I never had any symptoms; I just stopped menstruating. To this day, I haven't had a hot flash or a night sweat or anything like that. That's why I made the doctor measure my hormones; I was concerned that I might have some awful disease.

While I think being menopausal has made it more difficult for me to lose weight than it would be otherwise, the fact that I don't get PMS mood swings has made it easier for me to stick to low carbing. I used to get really bad PMS and would crave carbs during that time of month.