When you are stressed, as the body typically is during menopause, stress hormones block weight loss. Despite adequate food, the body acts as if it’s in a famine and stores all spare calories as fat.
Many women combine a high-stress life with a low-fat, high-carb diet which creates a powerful hormonal imbalance which causes us to gain weight. Yo-yo dieting exacerbates the problem.
Also, when a woman is on a high-carb diet she is often barraged with a craving for sweets. The body can’t maintain optimal blood sugar and serotonin levels, so you snack and drink caffeine to feel better. That makes your insulin resistance worse and the vicious cycle of gaining weight is accelerated.
During menopause, many women report that the challenge of weight loss becomes even more difficult. The need to lose weight haunts women most of the time, and now more men are reporting the same struggle. When women hit menopause, weight gathers around the waist and hips; despite our best efforts to diet and exercise.
What we know is that this additional body fat is linked to your hormones. Most women follow a conventional low-fat, high-carbohydrate diet with lots of processed foods. Eventually, this diet creates a condition known as insulin resistance; see Dr. Schwarzbein’s book on the book list. When you are insulin resistant, your body converts calories into fat even when you are dieting. Menopause feels like a losing battle, but it doesn’t have to be.
This leads to a metabolic disorder called adrenal fatigue.
During perimenopause, women lose estrogen which is an added factor to this problem. As estrogen decreases, the body needs extra fat resources. Other factors that play into this problem, are unresolved emotional issues, food sensitivities, digestive issues such as yeast, and even heavy metal toxicity
So what do we do?
The most important step is to get healthy!
Follow an eating plan like the one in the Schwarzbein Principle or the Zone Diet
You need protein at every meal, low carbs, very little to no processed food, and lots of fruit and vegetables 
Drink plenty of water
Take nutritional supplements
Try Supplements Designed for Menopause
But before I go on, I want you to jump a stubborn handle. Many people are so used to the ‘usual’ that anything unique is eyed with suspicion. This attitude will only tie you to the old outdated programs that scarcely produce results. You need to develop a welcome attitude to the new unique solutions to various problems facing you, otherwise, you will get stuck in the mire! This way you will discover a perfect or solution to the strenuous struggle with weight. You see, we are all created differently. What worked for your friend may not work for you, but the program you have doubts about could be a perfect solution you have been looking for. Read on …
Start exercising – walk 4-5 times a week for 30 minutes (it boosts metabolism).
One such unique program is up and about. Somebody discovered a simple easy weight solution just by chance. it involves no starvation, no strenuous workouts, and no complicated procedures to follow. The most notable aspect is the simplicity with which the program works. You may be desperate and hopeless because nothing seems to work for you. Worry no more. Try something fresh. What worked for your friend may not work for you because you are genetically different. You need to get up and hunt for something that will work for you.
You have tried one weight-loss program after another but they all never seem to work. In fact, the last one you tried last sounded very promising but 3 months down the line the weary some pounds are still there. Is there any hope still?
But you must get rid of those extra pounds. Too much weight is already weighing you down. If nothing is done, obesity-related health problems are soon setting in … cardiovascular ailments, diabetes, perpetual tiredness … There must be a way out.
Learn to love yourself during menopause and accept who you are and at what stage in life you find yourself.
Menopause can make weight loss even more challenging for both women and men. But with the right knowledge and some hard work, it can be done.
I wish you success in your re-energized effort to lose those extra pounds. Thanks for taking the time to read.
Reduce the stress in your life, make time for fun and relaxation – strive for BALANCE.
Stop weighing yourself, use your clothes as a gauge (focus on your health, not your weight).
Get help for emotional eating – you have to face your fears to get through them.
The real problem with the last program was that you really could not stand the starvation. The required workout in the gym was too strenuous. And who has all that time to spend in the gym in this fast-moving world