menopause and weight loss??

You can do it! Menopause (or mental pause as my grandmother used to say) just means that you'll lose weight a little slower. I'm 48, been in menopause for two years and have lost 24 pounds in 10 months. I probably could have lost more weight than that in a shorter amount of time but I set my goals at .5 to 1 pound a week. Some weeks I lost 2 or 3 pounds and then I can go for 4 weeks or more and not see a loss or gain, even though I am faithfully logging. It's mostly related to the hormone imbalances that you get in menopause. Patience is the key when trying to lose weight at this stage in life.

Welcome to the club! Yikes! Menopause seems to kinda slow weight loss down. My dog got fixed a few months ago, she looks like me now! With that being said, I lost 12 lbs a couple years ago using mfp, and have just gotten back to it. Im trying to take it seriously this time, and have a friend who lives a state away who is doing her workouts from home, and we check with each other every day on here to keep each other accountable. She recommended Leslie Sansone walk away the lbs dvds, and i really like them, they can be purchased just about anywhere, walmart, amazon, or direct from the website. AND< you can actually stand to listen to Leslie! Big plus there. Were all here for you, feel free to friend me if you like, and we can stumble along together!

I'm pre-menopause and my weightloss is going in reverse despite writing down every darn thing that goes in my mouth. I am deeply frustrated right now. I don't eat perfectly, but I don't go over my calorie limit (very often) and yet ...GAH. So lots of sympathy here.

I am finding it easier now that active menopause has passed. I lose about 1 lb a week. And it's true: you do need fewer calories overall, but only by a small margin. And you do need plenty of activity, but it doesn't have to be all high intensity. And weight bearing work becomes essential, either body weight or free weights. And yes about protein too! You need to eat your lean body mass in grams of protein each day now more than ever if you want to maintain muscle as much as possible while losing. Once I accepted all this, it got a lot easier.

I dunno. I've been losing at a good rate for several months, so it certainly isn't impossible. Have you tried to eliminate other possible reasons that you might be not be having success? I don't think the basic rules are any different after menopause, and any slight decrease in BMR can be countered with increased activity. If you are truly finding it impossible to lose weight, it might help to look beyond this for other things that might be getting in your way. Good luck!

I'm going to chime in here too! I gradually put on weight going through menopause in my mid 40's. Since then, I've lost the weight and gained it back several times. I'm 59 now. Good news is that I find I lose it pretty quickly. However, when I stop counting calories and start eating like I did when I was younger...the weight comes back although it averages about 2 years to do so. Sad to say...every 2 years for over 12 years I'm back to square one and working to lose weight. I'm lucky in that I have no health issues. So this time around, I weighed myself back in April and immediately got into the "lose the weight" mindset. Since then, I have lost almost 40 pounds...and I did stop counting calories during July and August because with vacations and all I decided to give myself a break. However, September 1st I was back at it again. Still doing well and hoping to lose another 20.
Good luck, ladies! Feel free to add me as a friend.

Perimenopause here. It has been plaguing me for 3 years, mentally and physically. It takes more effort but you can do it!

LaceyBirds wrote: »

Here is a recent thread you might like to read: https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10261347/women-who-have-lost-weight-after-the-onset-of-menopause-50

And here is the link to the Near or Post Menopausal Group: community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/506-near-or-post-menopausal-group

Do join us in the group!

i am new to all of this trying to loose weight with menopause and it isn't going very well for me. must say i am very discouraged with this. any suggestions will be greatly appreciated,

sheilagetty wrote: »

i am new to all of this trying to loose weight with menopause and it isn't going very well for me. must say i am very discouraged with this. any suggestions will be greatly appreciated,

This is what I did ...

I entered my information into MFP and set my weight loss goal at 0.5 kg/week.
MFP gave me a maximum number of calories.
I diligently and meticulously weighed and logged everything, and stayed under that maximum number of calories.

If I wanted to eat more, I exercised and when I logged my exercise, I underestimated the number of calories burned because most calorie counters tend to estimate high. Then I only ate a portion of those calories back. Usually only about half.

I stuck to that plan like glue for 4 months ... and lost 15 kg.

That was my first goal.

Then I eased up on the plan a little bit and have lost another 9 kg in the last 4 months.