I read that menopause for a woman is that chance in life where we get the chance to make sure we are healthy and change habits eg exercise, eat right etc My question is when do you start feeling like you have the energy to exercise and eat really healthily? I walk and eat pretty healthily on the whole but still like chocolates and biscuits and unless I have to walk I don't have the energy to do loads of other keep fit. I feel pretty shattered by the end of the day! I also read doing weights is really good.
Hi Tracky,
I totally agree with what you say about having the energy to FEEL like
exercising let alone do it!
Started doing some Power Walk exercises (found some great ones on
YouTube), appropriate for my capabilities after yrs of working too hard
and forgetting about me!
Loved it. Made me feel good for a while. But have noticed that my
decline in mood has affected my enthusiasm - and physically I'm paying for that!
Just coming out of a really horrible month of extended bleeding, so
haven't felt physically well (gut ache, joints killing etc). Hoping that now I've stopped bleeding I'll resume my exercises because it may even help lift my mood.
I just hate bloody bleeding urggghhh!!
Hi Tracky, no matter how bad I felt I forced myself to at the very least...walk. On good days I did TurboJam or HipHop Abs. I also did the row machine. After awhile you feel worse if you don't exercise. I think it's a work in progress. You just have to keep at it. When you start exercising you'll want to start eating right.
I know... easier said than done. Just remember, the first three days of exericise are the hardest to motivate for. Once you get past those three days, it will become easier and easier.
Stay strong young warior! 
There are times I'm tired and don't have the energy to do things and thats the time my stress level goes up and I need to learn to step back and take a break and relax.