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Why Your Labs Look "NORMAL" but, you still feel like $#!+

If you are like most of the women we see, you have already been to your primary care doctor to try to figure out why you feel tired, can’t lose weight, or just don’t feel as good as you used to.

And, they probably ran some labs. 

And they probably told you that everything looks “normal.” 

They are right. Your labs probably do look “normal”…  statistically.

I know that many of you would rather shout the other s-word in a crowded church than think about mean, median, and mode.  But we have to briefly talk statistics to show how absolutely ridiculous the idea of “normal” is when it comes to lab results and your health.

 

At my college, a final grade of
90+ was an A, 80-90 was a B, 70-80 was a C, 60-70 was a D, and less than 60 was an F.

This correlated with how hard I worked during the semester.
This scale made sense.

 

If you are like most of the women we see, you have already been to your primary care doctor to try to figure out why you feel tired, can’t lose weight, or just don’t feel as good as you used to.

And, they probably ran some labs. 

And they probably told you that everything looks “normal.” 

They are right. Your labs probably do look “normal”…  statistically.

I know that many of you would rather shout the other s-word in a crowded church than think about mean, median, and mode.  But we have to briefly talk statistics to show how absolutely ridiculous the idea of “normal” is when it comes to lab results and your health.

 

At my college, a final grade of
90+ was an A, 80-90 was a B, 70-80 was a C, 60-70 was a D, and less than 60 was an F.

This correlated with how hard I worked during the semester.
This scale made sense.

 

Imagine if, on the first day of class, the professor said that the only way to get an A was to make over 100.

However, I could get a C for any grade from 5 to 95.

I would have though the professor had lost their marbles.  

Yet, this is exactly how lab ranges work.Anything from studying nights & weekends to just signing in for attendance is counted the same.  It is “normal.”

This is why you can be “normal” and still feel like $#!+

You don’t have to be a “C” student in life.  Each blood test has an “A” range that shows your body is working at a- rock the final, 6-figure job offer, full scholarship to grad school- level.
 

P.S. Ask me about our upcoming course that will teach high performing women like you to take charge of your hormones like you have taken charge of your career,  using a simple system of reading and understanding your standard blood work.