Quick Weight Loss Tips – How to Minimize Weight Gain After Menopause

Since most women gain weight as they age because of a slower metabolism and a less active lifestyle, it becomes apparent that this 15 – 20 pound weight gain did not happen overnight.post menopause Usually, by the time menopause “hits,” you have already gained about a pound a year. So how can you minimize all the weight gain after menopause? Hormonal changes due to menopause. Fluctuating hormones and a loss of estrogen, progesterone and testosterone, can wreak havoc on a woman’s body, causing water weight and bloating, and redistributing fat into the abdominal region, changing the woman’s shape into something unrecognizable. This weight gain is one of the most challenging and frustrating of menopausal symptoms to women.