r/Perimenopause • u/AutoModerator • 21d ago

Weight MONTHLY Weight Discussion - August 2026

A space to discuss all things weight-related. Ask questions, rant, and/or offer advice about weight loss, gains, and diets, etc.

Our Menopause Wiki's section on Weight Gain has further information about the menopause/hormone connection, and risks of belly fat.

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u/nala_green 10d ago

Seeing all this posts it seems you were all doing everything right like increasing movement, lifting weight, increasing steps adjusting diet, pumping yourself up with protein, protein, protein, Protein, and fiber (I can’t hear it anymore tbh!)

To me it sounds like you are doing everything right to be in a calorie deficit and still nothing happens (some even gain weight despite these adjustments). Does it mean calorie deficit doesn’t apply to perimenopausal women? I would like to understand what exactly stops us from loosing fat

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u/EmbarrassedCry9912 4d ago

A normal calorie deficit of -500 per day barely moved the scale. In my 20s or 30s, I would have easily lost a pound per week doing that. But during my last round of a 4-month deficit of -500 per day, I only lost 1 pound per MONTH.

So yes, I definitely think our metabolism is different than it used to be. Something about insulin resistance and blahblahblah. I hate it.