Women: losing weight while suffering from hormonal imbalances
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Joshoohah
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Hi I have a question I am asking for my partner who is currently not on MFP. She’s post menopausal with hormonal imbalances who has really been struggling with losing weight. Looking for advice, references and help. Thank a lot Josh 😊
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She should get her own account to ask.7
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She could and may but I’m just putting it out there to see if there are people with experiences with this particular problem then I’ll suggest she gets an account.4
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The hard truth is: Hormonal imbalances don't make you stop losing weight. Someone might hold more onto water during certain hormonal phases (ask any woman with a cyclus!), or make you more hungry at certain times, more tired. But the principles of physics still hold true: eat less than your body needs and you lose weight, eat more and you gain.15
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The hard truth is: Hormonal imbalances don't make you stop losing weight. Someone might hold more onto water during certain hormonal phases (ask any woman with a cyclus!), or make you more hungry at certain times, more tired. But the principles of physics still hold true: eat less than your body needs and you lose weight, eat more and you gain.
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Ditto to that! CICO is what matters regardless of hormonal imbalances. Yes hormones affect water weight and possibly hunger levels/cravings. For hunger, eat foods that make you feel full longer (for some that’s high fiber foods).5 -
Now the problem of course is that it TO tells this to his significant other she might not believe him and even start an argument. If she came here and asked herself TO would not be in this uncomfortable position.
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Yep! She has the same struggles everyone else does. She should eat less and/or exercise more to lose weight. Advice from a hormonal imbalanced woman.5
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Also, not sure if she’s aware, but women’s fat storage patterns shift after menopause to store more fat around the middle. So she can still lose weight, but her shape may be changed from when she was younger.5
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If my husband was trying to help me with hormonal issues, he’d be sleeping with the dog in the dog house.
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There are many post menopausal women here who have lost weight, some of us a significant amount.
I am one. I am also hypothyroid, so that's another hormonal thing people think will stop them. I lost my 80 pounds. I lost that by logging food here, learning about nutrition and getting a little exercise on a regular basis. It was not any more difficult for me than any other woman but then I didn't try to make excuses - I just got on with it.
Send your partner here. We'll help.
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This is not really going to be helpful, but I am 59 and have found losing weight in my 50's (my menopause was around 49/50) easier than any other time in my life. So I cannot relate to the reports
of menopause causing weight gains.3 -
mom23mangos wrote: »Also, not sure if she’s aware, but women’s fat storage patterns shift after menopause to store more fat around the middle. So she can still lose weight, but her shape may be changed from when she was younger.
@mom23mangos I don't want to hijack this thread, but the thicker waist, regardless of weight, just kills me. Are there actions one can take to help with this aspect?0 -
I got a lot of great tips from The Happy Menopause podcast.0
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cmriverside wrote: »There are many post menopausal women here who have lost weight, some of us a significant amount.
I am one. I am also hypothyroid, so that's another hormonal thing people think will stop them. I lost my 80 pounds. I lost that by logging food here, learning about nutrition and getting a little exercise on a regular basis. It was not any more difficult for me than any other woman but then I didn't try to make excuses - I just got on with it.
Send your partner here. We'll help.
Absolute ditto on all this. I'm 66, hypothyroid (Hashimoto's) and lost 75+ lbs. Logged everything I ate here on MFP and the first few weeks of doing so were an eye opener!5 -
Dogmom1978 wrote: »The hard truth is: Hormonal imbalances don't make you stop losing weight. Someone might hold more onto water during certain hormonal phases (ask any woman with a cyclus!), or make you more hungry at certain times, more tired. But the principles of physics still hold true: eat less than your body needs and you lose weight, eat more and you gain.
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Ditto to that! CICO is what matters regardless of hormonal imbalances. Yes hormones affect water weight and possibly hunger levels/cravings. For hunger, eat foods that make you feel full longer (for some that’s high fiber foods).
Just to add to this: CICO is absolutely what matters - the harder part for those of us with hormonal imbalances is figuring out the "CO" part of this equation.
Often the calculators overestimate this since we don't always metabolise like the average person, sometimes due to underlying issues like thyroid function (whether diagnosed or not). But they do give you a place to start, and you then need to experiment to find your "true" level of CO. This involves meticulously monitoring your caloric intake and your weight loss trend to see how your actual results differ from the estimations made, and making any necessary adjustments from there. That's where I'd suggest your partner starts.2 -
mom23mangos wrote: »Also, not sure if she’s aware, but women’s fat storage patterns shift after menopause to store more fat around the middle. So she can still lose weight, but her shape may be changed from when she was younger.
@mom23mangos I don't want to hijack this thread, but the thicker waist, regardless of weight, just kills me. Are there actions one can take to help with this aspect?
I haven’t done enough research to know. Not sure if hormone replacement will reverse that or not.1 -
mom23mangos wrote: »mom23mangos wrote: »Also, not sure if she’s aware, but women’s fat storage patterns shift after menopause to store more fat around the middle. So she can still lose weight, but her shape may be changed from when she was younger.
@mom23mangos I don't want to hijack this thread, but the thicker waist, regardless of weight, just kills me. Are there actions one can take to help with this aspect?
I haven’t done enough research to know. Not sure if hormone replacement will reverse that or not.
@mom23mangos Thanks. I won't be messing with hormones. I did not know if specific exercise or such had some impact on the fat storage that thickens the waist. Thanks again0
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