Yeah, I've gain about 28 lbs. since perimenopause. The HRT and menopause redistributes the weight too. Your waist widens, hip spread even more and your chest/trunk area gets bigger.. It's not a pretty sight. I have severe bouts of depresstion without HRT. I'd like to get off it but all I do is cry without it. I'm on one called Ortho Prefest. It's pretty new and low dose. I take 3 days of estrogen and 3 days of progesterone and it rotates like that for the whole month. The bottom line is that it's soooo hard to lose weight now. But I am determined!!
Pam