Maya (Palo Alto, CA ) on 03/31/2023
I am post menopausal. Work out with weights and yoga 5 days a week. Eat very healthy 2 meals a day, no snacking, sugar or drinks. I am fit and toned everywhere except the fact that I am have put on 10 lbs and it is only in the region between my sternum and pelvis.
I drink ACV every day, alkalize my body, etc. etc. I know all about estrogen being stored in the belly area, but this is more than that, and this stubborn bloating and distension is driving me crazy.
Does anyone have a similar story that they resolved through something natural? Please share.
Replied By HisJewel (New York) on 04/03/2023
As a young woman, for the most part, weight loss for me was either fasting 3 days a week or eating only one meal a day. I maintained 140 to 150 "solid" pounds (I used to walk from Brooklyn to Manhattan now and then in those days). Middle age, in my forties I began carrying a "Fibroid" which I decided to outlive instead of cut out. The only problem was I constantly held more and more fluid. I could knock a lot of weight off by doing something like a cabbage soup diet; however, I would put it back on when I started regular eating (sometimes that was before I was back from vacation).
My weight between 40 years old to menopause at 55 years soared from 150 to 200 pounds. I am solid, so I carried it well until my stomach dropped. I was like, "What in the world is going on with me". I looked online and found out it was called "Mother's Apron." I probably got this from my love for carbohydrates. Neither my mother, nor my grandmother had a drooped belly. My mother loved to Mall shop, and my grandmother loved gardening. By menopause at 55, I was so fat and tired, I just wanted to be live so I could help them, (for real). The Lord bless me to help them both, grandmother to 100, and Mom to 90. By the time I was 67 years of age I was now eating only 2 meals a day and still gaining weight. I weight in my doctor's appointment that year at about 158 pounds.
Long story short this is what I take for weight since November 2022:
Inositol two 500mg capsules
20mg Vanadium
500 mcg Chromium Picolinate
and also Super Digestive Enzymes for the big meal.
I eat breakfast and an early dinner. I have lost 18 pounds. I have also got back to doing a little walking with the help of COq10. "At the age 71, I am getting back in shape, girls! " I'm running for the Lord! Well, that's how the weight finally started coming off.
HisJewel
Replied By HisJewel (New York) on 04/03/2023
Correction: at 67 I was about 258 Pounds.I have finally at 71 years of age lost 18 of those pounds.
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Replied By Katherine (California ) on 04/28/2024
Do not even consider Ozempic for weight loss. After taking it just once, it destroys your ability to digest food ever again! It has poisonous Gia Monster venom in it!
Replied By Hollyhock (America ) on 04/28/2024
Have you looked into "intermittent fasting"? I am 69 and doing 20/4 fasting. I eat (during my eating window of 4 hours) from noon to 4 o'clock two meals. No diet foods, just normal everyday type foods. I don't over do it of course but do not deny myself the foods I like. I do not weigh myself, just go by how my clothes fit. I went from an 18 down to a 12 now after 8 months. I will continue until I've reached my desired size. Some people are more comfortable having a longer eating window, such as 16/8 or 18/6 etc. I have more weight loss in the 20/4 range. I would never take a diet drug ever. Good luck in your weight loss journey! :)