Your doctor warned you about nausea. They mentioned constipation. They told you the medication would make you less hungry. What they didn't tell you: GLP-1s don't just reduce your hunger. They can fundamentally change your relationship with one of life's greatest pleasures. I'm calling this food grief, and nobody's talking about it. Because for most of us, especially if you're over 40 and you've spent decades building your life around food, suddenly not caring about those things feels like a death. You didn't sign up for that part. You signed up to lose weight. You didn't agree to stop enjoying food. Let me walk you through what's actually happening so you can navigate this without sabotaging your progress or your mental health.

If you do what you did last January, you're going to get what you got last February. Disappointed, frustrated, right back where you started. If you're over 40 and still trying to lose weight the same way you did when you were 30, this is not you lacking discipline. What you're lacking is data. Your hormones aren't the same. Your stress levels aren't the same. Your metabolism isn't the same. The approach that worked before doesn't address what's actually happening in your body now. Becoming genuinely transformed this year has nothing to do with willpower or meal planning. It's about five specific decisions that address the actual variables keeping you stuck. Most women focus on changing their food and exercising more. But they're missing the foundational pieces that make food and exercise actually work after 40. From getting the right labs to clearing your clutter to prioritizing protein, these five decisions will help you stop guessing and start addressing the real problem.