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[quote=Anonymous]OP, at 39.5 years, I gained 13 lbs in 4 months for no apparent reason.  I wasn't eating or drinking more, and I certainly wasn't exercising less.  (I exercise daily.)  But I just packed on the 13 lbs despite running 25 miles/week, lifting weights, doing yoga, walking 2 miles a day, etc.

My doctor noticed the weight gain at my next appointment and had my thyroid checked.  I have thyroidosis.  I've managed to go this long (about 5 years) without being medicated, but I'm thinking of going on the Synthroid soon because I'm more fatigued than I was before.

If your thyroid is normal, it's probably the metabolism slowing that happens to all/most of us.  You may need to increase your exercise.  Chances are that the breast-feeding was burning off enough calories for you not to gain weight at your age, and weaning meant that was 100's of calories per day that weren't being burned off.  (what I don't recommend is cutting calories drastically because once you have, where do you go from there?)[/quote]

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