Hi sial. I can sympathise with you! Only this morning have I been told by my GP when complaining about 'mystery' weight that seems to be piling on around my middle even though like you, I don't think I am eating more, that it is an unfortunate side affect of the menopause and being 50!! Apparently women over 50 have to 'eat like a bird' to maintain their weight....I was so fed up when I came out I took solace in a cake from the cake shop at lunch time, telling myself it would be my last ever cake!!! In the meantime, my husband tucks into platefuls and drinks copious amounts of alcohol and it doesn't matter! I also suffer from low blood sugar and tend to grab bits of biscuits and cake when it dips. I have looked at diets and honestly wouldn't survive on what it tells me to eat without falling over!!! You may not be my age but I have spent most of my life being skinny and now am piling it on...boo hoo!!!