It has become commonplace for women to place the blame for their increased weight squarely on the shoulders of menopause. In doing so, they rely not on the stack of peer-reviewed publications concluding otherwise, but on their unwillingness to outwardly recognize that they entered perimenopause overweight or obese.They have become more sedentary (or continue to do the same level of fitness activity that they have done for years), or simply — and more often than not — consume more calories than their body now requires. Many feel as though they have no chance to lose weight because they are ‘in menopause’. This is simply not true.