A few years ago, I gained a good amount of weight, so I joined Curves to help get
it off. I worked at
it faithfully and only kept gaining. After a few months, I was tested and
it turned out that I had hypothyroidism. I've been on thyroid replacement hormones, ever since and have recently been diagnosed with insulin resistance. Insulin is known as the "fat storage hormone", because what food isn't used up with exercise, insulin shuttles it straight to fat cells.