I forgot to mention on the fitness end of things that I am finally experiencing a shift after I weaned myself from one type of HRT last fall. I accidentally put on a pair of pants I hadn't planned to the other day and was surprised they fit, even though I haven't been doing any particular diet or exercise, and I had added my evening glass of wine back into my routine.

When my insurance company stopped offering the mail order compounding because there were "suitable" versions of the medication available in regular pill form, I switched but ended up getting way more testosterone than I liked, and gained weight gradually. It took weeks of cutting back to cut out that pill, and probably weeks more to shift my metabolism. I won't go back to sweets and junk (though I did just finish a few Valentine's chocolates this morning) and hope that this spring's gardening exercise helps take off the remainder I'd like to lose.

SRS