You are CERTAINLY not alone. Menopause and the hormonal changes it brings about just seem to change everything about the way our bodies behave.
Have you had your thyroid levels tested?
You certainly are working hard at exercise, so that isn't the problem. I am sure that you know that 750-calorie diets put your body into a temporary state of thinking it's starving, though, right? So that when you go back to more normal eating, your body grabs those calories and hangs onto them.
How much weight are we talking about?
Here's what the Mayo Clinic says about "adrenal fatigue":
And while your physician is, ultimately right -- it is menopause, for sure -- that doesn't mean there's no hope to change anything. I wonder, have you considered bio-identical hormones? (What was the HRT you were taking -- synthetic or bio-identical?) Yours are the kind of symptoms that make many post-menopausal women consider the health risks and take bio-identical hormones.
Please let me know a little more, I'm really interested.
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Anon,
You are CERTAINLY not alone. Menopause and the hormonal changes it brings about just seem to change everything about the way our bodies behave.
Have you had your thyroid levels tested?
You certainly are working hard at exercise, so that isn't the problem. I am sure that you know that 750-calorie diets put your body into a temporary state of thinking it's starving, though, right? So that when you go back to more normal eating, your body grabs those calories and hangs onto them.
How much weight are we talking about?
Here's what the Mayo Clinic says about "adrenal fatigue":
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/adrenal-fatigue/an01583
And an in-depth exploration of adrenal stress:
http://www.womentowomen.com/adrenalfatigue/default.aspx
And while your physician is, ultimately right -- it is menopause, for sure -- that doesn't mean there's no hope to change anything. I wonder, have you considered bio-identical hormones? (What was the HRT you were taking -- synthetic or bio-identical?) Yours are the kind of symptoms that make many post-menopausal women consider the health risks and take bio-identical hormones.
Please let me know a little more, I'm really interested.
May 10, 2010 - 9:07amThis Comment
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