Menopause question

Hi all, I was wondering if anyone gained weight due to menopause? I have been dealing with hot flashes, night sweats, and I feel the need to eat all the time, not so much hungry as just want to eat, any suggestions would be highly appreciated :) 

(I will be 53 in a week, am 5" and now weigh 120)

Hi Susan!  You raise some interesting questions.  I'm 55 and I had a D&C last October.  Haven't had another period since last Sept, which is great, but I have been experiencing hot flashes, too.  I hadn't really connected the two in my mind, but I also feel the need to eat all the time.  And I had pretty much cut out all sugar, but since last fall I've been eating bites of cookies and candy almost every day.  As a result, I've had a 10 lb regain.  Grrrrr.

Maybe someone will have some insight into this? 

My menopausal weigh gain was the straw that broke the camels back and sent me over the edge to get weight loss surgery in the first place. I never had a belly until the fat packed on that area with menopause.  I told the surgeon if he had to cut fat off the stomach (saw it in a video), to cut it completely off and pull it out with the stomach instead of leaving it in there flopping around!  He laughed at me!