Sometime around the mid-forties to fifties, as hormones begin to change, in both males and females, the curse of the “MenoPot” begins!
You may feel more “sensitive”. You may find yourself having difficulty sleeping or getting angry for no reason. Anxiety may plague you for the first time in your life and your sex drive diminishes. Soon you find your body changing as well. The midlife shift in hormones creates a profound change in the body distribution of fat. There it is, proof, right around your middle. Your waistline is expanding and no matter how much cardio you do, how many miles you run or ride, the process continues. You try to diet it off, but no matter what you do the fat keeps accumulating around your middle and your “Menopot” becomes more obvious as your clothes get tighter and tighter around the waistline.
The hormonal shifts of menopause and andropause change the distribution of fat on the body. Instead of the hips and breasts in females the fat suddenly seems to appear around the middle and even the back. Men may experience “love handles” for the first time. Is this the “AndroPot”?
Visceral fat (inside the abdomen) increases as well, particularly in males, and for the first time, exercise just doesn’t accomplish what it has in the past. You increase your cardio, go keto, count calories, starve yourself and nothing works.
You start bio-identical hormone replacement and feel better, but the “MENOPOT” persists. Some call it the “Meno belly,” but I prefer “MenoPot” because it doesn’t really feel like it is a part of you. “It’s not my belly. Where did this come from? What happened to my waistline,” you say to yourself and even to your best friends. What is this strange and terrible plight that arises in midlife? In anti-aging medicine, we often think of it as another organ that harms the rest of the body. Filled with estrogen, inflammatory cytokines and toxins just to name a few, these pounds of excess fat that seem to have come from nowhere have got to go!
I considered liposuction for many years, but never wanted to go through surgery, so when CoolSculpting came along in 2010, I dove in. I was amazed at how well the treatment, with no downtime, dissolved my “MenoPot” after 9 cycles. Of course, after flattening my belly, I also wanted to decrease my “love handles” and inner thighs. CoolSculpting gave me the adult body and shape that I always wanted. I had no downtime. I went to work and social activities as usual during the process of treatments. I am thrilled that the fat was gone for good and my “MenoPot” never returned!
When diet, exercise and hormone correction do not solve the problem, CoolSculpting is a fantastic choice. CoolSculpting is a way to destroy fat cells for good!
