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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm post menopausal.  I had a complete hysterectomy at 38.  I'm 50 years old. 5'5 and 115 pounds.  5 children.  My waist did not thicken. [b]It is not inevitable.[/b]  I am not "lucky".  I eat a healthy diet and exercise every day. I have a medical condition that I could easily use to justify weight gain.  I just figured out a long time ago that if I eat less than I use, I can't possibly get fat. It's simple math.

However, I certainly do not have the body I had at 20.  Gravity is one thing I cannot control.[/quote]

Why did you have a hysterectomy (if you don't mind my asking)?[/quote]

This is an annoying post because it's saying that those of us with thick waists are responsible for our new non-curvy figures. It's unkind and untrue. Nothing I've could do, short of literally starving myself, would give me a thin waist again once I went through menopause. I finally understand why middle-aged women wear those smocky, shapeless tops! I always had a very thin waist, and I was rather proud of it. It never disappeared until about a year ago, shortly after I went through menopause. My legs and arms are actually thinner, but all the fat in my body seemed to blossom on my waist! I'm sure it's because there's no estrogen being produced by my ovaries, so my body is piling on the belly fat to force my body to produce estrogen. I know it's not healthy, but other than liposuction, or starvation, I don't know how to get rid of it. Exercise does not get rid of it, not for me.

I'm glad you're still enjoying a thin waist, PP, but please take pity on the rest of us who are not so lucky as you. [/quote]

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