Near or post menopausal group

KaraMiaCafe

Hi there everyone! I've been with MFP about a week now, and I think I finally found the group for me! I'm looking forward to making friends and sharing goals and celebrations of success.

I'm so glad there's a place here that I feel like I can relate to everyone!

BackwoodsMom

Hi there everyone! I've been with MFP about a week now, and I think I finally found the group for me! I'm looking forward to making friends and sharing goals and celebrations of success.

I'm so glad there's a place here that I feel like I can relate to everyone!

Me too! It helps to relate to others and share our frustrations.

MsMouseMouse

Bumping for later. I am interested. I am 61 and have not had a period in forever it seems.

MsMouseMouse

So, when I let my 15 yo son know that I'm having a hot flash (we homeschool so I'm with him most of the day) his comment to me is, "It's a calorie burn, Mom!" (He's studying chemistry right now so he related it to the definition of a calorie.) So, I'm wondering if there's a way to put hot flashes under our calories burned! :-P I'm sort of just kidding but it put a humorous spin on my frustration of sweating up a storm.

I wish it was a calorie burn, I would be so thin no one could see me.
This is my saying during a hot flash.

"This is not fat, it can't be.
FAT would melt at this temperature.

mkaluzny

So, when I let my 15 yo son know that I'm having a hot flash (we homeschool so I'm with him most of the day) his comment to me is, "It's a calorie burn, Mom!" (He's studying chemistry right now so he related it to the definition of a calorie.) So, I'm wondering if there's a way to put hot flashes under our calories burned! :-P I'm sort of just kidding but it put a humorous spin on my frustration of sweating up a storm.

I wish it was a calorie burn, I would be so thin no one could see me.
This is my saying during a hot flash.

"This is not fat, it can't be.
FAT would melt at this temperature.

I love the idea of hot flashes counting as a calorie burn. Maybe you could keep track during the day and log it in as calesthetics or aerobics. Given your son's definition that a calorie is a unit of heat energy (4.184 joules, if want to be specific), then you are using energy. It probably raises your BMR some. Tell your son, I am proud of him for recognizing a practical application for his studies.

KaraMiaCafe

:blushing: LOVE IT!! Your son can think out of the box... BRILLIANT!

So, when I let my 15 yo son know that I'm having a hot flash (we homeschool so I'm with him most of the day) his comment to me is, "It's a calorie burn, Mom!" (He's studying chemistry right now so he related it to the definition of a calorie.) So, I'm wondering if there's a way to put hot flashes under our calories burned! :-P I'm sort of just kidding but it put a humorous spin on my frustration of sweating up a storm.

I wish it was a calorie burn, I would be so thin no one could see me.
This is my saying during a hot flash.

"This is not fat, it can't be.
FAT would melt at this temperature.

BackwoodsMom

:blushing: LOVE IT!! Your son can think out of the box... BRILLIANT!

Course being a 15 yo boy, he's embarassed that I told his take on my hot flashes!!!! :-) Oh well, that's what a mom's for, right? Especially one with unbalanced hormones!!!!! :-D

KaraMiaCafe

Just when I really start feeling good... working out every day... keeping calories under control... the mental-pause isn't causing miserable hot-flashes every 6.5 minutes... I get a cold. GRRRRR!!!!

kimiel51

Happy Wednesday!!! How is everybody's week going?

1960lisa

Happy Wednesday!!! How is everybody's week going?

Its now thursday here.... and sooo hot.... and its not just me!!! The temperature has started to climb (30°C yesterday) but the worst part is the humidity.... it really knocks me out, saps all my energy.

But at least I can keep the overhead fan on all night so instead of having the hot/cold thing all night its just warm/warm.... I think someone talked about this in a previous post..... I find it slightly easier to deal with the hot flushes in warm weather as the differential isn't as great.... also not so overdressed .... in winter I have to take off scarves, jackets etc when having a hot flush but in summer I'm already in lighter clothes.

Hope everyone is coping with life, thinking of you all :drinker:

Lisa:bigsmile:

BackwoodsMom

Seems like my hot flashes are decreasing...maybe because I've restarted my progesterone cream regimen. Now I'm doing 3 weeks on and one week off. This week marks 10 weeks w/o my period - the longest I've gone. Usually it's either been 4 weeks or up to 9 weeks for the last couple of years.

empc

I too had a hysterectomy a few years back. I would love to be in on this group. Definitely can use some advise abd support.

KeriA

bump

randylevy

Hi Ladies,

I think I'm perimenopausal. I'm 50 years old and sometime last year I started with the night sweats; woke up drenched, yuck. Then I found my periods were actually getting heavier and longer, yuck again and I went from being able to pinpoint the day I would have my period to not having a clue. Now, I'm back to being fairly regular and haven't had a night sweat in a while so I'm not sure if I'm perimenopausal or not. I suppose the only way to know for sure is blood tests.

I feel like I can relate to many of you though so I would love to be apart of this group. Please feel free to add me as a friend.

Thanks.

Randy

debs6

Just letting everyone know that thanks to the new Groups section offered recently by MFP- we now have an official Group that you can find by clicking on the Comminity tab- then choosing Groups and finding us with our name Near or Post Menopausal group.

A big thanks to BlackwoodsMom for alerting me to new group facility

I went through this thread today and arranged invitations to be sent out to all 126 participants or this thread ( yay- a whole 126 and increasing daily)so hopefully they will all come through and you can find us quickly. If I managed any typos during this process some valued participants may have been missed out. If this applies to you blame it on me and just come and join us as it is an open group and we want everyone to continue to contribute and want no one left out.

It will be so good with having an official group as it will mean that we don't have to go through the problems of migrating to a new thread every time we reach 20 pages and it will also allow us to place our posts under headings - so hopefully it will be easier to read through and more responses will find their way back to the person who posted the message.

Please pass the message on that we have moved - and if we can just check back here to collect anyone who has missed out on this news.

See you all in our new space

Debbie

kdwatkinspc

I'm 51and just this year the HOT flashes!!!! Now mood swings so bad. Has anyone had to deal with these? And has anyone tried going to a Dr. for these problems. Makes me fill bad with these mood swings.

debs6

KD- it might be a good idea to copy this post and post it in the new group of the same name as I think most people will be checking there from now on as we have a space there for the continuation of this group. If you follow the instructions provided in the previous post, you should have no problem finding us.
Debbie

kel7298

thank you!

lmkram1

I suppose I found my group:) Thanks Deb. I try to look at the upside of the ending of my primal "breeding" stage years. For instance, I can go 2 days without washing my hair and it doesn't look like a grease slick. Shaving my legs and plucking my eyebrows are not required nearly as often as when I was younger. Same with body odor -- even with the sweat that hotflashes bring -- my underarm & general body odor is nearly undetectable -- that was certainly not the case 8 or 9 years ago. And frankly, I prefer my wrinkles to the blemishes that covered my t-zone for 10 days out of a month well into my thirties. Last, I like the certainty of self that comes with age: This notion that irritability in my cycle is somehow a flaw in my character/behavior? OH NO. My family knows better; my irritability 1-2 days out of the month is directly related to a temporary dip in my otherwise, exceedingly-high tolerance level for their bad manners/habits which they display frequently throughout the entire month.

debs6

Imkram you are 99% of your way to finding your group- however as I posted a few posts back, we have actually moved to the new groups section of MFP. Please click on the link below and copy your post from this thread into a new topic and you will find you get way more responses.
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/groups/home/506-near-or-post-menopausal-group

See you there soon - it is a public group so just come along and post your message

Debbie

translinda

I just read your post. This could be my story as far as the weight loss/regain goes (along with millions of other people I suppose). I have always been a bit overweight, then obese. Five years ago I did a plan locally called MPS (metabolic profile system) where I lost over 40 lbs, but there was no support system when you finished the program, so I have gradually put back on 25 lbs. I am 55 and do not want to weigh what I did when I was 20. I am now at 192 and felt fantastic at 165, so that is my goal. I know it is only going to get worse with the holidays, so I have to take control now!!! My two kids are grown and married. No grandkids yet, but my husband and I have a "baby," our Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. Just reading other peoples' posts and struggles and accomplishments pumps me up to do this. I know journaling and writing down every piece of food definitely helps. Good luck! (And yes, all my friends are menopausal and most have packed on weight around the middle!) I carry most of my weight in my hips, but now I have the love handles too.

lmkram1

I suppose I found my group:) Thanks Deb. This stage in life has it's biological challenges for sure. It helps me to remember that there are some upsides that come with the end of my fertile, hormones-a-flowing years. For instance, at last, I can go 2 days without washing my hair and it doesn't look like a grease slick. Shaving my legs and plucking my eyebrows are not required nearly as often as when I was younger. Same with body odor -- even with the sweat that hotflashes bring -- my underarm & general body odor is nearly undetectable -- that was certainly not the case 8 or 9 years ago. And frankly, I prefer my wrinkles to the blemishes that covered my t-zone for 10 days out of every month until I was well into my thirties. Personally, for me, I like the certainty of self that age has brought to me. This notion that my irritable disposition -2 days per month is soley related to my biology and could not possibly be a rational reaction to another's behavior? OH NO, my family, god bless them, knows not to go there. As I explain it to them..... It may appear to you that I am unaffected by your bad manners, lazy habits and other tomfoolery 26 days out of the month, but take heed and beware that during the 1-2 days a month that my biological guages for tolerance and servitude are reading E, those same attitudes/behaviors from you will be met with wrath.

1960lisa

Ok, justa quick post..... so much for me thinking I was almost ready to be classed as post-menopausal..... I get my period today..... aaarghhhh!!!!

#$

Not happy....... I really thought after 10 months i was through..... not sure what will happen now..... hopefully it won't resume like last year when it was really heavy and I always seem to have at least one day when I didn't want to go out or do anything..... particularly now that I have got into a bit of a routine with exercise..... bummer!

Lauren8239

Ok, justa quick post..... so much for me thinking I was almost ready to be classed as post-menopausal..... I get my period today..... aaarghhhh!!!!

#$

Not happy....... I really thought after 10 months i was through..... not sure what will happen now..... hopefully it won't resume like last year when it was really heavy and I always seem to have at least one day when I didn't want to go out or do anything..... particularly now that I have got into a bit of a routine with exercise..... bummer!

Oh that sucks!!!! They say that after you've have completed a year without a period, you are officially in menopause, so your body just played a nasty trick on you! Bad ovaries! lol Hopefully it's just a short and sweet period and disappears forever.

Sunrize1

I would love to join this group, I too am menopausal. It has been difficult to go through with all the hot flashes, rage, weight gain , and pure fatigue all the time. I too haven't felt like my true self in a long time. When will it end? I'm 47, and it's been 2 years!

sparklyball

yes please, this is the group i need, i'm 46 and started having symptons 2-3 years ago along with missed bleeds ect, early this year i did something that i never ever intended to do, i gave in to hrt as i was burning up constantly, last winter was sub sub zero and i had all the doors open and minimal clothes on.(saved a bit on bills i guess) i would have preferred to control the symptons through food and exercise....the thing is it kinda creeped up on me and before i knew it i couldn't think straight!!! alas another contributary facor to the weight gain

ArtHarlot

Hi Ladies....I'm having a problem with this perimenopause or maybe it's already menopause, I don't know, but I have tremendous joint pain. It hurts all over to do anything. When I walk, the next day I'm sore and this of course, makes me not want to go and walk that day. I wish there was something I could do or take to stop the bad aches and pains I have. I don't suffer much from hot flashes or insomnia, but the joint pain is killing me. Anyone else have this same problem? How do you combat it?

lindabittner

I am 55 and had a hysterectomy a few years ago. Have always been small boned and thinner, and boom, the weight came, no more waist, etc etc. Hot flashes came on about 6 months later. It is awful. I found that a combonation of supplements do help, I just got one that has almost every herb listed on menopause symptom cures, from black cohosh to dong quai and red clover yada yada. I also found my thyroid had been lower, l-tyrosine has helped tremendously as well. Since getting into fittness pal I started yoga from a veria tv class called Yoga for Life. The combinations seem to really be helpful. The first few pounds came off easier and now without the added work out, I do not lose weight. I completely understand your plight. Hope this is helpful, good luck to you, I just love this program as it is so easy to use and convenient.

Linda

madlou

Hi,

I did not realise there was a group for perimenoause, I would also like to join. I am 46 years of age and been going through the dreaded peri for my 7th year now.
First was the horrific palpitations, then insomnia, mood swings, night sweats, weight gain, lethargy, emotional roller coaster as you will all know.

Anyway I have been sticking to a 1200 cal a day diet; exercising up to 3 times a week, total weight loss 3 pounds arghhhhh.
Totally fed up and disheartened, eating less sugar, fat, no white bread or pasta etc.

So where do I sign up and hopefully in 2012 something will go apart from my sanity :sad:

madlou:smooched:

countingitall

I want into your group:) I am 41 and had a hysrtoectamy abouyt 8 years ago.