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I don't tolerate hormonal bc well either, but I'm OK on these. I think it's a much lower amount. I had a lot more anxiety when I had no hormones at all, along with a lot of pain and fatigue. I think it's great if you can avoid taking them, but my quality of life has really improved a lot since I started. I was trying to…

I belong to a gym and I follow this routine: http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/beginner_weight_training.htm You could probably find a similar full body beginning workout using inexpensive elastic bands. Here is one: http://www.sparkpeople.com/resource/fitness_articles.asp?id=982 The cancer risk with HRT is still…

HRT has helped enormously with my symptoms and I have a lot more energy. I am losing weight very slowly, but I have been hiking and doing resistance training for the past month or so, and I have lost two inches on my abdomen and I am much smoother/tighter all over. I'm no longer focusing on weight and instead I am working…

Anyone can add me. I probably have 25 lbs to lose, but I started resistance training and just determined that I need to eat more to make the workouts effective. I've only lost 4 lbs in two months but have tightened my belt two inches. Right now I'm more about increasing my strength and fitness level than eating at a…

My primary is willing to prescribe it but I'll have to get it elsewhere. I'm a little frustrated with the patches. If I put them anywhere but my lower abdomen, they come off. They're also kind of irritating to my skin. I had the same problem with BC patches. I just understand the patches to be safer than pills, which would…

Where do you get your progesterone? I've been told that my estrogen is bioidentical, but then the loon told me that.

I am on a climara patch and take synthetic progesterone. I am relatively satisfied except that I am not officially menopausal and I have had fairly regular periods and some breakthrough since being on HRT. My doctor that prescribed it is a loon (it's a really long story) and efforts to get her to change the dose have gone…

Your doctor is behind the times if he does not recognize that there is a weight gain component to menopause. I am on HRT and lift weights and hike. There are studies that show that women on HRT gain less abdominal fat. HRT would not have an impact if it were merely calories in/calories out. My weight loss has been minimal,…

I'm 47 and I started having irregular periods last year. I had a test a couple of months ago and my hormones are at post-menopausal levels so I am on HRT. Since I started, I have been having fairly regular periods. :neutral: I have an appointment in a couple of weeks with the gyno and I will probably have doses adjusted --…

I don't cosplay but my husband and daughter do. I am the seamstress/shwag carrier. Not that I'm not into cons too (I live near a particularly large and famous one, and I worked at it for years). I have also done a fair amount of historical costuming. We generally go to the smaller cons now, but manage to get to quite a…

Hi Laura. I'm 47 and have post-menopausal hormone levels. I'm on HRT. I don't have sugar cravings at all but I'm not losing weight despite an increase in activity and watching what I eat. I've read that we need to watch carbs after meno, so that's my next step. My preliminary goal is 25 lbs with 10 more after, if I can do…

Hi Mary, I'm 47 and regained 20 lbs in the past year. Just a couple of weeks ago, I discovered I am post menopausal. I have a preliminary goal of 25 lbs, to get me down to the healthy range, and then a "wish goal" of 10 more to put me in the middle of the range. I just started HRT, which seems to be causing some weight…

I just started HRT about a week ago. I feel a lot better, but it has stalled my weight loss. I keep fluctuating over the same pound or so. I suspect that this is pretty normal as it is similar to what has happened the week before my period. I think over the next couple of weeks I will return to my normal loss average, but…

I'm Renee. I'm 47 and just discovered I'm already post-menopausal. I had lost 20 lbs a little over a year ago but gained it back in a year, largely due to severe exhaustion and other meno symptoms. I just started HRT and I'm looking for others experiencing getting older and the obstacles it brings -- both psychological and…