We have all felt the "inevitable" gain from hormone fluctuations (aka PMS/Ovulation) and some of us have had hormonal imbalances at other times in our life, for me, breastfeeding & fitness competitions did me in but extreme dieting, yo-yo dieting, chronic stress and simply being a woman can cause hormone imbalance. Many women blame stress or menopause, or any of its hormonally related affiliations, on their weight gain implying that it's their body doing it all by itself, that we can't fix it because it's too hard. But WHY? Why do we gain? Do we have to gain? Why do some women hit that imbalanced period with grace and seemingly walk right through unscathed while others gain, bloat and feel miserable? It is definitely all related to hormones but how can you master this time in life and not have that gain? Want to hear a little bit more with some visuals?