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What are your thoughts and experiences you are going through? The last year I have noticed the most change, and instead of letting it depress me or freak me out, I am choosing to embrace it. I've had some pretty embarrassing and gross things happen. I feel like there is such a stigma behind it all, and people are uncomfortable talking about it. I think its important to have a safe space to share thoughts, progress, ideas and feelings about it. I'm taking back control of my body, and she is responding well so far..lol. I don't know how many times my weight has fluctuated over the past few years. Since I turned 46 it got really complicated. Everything changed. The 10 stubborn pounds seemed to be with me for life. I've recently lost 4 of those pounds. I'm still not happy though, if I am being honest. I want my clothes to feel good on, if that makes sense. I started using winged Wellness Balanced Babe. Works wonders for me, with moods, and bloating. I'm learning about the peri part of menopause and guess what? You still have your period. Which by the way has a mind of her own now. But back to the vitamins...they are amazing and if you haven't tried them I highly recommend them. Link in my store (some links are affiliate links, and I may earn from qualifying purchases)
03-24-2026
Touching back really quick on that 10 damn stubborn pounds. I lost 4 of them, then they came back, then they left. I don't do anything any different and they just wont seem to go away. It is depressing, because I know my body and I used to be able to "shred" so to speak really easy, I also wasn't kind to my body then either, but now I love her and just want to feel good in my clothing ya know. Being bloated all the time is not something I am willing to live with forever. I'm trying a few other supplements. Ashwagandha for one. They make me really sleepy so I take them at night, to soon to tell. I will keep you posted on that. What are you guys doing that helps, the sweats and the bloating?
03-30-2026
Speaking of weight gain and what I have done over the years to keep pounds off and stay fit, etc. has caused so much of the opposite sometimes. This is more of the What portion, not really Peri or Meno, but it all comes together with age, and maybe someone can benefit from my mistakes. Last year (2025) I started taking a fat burner I had seen online and in the store and wanted an easy way out to get rid of unwanted pounds. When I was younger I could take all these supplements, workout all day, barely eat and function. I still thought I was fat. Girl, I wish I could go back and tell myself to love myself and I was not, that's a story for another day. Back to the fat burners last year. I wasn't really seeing many results, so I added taking lots of extra green tea along with it. It was around mid December and closer to Christmas I started to get really bad acid reflux, for no reason. I would just be sitting there and this really disgusting smelly air would come up. Made me gag. I have IBS and figured great, now I have GERD. I mean it was that, It was awful, on top of the fact I had this rash like itch all over my neck and on parts of my arms. I went to the Dr and I was having some kind of reaction to something, but not sure what. He prescribed a steroid cream which actually worked wonders and the rash went away, but the GERD was in full force. I didn't want to eat or drink anything and I had to sleep sitting up. In my own fashion I researched online and found that prolonged use of this fat burner along with excess green tea I was basically killing my liver. Causing all kinds of toxicity. I immediately stopped all those pills. I got on a 14 day Omeprazole treatment and Gaviscon that went with me everywhere. I traded in my wine for Ginger Beer and drank so much water. About a month went by and it was finally gone. Talk about a nightmare though, it was rough. Its hard to be in your mid 40's and want that 25 year old body, the one that the 25 year old me didn't like. Hard pills to swallow and I need to just love my skin. I have started Pilates and some really good core exercise's (which has to do with my tail bone issue, that I talk about below) but be kind to yourself ladies. Give yourself some grace and know just how amazing and beautiful you all are.
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