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Hello ladies. I just peeked in here today and liked reading all of your posts! I myself am 53, finally post-menopausal after 14 years of hell, and trying to lose the 40+ pounds I gained along the way. At this point I am shooting for a 25-pound loss. That seems all that is likely to be realistic. :) Let's see . . . I'm…

Yes and yes, unless I am at my sweetie's house (2 nights a week), in which case I estimate based on the portions. We eat the same things all the time so I feel that I am pretty accurate. If anything I overestimate how much I eat. I switched to intermittent fasting last summer (eating only between 11 - 6 each day) and at…

I guess I am discouraged after 5 years of trying to go by calories and exercise only to still be sitting here at exactly the same spot! This is why I started tracking them again. After a month of being under my stated calorie intake each day, you would think the scale would start to shift - unless it's BECAUSE it's under…

I have it set for 1 pound a week and I do add in my exercise calories, but I just have the hardest time getting the amounts to EVER match up with what I eat on a daily basis. I'm usually way under on calories but already over on one or more of the categories. I just find it so discouraging when I'm trying to live my life…

About the only thing that seems to have helped me lately (besides getting off the bc pills once the worst of my perimenopause symptoms seem to have passed) is cutting out a lot of processed foods and really watching my sodium. Yes, I still have french fries occasionally, but I no longer eat lunch meat every day or canned…

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Menopause. I was fine until then - though I've always watched what I ate and exercised, so I was never one of those "I could eat anything and never gain weight" kind of people. Hardest part for me is trying to figure out what to do now since I was already living a healthy lifestyle. Grrr. Very hard to get anywhere when…

Same here, but was still put on b/c pills for menopause symptoms - not to prevent pregnancy. When I decided to go off them my primary doctor did say that he finds the number one complaint from women of all ages and sizes on the pill is weight gain/difficulty in losing weight.

You will hear all kinds of responses on this topic because everyone seems to be affected by the pills differently. However, speaking only for myself, when I got put on Yaz for perimenopause issues, I very rapidly gained weight even with no changes to my diet or exercise plan, and could NOT get it off no matter how diligent…

Each workday I walk 20 minutes (approx. 1.25 miles) during my lunch break. MWF I do 30 minutes on our elliptical-ish bike immediately after getting home from work before I eat dinner. Tues, Thurs, Sun I do 30 minutes of weights using our home gym. Saturdays I do a 2 mile walk, weather permitting. The rest of the time I try…

Are you going through menopause? I, too, suddenly put on a boatload of weight with no changes in my eating/exercising habits. It was quite startling how quickly the pounds piled on. I got my thyroid checked and other issues, and was basically told that due to the hormonal changes my body had completely altered its…

I'm officially at my wits' end. After all of the inconclusive tests, I was advised to stop the birth control pills I'd been on. 4 months later my blood pressure is still through the roof and my weight has not budged. The doctors have no recommendations for me other than "lose weight or you'll have to go on medication."…

So after multiple tests to check my thyroid, adrenal gland, kidneys, bladder, etc., etc. . . . they have no idea why I have had blood in my urine for 2 months (possibly longer, that was just when I first got it checked this year). Nor can they explain the weight gain and blood pressure/cholesterol spikes based on any of…

This just keeps getting stranger. Now they want me to go to a urologist because of my lab results . . . meanwhile I'm still looking pregnant through the middle. :(

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Update: just got my cortisol test results and my body is suppressing it as it should, so that's good news that my adrenal gland isn't malfunctioning. Bad news, still have some kind of infection going on, so have to clear that up, then we'll talk about stopping the pills. I am just ready to start feeling well again - I am…

I'm thinking the pills or whatever condition I might have is the culprit as opposed to my diet and exercise at this point. I'm just trying to keep going until I get some answers, then concentrate again on MFP. There are too many variables I'm dealing with at the moment.

If this was directed at me, I will answer to say that it's not going well. :( Scale is at 170, blood pressure, cholesterol, and cortisol are through the roof based on tests I took last week, and if my doctor rules out an adrenal gland problem (which can cause these same symptoms) then we are going to try taking me off the…

I'm just bummed because I weigh myself every day and my chart looks like I've flatlined. LOL

Hi. I'm 45. At 39 my ob/gyn diagnosed me as in peri-menopause due to out-of-control periods and hormonal imbalances, and she put me on the pill (Yaz). Within a year I had gone from 140 to 150, but was hanging in there. Two years ago I started getting horrendous migraines like clockwork every time I was on the dummy pills…

This thread is reminding me of the TV show Greg the Bunny with the puppets and humans living/working side by side. In one episode the puppets referred to themselves as "fabricated Americans," which really cracked me up. The whole notion of 5th and 6th generation Americans insisting on being called xxxx-Americans is really…

I'm a little shocked by my reading today at one of those free clinic thingies at work. Mine came back 243!!! The last time I got it checked it was 146. I eat a low-fat diet overall, exercise regularly, and have never been seriously overweight. Perimenopause has been giving me weight troubles for the first time in my life.…

It's a method of calculating your total daily expenditure of calories, and then "cutting" 20% (or 15%, or 10%) off that to lose weight. Go up to the far right "Search" button (next to My Topics and Settings, above) and type it in and you will find many links to the calculators.

Congratulations! I hope this works for me, too. Been at the TDEE-20% approach for 3 weeks but haven't lost anything yet. Trying to be patient!

The over-the counter Estroven products have helped me a LOT with the night sweats and hot flashes. I no longer wake up 4-5 times a night soaking wet (that was just so lovely, ick). While the pills don't completely take away the symptoms, they have greatly lessened their severity. My doc gave me the o.k. to use them, too.…

I feel for you. I can't take HRT because my mom had breast cancer and I had tumors removed myself (pre-cancerous). My ob/gyn has me on continual Yaz to deal with my crazy periods and the migraines I started getting. I've gained 25 pounds in the last 5 years and cannot get it to budge, even though I was not overweight…

Just to clarify, your tubal did not cause your issues - it was just that you started perimenopause. (I had a tubal at 27 and had no symptoms whatsoever until age 39 when I started perimenopause.) I don't want women to avoid getting a tubal thinking it will cause menopause - it doesn't affect your ovaries or hormone levels…

*waves hello* Newbie here and just figured out how to search. I entered perimenopause at 39 and at 45 am dealing with the whole gamut of issues. Ob/gyn put me on Yaz to try to regulate my out-of-control periods, and when at age 44 I started getting menstrual migraines like clockwork during the "dummy pill" days, I am now…

I agree with those who say that once you are an adult it really doesn't matter. (My definition for that means financially independent and living on your own for a year, minimum, to have a chance to grow up and stand on your own without relying on anyone else). My wonderful husband is 6 years older than I, and we married at…