early menopause and weight gain!!
 

Hi..I am new to this site. Hoping it will help me with my battle to lose weight. I have gained 25 lbs since sept. Early menopause and the holidays really did me in!! I started weight watchers today ...trying to stay focused!! Anyone else struggling with weight gain from menopause or hormone issues???:?:

I'm not 40...and this may not be the case...but I was diagnoses as "early menopause" at the ripe old age of 30!! :yikes: I actually have PCOS. Could that be it, by chance?

I was diagnosed with PCOS in my late 20's and had been trying to restart my period for years. About 6 years ago I started seeing a wonderful Endo who told me I had actually had Premature Ovarian Failure - probably in my early 30"s. There doesn't seem to be much out there on this. I know I AM dealing with issues that women in their 50's deal with and I think my weight problems may be somewhat related.

Been dealing with it for about 3 years now. :crazy:

Please visit womentowomen.com - a good place to go for info and a better understanding of how our "womanly" bodies work (and don't work!).

It's so odd, now that I look back on my whole forties, how I started to derail in so many ways way back around 8-10 years ago (weightgain yes, but emotional upheaval/depression, growing hair on my face, etc) and it hasn't been until I stopped getting regular periods and getting those first hot flashes/night sweats that it occurred to me that 'whoa, this is perimenopaus !' I'm 48 now, and it's been 3.5 months since my last cycle, and who knows when or if my next will come. I feel I'm floating in limbo with hot flashes all day , and restless nights, and at times irritable and intolerable. I know I'll come around, but this is not for pansies ! And I personally will not take hormones to offset anything, so I'm just facing it, letting it happen, trying not to be too bothered. I admit at first I was afraid, like something was wrong with me, and that made it even worse, as I was worried and stressed, but now I've talked to enough women, I just am waiting for this menopause to be over. My DH is an absolute saint for having so much patience with me. I am looking forward to calming down in a body that isn't amped up with hormones all the time !