Menopause and weight gain
You say you are still eating the same. Unfortunately that is probably the problem. Many people find that after the menopause their bodies require fewer calories. So the only way not to gain, hard though it is, is to eat less.
Highest 290, Banded - 248 Lowest 139 (too thin!). Comfort zone 155-165.
Happily banded since May 2006. Regain of 28lbs 2013-14. ALL GONE!
But some has returned! Up to 175, argh! Off we go again,
on 2/10/15 12:47 pm
Wise words from the surgeon who did my hysterectomy 10 yrs ago. It is not the hormones you are using. It's putting the food in your mouth feeling bad/sorry for yourself. Start tracking your food.
"The first thing I do in the morning is brush my teeth and sharpen my tongue." --- Dorothy Parker
"You may not like what I say or how I say it, but it may be just exactly what you need to hear." ---Kathryn White
Check this link.
http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/hold-that-pause/study-says-low-estrogen-causes-weight-gain-menopause
Hala. RNY 5/14/2008; Happy At Goal =HAG
"I can eat or do anything I want to - as long as I am willing to deal with the consequences"
"Failure is not falling down, It is not getting up once you fell... So pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again...."
