Weight gain

Unfortunately it is the reduction in oestrogen.

There are various natural remedies people recommend for the hot flushes, which are uncomfortable. Do you have a local Holland and Barrett?

You might like this article.

www.healthywomen.org/content/article/estrogen-and-weight-gain-whats-connection

Hi thanks for sharing your ideas yes im on a calorie counting diet so im eating less than I need. Have been doing it since May havent lost anything im very active I walk 6 to 7 miles a day but im not sleeping well due to hot flushes so could be why im tired. I've been to the doctors they took my blood pressure and gave me hrt. I've always been very slim so the fact im now a lot bigger is probably why people are commenting on it now. It is so right, I know im fat I dont need telling lol

It sounds to me there are two issues here:
1. Very rude people making such insensitive comments. The one thing that people who are overweight don't need telling is how overweight they are. Strangely enough, they already know.

2. I think you might need a health screen. As others have said, your tiredness rings alarm bells for things like Hypothyroidism, insulin resistance, etc.

I think that it is easy to keep saying less calories in, more exercise = weight loss. I have not found that and the body is far more sophisticated than that. Scientifically, the way the body burns different forms of food and lays down fat has more of an impact than just reducing calories.

You don't say what diet you are on, Nanna29 but I have found Slimming World very good although I don't have the weight losses that others do but it does gradually drop off.

If your friends are saying 'God you are fat now, they are very rude, the people I know would not dream of saying that and I have put on some weight.
Eat sensibly, try to exercise and do try to stop worrying about it
If you are very tired see your GP and see if there is another reason for it.

I walk 8-10 miles a day, seems to keep the weight in check.

OP does mention tiring easily

Hypothyroidism slows your metabolism but if you eat less than your body needs and exercise more you will lose weight. You just don't have the energy to do so.

Everyone who consumes fewer calories than their body requires will burn fat and lose weight.
Fluid retention excluded.

Hormon3s very much affect weight.

I have a thyroid condition and that has a huge impact on metabolism.

Always worth getting your thyroid checked of you feel energy levels are off or weight isn't moving as it should

Weight gain is caused by eating more calories than you expend. If you start eating fewer calories than you expend you will loose weight. It is very simple.
Incidentally I say this as a size 10 who is now a size 16. I simply lack the willpower but at least I don't blame menopause.

It's depressing isn't it? I put on weight after the menopause but managed to lose it by upping my exercise and eating less. I did find that the more active I became, the less tired I was so it is worth pushing on. I could afford to use a personal trainer once a week and I found it really helped to keep me motivated and she made our sessions fun. That was quite a long time ago but once I got to my target weight, I made sure I weighed myself regularly and took action to knock off any extra pounds before I put on too much. I now find the 5.2 diet was very effective and also limiting eating to an 8 hour window, which I am doing now as I need to lose a few pounds again. Good luck and please keep going, I promise you will feel so much better and it might help to keep you fitter too. Find some different friends, no-one needs to be told they are fat!

I started beginners pilates which has made a difference, I haven't lost lots of weight - just feel more comfortable in existing clothes, but my family say I look different and I think my posture is better and I feel more confident