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[quote=Anonymous]I am relatively healthy despite being obese for the last few years. I’m steadily losing and the plan is to get back to normal weight range as I was most of my life until I suffered chronic insomnia for nearly a decade after going into perimenopause.

Until two years ago I had very good blood work and suffered no symptoms that I didn’t have before I became overweight- I’ve suffered migraines since early 20s mostly around my cycle and those have actually reduced significantly since I reached menopause and my insomnia was resolved. I had some early onset arthritis first diagnosed in my 30s when normal weight, but that runs in my family. Finally I’ve struggled with refractory depression since my teen years and at all weights, this is rooted in ACEs/abusive childhood.

With regard to all other health markers I’m quite healthy and seem to have a robust immune system as I rarely get sick, but that might have a lot to do with being single and childless I don’t swap spit or have germ vectors in my household. I had a gynecological surgery for fairly common benign growth on ovary and then an incisional hernia repair following, and I had my gallbladder removed but I readily admit I ate a gross diet and once my estrogen levels dropped substantially my gallbladder got sick and had to come out. I developed post-cholecystectomy syndrome afterward and THAT made me sick, I became deficient in B1 and suffered a host of neurological problems until that was diagnosed and resolved.

But now I’m early 50s, obese and just barely prediabetic last checkup but cholesterol levels good. I’ve worked hard to reform my diet and lifestyle in terms of activity- I’d become sedentary in my work and home habits and now I am moving and counting steps and eating high fiber and I know I’m reversing the prediabetes because of certain changes in my body and urinary patterns.

My GYN tells me that I should keep taking an attitude of gratitude and recognize that having gained weight this last decade kept my bones really strong, which they are. Now I’m walking the weight off and lifting to build muscle and continue to keep my skeleton as solid as possible.[/quote]

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