WEIGHT GAIN & SCALE OFF BALANCE? What’s going on? Why am I 5-10-15 pounds heavier when I am eating the same? Oh, ladies…This happens as we begin to reach menopause. It happens to men, too, by the way as their hormones decline, but they just don’t seem to care the same way we do. Men don’t seem to mind the “pooch”, but we do! What is happening: During perimenopause, estrogen levels begin to fall but estrogen’s partner hormone, progesterone, falls even lower. Indeed, studi