I worked hard to lose weight, but everyone credits medication instead
A woman says hormone replacement therapy curbed uncontrollable perimenopausal hunger, but people credit the medication for her weight loss rather than her effort.
Dear Eric: Like many women in perimenopause, when my hormones started getting out of whack, I gained about 25 pounds due to a sudden and uncontrollable hunger (estrogen helps moderate ghrelin, the hunger hormone). When I finally started hormone replacement therapy, I got the constant hunger and other issues back under control and worked hard to return to my normal weight.