You’ve got to admire her resilience. She’s pushing 60 and constantly battling weight issues but that doesn’t keep her down!

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I know after years of marriage they tend to tune us out at least as much as we tune them out!

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I mean we know that entering menopause is likely to cause our internal temperature to fluctuate – but this is getting ridiculous!

The worst time for me is in the morning. I wake up and experience several “heat waves.” Now I’m not talking about hot flashes – these are just momentary spikes in my body temperature. Doesn’t sound bad? Well think again!

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I logged on to Vibrant Nation to see what was up and once again saw their credo “What Women 50+ Know” and it gave me pause for thought.

Women 50+ know everything. But we so often doubt ourselves. Why?

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The past few days have lured us with the promise of spring.

And it’s been great! The first sign of spring changes everything. The bear comes out of hibernation and shakes off the winter doldrums and the menopausal woman, who we know is north of 45, becomes a young girl again. Read the rest of this entry »

Make-Up can be tricky.

I learned at an early age, like so many of us, that a woman is not “finished” until she applies her make-up. Is that an old wives’ tale, or an urban myth? Is that society twisting the minds of young girls? Yes and no. I do feel unwanted pressure to apply make-up – although it’s pressure I’ve learned to put on myself. But there’s no denying that I look a whole hell of a lot better with make-up than without!

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I’m tired. Full time job and we just moved our office. And I seem to be the official complaint department of every move related issue/problem. I’m cold, years of being in an office that had me wondering where my hot flashes left off and the overworked furnace began and now I’m in a really cool old building that is really really cool – cold even. And then there’s the sub-zero temperature outside which is periodically accompanied by some soggy, messy snow. I’m weary. My new doc has me off my thyroid meds to see what’s really going on – so I’m sleeping when I’m not working. Let’s face it I’m no spring chicken anymore – these things all take their toll. But then I think about the one overriding fact. It’s January. Read the rest of this entry »

Here are a few tips that might save your life during the holiday season – especially if you’re the hostess.

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It could fall on you!

Six months ago I had an appointment to review my bio-identical hormone levels after a saliva test. I was feeling pretty good in general so I wasn’t looking for any changes. Of course I’m always searching for tweaks that could help in the ongoing battle of weight loss, but who knows for sure how or if hormones demonstrably impact weight since there are at least a million variables involved in weight control.

It was determined by the saliva test that a slight reduction in progesterone as well as a minor adjustment to my estrogen level – raising one and reducing another – might improve my overall satisfaction level even more so we decided to try it.

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Years ago women didn’t spend all the time and effort discussing and searching for appropriate clothing for during and after menopause. So why are we?

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