Losing weight in your 40s can feel like stepping into unfamiliar territory. Habits that once worked suddenly don’t. Energy fluctuates. Hormones shift. And for many women, the experience can feel not just physical, but deeply personal.
As Vicky D’Arcy, 52, explains ‘At 46 I suddenly experienced a huge amount of weight gain when the perimenopause started. It felt like it happened overnight. My body changed completely in the space of sort of six months, something that I wasn’t used to. It was horrible.’
It was particularly shocking for D’Arcy, who was far from unfit having spent two decades working as a personal
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