Weight Loss

Many of us going through menopause also face unwanted weight gain—especially around our waists. But we’re not doomed to this weight gain—and getting rid of it doesn’t require calorie-counting, restricted eating, hunger and deprivation.

High-calorie food often represents warm, loving, comforting memories. Hunger is a deep, ancient reflex and powerful fear because it was such a norm in human history. Emotional eating—which most of us do from time to time—combines all these things.

Anyone trying to lose weight dreads hitting a plateau: that point when your weight loss stalls, even though you’re still following your program. Here’s how to get off the plateau.

When your life changes in ways that disturb that routine, like starting a new job or having to have a lot of meetings in coffee shops or restaurants or your promotion requires a lot of driving around in a car (and sitting still), it can blow your good routine to pieces. So how do we deal?