HORMONES

Menopause can affect where your body stores fat, how well you recover, and how easy it is to preserve muscle—but it does not make progress impossible. Understanding what is changing helps you respond with strategy instead of blaming yourself.

Many women enter perimenopause believing something is wrong with them. In reality, many of the frustrating changes they experience are normal responses to shifting hormones—not personal failures.

f it feels like weight loss after 40 is harder than it used to be, you're not imagining it. Learn what actually changes in midlife, why old approaches stop working, and what women can do to lose weight, build strength, and feel better in their bodies again