Been menopausal for 5 years, experienced little hot flashes, always excercise and maintained a very healthy weight. Started gaining weight two years ago and have since gained 20 lousy pounds. Have Hashimotos no medication. Still excercise and try to maintain a healthy diet was thinking of starting hormone therapy to assist in my weight management, also my bp suddenly spikes but have never had a history of high blood pressure. Always within 107/70 range, recently it went up as high as 147/99