Hello GGs
Betty: Welcome to our forum Sounds like you have done terrific, here is a quote from Curve's "Permanent Results without Permanent Dieting" Workbook.....
If you have been yo-yo dieting or have been dieting perpetually, you may have sabotaged your metabolism. You should......(basically stop dieting)..... and increase your calories in order to raise metabolism. Your current weight will be your low or ideal weight and you should select a high weight that is a few pounds higher. Begin to eat at a caloric level that is high enough to raise your metabolism. Never gain more than a few pounds, then lose them by .....(basically... return to dieting) ... As your prevailing metabolism is raised, you should be able to eat normally for longer periods of time, before you reach your high weight and must diet again. When your metabolism is sufficiently high to start losing weight you may follow the normal diet program.
You can play with that idea and see if anything breaks for you....I know that several years back....Weight Watchers had a plateau breaking diet that they put you on.....and it wasn't nice.....very very low calorie...... I don't know if they still do that or not....haven't been to WW for ages & ages. Doesn't look like you can go much lower on calories...
littlered,,,,guess I was lucky with hot flashes....not too many of them....the few that I had were enough!! I went the soy route....do check with the local health food store, they probably have several products out.
JayJay...sorry to hear about the death.... I got a durable power of attorney today as well as a living will...haven't made much progress on the will...still trying to decide what I'd like have done.
Paula...thinking about you and hoping that all is going smoothly for you.
A big hello to all the GG