Menopause messing with your weight loss!?

I too would be interested in joining in on this post (or group if one was created). I am 41 but my mother went into menopause very early and I have all the symptoms of being peri-menopausal (just ask my family!)

I have an open diary, I do not log my exercise here because I am using the TDEE method to see how that goes. If I were to add in the exercise it would mess with the numbers. I do however post in my home thread what I have done for workouts so that I can hold myself accountable.

I am here almost always since I have the app on my phone. Any one can add me if they would like.

please add me in

Count me in. I'm 50, and menopause did not make me lazy, and eat bad food. However, it has made it harder to get back in shape. On the plus side I am sweating before I even start to workout. Hot flashes, yay!:sad:

well, my thoughts might not be appreciated. Have any of you had your thyroid checked, sorry if any of you are in the UK, we have one of the worst systems for dealing with thyroid problems, synthetic t4 only unless you find a great doctor. Where as over seas they offer synthetic T4 and T3, (4's are needed to turn into 3's but sometimes a body is not up to that duty any longer). Others have the opportunity of a natural product, which would not necessarily appeal to many but are more likely to be in the right balance and possibly more effective. Mainly you will be fobbed off with all sorts of excuses rather than give your blood a thorough interrogation.

Please visit your own national Thyroid site or "Stop the thyroid madness" site. Any of these sites will give you more information than you could possibly need, Please read what relates to yourself. The issues this key gland can be involved in are interminable. The sites will tell you how the numbers in a blood result are interpreted. In the UK you can have all the symptoms and general practice will think you are normal if you have numbers up to 10. In Australia or the US the same range of tests are acted on as above 3. I have seen some saying even with a level of 10 this person had no symptoms so thyroid which slows your systems down when it is flagging is brushed to one side.

This was just a thought to throw into the mix. As a general rule as women we get on with it, what ever life throws at us and we know our bodies will not fail.

All the very best please don't take being slightly more "mature" lying down. Take life by the scruff of its neck and make the most of what you have. I am not completely fit, yet but I am fitter and performing better than I did 20+ years ago because I did not take what I was told at face value. I asked questions and tried my own questions

Bump - on my way out the door BUT I need to read this!!!! I am 54 and a daily struggle, I've got the exercise motivation but the food, not so much! My motto of fit by 55 started last night when I read MFP success stories!! Lose 20 lbs by my mid August birthday would be a huge accomplishment for me! No excuses but I have found that since hitting meno 5 yrs ago my body has changed significantly which has impacted my ability to drop weight like I use to

I am 52 and have had so many stops and starts the past nine months,but this time it has been about 4 months...so maybe I am done? LOL, my Doctor is like when it happens, it happens.

I am losing weight consistently, I log, eat at a deficit (at this point around 1500/day), and exercise at least 5 times per week.

Hi everyone, I am too having trouble im pre-menopause, Its crazy I have gained weight that i cant get off. My doctor tested my blood and said my hormones are messed up. She didnt offer any help with it. I gained 36 pounds, in the past month i have limited my calorie intake to 1200 or less. Ive been working out daily, I just dont know what to do to get my metabolism to kick in again. Any advice? Im 49 years old

And my story...
Age 55.
At age 50 and menopause....hello ? 30 lb weight gain.
Lost the first 10 by cutting out gluten. Mainly pasta but bread and proccessed things as well. 95% of the time anyway...
Then the weight loss stopped.
I thought I just had to deal with the extra 20 lbs.
Last August, a light bulb went on and I decided to get serious with MFP.
There has been short amounts of time that I lost motivation but have always come back to it.
I don't exercise but do golf once a week.
My wine drinking is included in my daily calories.
I keep my carbs at about 100 per day. Sugar under 30.

And here I am today... 36 lbs lighter than I was 5 years ago. And down 2-3 clothing sizes.

I have found that setting short term goals for weight loss like every 2 weeks works better for me than than focusing on someday I want to weigh....

Be patient. This takes time. But every pound lost makes me very happy.
Add me as a friend if you would like.

Totally able to relate! We have a great group of ladies just in your group!
Come join us. Look up this group and come join!

Fifty, Female and Fun!

We are all supportive and a bunch of fun!

Hope to see ya!

DaisyGrammy

Hi to the gals (sorry guys) that are in menopause and suddenly have found a tire around their waist, they have to eat half the amount they used to consume - just to maintain their weight, wine is now a bad (VERY bad) carb - may as well eat a tablespoon of sugar....argh! I have decide to heck with menopause! I am 54 and refuse to settle for "it's menopause, you're getting older, that's life". Not me mama! I need support - I know I can't do this myself. I am not a complainer, just looking to tap into other peoples "spark" and share some of my own. I want to be fab and 55! I want my "twilight years" to be spectacular! Are you in?

Tagging in for future reference!

51 here! Would like to come back and visit when I can chat!
We've got this ladies!!!!

I am 44 yrs. young. I weighed 208 then lost by the help of a doctor and a fixed thyroid down to 110 and stayed there for four years.3 I had treated myself to a tummy tuck last jan. 201 Then peri menopause hit Jan. 2014.. I had a hysterectomy and so I didn't know when it would hit. I haven't slept a full night without being half nude since Jan. and I have literally went up 30 pounds in less than five months... Nothing new in anything else ! I am really mad and saddened. I had heard that taking HRT's creates more weight gain and I don't need that. I have no idea what has happened and it scares me... so any input would be awesome.

All of you ladies are singing my song! I will turn 57 this year and am post menopausal. I have always been active (gym/weights/walking/hiking, etc) and watched my diet. But now......dear lord. I still walk, hike, dance, and this year got back to the gym for weight lifting. But getting off these 15 pounds that crept up on me in these last 10 years is like trying to chip off dried oatmeal out of a bowl that has been sitting for a week. Geez. I have been here on MFP for over a year, but I will be honest and say logging my food daily has become a real pain. That being said, or rather whined about, would love to join this group, add as a friend, anything to supportive.

I want to try and shed 10 by my birthday which is 6 months from now. Is this impossible? Probably not, but it sure feels like it.

Good Morning my dear friend! Oh my goodness I am so in! I have been searching for friends like you!! Yay! I am running late for work , but please add me as a friend! We will be winners! I am not settling for this hormonal crap! Have a Fab Friday! We Got This!! Woot Woot!