Near or post menopausal group

Hi there everyone! I've been with MFP about a week now, and I think I finally found the group for me! I'm looking forward to making friends and sharing goals and celebrations of success.

I'm so glad there's a place here that I feel like I can relate to everyone!

Me too! It helps to relate to others and share our frustrations.

So, when I let my 15 yo son know that I'm having a hot flash (we homeschool so I'm with him most of the day) his comment to me is, "It's a calorie burn, Mom!" (He's studying chemistry right now so he related it to the definition of a calorie.) So, I'm wondering if there's a way to put hot flashes under our calories burned! :-P I'm sort of just kidding but it put a humorous spin on my frustration of sweating up a storm.

I wish it was a calorie burn, I would be so thin no one could see me.
This is my saying during a hot flash.

"This is not fat, it can't be.
FAT would melt at this temperature.

:blushing: LOVE IT!! Your son can think out of the box... BRILLIANT!

So, when I let my 15 yo son know that I'm having a hot flash (we homeschool so I'm with him most of the day) his comment to me is, "It's a calorie burn, Mom!" (He's studying chemistry right now so he related it to the definition of a calorie.) So, I'm wondering if there's a way to put hot flashes under our calories burned! :-P I'm sort of just kidding but it put a humorous spin on my frustration of sweating up a storm.

I wish it was a calorie burn, I would be so thin no one could see me.
This is my saying during a hot flash.

"This is not fat, it can't be.
FAT would melt at this temperature.

Just when I really start feeling good... working out every day... keeping calories under control... the mental-pause isn't causing miserable hot-flashes every 6.5 minutes... I get a cold. GRRRRR!!!!

Happy Wednesday!!! How is everybody's week going?

Its now thursday here.... and sooo hot.... and its not just me!!! The temperature has started to climb (30°C yesterday) but the worst part is the humidity.... it really knocks me out, saps all my energy.

But at least I can keep the overhead fan on all night so instead of having the hot/cold thing all night its just warm/warm.... I think someone talked about this in a previous post..... I find it slightly easier to deal with the hot flushes in warm weather as the differential isn't as great.... also not so overdressed .... in winter I have to take off scarves, jackets etc when having a hot flush but in summer I'm already in lighter clothes.

Hope everyone is coping with life, thinking of you all :drinker:

Lisa:bigsmile:

I too had a hysterectomy a few years back. I would love to be in on this group. Definitely can use some advise abd support.

Hi Ladies,

I think I'm perimenopausal. I'm 50 years old and sometime last year I started with the night sweats; woke up drenched, yuck. Then I found my periods were actually getting heavier and longer, yuck again and I went from being able to pinpoint the day I would have my period to not having a clue. Now, I'm back to being fairly regular and haven't had a night sweat in a while so I'm not sure if I'm perimenopausal or not. I suppose the only way to know for sure is blood tests.

I feel like I can relate to many of you though so I would love to be apart of this group. Please feel free to add me as a friend.

Thanks.

Randy

I'm 51and just this year the HOT flashes!!!! Now mood swings so bad. Has anyone had to deal with these? And has anyone tried going to a Dr. for these problems. Makes me fill bad with these mood swings.

thank you!

I suppose I found my group:) Thanks Deb. This stage in life has it's biological challenges for sure. It helps me to remember that there are some upsides that come with the end of my fertile, hormones-a-flowing years. For instance, at last, I can go 2 days without washing my hair and it doesn't look like a grease slick. Shaving my legs and plucking my eyebrows are not required nearly as often as when I was younger. Same with body odor -- even with the sweat that hotflashes bring -- my underarm & general body odor is nearly undetectable -- that was certainly not the case 8 or 9 years ago. And frankly, I prefer my wrinkles to the blemishes that covered my t-zone for 10 days out of every month until I was well into my thirties. Personally, for me, I like the certainty of self that age has brought to me. This notion that my irritable disposition -2 days per month is soley related to my biology and could not possibly be a rational reaction to another's behavior? OH NO, my family, god bless them, knows not to go there. As I explain it to them..... It may appear to you that I am unaffected by your bad manners, lazy habits and other tomfoolery 26 days out of the month, but take heed and beware that during the 1-2 days a month that my biological guages for tolerance and servitude are reading E, those same attitudes/behaviors from you will be met with wrath.

Ok, justa quick post..... so much for me thinking I was almost ready to be classed as post-menopausal..... I get my period today..... aaarghhhh!!!!

#$

Not happy....... I really thought after 10 months i was through..... not sure what will happen now..... hopefully it won't resume like last year when it was really heavy and I always seem to have at least one day when I didn't want to go out or do anything..... particularly now that I have got into a bit of a routine with exercise..... bummer!

Oh that sucks!!!! They say that after you've have completed a year without a period, you are officially in menopause, so your body just played a nasty trick on you! Bad ovaries! lol Hopefully it's just a short and sweet period and disappears forever.

yes please, this is the group i need, i'm 46 and started having symptons 2-3 years ago along with missed bleeds ect, early this year i did something that i never ever intended to do, i gave in to hrt as i was burning up constantly, last winter was sub sub zero and i had all the doors open and minimal clothes on.(saved a bit on bills i guess) i would have preferred to control the symptons through food and exercise....the thing is it kinda creeped up on me and before i knew it i couldn't think straight!!! alas another contributary facor to the weight gain

I am 55 and had a hysterectomy a few years ago. Have always been small boned and thinner, and boom, the weight came, no more waist, etc etc. Hot flashes came on about 6 months later. It is awful. I found that a combonation of supplements do help, I just got one that has almost every herb listed on menopause symptom cures, from black cohosh to dong quai and red clover yada yada. I also found my thyroid had been lower, l-tyrosine has helped tremendously as well. Since getting into fittness pal I started yoga from a veria tv class called Yoga for Life. The combinations seem to really be helpful. The first few pounds came off easier and now without the added work out, I do not lose weight. I completely understand your plight. Hope this is helpful, good luck to you, I just love this program as it is so easy to use and convenient.

Linda

I want into your group:) I am 41 and had a hysrtoectamy abouyt 8 years ago.