There is no reason to stay overweight or be unhappy. Never settle with where you are if you aren’t happy. I always tell my clients that we are not on the planet to be happy and thin. We are on the planet to give to our- selves first, then to the rest of the world. Your life can be an example of what is possible. You can shine. Now is your moment; let you be the one who has decided that this time, it will be permanent. Lay down your weapon and make peace with your body. There is too much war and too much fighting within our own lives. We work against ourselves as if our body is the enemy and we have to trick it and deprive it and control it. It is not unlike war. Using force instead of peace will not give us the permanent solutions we are looking for. When we work with our own body and use our own wisdom, there is no enemy to fight anymore. There is nothing to struggle against and we can find peaceful ways to get what our body wants (fuel) and what we want (freedom from the struggle). Let’s end this battle within us and work on ending the war we are participating in. Let’s take all the collective energy that we women have been using to lose weight and obsess over our bodies and use it for something more productive. Let’s work with ourselves and sup- 224 • If IAm So Smart, Why Can’t I Lose Weight?