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Posted by MN~Sue on 3/21/2005, 2:00 pm I check the board every day, just wanted to say HI to let you know I am here. I hope you are doing well with your eating and exercising (if you got the equipment you are waiting for?). I sure love having a treadmill and being able to walk at any time that way Boy, the weight sure does come off slow at age 51, haha! I have stuck to the diet and exercise, but it sure doesn't come off like it would have years ago. I suppose all the hormones are playing a part. Hopefully, with the bump up a notch in my thyroid med, it will help a bit, but T4 is slow acting, so I know it takes time for that to have impact in how I feel and my metabolism. The diabetic dietician also told me that when in menopause, it is a lot harder to come off too. She said that when in menopause we start losing more muscle mass, changing it to flab ~ how nice SO, just a bit of encouragement for you to think about how your making changes now, if they can become lifestyle changes, will help you as you get older. I know that is hard for those of us with endo, due to the pain interfering with exercise though. At least it did for me. I wish I could have worked out in the recent years, but it was impossible with the endo pain being exacerbated by the movement Since I am dealing with the diabetes problems, I am carb counting and that is going very well Let me know how it's going, when you get a chance. Hopefully, the support of one another will help keep us on track Love,
Hi Olivia, 
I feel very fortunate!
LOL She advised that I eventually add some weight training to my exercise to try to compensate for that. She told me about a friend of hers that is a marathon runner and in excellent condition aerboically, but has discovered how much muscle she has lost since entering menopause and has now had to add weight training. I am feeling VERY fortunate now to be able to use the treadmill again. NOW, just need to keep my hip area from flaring by doing it intelligently, not pushing when the hip tells me to LISTEN, so that I don't end up having to stop the exercise, waiting for it to get better. I think I am getting the idea. The dietician told me that walking longer and at a slower pace was better than worrying about the aerobic part, if my hip is going to have a problem. SO, I am trying to find the right approach for me. I am so glad I asked to see the dietician, as she gave me some info I needed and works well to count carbs and keep my blood sugar better in check. At least I hope it is (not monitoring it at home). I have not had any blood sugar dives (when I get shakey and agitated), except once when I first started dieting and it was a good example of what eating only carbs at a meal does to me (I had oatmeal only).
Sue
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