05-04-18, 04:37 PM | |
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Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Gladstone, Missouri
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I started peri during my 40s, and what really helped me at that time was T-Tapp. I don't know why, but it did -- it helped a lot! Now that I'm approaching 58, I'm gaining weight and it's stubbornly refusing to leave, despite ramping up my exercise. I'm going to revisit T-Tapp again. Unfortunately, I sold/traded most of my T-Tapp DVDs, but I do still have a few I can get started with.
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05-04-18, 05:19 PM | ||
Join Date: May 2011
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I’ve heard this before, and actually tried Ttapp as well (not consistently). At the time, I just couldn’t see how it could possibly be enough. Can I ask which Ttapp you did, and if you added anything else? I’m assuming you also ate well, and I definitely need to work on that!
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05-04-18, 05:37 PM | ||
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Join Date: Nov 2001
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Regarding eating, I made no change at all. (Still haven't.) |
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05-04-18, 06:13 PM | |
Join Date: Nov 2008
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I had a hysterectomy almost a year and a half ago, and seem to have noticed a sort of shift in my overall shape.
Even though I've managed to lose about 20 pounds so far in the last six months, and have been walking quite regularly in recent months, I seem to have a heavier midsection than I used to. Sure, smaller than it was before the weight loss, but there's a shift in overall weight to my hips and tummy in a way that didn't used to exist before the hormone-related shifts of peri/menopause. I'm assuming it's something to do with hormones. On the other hand, I seem to be doing well when I manage to just have regular habits of exercise and eating. I seem to do better when I keep my choices rather simple, in food and fitness.
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05-04-18, 06:32 PM | |
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Join Date: Oct 2006
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I'm 62. I'm post menopausal by roughly 10 years. What I have noticed is the "redistribution" of weight. I've always been a pear, and now I am more than an apple, at least as far as the stomach goes. I gained between 15-20 pounds over the course of the 10 years (with a weight loss and gain after a ruptured appendix and recovery).
I left a highly stressful job last summer, and after about 6 months, as my stress level decreased, my weight also decreased. I attribute this to stress eating, which I did in that job. I didn't make terrible food choices, just nibbled too much on the good choices. I changed my workout routine slightly to incorporate more weight training using (for me) medium weights. I don't starve myself, but also don't eat unless I am actually hungry. What a concept! After about 2 months, I have lost 20 pounds and feel much better and clothes that were not fitting so well are now the appropriate size. I was not looking forward to buying a new wardrobe! Even with the weight loss, I still have a small stomach pouch. It is not overly protruding, but it's not something I had when I was at this lower weight prior to menopause. At least my pouch has muscle beneath it! If your stomach is protruding a lot, I agree with those who suggested seeing a doctor to rule out any medical issue.
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05-05-18, 01:24 AM | |
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Roslindale, MA
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Hi All,
Thank you so much for these candid answers. My beloved mom, who bore six children and went back to work professionally at 45, wore a long-line bra and a girdle every day, even when she didn't go out. All I could think of was when Scarlett O'Hara got strapped into her corset by Mammy in 'Gone with the Wind'. When my mom was strapped in, she had a spectacular, hour-glass figure. She was a real Bostonian, and used to say to me, 'You girls will look like the broad side of a bahn (barn) if you don't wear your undergahments'. I think of that statement often now, when I see the roles of fat protruding from my once lean abdomen. I do wear control garments when I dress for work. Don't want to wear them on my down days. Why can't they create shapewear that melts the fat and tones the muscles while you wear it? |
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aging, cancer, fibroids, menopausal weight gain, menopause, menopot, old talk, over 50 |
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