1 year since Surgical Menopause

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March 9/12 it will be one year since I had the above surgery. I had to have everything removed, including my ovaries. By doing so, I am on synthetic hormones as the side effects of no hormones is unreal and brutal. My troubles seem to be with losing weight. I am at the highest I have ever been. Up until the surgery, I never had problems with losing weight or exercising. I was a brown belt in karate, plus I enjoyed dancing and walking with my pets. I do walk my dog usually daily, I do exercise at home usually 3 to 4 days a week, that usually includes dancing, push ups, sit ups, jump rope, using my theraband for strengthening my rotator cuffs as I have bursitis. I can't afford a gym membership so this is why I work out at home. As life has come full circle, I have had 3 car accidents back to back to back in a 6 month period, several years ago, battles with major depression and anxiety. I do have a history of bulimia and anorexia and I know that some of my patterns are deeply ingrained. I am in therapy and it is quite in depth and will be going on for quite sometime as I have BPD, which is not a death sentence, it just means I have had years of trauma and my thoughts and patterns aren't at times, healthy or the best for me. My question is, for those that have gone through either natural menopause or surgical menopause, if you had to lose weight, what worked best for you?