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

This is episode number 468.

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. Stay tuned.

Well, hello, all my dear friends all over the world. You can see me and you can hear me so you can hear me on your favorite

podcast platform or you can watch me on YouTube. I'm both places now. And today I wanted to share with

you a letter that I received from a listener. And I think that you can relate to it. And she has so much of my own story

in it. So I thought I could read the letter. I could answer some of her questions. And it might help her.

It might help you. And it really is a good reflection for me on where I once was. So my whole process of

thinner piece was all about me for 30 years doing weight watchers and never being connected

to my body, only being connected to how many points that I could eat

in making sure I got those points. And it really didn't matter if I was hungry or not.

I wanted it to be healthy, but really I wanted it to be low points more than I wanted it to be

healthy. And that's the way I gained and lost 20 to 30 pounds for many, many, many years.

And that's just a quick story, but I received this letter from Roz.

When I sent out an email, you may have received it, just asking you what you've gotten

from my podcast, any aha moments, anything you would like me to know about my podcast

or any questions that you have. So Ross sent me back a really in-depth letter. And I thought

I could answer some of it, reflect on it a little bit. And I think it'll help you too.

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