Are You In Hormone Hell? Try This....

Being fifty-something has it's advantages; the satisfaction of watching your children, now adults, come into their own in terms of career, happy relationships and parenthood - and a chance to put all you've learned over the years into a project that has been a long-held dream - in my case, developing a thriving business in the health and beauty sector, and helping my clients to fulfil their skin health and weight management goals.

There isn't much for me to complain about then is there? Well, I didn't think so myself until about a year or so ago, when the downside of fifty-something hit me with a full-on post-menopausal side-swipe.

I had been secretly congratulating myself on reaching this stage of my life with relatively few problems, putting this down to having been a very active fitness teacher for over 20 years, in addition to keeping up with my own personal fitness and healthy eating regime. I had been having the odd hot flash, nothing significant, and adjusted my diet, which seemed to help - temporarily.

Then, seemingly out of nowhere, I was experiencing full-on night sweats (or more accurately, early-morning 4am sweats) which were so bad that I would have to leave my bed and vacate to the spare bedroom, throwing off my sodden nightwear as I went. To make matters worse, I would wake up the next morning feeling so tired that it was an effort to walk, let alone work out! I literally felt as though I was wading through ten feet of water just to move forward.

I had to face reality, and started to consider my options. I knew that I didn't want to take HRT drugs. I had heard so many of my clients describe how they struggled both with and without HRT to bring their symptoms under control, and the risks associated with taking HRT drugs didn't appeal, however small they might be.

After a little bit of research on line, and reading the Ten Secrets To Healthy Ageing by Patrick Holford, I had learned that a bio identical progesterone replacement was a viable alternative, and works well in most cases.  www.patrickholford.com

We seem to lay a lot of  our health problems at the door marked 'hormones', but a little bit of delving persuaded me that in fact there is a delicate balancing act that needs to be achieved if we hope to enjoy good hormone health. I discovered that in fact post-menopause, oestrogen can become dominant as progesterone levels fall off. There is much more to be read about this at www.wellsprings-health.com

Wellsprings have developed a bio identical progesterone cream, which is applied to the skin, where it is absorbed into the sub-cutaneous fat cells (just under the surface of the skin) where it is stored until the body needs it. I have been using this product for just over 6 weeks, and guess what? Within 2 weeks, the night sweats stopped happening every night - down to about 2 per week - and now they have stopped completely.

But that's not all, folks! The abdominal fat that had been steadily accumulating and refusing to budge despite dietary and exercise efforts is now also disappearing, noticeably so, as a couple of my clients have commented that I appear to have lost weight. I have recommended Serenity to 5 of my clients, who all report positive results from using it.

An even bigger plus for me, is that I have renewed energy levels, and am back to working out regularly and keeping up again with my Jillian Michaels dvd's - not bad for a 57 year old - she's pretty full-on!

If you're suffering with post-menopausal symptoms and having a miserable time, give some thought to this product; it's worked for me, maybe it will for you too.