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

This is episode number 458.

Welcome to Thinner Peace 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'm in the Midwest where it's cold and snowy and getting out to take a walk

is a lot more challenging. But it's also really beautiful. And I have figured out what to wear

and how to get out there, get some fresh air, move my body a little bit, and then come on back in.

That's kind of always the nature of life in general is how best to take care of yourself

when you care so much about yourself and making sure that you get what you need.

For instance, just like with the big snow like that,

I still need to get out and move

because I start feeling this intensity in my body

that almost is asking me to move it along.

So I've been living in this body long enough

to know how to answer it and then to figure

out how I can do it, which kind of brings me to the topic of what I want to talk about, about

taking care of our bodies and caring enough about ourselves that we can take care of our bodies

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