At 48, the scale had crept up more than 30 pounds over four years. These are the five lessons that helped me lose it in perimenopause and keep it off.

You're eating well. You're not skipping workouts. You've cut back on wine, sugar and late-night snacking. And the scale hasn't moved in months. I hear this every single week. And I get it because I lived it too. A few years ago, I was doing everything I thought I was supposed to do, and I was still tired and moody, my jeans wouldn't fit me anymore, and I was beyond frustrated. What I didn't know then was that perimenopause had completely changed how my body processes food, st