{"id":4518,"date":"2022-01-25T15:02:07","date_gmt":"2022-01-25T15:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/noellewatsonfitness.co.uk\/staging\/6578\/?p=4518"},"modified":"2022-01-25T15:02:07","modified_gmt":"2022-01-25T15:02:07","slug":"menopause-horrible-symptoms-my-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/noellewatsonfitness.co.uk\/staging\/6578\/menopause-horrible-symptoms-my-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Menopause, Horrible Symptoms (My Story)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Menopause was never a subject discussed between mum and me.\u00a0 Almost a taboo area really.\u00a0 So I had no clue at all what to expect, or when to expect it.\u00a0 It was all pre-google, after all. <\/span>(How did we find out anything back then
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That is until the night sweats started… I was 49. I didn’t even know what it was to start with. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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I’d wake from an awful stress dream and soaking wet. I’d always been a really good sleeper, until this. Plus the need to go to the loo a lot through the night too.\u00a0 Getting a good solid night’s sleep became a problem.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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Then the hot flushes began.\u00a0 That creeping tingle up the back, a sudden raging thirst, which I knew would be the start of a massive eruption of heat that lasted 2-3 minutes. <\/span><\/div>\n
I’d stand in front of the open freezer to cool down.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
Or outside in my PJs when it was freezing out there (lovely!!).<\/span><\/div>\n
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Whilst I didn’t gain weight, my waist started to thicken.\u00a0 <\/span><\/div>\n
This was an absolute disaster for someone like me who wears lycra in public on a daily basis.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/div>\n
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My waist has gained 3 inches My self-confidence plummeted.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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One of my worst menopause symptoms was the afternoons of overwhelming tiredness.\u00a0 You may not believe this, as I work as a fitness trainer. But I’d teach a class in the morning, then come home for lunch.\u00a0 By 3 pm my energy levels were at absolute zero. I then had to walk the dog 3-4 miles. AND get ready to teach possibly another 2 exercise classes in the evening. It was like hitting a wall of fatigue by 4 pm.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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Looking back 10 years I see my aging process more clearly.\u00a0 I can now identify what helped me through my menopause,\u00a0 and what made menopause symptoms worse.<\/span><\/div>\n
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\u00a0My Self Help Remedies for Menopause Symptoms\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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All this helped me with mood swings and that horrible feeling of being out of control that comes with hormonal imbalance.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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?\u00a0TRIGGERS\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>
\nI noted I had various triggers, which I tried to manage.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n