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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm a few years older than you are OP, and I have the same problem. I eat a very healthy diet, no alcohol, organic fruits, vegs, lean meat, minimal carbs and a little dairy. I exercise regularly, but my waistline will not budge, nor will my weight. I'm definitely overweight because I didn't start cutting calories in my 40s, when the weight started piling on. I was always thin before then. Now that perimenopause is nearly over, I think I'm stuck with this thick waist. I'm trying to add more protein to my diet (protein shakes) and a little more exercise, but that's all I have time for. I love food and I hate feeling hungry, but if I want to lose weight, I'd literally have to starve myself, which everything I've read says is counterproductive because my metabolism will drop to nothing as a result of that caloric restriction. I guess I'm stuck with my thick waist. I do try skipping dinner twice a week, but that has done nothing so far. I'll have to get back to you in a year to see if anything's changed. I hate my thick waist, but it's the result of a drop in estrogen, my doctor tells me. I never took hormones as several of my friends did, who are skinnier than I am. Oh well. I'm trying to stay healthy and avoid full length mirrors. [/quote]

Perimenopause sucks.  I wish it threw in some upsides but it seems to be all downsides.  I feel like hormone therapy has downsides also.  I don't think I want to go down that route, even with the thicker waist.[/quote]

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