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Ever try to lose weight while fighting menopause? by jddomer

It's alarming how what used to work now just... doesn't anymore. Not to mention the fun insomnia, night sweats, and all the other weird shit shifting hormones is doing to me.

I do have to disagree with her on the "oh, high cholesterol? I'll just take meds!" High cholesterol runs in my family, so when I got the inevitable "you have a stick of butter in your veins" result, I went hard at it with diet -oatmeal with blueberries every morning, an apple and a handful of almonds every day for a snack, try to keep things a mix of high protein and high fiber otherwise. Brought those numbers down. But weight? It feels like a losing battle.