Menopause???

how has menopause/perimenopause affected your weight loss, progress or regression? Are you finding it a losing (no pun intended) battle, or not an obstacle?

Hi Kim,

It didn't create a problem for me. I was still able to maintain and did not gain. I stuck with the eating and moving rules of my life, expecting to have to adjust but it never happened. So it does not have to be a nightmare.

But then again I am sure there are others that may have a different experience. Good Luck

I was already post-menopausal when I had surgery. Might have contributed to the fact that I was a S-L-O-W loser. I still lost all my weight, though - I just stuck to my program. I rarely ate off plan.

I was post menopausal when I started the process for RNY. I lost 50 pounds in my year prep for surgery, and 110 pounds in the year following surgery. So while it felt like I was a slow loser at the time, looking back, I think I was pretty average. I don 't think menopause made that big of a difference.

I was post menopause for my surgery and I've lost 120lbs in 11 months so I don't think it affected me either.

I was post menopausal when I had surgery and it didn't slow my losing down. This is a metabolic surgery as well and definitely helped my metabolism.

A few months after RNY I went into instant menopause. Originally I was planning to go through it the "natural way", no HRT. But my summons were so severe, that after 2 months of pure misery, and feeling like a I was losing my mind, I decide to do HRT. It took me at least 6 months to get stable, and feel like myself again. I tried to get off them s few times, but my severe symptoms returned, so for now I am on a small dose of hormones.

Fyi- a couple years later I was diagnosed with HPAA dis-regulation, and adrenal insufficiency. That may explain my severe hormonal symptoms.

I started peri menopause at 42. Years later looked into having a VSG. Eventually at age 59 I started on Belviq and have lost 99lbs. I also used the phone app "Lose It". Its free, and gives u a calorie budget. So the Belviq helped me look differently at food/snacking and the "Lose It" app turned me into a trained rat, seriously! At first it took me an hour at the grocery store, reading labels, then I got faster :). I rarely ate fast food, and mostly cooked at home. Never felt deprived or like I was dieting, ever. I started at the gym after losing the 99lbs, lol... All this to say it can be done after menopause :)

I went into menopause at 51, completely! Before that I had very heavy, and long in duration periods.

I did not start to gain weight until these past few months. I noticed a spread in my hips and thighs, and just cutting back and doing infrequent exercise did not work any longer. Now I am running on my treadmill with increased inclines for just 20 minutes, trying really hard to get this "tool" to work for me.

My stomach and waist have increased in girth also. I am currently wearing a 12, weighing 186. I got down to about 160 in a year and rebound weight was about 170.

Uggh!!!