Women who want to lose weight are always interested in how many calories they should be eating, or how much exercise they need to do. Yet when I ask them how stressed they are, they lose interest, yet we gain weight for two reasons. Calories and hormones. Hormones dictate whether we lose weight or not and where we store it. Life becomes more stressful as we age and hit menopause, so we can't afford to ignore it. In this video I explain how stress and menopause increase abdominal fat and explore why are we so resistant to tackling stress. Finally, I'll give you some effective tactics to reduce and balance out the negative effects of stress