The average woman gains 22 pounds during the perimenopause transition. Not from eating more. Not from moving less. From hormones quietly shifting the rules without telling her. Here is everything nobody told you about midlife weight gain and what you can actually do about it.

n November 2025 the FDA quietly removed the black box warnings from hormone therapy. After two decades of women suffering in silence and fear, the science finally caught up. Here is everything your doctor may not have told you yet about menopause, estrogen, and your brain. FCC