WinchesterGirl
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Hello all. Hoping to find some friends here who can offer advice, bolster enthusiasm, or at the very least commiserate with me.
I'm Nikki, (pronouns she/her) 47, and so beyond NOT thrilled to be starting a weight loss journey.
I've been on two weight loss journeys previously. Having always been thin in my youth without any effort, I put on a lot of weight in my mid 20s and struggled to get it off, not having ever had to watch my eating habits before. I tried a bunch of different diets (unsuccessfully) before I found Slimming World. I lost 3.5 stone (50 lbs) to hit my target weight the first time, and found out I was pregnant with my son literally 2 weeks later! The second time about a year after my son was born I went back to SW and lost about 3 stone again to get back to target. I then became a SW Consultant and ran two groups for about 4 years, before leaving the company when I relocated. I've pretty much successfully kept my weight comfortable from just sensible eating ever since.
I now live in Canada, my son is about to turn 18, and I'm 150 lbs (10 st 10 lbs)! Last August, I quit smoking (Yay me!) and put on a little bit of weight, as expected. In September I started getting sick. 4 ECGs, a stress test, a holter monitor, an EKG, a spirometry, and a chest x-ray later, and they still haven't diagnosed that one, but it certainly didn't help my activity levels and I put on a bit more weight. Then suddenly, I packed on an extra 20 lbs between Christmas and mid February. This, I have repeatedly been assured (though not reassuringly) is due to menopause, as if that somehow is just something that we women are supposed to accept. I've been struggling. I've desperately been trying to lose the weight without strictly following a "diet". I managed to get down to 145.5, and a week later was back up to 149.
I'm beyond frustrated, because I've done this... successfully... twice! Heck, I coached other people to do this! I know what I'm talking about, and how it works, but it's like I'm suddenly dealing with somebody else's body. Nothing that I've known about the way MY body works seems to work anymore. So much so, that my doctor actually referred me to a dietician, and I had my first consult this morning. I'm slightly twisted around by the fact that I've been recommended to eat more (she really wants me eating the breakfast that I've never eaten since I was about 12), and to not worry so much about fat content (low fat yogurt is just as good and 0%, she says). Not sure how that's going to shift anything, but nothing else is working, so I'll give it a try. I truly wish we had Slimming World here in Canada!
Are there other post-menopausal women out there, who just don't want to accept that you're just going to put on some weight, and that's normal. I want to yell, I'm 47, not 97! Can we not write me off just yet?
- Nikki
I'm Nikki, (pronouns she/her) 47, and so beyond NOT thrilled to be starting a weight loss journey.
I've been on two weight loss journeys previously. Having always been thin in my youth without any effort, I put on a lot of weight in my mid 20s and struggled to get it off, not having ever had to watch my eating habits before. I tried a bunch of different diets (unsuccessfully) before I found Slimming World. I lost 3.5 stone (50 lbs) to hit my target weight the first time, and found out I was pregnant with my son literally 2 weeks later! The second time about a year after my son was born I went back to SW and lost about 3 stone again to get back to target. I then became a SW Consultant and ran two groups for about 4 years, before leaving the company when I relocated. I've pretty much successfully kept my weight comfortable from just sensible eating ever since.
I now live in Canada, my son is about to turn 18, and I'm 150 lbs (10 st 10 lbs)! Last August, I quit smoking (Yay me!) and put on a little bit of weight, as expected. In September I started getting sick. 4 ECGs, a stress test, a holter monitor, an EKG, a spirometry, and a chest x-ray later, and they still haven't diagnosed that one, but it certainly didn't help my activity levels and I put on a bit more weight. Then suddenly, I packed on an extra 20 lbs between Christmas and mid February. This, I have repeatedly been assured (though not reassuringly) is due to menopause, as if that somehow is just something that we women are supposed to accept. I've been struggling. I've desperately been trying to lose the weight without strictly following a "diet". I managed to get down to 145.5, and a week later was back up to 149.
I'm beyond frustrated, because I've done this... successfully... twice! Heck, I coached other people to do this! I know what I'm talking about, and how it works, but it's like I'm suddenly dealing with somebody else's body. Nothing that I've known about the way MY body works seems to work anymore. So much so, that my doctor actually referred me to a dietician, and I had my first consult this morning. I'm slightly twisted around by the fact that I've been recommended to eat more (she really wants me eating the breakfast that I've never eaten since I was about 12), and to not worry so much about fat content (low fat yogurt is just as good and 0%, she says). Not sure how that's going to shift anything, but nothing else is working, so I'll give it a try. I truly wish we had Slimming World here in Canada!
Are there other post-menopausal women out there, who just don't want to accept that you're just going to put on some weight, and that's normal. I want to yell, I'm 47, not 97! Can we not write me off just yet?
- Nikki