At some point in her midlife, a woman notices that the rules have quietly changed. The workouts that once kept her lean, the calorie tracking, the disciplined eating, the exact strategies that worked for years, stop working. She hasn't changed a thing. If anything, she's working out harder and eating less than she used to. And yet the weight creeps on anyway, slow and steady, settling stubbornly around her midsection. Her favorite jeans get tight. Her energy dips. Her frustra
