Your first reaction may be surprise when you notice that all of a sudden you have started to gain weight. Sometimes you feel and are bloated to the point of not being able to wear certain clothing. Your surprise turns to frustration when you realize you were your normal self, eating what you wanted, when you wanted and you were not doing anything different that made you gain so much of weight.
You are by now entering into perimenopause which is the early stage of menopause when trying to maintain ideal body weight becomes an extremely difficult task. No matter how hard you try, you ar fighting against three hormones known as Estrogen and helps you maintain your proper metabolism, and helps you to function as a normal woman, Androgen the hormone that is responsible for all the body fat you put on in all the wrong places including your belly and Testosterone the hormone that is responsible for converting calories to lean muscle mass.
With all these on the decline and increase, perimenopause creates havoc on your body inside and out. You have to fight against these three hormones especially estrogen which is now declining gradually. You will notice that your monthly periods become irregular and sometimes you miss your period or start spotting. Thankfully, there are many modern medications both pharmaceutical and natural that you could start on so that you can make a smooth transition to menopause without having to suffer and go through all the symptoms that comes on with menopause.
There are so many diet and fitness programs available today that a woman can prepare herself well in advance by controlling her diet, avoiding smoking and alcohol and starting to make changes in her lifestyle gradually. In this way by correcting the situation before it strikes any woman can go into menopause without having to suffer at all.
