things
→ The specific labs most standard panels leave out
→ What those missing markers would actually reveal
→ How to start gaining better answers and insights from your blood work

Comment LABS and we will send you the free guide. DM us if you have questions!

✅ Your body has been giving you signals. The right labs are how you finally hear what it's been trying to say.

📲 Tag a friend who you know could use some tips.

💻 720-868-9812 or visit our website at www.faceforwardwellness.com

Two weeks out of every month, you disappear.Not physically. But the version of you that feels steady, capable, and in co...
08/02/2026

Two weeks out of every month, you disappear.

Not physically. But the version of you that feels steady, capable, and in control just vanishes. In her place is someone with a shorter fuse, deeper sadness, and a level of overwhelm that feels completely out of proportion to what's happening.

And then your period starts. And within a day or two, you start to reemerge.

You've been told it's PMS. That every woman deals with it. That you just need to manage stress better or take a supplement.

But PMDD is not PMS with a bad attitude. It's a condition where your brain responds abnormally to normal progesterone fluctuations in the second half of your cycle.

When progesterone rises after ovulation, it produces a calming byproduct that supports mood stability through pathways like serotonin and GABA. In women with PMDD, the brain doesn't process that signal correctly. Instead of calm, there's rage. Instead of stability, there's despair. Instead of clear thinking, there's cognitive shutdown.

The hormones aren't abnormal. The brain's response to them is.

That distinction matters because it changes the treatment entirely. This isn't something you can breathe through or supplement away. It requires targeted, informed care.

PMDD deserves its own evaluation. Its own treatment plan. Its own respect. Not a footnote on a PMS conversation. The women living with it deserve answers that match the severity of what they're experiencing, from providers who recognize the difference between discomfort and dysfunction.

✅ If two weeks of every month feel unrecognizable and no one's taken it seriously, you deserve a provider who does. Schedule your evaluation and let's build a plan around what's actually happening.

📲Drop a 💜 if you've ever been told it's "just PMS" when you knew it was something more.

You're eating well. Moving your body. Doing what you've been told works.But the weight won't move. Or it moves and comes...
07/31/2026

You're eating well. Moving your body. Doing what you've been told works.

But the weight won't move. Or it moves and comes right back. And the frustration builds because the effort and the outcome don't match.

Here's what's often missing from that conversation: inflammation.

Not the kind you feel after a sprained ankle. The subtle, persistent kind that hums in the background. The kind driven by poor sleep, gut imbalance, blood sugar instability, or stress that never fully resolves.

When that low-grade inflammation becomes chronic, it changes how your body handles energy. Leptin, the hormone that tells your brain you're full, gets ignored. Insulin becomes less effective, so more of what you eat gets stored instead of burned. And your metabolism shifts into a defensive, storage-dominant state that no calorie deficit can override.

This is why some people can do everything "right" and still not lose weight. The strategy is sound. But the inflammatory environment is blocking the result.

Addressing it requires looking beyond the plate. It means evaluating gut health, sleep quality, stress load, and the metabolic markers that reveal whether your body is in a state of inflammation or resolution.

✅ If your effort hasn't matched your results in a long time, inflammation may be the barrier no one's checked for. Schedule your Core Foundation Consult and let's find out what's standing between you and the outcome you're working toward.

📲 Follow for more on the hidden metabolic drivers most diets completely miss.

This is the cycle nobody warns you about.You restrict. You lose weight. Your body adapts. You regain. So you restrict ha...
07/30/2026

This is the cycle nobody warns you about.

You restrict. You lose weight. Your body adapts. You regain. So you restrict harder. And this time, it barely works.

That's not a character flaw. It's a biological adaptation called metabolic compensation.

When calorie intake drops below what your body considers safe, it doesn't just burn less. It orchestrates a full survival response. Your thyroid slows conversion of its active hormone. Cortisol rises. Ghrelin, the hormone that drives hunger, spikes. Leptin, the hormone that tells your brain you've had enough, drops. And your body quietly reduces the energy you burn through daily movement without you ever noticing.

Each round of restriction deepens this pattern. The body becomes better at defending its set point and harder to move with willpower alone.

That's why the most effective metabolic strategies don't start with cutting more. They start with restoring the hormonal and metabolic signals that allow your body to release weight without triggering the survival response.

✅ If every diet works less than the last one, your metabolism isn't broken. It's adapted. Schedule your metabolic evaluation and let's build an approach your body won't fight against.

📲 Drop a 🔄 if you've lived this cycle more times than you can count.

07/29/2026

This is one of the most common moments where patients lose faith in their protocol.

They start hormone therapy expecting to feel dramatically different within days. When that doesn't happen, doubt creeps in. "Maybe it's not working." "Maybe this isn't the right dose." "Maybe HRT isn't for me."

But here's the truth: your body doesn't flip a switch. It rebuilds.

Receptor sensitivity has to restore. Cellular signaling has to reset. Systems that have been running on empty for months or years need time to respond to a new input.

Some things shift early. Sleep and mood are often the first to improve. Others, like hair density, bone health, and body composition, take months of consistent hormonal support to show measurable change.

That doesn't mean it's not working. It means it's working on a biological timeline, not an emotional one.

That’s why we set expectations early and monitor throughout. Because understanding the timeline is what keeps patients on track long enough to see the results they started for.

✅ If you started HRT and you're not sure it's working, don't quit before the timeline has had a chance to prove itself. Schedule a follow-up and let's assess where you actually are in the process.

📲 Send this to someone who just started HRT and needs to know what to expect.

Nobody talks about muscle the way they should. It's always framed as aesthetics. As gym culture. As something optional.B...
07/28/2026

Nobody talks about muscle the way they should.

It's always framed as aesthetics. As gym culture. As something optional.

But muscle is the single largest site in your body for processing blood sugar. Every pound of lean tissue you carry increases your resting metabolic rate, improves your insulin sensitivity, and expands your body's capacity to burn fat even when you're doing nothing.

That's why we have a state-of-the-art body composition scanner called The STYKU. It helps us track lean mass, body fat mass, and other stats to make sure you are losing and gaining in all the right places.

Every crash diet that drops weight without preserving muscle costs you metabolic capacity you may never fully get back. Every year without resistance training narrows the margin between a metabolism that works for you and one that works against you.

Here’s what protecting muscle actually looks like:
→ Resistance training at least 2-3 times per week
→ Adequate protein timed around activity
→ Hormonal support when levels decline with age
→ Metabolic strategies that prioritize fat loss, not just weight loss

This isn't about looking a certain way. It's about maintaining the tissue that keeps your metabolism functional for decades.

✅ If your focus has been on losing weight without a plan to protect muscle and bone, the strategy needs a second look. Schedule your STYKU body composition scan to gain more insight into your health and ideal lean mass.

📲 Save this as your reason to prioritize strength training this week.

You've heard the advice. Eat your berries. Take your vitamin C. Load up on antioxidants.And none of it is wrong. But it ...
07/27/2026

You've heard the advice. Eat your berries. Take your vitamin C. Load up on antioxidants.

And none of it is wrong. But it might be incomplete.

Oxidative stress happens when your cells produce more damaging byproducts than your body can neutralize. Over time, that damage accumulates. Your mitochondria, the parts of your cells that produce energy, start working less efficiently. Fat metabolism slows. Cellular repair stalls. And the aging process accelerates in ways that show up everywhere, from your energy levels to your skin.

But here's where most people get stuck: they add antioxidant supplements without addressing what's generating the oxidative load in the first place.

The biggest sources most people overlook:
→ Chronic poor sleep
→ Blood sugar swings throughout the day
→ Persistent low-grade inflammation
→ Unmanaged emotional and physical stress

Pouring more antioxidants on top of an unchecked source of damage is like running an air purifier in a house that's still on fire.

The real strategy starts with identifying and reducing the sources, then supporting your body's own repair systems with targeted nutrition and lifestyle changes.

✅ If you're taking supplements but still feeling like your body is aging faster than it should, the answer might not be more antioxidants. It might be fewer sources of damage. Schedule your metabolic evaluation and let's look at the full picture.

The diet industry taught us to count carbs. Cut carbs. Fear carbs.But the science tells a more nuanced story.Your body's...
07/27/2026

The diet industry taught us to count carbs. Cut carbs. Fear carbs.

But the science tells a more nuanced story.

Your body's ability to process carbohydrates changes throughout the day. Insulin sensitivity is naturally higher in the morning and after physical activity. That means the same food, the same portion, the same macro count, produces a different metabolic result depending on when you eat it.

A bowl of rice after a strength session supports muscle recovery and glycogen replenishment. That same bowl at 10pm while watching TV is more likely to spike blood sugar, trigger an insulin surge, and promote fat storage.

This is why carbohydrate cycling, strategically placing carbs around activity, time of day, and hormonal demand, produces results that blanket restriction never does.

It's not about eating less. It's about eating with your biology instead of against it.

In our practice, we build nutrition strategies around your schedule, your training, and your metabolic profile because timing is one of the most underused tools in body composition.

✅ If you've been cutting carbs with diminishing returns, the issue might not be the amount. It might be the timing. Schedule your metabolic consultation and let's build a strategy that works with your body's rhythm.

📲 Follow for more on the metabolic strategies that go beyond calorie counting.

Most people think of GLP-1 medications as appetite suppressors. And they are.But that's the surface-level story.Undernea...
07/25/2026

Most people think of GLP-1 medications as appetite suppressors. And they are.

But that's the surface-level story.

Underneath the reduced hunger, your body is going through a broader metabolic shift. Insulin signaling improves, meaning your cells use glucose more efficiently. Liver inflammation decreases. Cardiovascular markers like triglycerides and blood pressure often improve before significant weight is lost.

And in the brain, GLP-1s influence the reward pathways that drive compulsive eating, quieting the noise that made food feel like the only way to regulate stress, mood, or energy.

This is why patients often say they feel different in ways that go beyond the scale. Clearer. Calmer. More in control.

A comprehensive weight loss protocol monitors all of it:
→ Insulin and blood sugar trends
→ Inflammatory markers
→ Body composition, not just weight
→ Energy, mood, and cognitive changes

Because the intervention is doing more than most patients realize, and the way we support it should reflect that.

✅ If you're on a GLP-1 or considering one, understanding what it's actually doing changes the conversation. Schedule your Core Foundation Consultation and let's build a plan around the full picture.

📲 Follow for more on the science behind metabolic therapies and what they're really doing.

Are you noticing thinning or a change in texture? If your hair feels drier. Coarser. Like the texture shifted overnight....
07/25/2026

Are you noticing thinning or a change in texture?

If your hair feels drier. Coarser. Like the texture shifted overnight. Your stylist might have noticed before you did. Then the growth slowed. The part seemed wider. The ponytail got thinner.

You switched shampoos. Tried biotin. Cut out heat styling. And nothing changed.

Here's what most people don't realize: your thyroid controls the growth cycle of every hair follicle on your head. It regulates how fast hair grows, how strong the strand is, and how much oil your scalp produces to keep it healthy.

When thyroid function slows down, even subtly, the hair responds before almost anything else does. Dryness, brittleness, slower growth, and texture changes show up months before the shedding becomes visible.

And the frustrating part? A standard thyroid screening often only checks TSH. It doesn't look at the full picture, including how well your body is converting thyroid hormone into the active form your cells actually use.

A standard thyroid screening checks TSH. A comprehensive one tells a different story:

→ Free T3 and Free T4 to assess actual hormone availability
→ Reverse T3 to detect conversion issues under stress
→ Thyroid antibodies to rule out autoimmune involvement

The hair texture shift is often the earliest clue that something deeper needs attention. But you'll never see it on a one-line screening.

✅ If you have noticed texture change or thinning, comment HAIR and we will send you our Root Cause Guide to Hair Loss. If you're ready to dive deeper, schedule your evaluation and let's look at what your hair has been trying to tell you.

Visit website to book your complementary Skin & Hair Consultation.

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