Hi Everyone, First of all I love my band and I am very thrilled with the weight I have lost so far. I keep a little bi-monthly journal that tells the date from day one, how many weeks, how many lbs. lost and when I have had my fills. I know the loss has slowed down alot (1st. 4months 34lbs...second 4months 13lbs) but I was sitting and looking at it this morning and realized for the first time that the lesser loss coinsides with the fact that at age 52 I haven't had a period for 4 months !! I think that the weight loss has made my periods stop because I know that the heavier you are the more apt you are to produce estrogen or I have been told that. I have been peri-menopausal for over 5 yrs but still having periods. Has anyone else had theirs stop and then slowed down losing ?? I am not in a huge hurry but would still love to get at least another 25 off by my year anniversary in March and I don't want to set an unrealistic goal for myself because I feel like such a winner right now and don't want to lose that feeling of success. Thanks for input !!

I worry about going into menopause because of surgery, too. I had a partial hyster several years ago and have been doing the peri-pause for quite some time, but as far as I know I still have those hormones. I'm sure I'll notice when they go missing. So far, at about 5 months out, I haven't had an symptoms.

Is your only symptom that you haven't had a period? I would think if it were full-blown menopause that you'd have hot flashes and all that crazy stuff. Hope your loss speeds up again soon.

WOW there's something i never thought about i'm like becca-so far- i'm not even pre-peri or anything yet but never considered this change thanks for the eye opener

I'm 47, and my two post-band periods have been lighter than usual. It might be age, it might be the surgery, it might be my slight weight loss -- whatever the case, I'm delighted!