
 Originally Posted by 
Tuckervill
					 
				 
				It's a good time to work through all the crap you've been carrying around with you from your past.  Get some therapy, find out why you are overweight.  Christiane Northrup's book The Wisdom of Menopause goes into this in some detail.  
I am perimenopausal, and about 3 years ago (I'm 47) I decided I would beat the menopausal spread by trying to get down to a normal weight BEFORE I went into menopause.  So far, 45ish pounds gone.  I advance closer to the pause every year, with extra periods, etc.  I really spend my time thinking of mostly of myself!  And when I do that, I have plenty of me to go around to the others who need me.  I wish I had figured this out in my 30s.
Karen