50+ and it's Menopause Madness!

Hi, I feel your pain! So many people, including my own very supportive partner are convinced we're in denial about how much we eat or how much exercise we do because if was true we'd be slim! It's such a battle and can be so depressing. My partner spent a fortnight eating exactly what I eat but bigger portions because he's much taller. He is already slim and he became practically skeletal! He went away without me for a week where he ate what he wanted - he always eats a healthy diet and is very active, when he came back he'd noticeably gained weight - and looked so much better for it by the way. He now accepts that my inability to be as slim as I was is not because I'm over-eating.
My favourite soup is onion, garlic, broccoli, cauliflower and add baby leaf spinach right at the end which gives it a fantastic bright green colour. I sweat the onion and garlic in a small amount of coconut oil then add the chopped up vegetables, lots of black pepper, some stock and water and simmer for around 20 mins. Whizz up and eat.
It sounds like we did similar things with fat - I switched to healthy fats - ditched anything processed such as low fat spread, low fat yoghurt, but I am now trying to cut down on fat (without resorting to processed low fat alternatives). I'm trying to use less of it and eat more vegetables and less meat.
I do lots of walking but I'm taking a break from yoga classes as it seemed to be making my tendons really sore. I was maybe overdoing the stretching etc.
Good luck with it!

When I said to the doctor about the weight gain she said it's your age and the menopause, you can do nothing other than try your best and accept it. Even more depressingly she said she had another patient who ate nothing but vegetables and was still putting on weight! :-(