47 years old... am I "there" already? (Perimenopause)

[HermitGirl]

Best thing is not to overanalyze when to bike but just ...get on the bike. And start cycling. Small distances several times weekly and go abit farther each time/every few days...always exploring and enjoying yourself. If you follow the latter and have a friend join you occasionally..it will become part of you.

When you are mobile, able..and live in an area where there's no snow, there's no such thing as a better time in life to cycle.

and you won't think as much about your peri and weight.

I am 50 in peri but not experiencing much of negative symptoms... but do have to be careful what and how much I eat now.

That's sober and nice advice Star.

Well, I did search 'menopause' and there's more long threads than I care to read. I did read some, and I've noticed women panicking about their waist line broadening. Heck, I don't care where the fat is so much, I just want to be leaner all around. I'm over trying to be skinny 120 pounds like in my fittest Thirties. No, I'll settle for 135 or 140, I just can't handle being 180 anymore . The more I read, the less faith Ihave in diets in general. I still think just adding riding to my schedule may start the scale pointing in the right direction.

I also know it is human nature to think our own plight is special and obstacles are more difficult... example of that thinking in general: "I am in perimenopause, so I eat less, exercize more, and the weight stays" . Can't be. Sure, maybe after 40ish years, our bodies don't burn as much , so we have to eat less... I can deal with that. I am exercizing way more, but it's merely maintaining my already too high weight. It's a B*tch to exercize more, eat less at the same time to have a very gradual and slow weightloss. Sure, in youth, it was easier. No way this middle-age thing is for pansies. I just want to be assured that if I really do start eating less, I'm not going to tempt my metabolism into starvation and it will hold tenaciously on to every calorie. I just don't want to get into that mental or physical trap. Bun DARN IT... I want to lose some of this weight !