As women enter perimenopause or approach menopause, they find themselves experiencing weight gain menopause, especially around the waists and hips, which does not go away despite their best attempts to diet. The methods of weight management which worked for them for years are suddenly ineffective. In fact, weight gain menopause in the abdomen is one of the most common complaints of the perimenopausal women.
But there is no reason why you should settle for any weight gain menopause at this stage of your life. Hormonal fluctuations, years of exposure to toxins, as well as your body’s natural proclivity for retaining estrogen producing fat cells at this time can lead to some extra weight.
Basically, weight gain is just another symptom which is resulting from your system being out of balance. To restore balance, figure out what is going on at the core of your physiology and emotions.
One of the joys of menopause is the removal of the masking effects of estrogen. The fact is that your fat cells as well as your hormones are a part of a system-wide biofeedback network which t orchestrates your appetite, metabolism, as well as heat regulation, digestion, besides detoxification. Any chronic disturbance in this among systems can cause weight gain besides a host of other menopausal symptoms, such as hot flashes and food cravings.
The cause of unexplained weight gain is the vital link between insulin, metabolism as well as body fat. A second basic link lies between stress as well as body fat. Stress hormones, such as cortisol, block weight loss. Thus, despite adequate food, the body interprets prolonged stress as a famine, and goes into hoarding mode; which it does very effectively. Stressors can be emotional, physical, or even related to diet.