Many women I know (sorry guys, I mostly hear from women) want to lose weight. It's hard. We have hormones, cycles, perimenopause, menopause (and why is it called MENopause???).

 Here's the thing. If you want to lose weight, you've got to create a calorie deficit. It's never going to be about the latest fad diet ever. Or anything promising you quick weight loss that you find at the store or online.

 It's work to lose weight. My best advice is to log your food every single day. Either in a journal or on an app like myfitnesspal. Tracking what you eat is the only method I have found to work in all my years of helping people!

An old friend of mine wanted to lose weight as some of her numbers on her bloodwork were too high. Her daughter who is in medical school told her to log her food every single day for the rest of her life. This daughter was on a rotation where she was in contact with many people dealing with disease because they were obese. She had seen people's poor food choices directly affect their health.

Does this sound drastic? It literally takes minutes a day. I'm guessing we all have a few minutes to log what goes in the piehole.

It's not fun, it's not easy but...it's worth it. If you are looking to lose weight, you are worth taking the time daily to track your food. It will also make you aware of what keeps you full (veggies!!) and what doesn't (sugar!). Please don't "try everything" else and say nothing works!