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The Athena MD The Athena MD empowers individuals to take control of their health with compassionate, science-based weight management and obesity care.
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Muscle is one of the best things you can invest in as you age. Here's what I tell my patients:1. Get 30+ grams of protei...
10/09/2026

Muscle is one of the best things you can invest in as you age. Here's what I tell my patients:

1. Get 30+ grams of protein at a time. Ideally three times a day, minimum twice.
2. Lift weights or do body weight squats, focusing on the big muscle groups.
3. Add some impact: racket sports, jumping, anything stop-and-start. Your bones will thank you too.

Follow for the real science of weight and aging.

10/07/2026

If you've tried everything and nothing has worked, I know that feeling of being trapped. I've been there too.

It isn't something you chose. And it doesn't mean something is wrong with you. Obesity is a medical condition, and it's treatable.

What I've learned, in my own journey and with my patients, is that this work gives you something back: the knowledge that you have power over your own body. And that changes how you see yourself.

If this is where you are right now, you're not alone. 🤍

Share this with someone who needs to hear it today.

10/05/2026

"Isn't that the easy way out?"

I hear some version of it about GLP-1 medications every single week.

We don't call blood pressure medication cheating. We don't tell someone with diabetes that insulin is taking a shortcut.

Obesity is a chronic disease. Treating it with the tools we have, alongside good nutrition, movement and real medical follow-up, isn't cheating.

It's medicine.

💙 Send this to someone who still feels like they have to justify getting help.

10/02/2026

I didn’t get into obesity medicine because I thought weight was an interesting problem to solve. I got into it because I’ve lived in a body that struggled with obesity, too.
I’ve lost more than 150 pounds, but somewhere along the way, this became about much more than my own weight.
It became about understanding the science better. Asking better questions. And helping people understand what’s actually happening in their bodies instead of handing everyone the same answer.
That experience changed the way I practice medicine, and it’s a big part of why I’m here sharing any of this in the first place.
So if you’re new here, hi. I’m Ann. Physician, obesity medicine specialist, and someone who’s been on both sides of this conversation. 🤍

10/02/2026

We spend a lot of time talking about what happens to a woman’s weight as she gets older.

I’d like us to spend a lot more time talking about her muscle.

Because maintaining muscle as we age matters for so much more than how our bodies look.

I want you strong. I want you active. I want you able to keep doing the things you love for a very long time.

So yes, adequate protein matters.

Resistance training matters.

And movement that challenges your body matters.

You don’t have to suddenly become a powerlifter. Start where you are. Lift weights. Do bodyweight squats. Play pickleball. Find ways to ask your muscles — and your bones — to work.

This is one of those areas where what we do now can matter a whole lot later.

Strong at 45 matters.

Because I still want you strong at 80.

09/25/2026

NFL collisions are violent.

But what actually happens to the body when a quarterback takes a hit like that?

I had the chance to join FOX News to break down the staggering forces involved in these collisions — and why we’re seeing so much conversation around quarterback injuries right now.

As a physician, I love getting to take something complicated and make it understandable.

Whether we’re talking about obesity medicine, women’s health, sports medicine or something else entirely, that’s always the goal:

Understand what’s happening in the body.
Understand why it matters.
And use that information to make better decisions about health.

Grateful for the opportunity to join the conversation. 🎙️🏈

09/18/2026

This is one of the things that makes me incredibly hopeful about obesity medicine.

We understand so much more about obesity than we did even a relatively short time ago. We understand more about the biology involved, we have more tools available to us, and most importantly — **we can treat it.**

That doesn’t mean there is one medication, one diet or one answer that works for everyone.

It means we can look at the individual person, understand what is happening in *their* body, and build a treatment plan around that.

Obesity does not have to feel hopeless or insurmountable.

**We know more now. And we can do more now.**

09/16/2026

**70 pounds down sounds like a success story. But the scale isn't the whole story.**

Losing weight and losing weight *well* are not always the same thing.

If you’re taking a GLP-1, I don’t just want to know what the scale says.

I want to know: Are you eating enough? Are you getting adequate nutrition? Are you maintaining muscle? What is happening to your body composition along the way?

Because the goal isn’t simply to weigh less.

The goal is to improve your health while protecting the things your body is going to need later.

I want you strong. I want you functional. And yes, **I want you getting out of that chair at 80.**

The number on the scale is only one piece of the picture.

Your body is allowed to change.And what worked beautifully for you at 25 or 35 may not be what your body needs at 45.Tha...
09/15/2026

Your body is allowed to change.

And what worked beautifully for you at 25 or 35 may not be what your body needs at 45.

That’s where I want us to get curious.

Maybe your sleep has changed. Maybe your body composition is different. Maybe you’ve lost muscle. Maybe hormones are part of the picture. Maybe life looks completely different than it did ten years ago.

So instead of automatically doing *more* of whatever used to work, I want to know:

**What changed?**

Because there isn’t one answer for every woman — and there certainly isn’t one answer for every season of your life.

Pay attention. Ask questions. Be open to changing the plan.

Your health at 45 doesn’t have to look like your health at 25.

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