I'm Dr. Deb Butler and you are listening to Thinner Piece of Menopause and Beyond.

This is episode number 385.

Welcome to Thinner Piece and Menopause and Beyond.

This is Dr. Deb Butler, Master Life and Weight Coach, And as always, your coach. If you're a woman and you're smart and you're successful and you've been struggling with weight your whole life and now menopause is making it harder than ever and you are ready to make this the last time you ever have to go on a diet again,

then this podcast is for you.

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Well, hello, all my dear friends all over the world.

I've been thinking a lot about what I want to share with you today.

And I don't know if you know this, because maybe this is your first podcast with me,

or maybe you've been listening to me for years.

But what I know for sure is I have a million point five downloads, and I actually have

been doing the same podcast for almost six years.

And I know that people come in, some at the beginning, some in the middle, some whatever

looks good to them. And so today what I thought might be helpful since we're coming

towards the end of the summer, we're getting ready for

whatever you get ready for come September. If it's kids in school, grandkids in school,

nobody in school, you in school, whatever it is, probably something is starting to change.

So I thought it would be a really good idea if I just played you the most played

episode of all. And that is, of course, my first episode. And I was just listening to it. And it is just as

relevant today as it is the day that I put it out. So I thought for you who may

never have gone back may really get something out of my philosophical take on why I'm doing what I'm

doing. I know I talk a lot about it throughout these podcasts, but I thought it might be

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