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Weight gain that does not come off
I am post menopausal. Work out with weights and yoga 5 days a week. Eat very healthy 2 meals a day, no snacking, sugar or drinks. I am fit and toned everywhere except the fact that I am have put on 10 lbs and it is only in the region between my sternum and pelvis.
I drink ACV every day, alkalize my body, etc. etc. I know all about estrogen being stored in the belly area, but this is more than that, and this stubborn bloating and distension is driving me crazy.
Does anyone have a similar story that they resolved through something natural? Please share.
(New York)
04/03/2023
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Hello There Maya, Menopause and Weight gain. I love helping people, so here goes:
As a young woman, for the most part, weight loss for me was either fasting 3 days a week or eating only one meal a day. I maintained 140 to 150 "solid" pounds (I used to walk from Brooklyn to Manhattan now and then in those days). Middle age, in my forties I began carrying a "Fibroid" which I decided to outlive instead of cut out. The only problem was I constantly held more and more fluid. I could knock a lot of weight off by doing something like a cabbage soup diet; however, I would put it back on when I started regular eating (sometimes that was before I was back from vacation).
My weight between 40 years old to menopause at 55 years soared from 150 to 200 pounds. I am solid, so I carried it well until my stomach dropped. I was like, "What in the world is going on with me". I looked online and found out it was called "Mother's Apron." I probably got this from my love for carbohydrates. Neither my mother, nor my grandmother had a drooped belly. My mother loved to Mall shop, and my grandmother loved gardening. By menopause at 55, I was so fat and tired, I just wanted to be live so I could help them, (for real). The Lord bless me to help them both, grandmother to 100, and Mom to 90. By the time I was 67 years of age I was now eating only 2 meals a day and still gaining weight. I weight in my doctor's appointment that year at about 158 pounds.
Long story short this is what I take for weight since November 2022:
Inositol two 500mg capsules
20mg Vanadium
500 mcg Chromium Picolinate
and also Super Digestive Enzymes for the big meal.
I eat breakfast and an early dinner. I have lost 18 pounds. I have also got back to doing a little walking with the help of COq10. "At the age 71, I am getting back in shape, girls! " I'm running for the Lord! Well, that's how the weight finally started coming off.
HisJewel
(New York)
04/03/2023
Correction: at 67 I was about 258 Pounds.
I have finally at 71 years of age lost 18 of those pounds.
(South Carolina)
04/27/2024
Has anyone come up with any other remedies to help lose weight for growing menopause? I am planning towards drug therapy. Zepbound I believe that it's how it's spelled. The weight gain is causing other issues in my health and think it is a version of Ozempic. I am getting desperate now and don't want to be fat out of shape and unhealthy.
(California)
04/28/2024
(America)
04/28/2024
Have you looked into "intermittent fasting"? I am 69 and doing 20/4 fasting. I eat (during my eating window of 4 hours) from noon to 4 o'clock two meals. No diet foods, just normal everyday type foods. I don't over do it of course but do not deny myself the foods I like. I do not weigh myself, just go by how my clothes fit. I went from an 18 down to a 12 now after 8 months. I will continue until I've reached my desired size. Some people are more comfortable having a longer eating window, such as 16/8 or 18/6 etc. I have more weight loss in the 20/4 range. I would never take a diet drug ever. Good luck in your weight loss journey! :)