Whitney Houston Weight Gain: Is It Menopause?
Jerry | Jun 10, 2010 | Comments 36
Whitney Houston Weight Gain: Is It Menopause? – Whitney Houston, 46, has gained a fair amount of weight in recent weeks. Critics have stated that she appears to be bloated, or even puffy during some of her tour dates. In addition to the change in her appearance, Houston has also received criticism for her weak vocals. She has not been able to hit the notes that she could have hit earlier in her career. One person who was in attendance for the show stated that Houston “looked and sounded like a person who doesn’t have many years left to live.” He went on to say that by the end of the show she looked as if she was “ready to explode.” Based on our investigation, Whitney Houston is probably going through menopause. The weight gain, sweating on stage, and her age all point in this direction. Her so called fans, should take this into account before saying evil things.
Some of the fans were so upset with her poor performance that they booed, or even walked out of the event all together. Houston, who has been tall and lanky for most of her life has become thick and round in recent weeks, leading many to speculate what could have caused her to gain so much weight. There has been no reports that Houston is taking any sort of medication that would cause her to bulk up, but that could certainly be a possibility, but we doubt it.
She is one of the best selling music artists of all time, but some have speculated that her years of drug abuse could have hurt not only her body, but her singing ability as well. Houston was a famous crack cocaine user. The smoking of crack cocaine, in some cases, depending on how it is smoked, can damage the vocal cords and the throat. Especially if the drug is used and smoked for years, as it was in the case of Whitney Houston.
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While I appreciate your defence of Whitney, your conclusion that her rapid weight gain, poor vocals and profuse sweating points to menopause is sexist.
Your conclusion is “based on our investigation” but what exactly was that other than establishing her age being 46? She is a women in her fortes who has gained weight – must be menopause. The average age of menopause is 51 and the average weight gain is about 10 lbs over many years.
Sweating on stage does not a Hot Flash make. If she is overweight/unfit and performing under hot lights then it is not surprising that she was sweating a lot. Exertion will do that to a person particularly if they are overweight.
If there is a physical cause behind her woes it could be adrenal fatigue or a thyroid problem or possibly some other non-hormonal issue. Something that happens to men too.
The actual issue is not her physical appearance but that her vocals were poor. On the night she sold an inferior product. Why should anyone cut her some slack for that just because she is 46?
Don’t cut her slack because she’s 46 but because she’s a human being who deserves respect. She is a mother, a daughter, a sister and most importantly a child of God. Judgement is not for man, for it is a luxury we can not afford. There is only one messiah. Who gives anyone the right to cast stones.
I couldn’t agree more.
Though sweating is not merely a new fact for Whitney’s performances. If you look back 20 years ago in her live performances (the 1991 “A Song for You” perf. for example) you will see her wet as if she came out of the pool. And most of the times you’ll see her holding a towel to wipe the sweat off her face. So it could be a hormone thing or anything that could make some people sweat more than others anyway…
I feel for Whitney the years of drug abuse has truly affected her singing ability. Everyone deserves a second chance and she really deserves her fans to stick it out with her. Know matter what she will go down as one of the best female singers in history
Steroid usage to counter upper respiratory infection diagnosed in Paris back in early april. That combined with possible smoking cessation would surely gain her weight. She was like 130 lbs at start of tour, slim weight for her 5′8″ frame. She looks 160 or so here.
“Weight gain, sweating on stage, and her age…” plus weak vocals. I am 46, and am going through perimenopause now. the weight gain occurs over a period of years, not weeks. (For those who don’t know, during menopause women naturally gain an average of 10 pounds every 10 years after age 40.) Regarding the sweating: every singer sweats on stage. Please! Maybe she can’t sing ’cause she’s carrying too much weight at the moment… or could be her vocal chords are shot. Either way… that ain’t menopause. Whitney got something else happening.
No matter what they say, I will always love you Whitney Houston. I have been your fan every since the day you stepped into the spot light. I prayed for you during those troubling years and I was devastated when you married Bobby.Still an all I will always remain a faithful fan. I love you Whitney!!! You are the best!!!
She’s too thin. She’s too fat. Please leave Whitney alone. Ya’ll a trip.
Whitney is one of the greatest point back…Instead of making fun of her pray for her..shoutout to the bestsinger ever Ms. Whitney houston!!!!
Methadone can cause the weight gain as well. NOBODY gains that kind of weight that quickly without something going on.
Sounds like an enabling article. She didnt cut the fans any slack w/ huge ticket prices and a poor performance. She is just trying to make a buck and this is the last time she will be able to snooker an audience…..oh I forgot she learned from the best snookerer…Dionne Warwick who lost it long ago!
No one I know that went through the change blew up like that. Whitney looks to be on steroids. Her vocal problems have always been there since her drug problem. leave her alone if Mary could overcome her drug usage, and Aretha her smoking, Whitney can do the same imho. For the person who said she looked and sounded like a person whom didn’t have many years left you’re an idiot. There is no way she looked even remotly close to death, good thing you’re not a medical doctor!
Geesh…it’s so funny how so many people can go and pa** judgement about a person so easily. I mean damn people let the woman live her life, whatever the situation is with her it’s her business and noone else. Just because she is in the lime light it doesn’t give noone the right to pa** judgement. I mean like really who knows what’s wrong with her, I see people saying menopause, I see people saying things about her using drugs, and truth be told noone know what they are talking about, people just think they know so much about others life, please take care of your self and stop worrying about Whitney. Regardless of what the media says, the lozy fake fans, and whomever else says she is still the best now and forever. And to the one who said she was trying to make money off her tour..hell she could’ve been done that, why would she wait now..ugh stupid people..But I represent for my girl Whitney no matter what changes has come upon you..baby girl you’re still the best..Mississippi still loves you!!!!!!!
She is probably on predesone for the respiratory infection – it causes bloating and lots of weight gain.
Mississippi girl is sitting home in a chair watching Oprah cry instead of out looking for a job! Whitney is a bad example…a full on lesbian and a druggie.
Where did you get the lesbian from? She’s not lesbian. Anyway’s…I’m not bashing her but dag! I was expecting to see like a little weight gain and then I would have been like just leave her alone. I still would like for people too leave her alone and for her to just gracefully take a seat. As a fan I was just looking to see that she was alright and doing fine. Personally after her appearance and performance on Good Morning America I thought that should have been it. She came out sang to us and the Lord saying thankyou for the support and love…that there was enough for me.This is alot pretty quickly. I don;t know rather it’s because I don’t follow here foot to foot with her life or what but wow this seems quick. I still love her though…just want her to sit down.
To quote: There has been no reports that Houston is taking any sort of medication that would cause her to bulk up, but that could certainly be a possibility, but we doubt it.
First of all, you are not her personal doctor and you really don’t have any idea what’s going on in her personal life.
Medications can certainly cause a person to rapidly gain weight. You don’t know if she’s taking steroids for pain, you don’t know if she has a chronic pain condition and is taking a low dose antidepressant or an anti-convulsive for pain issues. All you can say is we doubt it.
Try not to be so mean spirited in your writing, it shows way too much the way you think.
Wow, Whitney! Looking a little puffed in the face. Pretty soon, we’ll be changing your name to “Precious” Oh!
OMG…Whitney is the best singer ever…….only thing I would say if she has allergies, prednisone would cause rapid weight gain…it’s a steroid…..I’ve use it for my asthma and it Blows people up like crazy…….I believe it’s the prednisone….this is the side effects of this drug…I used .prednisone. and it is a taper drug, but if youhave allegies sometimes the Dr. would keep you on for a while…..It’s prednisone..I’m sure…..
Can you give this lady a break…she’s been thru HELL and back….That what happens when people get with the wrong people in their life……Don’t get me wrong, but when someone so successful, you get people who want to come into your life only to tear you down…and destroy you…because of their insecurities….Bobby Brown is nothing but a Thug looser and Ladies you can not afford to bring men into your life to tear you down like this……They are jealous of your success….also men you need to choose women who will stick by you and not to be “Eye Candy”
The beautiful Whitney to me looks like she is on a legitimate STERIOD MEDICATION. She appears to have some kind illness with is being treated with them which means it’s something serious.
she’s as big as every woman,or i’ll always feed you.she looks a mess.why do some women just let themselves go.
Is it possible that this “weight” is not really weight at all, but considering probable lung damage from her years of smoking and drug use–possibly “bloated” from the use of steroids used in the treatment of some lung diseases and damage.? Just a thought.
Whitney Houston has been on prednisone (which is a steroid) to a**ist with her respiratory issues. That type of weight gain is typical when on prednisone.
Whitney has been smoking….could she have stopped and that could add to the weight gain?
WHITNEY IS A FAT BEAST GLAD TO SAY SHE FITTING THAT DESCRIPTION
Hello Whitney
This is your pa**ionate fitness trainer here in Atlanta. I still remember the first time you trained with me at Pat Houston house. We got so intense with the boxing training that I saw your raw determination to make a comeback! I’m not liking these pictures of you at all, and I’m not afraid to address this to your fans. I told People Magazine I was going to bring you back, and I mean just want I said. You know how I motivate you, so when you get back to Atlanta just know we are going to hit it hard with no distractions!!!
Regards
Bervin Jackson
Whitney is a brave Young woman who has endured so much. Anyone who know Whitney, should no that she didn’t gain all of that weight by herself. Beside who are we to judge. There is only one god. Stop judging and start praying for her. We Love You Whitney!!!!
whitney will always be the best to me. hopefully when the tour is over she can get proper rest and exercise and get back in better shape- i will always love you whitney houston- your loyal fan from the first time i heard you sing.
I believe there are several factors at work causing Whitney’s weight gain. If she is on Prednisone therapy, it causes weight gain and fluid retention. The body retains sodium (salt) and looses pota**ium. This combo cause the weight gain and bloating that normally appears in the face, neck and abdomen. Prednisone also increases appetite. Whitney is 46 and most definitely is in perimenopause. Perimenopause is the term describing the menopause transition years. During this time the body goes through many changes including an imbalance in hormones. Believe me as someone who is now on bioidentical hormone therapy, when you go from imbalanced to balanced hormones it makes a huge difference in every aspect of your life. Whitney is also a smoker. She has admitted in interviews her dislike of exercise. She has been abusing drugs for many years and given her addictive personality, she may be using food to self medicate. Whitney never should have embarked on a world tour at this time. I don’t know what Clive Davis and everyone else who helps her were thinking. She should have just done her album, made some TV appearances and used this time to get her self fully healthy. I am a Whitney fan and I have been since the beginning and it saddens me to see where her journey has led her. But, it is her journey and living it out in the public eye with all the judgement that comes with it can’t be easy. She was given “The Voice” … it was hers for the taking and she shared it with all of us and for that I am grateful. If only for a moment, she had it all and now my hope for her is to find health, happiness and peace. She deserves it, like all of us do.
Whitney is one of the most talented singers of her generation! I will always love her music. Unfortunately, ‘life’ happened to her and she made some unwise decisions as to how to deal with it. She needs to take it slowly and take care of ‘her’ first before trying to make a ‘comeback’ for the public.
Her weight gain does not look natural. I guarantee this is not just a matter of ‘putting on weight’. Something has caused her to bloat, as it were,’overnight’. My guess is that this is a side effect from something she’s taking. Dont try so hard for us Whitney! Do it naturally for yourself and your child!
I am 46 years old myself and am thin as hell right now.Whitney has more than likely put on the weight because she is no longer using drugs.I wish that folks would just leave her alone plus that doe’nt look like weightbut rather some type of bloating.I wish that I would eat to see if I could regain the weight that I lost at 5ft.7.But I wish Whitney well she’s my girl.And that is’nt menopausal weight either.Gosh, they make fun of her age,her weight big or small and her life in general.God forbid if something were to happen to her,we’d be saying what a great person she was.I will always love Whitney she’s my girl from the 80’s.I grew up in my 20’s on some of her tunes.Appreciate her for that.She still has it I think she has just been out of curcuit for awhile and that is what we have to do sometimes.I hope those tabloids are lying when they say that she is back on drugs again,they’ll say anything to sell a story.She looks more like she’s taking steroids and I dont think that she will stay bloated long you watch and see.So let’s just give Whitney a break.People did the same thing to our beloved Micheal Jackson.
Whitney abused drugs for years, at her own choosing, not Bobby Brown’s. It’s more likely, Bobby was the strength in that relationship than Whitney. Who cared for the kids while Whitney was binging?
Drug abusers (especially cocaine) will forgo food for drugs, thereby remaining slender/skinny. When they no longer are addicted/abusing, they will tend to gain weight once they start eating regularly. If Whitney is on steroid therapy, she’d have to be receiving quite a large dose for a prolonged period of time to gain that much weight.
Whitney was given a gift that she abused and has subsequently lost. I’m glad she’s recovering, but she needs to focus on getting herself and her life together before she tours. Probably got too many bills to pay, so she’s gotta do the only work she knows how to. God be with her.
Whatever Whitney is undergoing could be the result of her taking drugs before. It could be the drawbacks. Aside from that, she may have not been watching the food that she eats which led her to gain much weight.
Whitney has alway sweat when she performs under the lights. Just about every performance whiney has done she has had a hand towel/rag.
I think Whitney is on medication that is causing her to gain weight, because she has gained a lot of weight over a very short period of time.
Whitney’s vocals aren’t at their best in recent months but you have to understand that she is not 25 anymore and she hasnt used her vocals in a good 7 years, couple that with the fact that she is not in shape. So her vocals have suffered.
But none the less…..Whitney is the greatest singer to ever hold a mic. No one else in the world of music gets a standing ovation everytime they walk on the stage. Whitney will never be forgotten. God blessed her with an amazing voice, and with his blessings and his favor, she’ll keep on sing to us.
Love you Whitney, we are no different than you and we have our demons too. Dont pay attention to negative people…..as we know their demons might be worst than yours yet they throw stones….but guess what GOD has your back and will protect and see you past all that.
Much LOVE!!! Leo Queenn….Happy be-lated Birthday!!!
hi rihanna im ur best friend n im lisen everyday ur songs also i waiting ur new albom.i wanna see u but inposible because im very far from the nepal.anyway i hope ur coming days have a very successfull i will be pray with god.thank u bye bye.always be happy.