Weight Loss and Hormone Therapy!

I am wondering the same thing myself!!!!!!! I can't seem to find anyone to talk to about it. I was on hormone therapy for problems I was having. Before starting I had begun to gain weight. Then I gained more, then lost 40 lbs in two months without doing anything. Then it started creeping back on. I switched from shots to the pill in January of this year, I've gained 30 pounds.

So I have stopped taking everything. I think enough time has passed where most of problems are going away. (meaning I'm getting old lol). But I joined this site to help track everything. I eat mostly healthy and am still having a hard time. I have 5 lbs that comes and goes overnight all the time.

Due to my specific problems I have cut way back on meat, about to just cut it out totally again, and I do feel better. My Dr. said the less food with hormones the better. The only cow dairy I do is a spoonful of greek yogurt in a smoothie and cheese. Cutting out cheese is hard.

Also I do have to eat gluten free, not for any fad diet, it took several years to finally get diagnosed and told to cut it out. Sometimes I will eat something anyway and pay for it.

So right now I'm trying really hard to focus on more veggies and I think maybe cutting back on fruit, my sugar intake is through the roof and it's all from fruit. My coffee creamer is sugar free but I'm getting way to many calories from that so I'm trying to figure out an alternative.

I have asked older women. I'm 42. I have asked Dr's. Everyone just says it's really hard with to lose weight with hormone problems. I walk everyday for work, dogwalker. I haven't given up. I'm convinced there is an answer I have yet to discover.

What type of foods do you eat? Maybe some of our healthy choices are not so healthy for our situation. Like the gluten thing for me. I was eating whole grains and trying to just become healthier and ended up making myself sick.

I am around a lot of older people, 75 and up. They all are in really good health and said in their day no one was overweight. They only ate whatever grew in the garden and meat was usually just for Sunday dinner. Sounds good to me. I don't have a garden this year but will next year. Food is supposed to skyrocket towards the end of the year, I guess we will all be skinny if it gets too high. lol.

In the mornings I still have way too much coffee. Late morning I usually have a smoothie with almond milk or green tea and two kinds of fruit. A boiled egg. I feel better and have more energy from that than any other meal all day. If I have a smoothie in the late afternoon it's like an energy boost so I'm gonna try that again today and see how it goes.

I will tell you though now that I stopped taking all hormone pills, I don't have the horrible hunger anymore. When on them I was hungry all the time, not just a little hungry, starving hungry. Now I no longer feel the urge to eat close to bedtime. Hope some of this helps. You are not alone. I wish someone would have told me as a young girl what to expect with hormones.