This is actually depressing, and not inspiring.
Some of you exercise a ridiculous amount and are still not losing weight.
I was "castrated" aka given a hysterectomy, which ruined my life --the weight gain is the least of it, but I was left with huge breasts after surgically induced menopause and HRT, and they are causing me a lot of neck pain.
I'd like to get this fat off, but there is no way I can work out that hard that many days a week.
Like other women in this situation, I eat reasonably, even well, most of the time.
Has anyone had any more luck with stress reduction techniques? I have read, but am not sure if it's just more useless talk, that high glucocorticoids (due to stress --think flight or fight response) can prevent fat loss. I am completely stressed and have been since the surgery 3 years ago.
Anyone have any success lowering stress and then losing the weight/fat?
I do some yoga but it's not enough, or else it isn't going to work.
I also keep reading (popular--possibly junk health information) that over exercising can cause the body to have a stress response. So on that theory some of you might not be losing from doing too much? That would be nice for you--to exercise less, but it might be the type of exercise that would have to change.
Has anyone tried High Intensity Interval training--instead of traditional cardio to lose weight? The type of training where you do shorter bursts of all out activity and then recover before doing another sprint or something of that sort? Any luck?
What about weight work? I read about that too, but have never been much able to do anything like that, not even rehab band work for my neck--just too straining.
"Balancing Hormones" is another thing the popular health press likes to tout. But I had horrible results with Bioidentical hormones (could not handle the progesterone after menopause ) and have been able to use less and less Biosimilar (Elestrin) as time has passed--it makes me depressed. Not that I don't still have horrible issues with anxiety and depression.
So that's not working. It's ridiculous to hear from advocates on that subject that you can't lose weight till you use certain hormones, but you can't handle it.
I would like to hear that women after a hysterectomy can get the fat out of the gut and breast areas.
I'm sick of positive thinking on forums, I'd like to see some game plans that have worked. And I'd like to see hysterectomy that's not for cancer or serious conditions -that are life-threatening--banned.
It ruined my entire existence.
Good luck to you all, if I can find a solution I will gladly share it.
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This is actually depressing, and not inspiring.
Some of you exercise a ridiculous amount and are still not losing weight.
I was "castrated" aka given a hysterectomy, which ruined my life --the weight gain is the least of it, but I was left with huge breasts after surgically induced menopause and HRT, and they are causing me a lot of neck pain.
I'd like to get this fat off, but there is no way I can work out that hard that many days a week.
Like other women in this situation, I eat reasonably, even well, most of the time.
Has anyone had any more luck with stress reduction techniques? I have read, but am not sure if it's just more useless talk, that high glucocorticoids (due to stress --think flight or fight response) can prevent fat loss. I am completely stressed and have been since the surgery 3 years ago.
Anyone have any success lowering stress and then losing the weight/fat?
I do some yoga but it's not enough, or else it isn't going to work.
I also keep reading (popular--possibly junk health information) that over exercising can cause the body to have a stress response. So on that theory some of you might not be losing from doing too much? That would be nice for you--to exercise less, but it might be the type of exercise that would have to change.
Has anyone tried High Intensity Interval training--instead of traditional cardio to lose weight? The type of training where you do shorter bursts of all out activity and then recover before doing another sprint or something of that sort? Any luck?
What about weight work? I read about that too, but have never been much able to do anything like that, not even rehab band work for my neck--just too straining.
"Balancing Hormones" is another thing the popular health press likes to tout. But I had horrible results with Bioidentical hormones (could not handle the progesterone after menopause ) and have been able to use less and less Biosimilar (Elestrin) as time has passed--it makes me depressed. Not that I don't still have horrible issues with anxiety and depression.
So that's not working. It's ridiculous to hear from advocates on that subject that you can't lose weight till you use certain hormones, but you can't handle it.
I would like to hear that women after a hysterectomy can get the fat out of the gut and breast areas.
I'm sick of positive thinking on forums, I'd like to see some game plans that have worked. And I'd like to see hysterectomy that's not for cancer or serious conditions -that are life-threatening--banned.
It ruined my entire existence.
Good luck to you all, if I can find a solution I will gladly share it.
Karen
December 24, 2012 - 4:34amThis Comment
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