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Rapid Weight gain/menapause?
I am a 43 yr old. women who has always exercised and has always had to watch my weight. Over the years I've successfully stayed at a healthy weight by following a low-calorie (sometimes low carb) way of eating and have always exercised. In the last year and 1/2, I have gained 25 lbs. (15 in the last 6 months) while continuing to diet and exercise the entire time (I have changed nothing and in fact have increased my exercise). This rapid unexplained weight gain has me going crazy. My thyroid has been tested and is well within normal range---my Dr thinks it's all just due to menapause--but this seems SO excessive especially for someone like me who is SO disciplined with my diet and also with exercise. WHat else could this be???? WHat tests should I have done and/or what kindof dr. should I see? an endrocrinologist???
Beautifully said. This has been SO hard for me, like all of you. Once a vibrant and beautiful woman, I now feel fat and invisible. I have been on the road to the acceptance that saadi65 suggests... it's the only way to deal with this without driving yourself even more crazy than the hormones are. Nobody's looking at me anymore anyway... sigh. So instead of torturing myself trying to lose the 45 pounds I've gained, I am going to be "good" with 25ish. I've lost 15 doing low carb, but have hit a plateau. Not sure what it will take to drop 10 more, but I do know that if I can't, I am NOT going to live the rest of my life dwelling on and yearning for my previous thin self. If I can get 10 more off, fantastic, but if not, I'm done. I'll accept my 175# self and focus on the rest of my life and what is truly important. NO wasting 2 hours a day at the gym, either. Just healthy eating and moderate exercise, loving my job, my dogs, my family, and the fact that I am so lucky to be as healthy as I am, just "fluffier" than I'd like. xoxoxo to all of you who are going through this *really unfair* part of our lives! We're still beautiful!
45 pounds in 27 months. My nieghbor, same thing - 45 lbs in 2 years. Where the heck are these women that gain 10-15 lbs???
Hi. I'm 49 and just realized a few months ago that all this nonsense must be Perimenopause. Summer 2013 I had anxiety. Summer 2014 the not sweats and insomnia and severe fatigue set in. Now, Fall of 2015, I'm so tired that I focus on getting through the day with a minimal list of todos. Last week, I bought Black Cohosh. It has given me some energy and sleep.
I am assuming my estrogen is really low. Steady weight gain for 27 months no matter how much I watch what I eat. Fatigue has been horrible the past 12 months. I am just too tired to do much of anything. Had some edema issues over the summer, but they seem to have gone away. My insides feel like I ate hot coals most of the time. Digestive system cannot make up it's mind what it wants to do. My facial skin is going crazy. I was lathering on lotions from dry skin, now it oily & breaking out like I was 13. But not exactly pimples, more like crepe paper with oil pockets trapped underneath. Very sensitive and very difficult to calm down.
Any ideas? I can't keep gaining weight, 45 pounds is ridiculous now.
As for history and symptoms: I used to be a 5-7 days/35-42 day cycle.
Now I'm exactly 28 days and maybe 3 day cycle.
Hi. I'm 49 and just realized a few months ago that all this nonsense must be Perimenopause. Summer 2013 I had anxiety. Summer 2014 the not sweats and insomnia and severe fatigue set in. Now, Fall of 2015, I'm so tired that I focus on getting through the day with a minimal list of todos. Last week, I bought Black Cohosh. It has given me some energy and sleep.
I am assuming my estrogen is really low. Steady weight gain for 27 months no matter how much I watch what I eat. Fatigue has been horrible the past 12 months. I am just too tired to do much of anything. Had some edema issues over the summer, but they seem to have gone away. My insides feel like I ate hot coals most of the time. Digestive system cannot make up it's mind what it wants to do. My facial skin is going crazy. I was lathering on lotions from dry skin, now it oily & breaking out like I was 13. But not exactly pimples, more like crepe paper with oil pockets trapped underneath. Very sensitive and very difficult to calm down.
Any ideas? I can't keep gaining weight, 45 pounds is ridiculous now.
As for history and symptoms: I used to be a 5-7 days/35-42 day cycle.
Now I'm exactly 28 days and maybe 3 day cycle.
I forgot to add that I am always hungry,I do not get much exercize, anymore.I started walking,but I know that isn't helping much I know I need to walk more.I was doing situps for a while and they didn't do anything.I would like to join a gym.I think that would give me more motivation,but finances are not good.I also have sleeping problems and depression.
I am somewhat relieved that there are others that are suffering and confused.I have gained at least 25 pounds, and counting.My pants size has gone up 5 sizes.I literally have no pants.I keep buying them a size bigger and in a few weeks,they don't fit.Not only is it depressing,it's expensive.I am in peri-menopuase.I haven't had night sweats,or hot flashes yet.I have had irregular periods for over a year.I am missing entire months, and out of the blue I will start again.I am hoping that the last one I had will be it.
I have really bad eating habits,and drink a lot of soda.I was able to do that for years and weighed 112 at 5'4".Now I was told my cholesterol is getting high, so I may have to start medication for that..The times that I have mentioned my concerns to the doctor it was always the diet and exercize.I find that to be even more depressing that I can't eat and live the way I used to.My mother never gained a pound, when she went through hers.I am afraid to go to the doctor and get that lecture.Is there any way that it can be something else other than menopause? I am 52 years old, and am now 141 pounds.I have also been having digestive problems, stomach aches and diarrhea frequently, and was wondering if there is a connection.The doctor wanted me to do a colonoscopy,but I am scared to get that done.I don't know if it is what I am eating or something else
I have really bad eating habits,and drink a lot of soda.I was able to do that for years and weighed 112 at 5'4".Now I was told my cholesterol is getting high, so I may have to start medication for that..The times that I have mentioned my concerns to the doctor it was always the diet and exercize.I find that to be even more depressing that I can't eat and live the way I used to.My mother never gained a pound, when she went through hers.I am afraid to go to the doctor and get that lecture.Is there any way that it can be something else other than menopause? I am 52 years old, and am now 141 pounds.I have also been having digestive problems, stomach aches and diarrhea frequently, and was wondering if there is a connection.The doctor wanted me to do a colonoscopy,but I am scared to get that done.I don't know if it is what I am eating or something else
Hi there everyone, I am a little bit releived that I am not alone suffering from unexplained weight gained...I am 45 years old. I had a partial hysterectomy 5 years ago, they left one Ovary that has many cyst that don`t seem to go away but they r
emoved everything else. I went through depression the following year and started feeling exausted all thetime about 2 years ago. I have also gained 30 pounds in the last year and a half mostly in the stomach area I actually look and feel like a pregnant woman. My doctor claims all my blood work is normal, Thyroid,Diabeties,Hormones...I train 5 days a week and eat a healthy diet and I am still unable to loose a pound. Iam getting very discourage and feeling very anxious and depressed mainly because of my appearance and feeling aches and pains all over mybody from carying that extra weight. I am really discourage, not quite sure what to do differently.
emoved everything else. I went through depression the following year and started feeling exausted all thetime about 2 years ago. I have also gained 30 pounds in the last year and a half mostly in the stomach area I actually look and feel like a pregnant woman. My doctor claims all my blood work is normal, Thyroid,Diabeties,Hormones...I train 5 days a week and eat a healthy diet and I am still unable to loose a pound. Iam getting very discourage and feeling very anxious and depressed mainly because of my appearance and feeling aches and pains all over mybody from carying that extra weight. I am really discourage, not quite sure what to do differently.
I know this post is a few years old, but I am glad to see that people are still posting on it and glad I am not alone. I just turned 45 and in the past year I have put on about 20 pounds. I too have always struggled with my weight, but this is ridiculous!! I am a night shift nurse and that adds to the struggle, but I did not change my eating habits, I do not eat junk food and rarely eat bread and carbs, but suddenly I am weight loss resistant. I power walk 4 miles 3-4 days a week and I am always on my feet at work.I am also more tired and lethargic a lot of the time where I never was before I just had all my labs done (CBC, TSH, T3,T4, lipid panel, etc.) and it was all normal. TSH is just creeping towards the "danger zone" for hypothyroid, but it is not there, so I can't blame that!! Never in my life would I have thought I would "hope" that I had a problem with my thyroid, but at least I could blame it!! I am going back to weight watchers at the end of this week, It's expensive, but I guess I am not doing something right. It brings me to tears at times.I am at my wits end, but the comments here show me I am not alone in my struggle!! Thank you!!
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