Good luck yorkshiregirl!
I know I cant even have bread and potatoes in the house when I am trying to lose weight!

I started taking Vit E, Evening Primrose and a probiotic. I went up two pounds since I started and now I'm stuck. Anyone else experience this when starting new vitamins?

editorgrrl wrote: »

getup25 wrote: »

I started taking Vit E, Evening Primrose and a probiotic. I went up two pounds since I started and now I'm stuck. Anyone else experience this when starting new vitamins?

Weight loss is not linear. Some weeks you do everything right but maintain—or even gain. Others you lose a whole lot in a "whoosh."

Causation is not correlation—your gain has nothing to do with your supplements.

Have you read the Sexypants post? So much good "MFP 101" information: https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1080242/a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants/p1

Yes I do know that. This is a menopausal group and I wondered if anyone else had the same thing happen. I was hoping not to get your type of response in this group.

getup25 wrote: »

I started taking Vit E, Evening Primrose and a probiotic. I went up two pounds since I started and now I'm stuck. Anyone else experience this when starting new vitamins?

Nope. I've been taking EPO for eons now and have never had an issue with the scale going up. I don't specifically take E, but I guess I'm not quite sure how it could cause the scale to go up.

I haven't added any new supplements lately and the scale goes up more randomly and especially about 2 weeks before a period starts.

The past week I have been having hot flashes during the day. So far they have been only at night and only a few days before my cycle starts. The worse one so far was during a workout I thought I was going to catch on fire I was so hot!

Thanks Sabine I will keep the Mendopause in mind.

My eating the past week has not been as good as it should be. I know my body doesn't like refined sugar or white flour yet I still eat it at times. Usually when I'm stressed and the emotional eating kicks in and I get the I'll just have one mentality and 1 leads to 2..... and then I feel like crap, I get tired, headaches and I lose motivation.

It never ceases to amaze me how food and hormones can wreak such havoc on your body.

Sweet_Pandora wrote: »

Thanks Sabine I will keep the Mendopause in mind.

My eating the past week has not been as good as it should be. I know my body doesn't like refined sugar or white flour yet I still eat it at times. Usually when I'm stressed and the emotional eating kicks in and I get the I'll just have one mentality and 1 leads to 2..... and then I feel like crap, I get tired, headaches and I lose motivation.

It never ceases to amaze me how food and hormones can wreak such havoc on your body.

You're so right! Deksgrl was just talking about this as well.

I've been "off" grains again for the last while and of course, I'm feeling better. I know this...you'd think I wouldn't keep forgetting. ha.

Hi, all --
I face pretty much all of the same challenges discussed here. I am 51 and for the past six years it has been so much more difficult to keep my weight down (or keep it from rising) compared to earlier in my life! I would love to be each other's super-motivational cheerleaders if anybody would like to add me as a friend. I especially need encouragement not to eat after 8:00 and to skip that glass of wine or beer. Otherwise, my diet is pretty healthy and whole foods-oriented. I am pretty fit, but am currently struggling with some chronic back, hip and leg issues that make it hard to get intense exercise. Nice to virtually meet you all!
-Rosita