You eat every 2-3 hours to keep your blood sugar steady. So why won’t the weight move? Here’s what nobody told you: after 40, the reason most women can’t lose weight is insulin resistance. I’m 49 and a nutritionist who has specialized in women’s health and hormones for over 20 years. Estrogen is what kept your cells sensitive to insulin. As it drops through perimenopause, you become more insulin resistant, your pancreas pumps out more insulin, and that extra insulin tells your body to store fat, especially around your middle. Same food, same effort, more fat. That’s not willpower. That’s hormones. Now here’s why the grazing advice backfires. Every time you eat, insulin rises. Eat every 2-3 hours and insulin never comes back down, in a body that’s already struggling to respond to it. You stay on the roller coaster all day: insulin up, crash, hangry, snack, repeat. When you eat fewer, fuller meals with enough protein, fat, fiber and the right carbs, you can go 4-5 hours without white...