Hi, I’m Dr. Handy Lloyd.
I’m a physician and the founder of Wellness By Design, MD in Chicago. I’m known as The Metabolic Translator—I help adults understand what their body is communicating through symptoms, data, and patterns, and then sequence care accordingly.
As a Founding Member of Respin by Halle Berry — the groundbreaking menopause and female longevity platform — I’m deeply committed to redefining how midlife women (and men) experience this transition. Respin’s mission to break stigma, provide science-backed resources, and empower real tools for perimenopause, menopause, and beyond aligns perfectly with my work: using precise metabolic mapping and physician-optimized interventions so no one has to navigate Reset Season™ alone or unheard.
I work primarily with adults in midlife whose bodies have changed over time—whether from pregnancy, illness, stress, injury, burnout, or metabolic shifts—and who are frustrated that generic advice no longer works. They’re often doing many of the “right” things, yet still struggling with weight changes, low energy, brain fog, inflammation, or a sense that their body no longer responds the way it used to.
When I talk about metabolic dysfunction, I’m referring to the body struggling to efficiently turn food into steady, usable energy. Over time, this can show up as fatigue, stubborn belly weight, blood sugar instability, inflammatory symptoms, and lab markers quietly drifting in the wrong direction.
In midlife, shifting hormones—such as estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone—often amplify this pattern, changing where fat is stored, how blood sugar is handled, and how much energy the body can access day to day. What’s often framed as “unavoidable aging” is more accurately a sequencing problem, not a personal failure.
Left unaddressed, this metabolic–hormonal mismatch increases the risk for diabetes, cardiovascular disease, fatty liver, cognitive decline, and other chronic conditions. The good news is that these patterns are measurable and modifiable.
At Wellness By Design, MD, we don’t estimate metabolism—we measure it. Instead of relying on formulas or assumptions, I directly assess how the body uses oxygen, burns fuel, and produces energy in real time. That data allows me to translate symptoms into actionable insight and design a personalized, evidence-based strategy that fits each individual’s physiology.
If something isn’t responding, it’s not willpower or inevitable decline. It’s a sequencing problem—and my role is to help translate what the body is saying and determine what comes next.
This work is personal. And it is powerful. Wellness By Design, MD is not about doing more—it is about doing what is right, at the right time, for your body. This is more than treatment. This is more than optimization. This is a recalibration.
I was honored to collaborate with Halle Berry on the Pendulum campaign — spotlighting gut health as a key to midlife metabolism and vitality. Months later, being chosen as a Founding Member of Respin by Halle Berry feels like full-circle purpose. At Wellness by Design MD, we bring that same empowerment to Chicago: precise PNOE mapping, sequenced care, and real answers for your Reset Season™. Link in bio to start with the free Reset OS™ Quiz.”
Credentials/Affiliations:
Internal Medicine Residency: Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Medical School: Meharry Medical College
American Board of Internal Medicine seal
AFMCP by IFM
Founding Member of ReSpin by Halle Berry https://www.respin.health/
Evexipel Certified Provider
PNOE certification
Peptide University trained