You did not change anything. Same food, same workouts, same you. And the weight came. I am a nutritionist specializing in women’s hormones and metabolic health. Over 20 years of this. Count these. The 3pm crash. Craving sugar right after a full meal. Waking between 2 and 4am. Belly fat that will not move no matter what you do in the gym. Skin tags on your neck. Three or more and you are looking at insulin resistance. Your fasting glucose can come back normal while this is happening, which is why you keep being told everything looks fine. Six rules I live by, and why. 1. Asleep before 10, at the same time every night. Your hormones run on a clock. When your sleep timing moves around, cortisol and insulin lose their rhythm, and that irregularity predicts cardiometabolic death better than how many hours you got. Consistency beats duration. Five years of Oura data has me at 10:30 asleep, 6:20 awake, including every red eye. 2. I eat within an hour of my workout. Right after you train...