Anyone losing weight? I live in yoga pants.

Hi Cynthia, yes, I loss weight but it took some effort. Like doing intervals on the ellipitical or treadmill, fasting and constantly moving. I loss all 30 pounds I had gained. I recently put some back on due to medication but I'm working on losing it again. I was working out at the gym 3-4 days a week sometimes more. I followed a doctor online who has his own website for the fasting portion of losing weight. I started with 2 days a week of 16 hour fasts starting with my last meal, and breaking my fast at around 12 or 1pm depending on the hour I had my last meal at around 6 or  7pm. I did it twice a week, until he told me to do it 3 times a week, and I loss those extra 5 pds I was battling to lose. It worked and thereby, loss all the weight.  I went down to a size 8 from a size 14 that I was. So it can be done, one thing I did to lose weight was to drink soup for dinner with a little bread, and that would be my last meal. I was happy to have loss the weight now that I think of it, I'm going to start eating that way again. Hope this helps.

Cynthia

I can relate I have just been hit with peri menopause, you sound extremely low and it is important to go and see doctor. I felt very low & finally agreed to taking prozac and finally I have started to be able to get on with life. I too have always been conscious of my figure so having a flabby belly (I went to fitness 3 times a week) but please don't dwell on how much weight you have put on what's important is getting your mind stronger. Being low or depressed will only add to it as you increase insulin & cortisol which in turns encourages the body to lay down fat stores in peri & menopause. It won't last forever but stressing only adds to it

For years I was around ten stone, heavier in the winter, lighter in the summer, with very little effort. When I hit forty it started to climb (higher in the winter, NOT so low in the summer). At 53 it just went up and up. Last Christmas I was 13 stone.

Like you I cut out sugar. I stopped eating over processed foods and cut right back on bread and pastries. I eat more fresh veg and salads (not limp lettuce and squashy tomatoes, but carrot and beetroot etc). I try as far as possible to eat organic meat and dairy and, without sweating it out at the gym, I have lost 21lb or a stone and a half since January.

As I am a Gardener (who needs gym membership?) I still wear the more comfy jog pants, But they are hanging off me! I kept my old jeans and now need a belt with them.

OH has done this with me, and has lost weight too. Partners out there must realise that they are no longer Greek gods themselves! Come on lads take a long look in the mirror - when was the last time you saw YOUR feet?

You can do it girl!

I could have written your post except for the husband bit. He is caring and worries about me, but he is the one not interested in the physical side of our marriage.i wore my 21st birthday dress for my 60th and with the exception of needing a bra this time round, It fitted perfectly. Then the weight started to pile on. All round the tummy. Constantly feel fat and frumpy and the confidance went too. Hot flushes have ruined my life. Just keep reminding yourself, the real you is still in there.

Omg Cynthia I can so relate to all your saying especially about the marriage and sex drive don't think men really understand.

I have also gained weight really quickly all round my middle I dont have a waist feel like blob

Hot flushes a nightmare dont want to leave the house I feel so paranoid .

All these symptoms and many more make me feel so down in the dumps my memory has gone caput as well

I've tried hrt but had bad side effects just started taking vit d3 and flaxseed oil

Hope something works but I don't hold out any hope

Good to know I'm not alone it helps to read this forum

Rose

I lost 18lb last year using an app on my phone. I logged all foods and drinks I consumed each day and it used its database to calculate the calories I'd had. Also log all exercise or daily activity and it calculates how many calories you have burned. As long as you eat less than you burn you lose weight! It spurred me on to be more active and take more daily steps, parking away from supermarket entrance rather than as close as poss like I used to. I've got a bit lazy with the app now and the pounds are creeping back on. I did notice my arms and legs went skinny and the belly fat was the last to shift. 

I used to be able to drop weight easily just by cutting out evening snacks. That's changed. I have a spare tire around my gut that seems to be here to stay. I guess it's how fat gets redistributed when our hormones start changing. My weight is up 18 lbs. in the last 3 yrs. and believe me I tried to keep it off. I guess I didn't try hard enough...lol But, like I said, it seems the rules have changed. Even if we no longer feel like the same person right now because of all our internal conflicts, our families still love us, they just don't understand our pain. I can't keep up with the housework and social life any more, but what interest and energy I do have I try to focus it on the most important things, like family, because at the end of the day it's people that matter, not laundry. Some day, we will all be through the hormonal mess but we will never be the same, because there's no way you can live through something so traumatic and be the same person. I know this ordeal has been an humbling experience for me. It has given me much more compassion and understanding for others who experience mental illnes such as depression and anxiety, as well as people trying to cope with chronic fatigue. I guess we just have to continue to do our best, and and accept that right now, we really can't do any better, but keep thinking it will eventually get better.