Anyone else had to say goodbye to half their wardrobe?

[stirling]

Nothing really fits , it's so depressing. I seem to have gone up by almost two sizes despite healthy eating and intermittently fasting and walking for 40 mins daily

Just packed most of my lovely summer dresses into charity bags. Cupboard is half empty and I don't feel inspired to buy anymore.

Anyone else ?

Yeah the HRT made me pile on the weight and made my boobs huge. I know it’s 💯 the HRT because I’ve had to come off it and go back on it again several times for particular tests I’ve had and despite nothing else changing I always put on almost exactly a stone each time. But we’re always told it’s not HRT. 🤔🤔 I’ve had to completely stop it now for medical reasons and I’ve already lost half a stone since I stopped it 6 weeks ago.

I'm in the same boat. I've had a bmi between 20 and 22 my whole adult life (barring pregnancy and the aftermath). I've put on a stone in the last year and it all seems to have gone on my middle. I always had quite a defined waist and dressed to emphasise it so nothing fits now. Argh. I already do yoga and work out with weights. I need to sort my snacking though. Between about 2 and 5pm my appetite is insatiable. 😡

Yep. Tried on my trusty denim shorts today, they fit me fine last year but those buttons weren't meeting. Not just at the top, we're talking one bottom button and that's it.

Slightly depressing but I'm embracing the chub.

I put on a stone since this time last year and it literally all went on my stomach. I had what looked like a ring donut wedged around my middle 😄 Combination of low level depression I think and this long winter where it’s been so easy to hide under sweaters and big coats. I’ve been Pear shaped all my life, with the weight on my hips and thighs and a relatively small stomach, so this was very new for me.

I’ve nearly lost it all now but god has it been hard work! The first 8 weeks were really hard and even though I took it slowly, it still took a long time for my body to adjust to fewer calories, but almost there now and can at least fit into my summer clothes again - For this year anyway!

I hear you all. Never had a tummy in my life and now I've got a right pot belly going on. I can't wear half of my dresses as I look unflatteringly pregnant.

I'm partway through a Zoe podcast about menopause and exercise. The Dr on that says it's the hormones playing havoc. apparently lifting heavy weights and a little bit of HIIT a couple of times a week is what we need to be doing instead of trying to eat less. build more muscle, use more calories. It's really making me think.

I actually find anything that has a lot of stretch in it, makes it look a lot worse, I have to have rigid denim or fairly structured trousers to flatten all the flab down. No soft jeggings for me, makes me look like blancmange.

Yes, a little weight gain. From a size 8/10 to 12/14 over the last 25 years. Actually since I met my hubby lol

I am perimenopausal and have found digestive issues have changed the way I dress. Intermittent bloating, pain, constipation, have meant I stay away from anything like trousers and skirts with zips and buttons because frankly they can painful. Dresses in the summer. Nothing too figure hugging!

Elasticated waists are the way forward for me. I'm 48 yrs old. The digestive issues have been going on since 2014. I just deal with them. Dr's of no help. Obviously not bowel cancer or I'd be long gone by now 😞