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The people that I work with when it comes to weight loss are some of the most hardworking dedicated people. They have been using will power for years with diets that they have suffered through, and lifestyle changes that should have worked.

The commitment from these chronic dieters is there, but the results aren't. The first thing I do to help figure out why your body is holding onto weight is by running lab tests. Getting blood work done is critical to finding out where your chemistry is off and what different problems could be slowing your metabolism down. I understand its intensely frustrating when you've used will power for so long and some part of your body seems to be working against you.

One of the significant factors I see in lab results preventing people from losing weight is anemia. Anemia is when you don't have enough iron in your blood.

If you don't have enough iron in your blood, your body will not have enough oxygen. When the body is lacking oxygen, you won't have enough energy which will slow your metabolism down because you're not able to carry oxygen to all the cells that need it.

"Many people are at risk for anemia because of poor diet, intestinal disorders, chronic diseases, infections, and other conditions. Women who are menstruating or pregnant and people with chronic medical conditions are most at risk for this disease. The risk of anemia increases as people grow older."

I don't run the standard CBC blood panel; I run a full metabolic panel which looks at how much ferritin (stored iron) do you have and I look at other possible metabolic vulnerabilities.

One huge factor that is preventing people from getting the support they need is lab ranges. Now let me expand on this a little. Medical lab ranges put 95% of people who get blood work done in the "normal" range. This range that is considered "normal" does not mean you are healthy; it merely means you're not an A+ sick person. To be recognized as having a problem you have to be an A+ sick person or have a serious enough problem for it to matter.

In my office, I use what's called a "functional" range, and this is where genuinely healthy people's numbers should lie. If you are a little bit outside of these functional ranges but still inside the medical lab ranges, you are what is called "normal sick." Many people are suffering with symptoms but their lab ranges state that they are "normal". Even slightly elevated or deficient levels in your body can cause symptoms. You don't have to wait until you are recognized by medical lab ranges to start making changes and feeling better.

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