Menopause & weight gain

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  • girlwithcurls2
    girlwithcurls2 Posts: 2,281 Member
    HoneyBadger302 wrote: »
    I'm in peri, and I won't lie, that shitake hit me like a freight train, and bloating and weight came right along with it all.
    The weight (not the bloating), however, I see as more of a side effect of the peri BS. My list of symptoms was rather extensive, and while from the outside looking in you'd probably just say I wasn't "dedicated" enough, reality was I didn't have it in me to do what was needed to maintain my weight, unless I was willing to let my job/career/business and pets suffer, but something had to give.
    I started with a supplement, which helped, and then just over a month ago finally started HRT, and this week I've been able to start back to my AM workouts - and that's while recovering from a crash I had at this last weekend's races!
    There would have been no WAY I'd be doing that a month ago....fatigue and exhaustion (and as I found out some brain fog too) were killing me - sleep patterns were all off - and willpower was non-existent.
    Things are improving, and I'm glad I'm able to utilize what is out there!
    I'm confident that the sleep and fatigue improvements, allowing me to get my workouts in, and having a lot more "willpower" and my "I'm full" receptors seeming to work again will result in getting the weight back in line.

    ^^^ So much this... :(

    I have lost most of what I gained from Covid and perimenopause colliding. I will say that I tried to keep my activity level, but the symptoms were many and fierce. The disrupted sleep alone, cost me many good workouts. I finally had enough and started HRT and I am back on track. I was walking up the six flights to my apartment yesterday after a great workout, and I thought, "I have my life back." It takes more than watching what we eat. It takes tracking. It takes movement which should wear us out sometimes, and provide resistance as well. Sometimes, it needs to be stretching/yoga.

    But don't give up. Keep working at it. Tighten up your logging. Keep moving. And make sure you get sleep. I realized that once I got my rest, my whole world changed for the better.

    Hugs to you.

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