Hello everyone!

mhaghig38

I am 55 years old and after my early menopause due to immunotherapy, I gained so much weight and could not lose it. I am 199 lbs now and hope to lose weight safe and fast. Hope this page will be full of our success stories.

AnnPT77

Hello, and welcome!

I did that early menopause thing, too, in my mid-40s . . . in my case due to chemotherapy, plus anti-estrogen drugs for 7.5 years afterward.

I admit I didn't target weight loss anything like soon enough: I waited until 59-60. At that point, I started calorie counting and using MFP. I started at 183 pounds (just over the line into class 1 obese for my height). In slightly under a year, I was at a healthy weight, and though there've been some small ups and downs along the way, I've been in a healthy weight range and the same jeans size for 7+ years since, this morning 130 pounds (59 kg) at 5'5" (165 cm), now age 67. (I had been overweight to obese for 30ish years before that loss, BTW.)

I'm far from the only woman here who lost weight in menopause, and who's stayed at a healthy weight for multiple years afterward. There are many success stories already. You can be one, too, with patience and persistence.

Check out success stories in that topic area of the Community. Good stuff!

Best wishes!