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

[ny biker]

I don't think you can be assured of anything. If you alter your diet and/or your activities, you might not lose weight. But if you don't try, then the odds of succeeding are near 0.

Perhaps you should start with a food diary to track how many calories you are eating every day. You might find some easy things to cut back on or eliminate entirely.

There are some online food journal sites. I personally don't have the urls, handy, but I've seen them referenced in other threads so someone here should be able to recommend one.

[Brandi]

I don't think you can be assured of anything. If you alter your diet and/or your activities, you might not lose weight. But if you don't try, then the odds of succeeding are near 0.

Perhaps you should start with a food diary to track how many calories you are eating every day. You might find some easy things to cut back on or eliminate entirely.

There are some online food journal sites. I personally don't have the urls, handy, but I've seen them referenced in other threads so someone here should be able to recommend one.

I have to agree. I have a friend who was a tri ath and she could not understand with all she was putting into it why she wasn't loosing wieght. Well everytime I was around her and we would be eating something she was eating the worse food. Fried this, ranch dressing that,mass butter on everything. But she was also on a # of meds for depression and sleeping problems which did not help her weight either. And now she is having terrible peri problems. I just wonder if dropping wieght would help that situation? And you don't have to diet just watch what you put in you. Cut back on starch and sugar and see if that helps. Eating more fruits and veggi dishes couldn't hurt either unless you don't like that stuff. And if you haven't talk to your Doc please do. Have you had a blood panal done? Maybe thyroid is at work here as well. Good luck. Ice packs in your pocket might help! Know someone who did that.