menopause and weight loss

dinagurl59
dinagurl59 Posts: 41 Member
edited November 23 in Health and Weight Loss
Hi all
I am on a quest to prove that menopause does not mean its the end of a happy life. One of the things I have set out to do is loss 20 pounds, I packed on the pounds when menopause hit...but thanks to my workout friend and my fitness apps I have already lost 8 pounds...I am so excited...will keep you posted.
«1

Replies

  • editorgrrl
    editorgrrl Posts: 7,060 Member
    MFP has a menopause group: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/506-near-or-post-menopausal-group
  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,575 Member
    Good luck on your quest, but who are you trying to prove this to? Who thinks menopause is the end of a happy life??
  • healthygreek
    healthygreek Posts: 2,137 Member
    Post menopausal life is an absolute delight in every way!
  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,942 Member
    dinagurl59 wrote: »
    Hi all
    I am on a quest to prove that menopause does not mean its the end of a happy life. One of the things I have set out to do is loss 20 pounds, I packed on the pounds when menopause hit...but thanks to my workout friend and my fitness apps I have already lost 8 pounds...I am so excited...will keep you posted.

    You GO! I lost 44 pounds while in menopause.
  • kat239
    kat239 Posts: 92 Member
    Hi I'm the same as you, I've started hrt and I must say I has improved my life I did try to battle with it but I gave up. I too have 20lbs to loose hopefully by Christmas
    . Good luck with your loss. Xx
  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,575 Member
    healthygreek wrote: »
    Post menopausal life is an absolute delight in every way!

    I didn't care for the perimenopause stage but this stage of life has some definite advantages.
  • olive1968
    olive1968 Posts: 148 Member
    I don't know if I am peri or smack in menopause, but I'm with you! I can't keep packing on the pounds. Lots of great years ahead and I want to be fit enough to enjoy them fully. And maybe steal a few extra!
  • vivmom2014
    vivmom2014 Posts: 1,649 Member
    If you eat at a caloric deficit, the weight will come off. Age doesn't matter.
  • daniwilford
    daniwilford Posts: 1,030 Member
    vivmom2014 wrote: »
    If you eat at a caloric deficit, the weight will come off. Age doesn't matter.
    I agree, I have lost 47 pounds while in menopause. I find the lack of TOM water weight gains, have kept my loss nice and steady. Every week I eat less than I burn, the scale reflects a loss.
  • vivmom2014
    vivmom2014 Posts: 1,649 Member
    daniwilford wrote: »
    vivmom2014 wrote: »
    If you eat at a caloric deficit, the weight will come off. Age doesn't matter.
    I agree, I have lost 47 pounds while in menopause. I find the lack of TOM water weight gains, have kept my loss nice and steady. Every week I eat less than I burn, the scale reflects a loss.

    Plus, no crazy monthly food cravings. (But the intense yen for chocolate just won't disappear. Sigh.)

  • HippySkoppy
    HippySkoppy Posts: 725 Member
    You go girl.....

    Conrats on the weight loss and whoever thinks that Menopause is the end of life is delusional.....

    Yeah...totally agree the before bit is a tad inconvenient and may lead a temporary loss of sanity (and Oh dear Lord the sweats.....I burned more calories stripping my clothes on and off multiple times....Hubs was delighted B) and stripping the sheets than anything) but that too passes.

    Now in at least in that dept. I feel unstoppable.....Girl this can be the BEST time of your life.....make it what you want it to be. And to ALL the AWESOME ladies on here WE ROCK o:)
  • healthygreek
    healthygreek Posts: 2,137 Member
    Need2Exerc1se wrote: »
    healthygreek wrote: »
    Post menopausal life is an absolute delight in every way!

    I didn't care for the perimenopause stage but this stage of life has some definite advantages.

    I didn't care for peri either!
  • healthygreek
    healthygreek Posts: 2,137 Member
    olive1968 wrote: »
    I don't know if I am peri or smack in menopause, but I'm with you! I can't keep packing on the pounds. Lots of great years ahead and I want to be fit enough to enjoy them fully. And maybe steal a few extra!

    Peri is the time before menopause. Menopause is when your periods stop completely.
  • middlehaitch
    middlehaitch Posts: 8,486 Member
    Heck, I am in the best shape of my life post menopause.

    I put on 30 lb in my late 40's early 50's, lost it counting calories, and got the fittest I have ever been.

    Now I travel to exotic place, pony treck, hike, snorkel, rappel down cliffs, zip line, dance until 3am, etc etc, through some of the most beautiful places in the world.

    I have more confidence, and a sense of adventure I haven't had since my late teens early twenties.

    My body is nowhere near perfect, but it has been on this earth 62 years, and gravity etc, has its effect. However
    I can still look good in a backless slinky dress or bikini ( something I hadn't worn for 40yr), and don't care what anyone else thinks.

    Enjoy your quest dinagurl59.

    Cheers, h.
  • lynn_glenmont
    lynn_glenmont Posts: 10,096 Member
    healthygreek wrote: »
    olive1968 wrote: »
    I don't know if I am peri or smack in menopause, but I'm with you! I can't keep packing on the pounds. Lots of great years ahead and I want to be fit enough to enjoy them fully. And maybe steal a few extra!

    Peri is the time before menopause. Menopause is when your periods stop completely.

    Yes, but anytime you miss one period, that could be the beginning of menopause (because you might never have another one), or it could be just a skipped period during perimenopause, and you will have more periods. You don't know at the time.
  • PinkyPan1
    PinkyPan1 Posts: 3,018 Member
    Menopause was kicking butt. I took control and now I the one kicking butt. You can do this and have fun while doing so. I have never felt better or more comfortable in my own skin. You go this Dinagurl!!
  • healthygreek
    healthygreek Posts: 2,137 Member
    edited September 2015
    lynn_glenmont wrote: »
    healthygreek wrote: »
    olive1968 wrote: »
    I don't know if I am peri or smack in menopause, but I'm with you! I can't keep packing on the pounds. Lots of great years ahead and I want to be fit enough to enjoy them fully. And maybe steal a few extra!

    Peri is the time before menopause. Menopause is when your periods stop completely.

    Yes, but anytime you miss one period, that could be the beginning of menopause (because you might never have another one), or it could be just a skipped period during perimenopause, and you will have more periods. You don't know at the time.

    True.
    I went from regular periods to none just like that-no skipped ones at all. I guess that's pretty unusual.
    Edited for grammar
  • middlehaitch
    middlehaitch Posts: 8,486 Member
    Ha ha healthygreek,
    I thought I had done that. 11 months without a period. Went on a holiday in Europe with no tampons or liners, then I had my very lasts period in Bruges. It was hilarious, 9 at night trying to find somewhere open, that sold the products, and then trying to read all the labels. Thank goodness for illustrated packaging.

    Cheers, h.
  • healthygreek
    healthygreek Posts: 2,137 Member
    middlehaitch wrote: »
    Ha ha healthygreek,
    I thought I had done that. 11 months without a period. Went on a holiday in Europe with no tampons or liners, then I had my very lasts period in Bruges. It was hilarious, 9 at night trying to find somewhere open, that sold the products, and then trying to read all the labels. Thank goodness for illustrated packaging.

    Cheers, h.

    Ha ha! That's how "change of life babies" happen!
  • LaceyBirds
    LaceyBirds Posts: 451 Member
    59, 13 years since surgical menopause, have lost 46 pounds over the last year, 25 since starting MFP in mid-April. You can absolutely do this. :)
  • barb066
    barb066 Posts: 2 Member
    Lacy birds, I am so encouraged with reading your post! I am two weeks into MFP and am hoping it works! I am 57, surgical menopause last year and have put on so much weight especially in the midsection! Am now walking and counting calories in hopes of a 30 lb. decrease in the weight.
  • dinagurl59
    dinagurl59 Posts: 41 Member
    Great! I am glad you are excited, we can do this ladies...I must say it is liberating to be at this stage in my life...I all ways said menopause and age does not define who I am.
  • dinagurl59
    dinagurl59 Posts: 41 Member
    PinkyPan1 wrote: »
    Menopause was kicking butt. I took control and now I the one kicking butt. You can do this and have fun while doing so. I have never felt better or more comfortable in my own skin. You go this Dinagurl!!

    Thanks....thinking about weight training
    ...sky's the limit.
  • dinagurl59
    dinagurl59 Posts: 41 Member
    middlehaitch wrote: »
    Heck, I am in the best shape of my life post menopause.

    I put on 30 lb in my late 40's early 50's, lost it counting calories, and got the fittest I have ever been.

    Now I travel to exotic place, pony treck, hike, snorkel, rappel down cliffs, zip line, dance until 3am, etc etc, through some of the most beautiful places in the world.

    I have more confidence, and a sense of adventure I haven't had since my late teens early twenties.

    My body is nowhere near perfect, but it has been on this earth 62 years, and gravity etc, has its effect. However
    I can still look good in a backless slinky dress or bikini ( something I hadn't worn for 40yr), and don't care what anyone else thinks.
    Good for you!!!

    Enjoy your quest dinagurl59.

    Cheers, h.

  • earlnabby
    earlnabby Posts: 8,171 Member
    dinagurl59 wrote: »
    Hi all
    I am on a quest to prove that menopause does not mean its the end of a happy life. One of the things I have set out to do is loss 20 pounds, I packed on the pounds when menopause hit...but thanks to my workout friend and my fitness apps I have already lost 8 pounds...I am so excited...will keep you posted.

    Five years post menopause now and I am in a better place than I have been in years. 118 lb gone so far and I am feeling better about myself than I have in years.

    Menopause, in many ways, is really the beginning of a happy life. You don't have the hormones cycling so you don't have the weight fluctuations and the cravings. You don't have to deal with sanitary protection and the accompanying expense (especially having 2 sets of underwear) and occasional embarrassing moments when the protection fails. There is just so much positive about not having to deal with periods.

    There is a reason people used to celebrate the post-menopausal woman. She was respected as a wise person who has learned throughout her life and is now at a place where that wisdom can be imparted to others.
  • dinagurl59
    dinagurl59 Posts: 41 Member
    Love it!! thank you for your reply
  • dinagurl59
    dinagurl59 Posts: 41 Member
    editorgrrl wrote: »
    MFP has a menopause group: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/506-near-or-post-menopausal-group

    Thanks just joinedjoined.
  • clh72569
    clh72569 Posts: 280 Member
    I am 4'11" and 53 years old. Peri-menopause was tough, with hot-flashes and temporary insanity. However, I have gone from 150 to 108 and am in the best shape in a long time!!
  • CaroleLennon
    CaroleLennon Posts: 3 Member
    45 years old n 4 periods in last 3 years!! Few hot sweats! Still classed as peri menopausal. Piled on the weight and up 2 dress sizes until last sept when i decided enough was enough and i was not gonna be a victim of hormones/depression / menopause etc. lost 47 pounds and 4 dress sizes feel better / fitter than ever. From zero exercise to running regular 10ks plus 5/6 hours per week in gym. I really do feel like a teenager again!!! And NO moods!!! Never felt better!
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    healthygreek wrote: »
    middlehaitch wrote: »
    Ha ha healthygreek,
    I thought I had done that. 11 months without a period. Went on a holiday in Europe with no tampons or liners, then I had my very lasts period in Bruges. It was hilarious, 9 at night trying to find somewhere open, that sold the products, and then trying to read all the labels. Thank goodness for illustrated packaging.

    Cheers, h.

    Ha ha! That's how "change of life babies" happen!

    Ya, I tried to pin my mom down on when she started menopause and she remembered a pregnancy scare at @ 50 which turned out to actually be the start of skipping periods.

This discussion has been closed.

Categories