Cortisol and Weight Gain After 40: Why Losing Weight Can Suddenly Feel Harder
If you've reached your 40s and suddenly feel like the rules of weight loss have changed, you're not imagining that midlife can be different. I know this from personal experience. At 42, I've found that losing weight simply isn't as straightforward as it once was. The things I could rely on when I was younger, eating a little less, fasting, exercising a little more, adding more cardio, don't necessarily produce the same results anymore. And I'm far from alone. Weight gain is extremely common during midlife. Aging plays an important role, but the hormonal changes surrounding perimenopause and menopause can also change body composition, particularly where we store fat. Declining estrogen is associated with a shift toward greater abdominal and visceral fat accumulation. Then there is another hormone...
