7 Factors That Affect Your Weight, According to Chinese Medicine

As you age, antibiotics, stress, other factors can cause you to gain weight or struggle to lose it

If you're not satisfied with your weight you may want to consider how you cook your food and how well you digest it as possible factors. Wavebreakmedia/Shutterstock

Where has my waist gone? I zip up my jeans and where I used to have nice curves, I now have something akin to a small souffle above my waistband. I won’t say muffin top, because the term conjures up something a little racy and carefree.

I just have a little something extra where my waistline once resided.