Looking for perimenopausal and menopausal friends!!!

I am looking for help as well. I have been off MFP for over two years. I went through menopause four years ago. The flashes seem more severe this year then ever, gained weight that I can't lose. Feel free to add me

I'm right there with you ladies. I would love some friends that are going thru the same fun (not) menopause things as I am.

Count me in! I guess I'm officially in menopause as it's been a little over a year now since my last period. 54 next month and have packed on about 10 lbs in the last year and a half or so. It doesn't sound like much but it's all clustered around my belly and hips! Can't move it either. I'm back to tracking meals here and am trying to increase my exercise but I can't do the high intensity workouts I used to do (prolapse anyone??). Working on consistently hitting the 10000 step mark with yoga and weights. I'll try the book as well, I'm interested in anything that might help. As for sleep, I started taking Wal-Som (generic of one of the Sominex varieties) with Doxylamine Succinate in it - same ingredient in NyQuil. I just take half, but it helps me stay asleep all night instead of staring at the ceiling. I did think I would go crazy before that since I lost my ability to sleep - like having a newborn again except I was the one staying up half the night and crying. Yuck!

I'm here too! Been having very rough time with hot flashes, anxiety, sweating, weight gain especially water retention, insomnia. My tummy and hips blew up in the past 2 years. No period for 2 years now.

Hi! Add me too - I'm perimenopausal and would like to connect with people I can relate to!

I'm 56 years old and postmenopausal for 3 years, and loving it. What freedom! I've lost 50 lbs with MFP, and have been keeping it off for years now. My secret is careful calorie tracking with MFP everyday, weighing myself and recording every week, and absolutely NO diet pop or artificial sweeteners. Drinking only water or plain, black coffee or tea. Exercising regularly for 1/2 hour every day, at something I LOVE doing, and allowing myself that gooey sweet treat every day, and just figuring that into my calorie tracking. I hold a strict rule of "never drinking any calories", and it works well for me.

I'd like more friends. Right now, I only have one. Not that I'm knocking him. He's a good friend.

I'm in the same boat with one paddle. Add me..

I'm in the same boat. It has become a tough battle. For anyone who is interested, there already is a nice group for those near and post menopause in the forums. You should be able to find it under the Groups tab, or through a search. There's lots of great info & understanding in there.

I'm an in the middle of this chaos also!!! Seems like I spend my time trying to figure out what my body is doing than anything else! Mood swings and emotions and weight that refuses to go away! And cycles that may or may not happen - or maybe just all the symptoms and then - psych! gotcha! Nothing.

Yep! I started perimenopause 5 years ago. My doctor put me on birth control pills and anti-anxiety (Celexa) as a I started having panic attacks. Thanks to Celexa I put on 30 lbs quickly and CANNOT get them off. My doctor said I'll have to work 3x as hard as most people but I'm so discouraged. I've been dieting since May 1 and have lost 4 lbs. I started MFP 10 days ago, so I am hoping that will help. I'm getting plenty of exercising in. Still. So frustrating!!!