A changing waistline
Fat distribution may shift toward the abdomen even when total weight changes only modestly.
Weight gain
Your body changed. Your care should, too.
Make sense of midlife weight changes without blame, shortcuts, or one-size-fits-all advice.
The scale is only one part of the change.
Midlife can affect where your body stores fat, how much muscle you carry, and how familiar routines feel.
Your pattern matters.
Notice what changed, when it happens, and what makes it better or worse. Those details help guide care.
Less muscle
Muscle mass tends to decline with age, which can change strength, body composition, and energy needs.
Different results from the same routine
Sleep, activity, medicines, stress, and metabolic health can change how your body responds.
Menopause is one factor in a bigger metabolic picture.
Hormone changes may influence fat distribution, while aging, muscle loss, sleep, activity, nutrition, medicines, and health conditions also matter.
Body composition shifts
Changes in estrogen and aging can affect where fat is stored and how easily muscle is maintained.
Daily factors add up
Poor sleep, stress, lower activity, and loss of muscle can all affect weight over time.
Health history changes the plan
Blood pressure, blood sugar, cholesterol, thyroid health, and medications may shape next steps.
A useful plan is specific to your health.
The goal is sustainable health support, not a crash diet or a promise that one hormone will change the scale.
ApproachWhat it may includeWhat to know
Health review
Symptoms, sleep, medicines, vital signs, and metabolic risk.
A clinician can identify factors that deserve treatment or additional testing.
Nutrition and movement
Adequate protein, sustainable eating patterns, aerobic activity, and resistance training.
The plan should protect muscle, support cardiometabolic health, and fit your life.
Medical options
Evidence-based weight treatment when clinically appropriate.
Eligibility, benefits, risks, cost, and monitoring should be reviewed together. Hormone therapy is not a weight-loss treatment.
MyMenopauseRx patient outcomes
94%reported improvement in menopause symptoms overall.
How this was measured
This overall result is not a weight-loss outcome and does not measure pounds lost. Based on validated questionnaire data from more than 1,500 MyMenopauseRx patients who initially rated symptoms as severe.
Results describe surveyed patient outcomes and do not guarantee an individual result.
Clinical leadership
Barbra Hanna, DO, FACOG, MSCP
Founder, board-certified OB/GYN, Menopause Society Certified Practitioner
Meet the care teamBuild a plan around your health, not a generic target.
Meet virtually with a menopause specialist who can review body changes alongside sleep, symptoms, medicines, and metabolic health.
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Most major commercial insurance plans accepted.
Coverage varies by plan and location. Not currently accepting Medicare, Medicaid, or HMO plans.