sounds like my past 2 weeks. I do well for a while, exercise, eat great... then indulge for a while, skip the evening walk, get really lazy, eat out a few times. I lose a few pounds, then they go right back on again. Just joined not long ago and was really shocked when I realized I am eating double the protien I need. I've cut back for sure there. Never tracked calories before. Hoping for better.

You look really good at 55 so congratulations - you're doing something right. I'm 55 too. It's a crazy time with the periods. I think I'm done with them now - it's been at least 2 years but for me it was so sporadic. Like I didn't have a period for a year and then all of a sudden, I started bleeding. At the time I was also experiencing incredible stress and kept having urinary tract infections so when I started bleeding, I thought it was related to the UTI and maybe something was wrong with my kidneys - I was also very bloated and my stomach was hard. Ended up in the ER where some young doctor told me they thought I had cancer...it's been over 3 years now and no cancer. I haven't worried about it because when he told me that something in my gut said no, that's not what it is. Then about a year and a half after that incident, I had more bleeding. This time my doctor sent me to a gyno just to make sure everything was ok - especially after the cancer thing and it was. I wish it were an easier process but I sure love not having periods anymore. Sounds like yours may be coming to a stop soon...and then it will be a thing of the past