You haven’t changed what you eat, you’re still active – yet somehow you're putting on weight. If that sounds familiar, you’re not imagining it. Midlife weight gain is incredibly common, and it’s rarely down to willpower. The truth is that your body is changing in ways that make holding onto weight easier, and losing it harder. Understanding why that happens takes the frustration out of it and helps you focus on what actually works.

If you’ve noticed that your usual approach to food, exercise and self-care no longer works the way it used to, you’re not imagining it. Many people in their 40s and 50s start to feel like their body is changing in ways they didn’t expect – and metabolism often feels like the culprit. But what actually is metabolism? And why does it seem to ‘slow down’ as we get older?

In this blog we explore the critical role that muscle plays in weight management for those of us in midlife.