Weight that settles around your middle during midlife is not a lack of willpower. On Episode 71 of Organizing Life's Daily Demands with Peter Gordon, Debbie Harris, founder of the 30 to Life Solution and author of Dieting Sucks for Women Over 40, draws on her own lifelong struggle with weight and her personal experience with menopause to explain why abdominal weight becomes harder to manage. She breaks down the difference between perimenopause, menopause, and postmenopause, shares three actionable recommendations for women struggling with extra weight, and explains how to recognize perimenopause and speak up for your health. Most of all, she reminds women that education, community, and honest conversation make this stage of life so much easier to navigate.

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