I see. She’s sabotaging your efforts. Losing weight is very hard as we get older, at least for me it is. I sometimes manage to lose a few pounds, then put them back on again. Vicious cycle.
When I was younger I was a skinny kid. That all changed with menopause, like someone flipped a switch.
Ditto here, mostly. I was a skinny kid who could eat like crazy with no worries. For me, I don’t of course have the menopause thing to worry about. Wifey does now — the temperature regulation in her body has gone nuts, with as much trouble with feeling oddly cold, as hot.
My first switch was getting married. Most Filipinas do not cook or eat healthy, once they get to the US. A lot of the food she cooks (besides the really weird stuff) is quite tasty, but not all that healthy.
Then I turned 65 and another switch flipped. Two, actually, as I began slowing down a lot. :-(