I lost 10 lbs and that took for ever !! Im 51 years old and on my 50th birthday (that month) i started menopause. My weight of course has crept up about 20lbs and just now that I have been working so hard to take it off have lost 9 of the 20. I also have created a pouch in my upper stomach area that is driving me CRAZY !!!! Right now i really dont care about the rest of my body but this pouch has to go or either go down and I cant even budge it to do anything. I have been on the treadmill and i do 10 min. ab workout and arm workouts. Im doing at least an hour and a half of exercising since the first week of January and nothing budges!!! I have incorporated more fiber and protein into my diet and eat about 1300 calories a day. What am i doing wrong??? I dont know what else to do, have any suggestions? Will it eventually go down or am i wishing for a miracle? Please help!!