#9: Why I Couldn't Lose Weight — My Thyroid, Menopause & GLP-1 Story | Karyn Stuart

Karyn Stuart spent a lot of her career running weight-loss centers for other people — a Jenny Craig region, managing various centers, working with thousands of clients — before her own body stopped playing by the rules she knew. In this conversation, Karyn, Director of Leadership Programs at the Boise Metro Chamber, opens up about her Hashimoto's thyroiditis diagnosis, the punishing collision of menopause and thyroid disease, and the doctor who told her weight gain was “all in her head.” She discusses why insulin resistance made weight loss hard for her, why her body stored fat differently than it used to, and the moment she decided to try GLP-1 medication after nothing else worked for her. Along the way: real talk about fad diets from the Beverly Hills Diet to the banana milk diet, why “everything in moderation” only worked for her some of the time, and the four-step framework Karyn built from years of watching what actually helps people change.***Karyn is not a doctor or nutritionist —  this is her personal story, not medical advice, and a reminder that sometimes losing weight is not always just about willpower.Pull up a chair. This is a conversation worth having.00:00:00 — Welcome Karyn Stuart, Boise Metro Chamber Director of Leadership Programs00:01:31 — Inside the weight loss industry: Jenny Craig & Lindora00:09:50 — Karyn's Hashimoto's diagnosis story00:13:18 — Katiuscia's lupus & prednisone weight journey00:23:57 — “It's in your head”: when doctors dismiss real symptoms00:35:25 — The Hashimoto's poster and the “doughy” moment00:39:49 — Why “normal” bloodwork isn't the whole story00:44:33 — Throwback fad diets: Beverly Hills & banana milk00:58:19 — Putting autoimmune illness into remission01:13:12 — The “X factor” that makes people finally change01:20:27 — GLP-1 medications: the real talkIf this conversation stayed with you — follow It Stays Here on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen, and leave a review. It helps more people find their way to conversations worth having.Know someone who needs to hear this? Send it to them. Some conversations are meant to find the right people.