Menopause Matters Forum
General Discussion => This 'n' That => Topic started by: Hinari hot flush on April 11, 2020, 05:32:11 PM
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I know most people are in the same boat in that this lockdown is leading to the extra biscuit and packet crisps so a wee bit of weight gain will be inevitable after this but my 17 year old daughter seems to have gone up at dress size. She was a 10/12 so would now be a 12/14.
She came through in tears cause she couldnt get her jeans closed I think theyve been tight a while as she said breathing in didnt work. I did wonder if it was bloating but it is quite visable shes put weight on as she getting a muffin top too and quad boob in her bra.
Dont want to go out and buy a totally new wardrobe for her as she usually goes to the gym 3 times a week but obviously missing out on that so she should lose it after lockdown. Might buy her a few new things just get by the now and obviously a new bra as I think that might be a bit of puberty rather than just the weight.
Any tips to help maybe even she online video work outs as my jeans are getting a bit tight too.
Thanks x
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What about Joe Wickes every morning? look on the TV Channel guides? He's up too early for me ;) though I know the neighbours do exercises with him - he's got quite a following.
Skipping. Jogging on the spot. Laying on a steady chair and making swimming movements? I used to do the latter when training, I represented my School at a swimming gala ...... came 3rd ::)
I'm not in2 exercise. We are allowed to walk so mayB a brisk step out early or late to avoid meeting others? If U do it together it's a time to chat, wave to others, look at Spring arriving so not as confined as videos.
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Try running up & down stairs if you're in a house. Or put some music on and dance around!
I'm having the opposite problem - too stressed to eat, so the weight is dropping off me - it's a shame we can't do weight transfusions!
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Thanks everyone all these suggestions have been really helpful. Have been going our daily walk but will try and do something else to break up the day from monday. Personally like the idea of joe wicks but that might just be me being naughty😜 But as has been said so easy to snack in front of the telly cause of boredom and we are all wearing our comfies so its creeping up on us. Mine is a wee bit down to the old menopause too though🙈
Have tried to reassure her that she can get back to the gym and back in shape once this is over but think everything is just a bit much for her at the moment. Lots of stress and crying but its the same for us all i suppose. Just want my girl to be happy.
Thanks again everyone x
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Maybe she needs a project to get absorbed in? What are her interests? Having a goal takes away the need to snack. What does she enjoy doing? Something creative? Learning a language? Learning something new or getting better at something already accomplished? I'm learning Italian. I started with Duolingo, which is a free app. I now have lessons with an Italian teacher, which we do on FaceTime (Skype is hopeless here). I can't carry on with singing lessons or singing with my choir, but have joined in a virtual choir along with thousands of others. The warm up is exhausting. Loads of famous people are doing things online regularly. The days whizz by. I'm not bored.
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The moment stress starts, my anxiety takes over so that I can't eat. :'(
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I tried Joe Wickes one morning but I have this thing where if I bend down I go dizzy and when he started telling me to touch my toes I had to give up or end up on the floor.
I did see Mr Motivator on TV and he is still incredibly fit after all these years away from TV and his workout looked good.
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I did see Mr Motivator on TV and he is still incredibly fit after all these years away from TV and his workout looked good.
He doesn't look much different at all. The very tight outfit was rather distracting :o
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:rofl: is he on catch-up ? ;)
I don't do any forward movements - have never been able to touch my toes so would miss out those bits.
My anxiety hits. Fast :'(. Nausea, weak thighs, weak calves, on the floor ........ I then take an anti-anxiety capsule which either knocks me out or relaxes me so that I can continue. Without the capsule I would stop eating within a couple of hours and then my head "You must eat, you must eat. " :'(
Grazing helps. Slow release foods eaten B4 my body requires energy. I did step onto the scales earlier prior to cracking my Easter egg ;)
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Dorothy - are you really that stressed poor thing?
I think it's just that any stress or depression tends to affect my appetite - either I eat non-stop or I hardly eat at all. I ate fairly continually for the first day of lockdown, but since then, most days I've only eaten one meal and that's a struggle to get down. On a couple of days, I've managed two meals, but haven't had three meals a day since this began.
Trying to look on the bright side, I should be nice & slim for my wedding IF it happens!
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How about slow release, i.e. bananas.
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How about slow release, i.e. bananas.
I do try to make myself eat bananas regularly as I know they are meant to be good for you. I'm sure it's true, since most things that taste disgusting are good for you. ;D
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:lol: oh a bananas has to be 'right' 4 me ::)
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I did see Mr Motivator on TV and he is still incredibly fit after all these years away from TV and his workout looked good.
He doesn't look much different at all. The very tight outfit was rather distracting :o
Haha I saw a clip of that on Gogglebox some package hes sporting for a man of his vinatge😜
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Yep, that is where i saw it. I haven't been filling my days searching for Mr M's Crown Jewels! :D
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That'll B for when it rains ;-)
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Have a look on Youtube at LUCY WYNDHAM-READ.
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stellajane >won't< :whist: what was the question?
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Dorothy - are you really that stressed poor thing?
Being 'too worried to eat' only occurs rarely for me (thankfully). Its reserved specifically to times when one of my loved ones is ill or has passed away. Apart from that I never get so stressed that I lose my appetite.
Ju Ju - I'd happily try any of those things you suggest if only they could be done somewhere, anywhere but in my own house!
Hinari - its much more difficult for youngsters. They need to be with their peers a lot more than we do. There were some teens interviewed on TV yesterday. They said not having any end date was the thing that was stressing them most. I do hope schools will be the first to re-open.
Its lunchtimes I find difficult. I don't eat midday as its the only way I can keep my weight down, but usually I'm out and about so its easier to get through. Stuck at home, making lunch is a great temptation when hunger pangs start!
Stellajane.......I'm doing them in my small bungalow. The singing in a small bedroom with the window and door shut! Don't want to disturb the neighbours! Duolingo on my iPad along with Italian lessons on FaceTime with my teacher. You can get supplies for creative things online.
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That makes me feel really lazy - I look at housework and move on :-\. But cleaning windows is good exercise ?
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Have a look on Youtube at LUCY WYNDHAM-READ.
Thank you will take a look at her too. Once the easter eggs were all eaten by last night me and my daughter spoke and we have agreed to do an hour of exercise in the morning which we have done already and maybe a wee half hour in the afternoon. We are also going to keep to 3 meals and keep the snacks to one at night when watching TV. She was saying she understands its cause she hasnt been to the gym in nearly a month due to lockdown and how easy it can be just gain weight by not keeping to your usual fitness routine. From what she said she is self conscious about that first time she meets her pals and not fitting her clothes and mentioned her belly fat but we are on track to trying to reduce it.
She did say she thinks her hips might be widening and boobs growing but that wouldnt happen this quickly would it?
You have all been so helpful with your suggestions. Thanks again x
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It's what she thinks ;-).
I've done a lot of weeding do you have a garden? Can you sing?
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It's what she thinks ;-).
I've done a lot of weeding do you have a garden? Can you sing?
See I know shes at the age for her final growth into womenhood but she already has got an ample sized chest (C cup) but not much round the hip area so we both knew that was her final change she still had to go through. But with the weight gain its hard to tell.
Yeah we do ive sat out in the garden and pottered about weeding so we could do that and Ive been know to hold a note in the past
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It's finding something interesting that I find hard re exercise ::)
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It's finding something interesting that I find hard re exercise ::)
What about Zumba CLKD.
I mean I know we are all women of an age where we sweat easily but zumba is fun and a good work out. Thats what my daughter had us doing today
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that sounds like an animal that I would find on Safari :-\ ;D with bl/white stripes ? ;)
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Haha good one! but honestly cracking work out thats how lorraine kelly lost all that weight a few years ago and shes a women of a certain age
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Crikey looks like hard work :o ;D
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I still daren't weigh myself!
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Having food intolerances worked for me! Just made myself a GF chocolate cake and had a reaction to it! Feels like golf ball in my throat! I'm feeling sorry for myself! Can't binge even if I wanted to. DH can eat it though, along with the fruit cake I made for him.
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I learned to avoid food stuffs, it simply isn't worth it. Though onions more recently have bothered my gut as they used to.