Step 1 — Longevity is the goal. Not just lifespan — healthspan. The years you spend feeling strong, sharp, and fully alive. My operating philosophy: Feel Great All Day. Every protocol I teach serves that north star.

Step 2 — Your waist circumference is how you measure it. Jack LaLanne said “your waistline is your lifeline” and modern science has proven him right. Visceral fat — the deep belly fat around your organs — actively secretes inflammatory chemicals (Fontana et al., Diabetes, 2007: 50% higher IL-6 than peripheral fat). A 2014 pooled analysis of 650,000 adults found every two-inch increase in waist circumference raised mortality risk by 7–9% independent of BMI. The thresholds: under 32 inches for women, under 37 inches for men. Forget the scale. Measure your waist and learn more.

Step 3 — Time-Restricted Eating is how you reduce it. In 2022, Mingqian He and colleagues published in Cell Reports Medicine a randomized trial comparing TRE (8-hour eating window) against a low-carb diet in 169 adults. TRE reduced visceral fat by 13 cm². The low-carb group gained visceral fat. The difference was statistically significant. My book The Cruise Control Diet covers this protocol. My colleague Dr. Jason Fung from Toronto leads the field.

Step 4 — Zero Hunger Water solves the #1 obstacle. The reason most people fail at TRE is mineral-deficiency hunger. When insulin drops during fasting, kidneys release sodium — creating electrolyte debt that mimics intense hunger. Morris et al. (2008) showed sodium deprivation makes sugar-craving neurons 10 times more reactive. A 2021 meta-analysis of 32 RCTs linked magnesium deficiency to increased body mass. Zero Hunger Water® — sodium, potassium, and magnesium — fills that gap. Every two hours during your fasting window. The false hunger disappears.

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Midlife hunger isn’t willpower. It’s signals. Here’s how we shut it down.

Step 1 Minerals:
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I had a camera, a small Canon, and a question about belly fat. I wanted him to explain, in his words, exactly why belly fat was dangerous — in the way only a cardiac surgeon who had held a human liver in his hands could explain it. What came out of that conversation is something I have been thinking about ever since, and something that now sits at the center of Step Two of my Longevity Map.

What he taught me about visceral fat — and why it is not like any other fat

Dr. Oz opened with something that stopped me cold. He described a type of fat he had famously brought onto Oprah’s show: omental fat. The omentum is a layer of fatty tissue that sits beneath the muscles of your abdomen, wrapped around your internal organs. You cannot pinch it. You cannot see it in a mirror. You can carry an enormous quantity of it and look, from the outside, like someone who is perhaps just a little soft around the middle.

But unlike the fat on your arms, your thighs, or your hips — which he dismissed, almost fondly, as costing you “a couple of days” — visceral fat is metabolically dangerous in a way that is categorically different.

“That fat is way inside of you, under the muscles of your belly. Those of you who worry about your fat thighs — that’ll cost you a couple of days. But that’s not what a doctor worries about. — Dr. Mehmet Oz, Columbia University, 2008”

Here is the biology he laid out, and it has held up perfectly almost 20 years since: visceral fat is positioned directly adjacent to the portal vein, the large vessel that carries blood from the digestive organs to the liver. In our ancestral past, this placement was a feature, not a bug. When famine struck — and famine struck often — the body could rapidly mobilize that visceral fat, send it through the portal vein to the liver, and convert it to fuel. Visceral fat was the body’s emergency reserve, sitting right next to the expressway that led to the organs that needed it most.

The problem, as Dr. Oz described it with a wry precision I have never forgotten, is that we solved the famine problem but kept accumulating the fat. You can get a carton of milk out of the fridge in thirty seconds now, he said. Our ancestors spent all day hunting. We have the storage system of people who needed reserves, living in a world with no shortage at all.

And so the visceral fat accumulates. Because it sits on that portal vein expressway, everything it secretes — the inflammatory chemicals, the adipokines, the toxic signals — goes straight to the liver. He described three consequences that together constitute metabolic syndrome: the liver, poisoned by those signals, begins producing bad cholesterol, creating the conditions for heart disease. The liver, irritated and overwhelmed, stops responding to insulin properly, leading to type 2 diabetes even in people with normal insulin levels. And the physical mass of the fat itself, pressing against the kidneys, causes them to misread the body’s fluid pressure signals and drive blood pressure up. High cholesterol. High blood sugar. High blood pressure. The three-headed monster of metabolic syndrome, all traceable back to that one fat depot sitting beneath your navel.

“Belly fat gives you high blood pressure, high blood sugar, and high blood cholesterol.” And then he added the number I have never forgotten: a lot of belly fat strips, on average, more than fifteen years from your life.

The tape measure moment — and the formula everyone needs to know

This is the part of the video I want you to watch most carefully, because it is where Dr. Oz delivers something that I believe is one of the most practical and underused pieces of health guidance available to the general public.

He does not ask for BMI. He does not ask for weight. He pulls out a tape measure.

Here is the formula he gave me, and I am going to write it out clearly because it deserves to be written clearly. Your waist circumference should be no more than one half of your height. That is it. That is the number. If you are six feet tall — seventy-two inches — your waist should be no more than thirty-six inches. If you are five feet four — sixty-four inches — your waist should be no more than thirty-two inches. This formula works for children and adults alike, for men and for women, for every body type. It requires nothing but a tape measure and five seconds of your time.

For women: thirty-two and a half inches or less. For men: thirty-seven inches or less. But the formula — waist equals half your height — is the more precise and personal version.

I was thirty-seven years old and measuring twenty-nine and a half inches in that video. Dr. Oz declared me safe. He made me suck in — but safe.

Why this video is actually about time-restricted eating — even though neither of us called it that

There is a passage in this conversation that, when I listen to it now, sounds almost prophetic. Dr. Oz explained why our ancestors’ visceral fat was so responsive — why it could be mobilized so quickly when famine arrived. The answer was timing. During the periods of not eating — the famine periods, the hunting days, the long stretches between meals — the body preferentially drew from visceral fat because of its direct access to the portal vein. It was the most accessible store, sitting right next to the highway that led to the liver.

What he was describing, without using the term, was exactly what researchers have since confirmed through randomized controlled trials. In 2022, a landmark study published in Cell Reports Medicine by Mingqian He and colleagues tested an eight-hour eating window against a low-carbohydrate diet in 169 adults with metabolic syndrome. The TRE group reduced their visceral fat area by thirteen square centimeters. The low-carb group actually gained visceral fat. The mechanism is precisely what Dr. Oz described in that hallway in 2008: when insulin drops during the fasting window, the body turns first to the fat depot with the easiest access to the portal vein. Your belly goes first.

He called it “famine time.” We now call it time-restricted eating, or intermittent fasting. The biology is identical. The science has only gotten stronger since that July afternoon at Columbia.

Where Zero Hunger Water fits into this picture

The reason most people cannot sustain time-restricted eating is not lack of discipline. It is mineral deficiency. When insulin drops during the fasting window, the kidneys excrete sodium at an accelerated rate — and that sodium loss drags potassium and magnesium with it. The body, depleted of those three minerals, fires a hunger signal that is neurologically indistinguishable from genuine caloric need. Research by Morris, Na, and Johnson, published in Physiology & Behavior in 2008 — the same year as this video — showed that sodium deprivation causes the sugar-sensitive neurons in the brain’s taste-processing center to become up to ten times more reactive. The hunger is real. The calories are not needed. The mineral is.

Zero Hunger Water — sodium, potassium, and magnesium, zero calories, no GLP-1 required — is the solution to that specific problem. It restores the mineral balance that makes the fasting window bearable, and in doing so, allows the mechanism Dr. Oz described in 2008 to actually work: your body enters the fat-burning state, it draws from the visceral fat sitting on the portal vein highway, and your belly goes first.

This is not a new idea. Dr. Oz was teaching the biology of it before most people had heard the phrase intermittent fasting. I am just finally building the product that makes it effortless.

What I want you to do right now

First, watch the video. It is just under six minutes.

Second, get a tape measure. Measure your waist at the belly button, over the hips. Take the number seriously. This is not about how you look. It is about your liver, your insulin response, your blood pressure, and the fifteen or more years that excessive visceral fat will steal from you if you let it.

Third, if your number is higher than half your height — or for women higher than thirty-two and a half, for men higher than thirty-seven — download my free Belly Goes First guidebook. It has a nineteen-day challenge with a built-in tracker for your waist circumference measurements at days one, seven, fourteen, and nineteen. It is free. It is designed for both men and women. And it is the entry point to the Longevity Map I have been building for thirty years.

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Fourth, if you want to do this with me in real time — join me on Monday evenings at five o’clock Pacific for our live coaching session. That is an invitation from someone who is in it alongside you.

“Your waistline is your lifeline. It was on Jack LaLanne’s belt buckle decades before Dr. Oz confirmed it at Columbia. It is still true today. Go measure.”

Most of the women I work with are over forty, and they feel like their bodies have suddenly gone rogue. They eat less, they move more, yet the stubborn belly fat that appeared seemingly overnight refuses to budge. If this sounds like you, I need you to know that you are not broken. You are simply dealing with a specific biological force that requires a specific biological solution. Midlife is not the end; it is the upgrade.

To fix the weight, we have to understand the fat. The fat on your arms or hips is subcutaneous fat. While it might frustrate you in the mirror, it isn’t what is threatening your health. The real enemy is visceral fat. This is the toxic fat stored deep inside your abdomen, wrapping around your vital organs. Visceral fat is not just idle storage; it is an active, pro-inflammatory organ that continuously secretes chemicals into your system, leading to insulin resistance, heart disease, and metabolic syndrome.

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In 2022, a landmark study was published in the journal Cell Reports Medicine by lead author Mingqian He and a team of researchers. This article is one of the most critical pieces of science I have read in my career because it proves exactly how we win this battle. The researchers conducted a randomized trial to determine the effects of a low-carbohydrate diet against an 8-hour time-restricted eating schedule.

The results were a revelation. The study found that while both groups lost weight, only the 8-hour time-restricted eating window significantly reduced visceral fat area and improved metabolic syndrome markers like fasting blood glucose and uric acid. In fact, time-restricted eating was superior to a standard low-carbohydrate diet for reducing visceral obesity.

Why does this work? When you restrict your eating to an 8-hour window, you allow your insulin levels to drop for sixteen hours. This drop in insulin signals your kidneys to release sodium, and it triggers a metabolic switch where your body stops burning the food you just ate and starts drawing fuel from your internal stores. As the Mingqian He study confirmed, your visceral fat is the first place your body goes for fuel when you enter that state. Your belly goes first.

However, there is a catch. When insulin drops and your kidneys release sodium, your body enters electrolyte debt. This deficiency mimics intense hunger and amplifies sugar-craving neurons by nearly tenfold. This is why most diets fail: you aren’t fighting a lack of willpower; you are fighting a mineral deficiency. This “internal starvation” hijacks your appetite and makes you feel like you are starving even while you are carrying thousands of stored calories in your fat tissue.

This is why I created Zero Hunger Water. By giving your body the specific proprietary blend of sodium, potassium, and magnesium it needs, you turn off the Physical Hunger signals. This allows you to comfortably reach that fat-burning window where your belly goes first.

I am pouring the culmination of my thirty-year career into my upcoming book, Zero Hunger Plan. But I don’t want you to wait until next year to start your upgrade. I want you to have the science and the strategy today. I have created a free, printer-friendly guidebook called Belly Goes First that outlines the 19-day challenge you need to transform your health.

We are starting this 19-Day Challenge together as a community this coming Monday, April 6th, which is Easter Monday. It is the perfect time for a fresh start. Download the guidebook, sign the commitment on page 26, and let’s make your belly go first so your life can go forward.

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Zero Hunger Water® test users reported losing significant weight (e.g., Barbara Rastello lost 21 pounds in 19 days, Julie Gushlaw lost 84 pounds in 11 months), reduced cravings, increased energy, better sleep, and improved kidney function. It’s also lowers stress hormones, which are linked to belly fat.
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Electrolyte Science (ranked 1–9; sodium first, then potassium/magnesium)

1. NHANES (n=38,722): lower sodium intake is linked to higher added sugar intake, implying low‑salt diets can drive compensatory sweet cravings. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32762131/#:~:text=was%2043,the%20associated%20high%20sugar%20intake
   

2. Systematic review of 23 human trials: sodium restriction worsens insulin resistance and raises counter‑regulatory hormones, a metabolic state that increases appetite. https://journalofmetabolichealth.org/index.php/jmh/article/view/78/242
   

3. Comprehensive review: sodium deficiency powerfully activates salt appetite and rewires reward circuits; repletion normalizes hedonic tone—mechanism for “false hunger.” https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4433288/#:~:text=PMC%20pmc,82%2C%20118
   

4. Controlled rat study: adding NaCl cut food intake by ~10–25% and reduced body‑fat gain—evidence that sodium status can directly suppress feeding. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1252395/#:~:text=containing%2013%20g%20NaCl/kg,%20or,water%20had%20a
   

5. Independent institutional repository of the NHANES analysis confirming low sodium ↔ higher sugar intake (secondary source for #1’s finding). https://touroscholar.touro.edu/nymc_fac_pubs/2785/#:~:text=51.2,the%20associated%20high%20sugar%20intake
   

6. One‑year program in metabolic syndrome: increasing dietary potassium was the strongest predictor of BMI reduction (~45% of variance), supporting potassium’s satiety/weight‑control role. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6627830/#:~:text=regression%20analysis%20revealed%20that%2045,239)%20and
   

7. Meta‑analysis of 18 RCTs: oral magnesium improves fasting glucose and insulin sensitivity in at‑risk groups—blunting crash‑and‑crave cycles that fuel appetite. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27530471/#:~:text=,sensitivity%20parameters
   

8. Review: magnesium stimulates cholecystokinin (CCK) release; across studies, it suppresses hunger, lowers intake, and reduces body weight (magnesium glycinate preferred for bioavailability). https://www.mattioli1885journals.com/index.php/progressinnutrition/article/view/9081#:~:text=Aim:%20Magnesium%20has%20many%20important,influence%20of%20cholecystokinin%20on%20hunger/satiety
   

9. Alternate anchor to #1 (same NHANES cohort) again showing low sodium associates with higher sugar consumption—reaffirming the sodium–sweet craving connection. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32762131/#:~:text=showed%20that%20among%2038%20722,health%20may%20be%20explained%20at
   
   

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Here’s my answer.

I was a twenty-something kid at UCSD studying political science, carrying extra weight, and trying to figure out what I was even doing on this planet. I didn’t know the nineties were about to hand me everything — my career, my purpose, and one of the most important lessons I’d ever learn.

My mom Gloria was alive. She was luminous — a dancer, a teacher of elegance, the person who cheered loudest for every wild idea I had. My dad believed in me too. When I told them I wanted to become a wellness trainer after attending a Tony Robbins seminar, they didn’t flinch. They helped me create CD audio kits — not tapes, CDs, because that mattered then — and my career was born.

I started an entertainment magazine in college called College Scene with my sister and my roommate Andrew. I organized Learning Annex seminars at the Hyatt in San Diego, standing up in front of rooms of strangers holding a five-pound model of fat, teaching people that the belly was a mind problem before it was a body problem.

And then I had the idea to use video — before YouTube, before Instagram, before anyone knew what a content creator was. I launched Fit Now, interviewed Richard Simmons, became friends with Bob Green (Oprah’s trainer), and eventually landed in Chicago at Harpo Studios.

Harpo. You know what that spells backwards.

My mom had passed away on February 5th, 1998 — just months before that taping. I was grieving and grateful at the same time. And when the show was over and I was standing feet from Oprah, I did something that scared me.

I asked.

I told her about my mom. About the dream she had for me. And I asked if we could take a photo together — something I could hold onto to remember what was possible.

Oprah stood up in front of her entire studio audience, told them I was the only guest who had ever asked for that photo, and called her photographer over herself.

That photo is the one I keep. Not because of who’s in it — but because of what it taught me.

The greatest lesson of my nineties wasn’t from a seminar. It wasn’t from a bestseller. It was this: ask for what you want. Because if you don’t ask, the answer is always no.

Tony Robbins taught me to change my identity. But Oprah taught me to use my voice.

Now I’m 55. Still asking. Still showing up. Working on my 40th book, The Zero Hunger Plan, and inviting you to join me this Monday at 5 PM Pacific Time for a live coaching session where new members get an advance draft of the book. I’ve got an 80% off code, a hardship discount for anyone who needs it, and 25 years of research on how to transform your health from the belly out.

The nineties were the decade I learned to ask.

This Monday is yours.

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I want to begin with a story that is very close to my heart. On February 5, 1998, I lost my mom, Gloria Cansino. She was a luminous actress from Mexico’s golden era of cinema in the 1940s and ‘50s, a lifelong dancer, and a teacher of elegance. She was only in her sixties when she passed. In her later years, years of dancing left her with severe hip pain. Her doctors recommended a hip replacement, but she hesitated. It felt risky, even unnecessary. So she did what so many people in midlife do: she tried to manage the pain herself with ibuprofen, day after day. None of us realized the danger of long-term use. Over time, that decision — made from courage and naivety, not neglect — damaged her kidneys. Dialysis followed. I watched her radiant energy fade.

Here is the contrast that haunts me and drives me: my grandmother — my mom’s mother — lived to 103 years old. Same bloodline. Same kitchen. Two completely different endings. The difference was not genetics. It was the decisions each woman made in midlife, and the information she had when she made them. My mom didn’t lose her life because she didn’t care. She lost it because she didn’t have the right information at the right time.

Eight months after I lost her, I was invited onto The Oprah Winfrey Show. That appearance launched my career. But her death launched my mission. Thirty years and thirty-nine books later, everything I do still comes back to one question: What do people in midlife need to know that Gloria didn’t know — that would have given her thirty more years? That question is why I built The Longevity Map.

The Longevity Map: Four Steps That Change Everything

Step 1 — Longevity is the goal. Not just lifespan — healthspan. The years you spend feeling strong, sharp, and fully alive. My operating philosophy: Feel Great All Day. Every protocol I teach serves that north star.

Step 2 — Your waist circumference is how you measure it. Jack LaLanne said “your waistline is your lifeline” and modern science has proven him right. Visceral fat — the deep belly fat around your organs — actively secretes inflammatory chemicals (Fontana et al., Diabetes, 2007: 50% higher IL-6 than peripheral fat). A 2014 pooled analysis of 650,000 adults found every two-inch increase in waist circumference raised mortality risk by 7–9% independent of BMI. The thresholds: under 32 inches for women, under 38 inches for men. Forget the scale. Measure your waist.

Step 3 — Time-Restricted Eating is how you reduce it. In 2022, Mingqian He and colleagues published in Cell Reports Medicine a randomized trial comparing TRE (8-hour eating window) against a low-carb diet in 169 adults. TRE reduced visceral fat by 13 cm². The low-carb group gained visceral fat. The difference was statistically significant. My book The Cruise Control Diet covers this protocol. My colleague Dr. Jason Fung from Toronto leads the field.

Step 4 — Zero Hunger Water solves the #1 obstacle. The reason most people fail at TRE is mineral-deficiency hunger. When insulin drops during fasting, kidneys release sodium — creating electrolyte debt that mimics intense hunger. Morris et al. (2008) showed sodium deprivation makes sugar-craving neurons 10 times more reactive. A 2021 meta-analysis of 32 RCTs linked magnesium deficiency to increased body mass. Zero Hunger Water® — sodium, potassium, and magnesium — fills that gap. Every two hours during your fasting window. The false hunger disappears.

Where GLP-1 Drugs Fit — and Where They Don’t

GLP-1 medications like Ozempic quiet appetite, and when that happens, people transform. But the data shows: Kevin Hall’s 2024 modeling study in Obesity demonstrated GLP-1 weight loss plateaus at roughly twenty-four months. When patients stop, approximately two-thirds of lost weight returns within a year (STEP 1 Extension Trial, 2022). The side effects are well documented. These drugs need an off-ramp. My FREE guidebook is that off-ramp — but please keep reading. No GLP-1 required.

A Second Chance at Your Best Life

If you’re in midlife like me: midlife isn’t the end — it’s the upgrade. After twenty-four years in publishing and coaching — 39 books — I’ve discovered one core principle: when you control hunger, you control your life. Not just your weight. Your energy, your focus, your mood, your confidence — everything.

GLP-1 medications have made hunger control mainstream. But pills and shots can’t solve emotional hunger. Without that piece, people relapse. Because hunger isn’t just physical — it’s emotional and social. That’s where my FREE guidebook and club come in.

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Three Hungers: Minerals, Dopamine & Community

After decades of research and hundreds of interviews with the best minds in wellness, I built the Zero Hunger Method on three proven pillars, one for the body, one for the brain, and one for connection. Clinically, you can think of these as homeostatic hunger (physical), hedonic hunger (emotional), and conditioned hunger (social and environmental).

Pillar 1: Minerals for Physical Hunger

This is the straightforward science.

When I interviewed Dr. James DiNicolantonio, author of The Salt Fix, he said something that stopped me in my tracks: “Most hunger is not a calorie problem—it’s a mineral problem.” He showed me how often “hunger” is actually your body crying out for sodium, potassium, or magnesium. These minerals regulate your hunger hormones—ghrelin and leptin—and when you restore them, your cravings start to quiet almost instantly. You can watch our full conversation here: Dr. James DiNicolantonio on The Salt Fix.

My friend Robb Wolf, creator of LMNT electrolytes, reinforced the same principle in another one of my favorite interviews: Robb Wolf. He reminded me that our ancestors ate diets rich in natural minerals, while modern processed foods have stripped them out. Without minerals, the body sends constant “feed me” signals, even when calories are abundant. In this program, we’ll restore that natural balance—starting with something simple: my Zero Hunger Water®, a mineral-infused drink that you can make at home in seconds.

You’ll learn how to nourish at the cellular level so you finally feel full between meals, steady all day, and relaxed around food. When your body has what it truly needs, the noise of cravings fades into quiet.

Pillar 2: Dopamine for Emotional Hunger

This is where it gets personal—and powerful.

Emotional hunger isn’t about an empty stomach. It’s about an empty reward system. That’s the part of the brain that runs on dopamine, the chemical that fuels motivation, satisfaction, and joy. When dopamine is low, willpower feels impossible. When it’s balanced, discipline feels easy.

One of the greatest influences on my work has been Dr. Anna Lembke, the Stanford psychiatrist and author of Dopamine Nation. Her research helped me understand why so many people, even on perfect diets, still relapse. Modern life overwhelms us with quick dopamine hits—sugar, scrolling, shopping, streaming—until our brains forget how to feel real satisfaction.

Dopamine recovery isn’t about deprivation; it’s about replacement. In this program, we’ll rebuild dopamine naturally—with purpose, progress, and connection. You’ll learn to design your mornings to spark motivation, create micro-wins throughout the day, and wind down in ways that soothe instead of sabotage.

We’ll also talk about my longtime friend and colleague Dr. Jason Fung, whose work on insulin control complements everything we’re doing here. When you lower insulin (through smart carb control and intermittent fasting), your physical hunger stabilizes. Combine that with dopamine structure and your emotional hunger stabilizes, too.

Here’s the part I don’t talk about enough, but it is the truth.

I was raised by my grandmother in a very Catholic, traditional, conservative family. For years, I didn’t understand I was a gay Latin man. I carried shame I didn’t deserve, and I tried to be “perfect” to feel safe. That kind of stress doesn’t just drain your joy, it turns up cravings and food noise.

What changed my life was learning to see my story through a different lens, through God’s eyes, through the universe’s eyes. Not “Why is this happening to me?” but “How might this be happening for me?” Today, with AI, I can teach that perspective shift fast. Inside this club I’ll show you a simple monthly process to take a painful memory, extract the lesson, and turn it into an affirmation anthem, a personal song you can listen to on repeat (we can even use tools like Suno).

I even created a song for my grandmother called “What You Gave,” listen below to the first example — as well as a few others songs. You don’t need talent. You need truth, repetition, and the right soundtrack. And best of all, you will be able to quickly do the same. Click here to learn morel

Together, these two systems, minerals for the body, and dopamine for the mind — you actually live, form the foundation of a truly sustainable transformation.

Pillar 3: Community for Social Hunger

The final pillar is community. Because the best plan will collapse in isolation or with the wrong people. Conditioned hunger is real. It’s the hunger that shows up because of your environment, your routines, your stress, and your people. Who you’re with is who you become.

When you show up, share, and get seen, your brain gets the kind of reward it used to chase through food or distraction. Community gives dopamine meaning. It’s what turns good habits into lasting identity.

Here’s what that looks like:

• Weekly Live Coaching Session: Mondays at 5 p.m. PT on Google Meets, 60 minutes, led by me, Jorge Cruise.

  
  

  

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• Turn off physical hunger with 12 oz of Zero Hunger Water® upon rising. Continue every 2 hours or when hungry.

• Avoid emotional eating with positive dopamine wins.

• Stop doing midlife alone and join us Mondays live at 5 p.m. Pacific Time (PT).

Result: hunger quiets, afternoons smooth out, evenings stop unraveling. You look and feel like you again.

My Invitation to You

Midlife hunger isn’t willpower. It’s signals. Here’s how we shut it down.

Step 1 Minerals:
Physical/Homeostatic hunger drops fast with Zero Hunger Water.

Each week, we explore the foundation of physical hunger. Learn how sodium, magnesium, and potassium regulate metabolism and hunger signaling. Discover how Zero Hunger Water transforms your energy and fullness. Hear real success stories and track your water intake as we build accountability and momentum together.

Step 2 Dopamine:
Emotional/Hedonic eating calms with a simple rewiring routine (yes, with AI music tools that work).

Transform emotional eating by flipping limiting beliefs into empowering perspectives. Using discussion, AI tools like Suno, and inspiring client anthems, we rewire your dopamine system for motivation, focus, and joy. Explore weekly dopamine wins from cold plunges, prayer, and curated habits that energize your body and mind without sugar or carbs.

Step 3 Community:
Social/Conditioned hunger, cue-driven hunger loses power through four LIVE Google Meets/month (4 hours) with me.

The power of connection drives lasting change. Each session strengthens your network, fosters accountability, and builds friendships. Engage in group chats, meet members by name, and participate in Q&A and introductions to support your growth every week.

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Always hungry after 40? If menopause belly, food noise, and constant cravings are running your life, you are not alone and you are not broken. (Guys, you’re welcome too.)

I want to begin with a story that is very close to my heart.

My partner, Wyatt took the photo on my 55th birthday above Del Mar beach. When I was a student at UCSD, this was one my favorite place to come with my mom, Gloria Cansino. She was a luminous actress from Mexico’s golden era of cinema in the 1940s and ’50s, a lifelong dancer, and a teacher of elegance.”

Back then, I didn’t know how much my mom would shape my life.

In her later years, years of dancing left her with severe hip pain. Her doctors recommended a hip replacement, but she hesitated. It felt risky, even unnecessary. So she did what so many people in midlife do: she tried to manage the pain herself with ibuprofen, day after day. None of us realized the danger of long-term use. Over time, that decision—made from courage and naivety, not neglect—damaged her kidneys. Dialysis followed. I watched her radiant energy fade.

That experience changed me. It taught me that midlife decisions matter. What you do—or don’t do—for your health in these years determines the decades that follow. My mom didn’t lose her life because she didn’t care. She lost it because she didn’t have the right information at the right time.

Some of you will ask: is just one or two meal a day safe? You’re used to three. Yes. It’s time‑restricted eating—intermittent fasting. My last book, The Cruise Control Diet covers it. My colleague and friend Dr. Jason Fung from Toronto leads; see our podcast. Before Zero Hunger Water® and GLP‑1 it was harder.

A Second Chance at Your Best Life

If you’re in midlife like me, here’s the truth: midlife isn’t the end—it’s the upgrade.

This is your moment to rewrite how you age, how you move, and how you feel.
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After 24 years in publishing and coaching—39 books and countless conversations later—I’ve discovered one core principle that drives all success: when you control hunger, you control your life. Not just your weight. Your energy, your focus, your mood, your confidence—everything.

For decades, wellness was about calories and cardio. But something has shifted. The new conversation is about hunger control—the signal that governs all others. Whether you’re managing insulin, stress, hormones, or emotions, hunger sits at the center.

GLP-1 medications like Ozempic have made this truth obvious. They quiet appetite—just like my Zero Hunger Water® and when that happens, people transform. But here’s what I’ve seen again and again with my private clients: pills and shots can’t solve emotional hunger. Without that piece, people relapse into old patterns. Because hunger isn’t just physical—it’s emotional.

That’s where this club comes in. It’s designed to go deeper than any script or supplement—to help you master both hungers, so your wins stick for life.

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Three Pillars: Minerals, Dopamine & Community

After decades of research and hundreds of interviews with the best minds in wellness, I built the Zero Hunger Method on three proven pillars, one for the body, one for the brain, and one for connection. Clinically, you can think of these as homeostatic hunger (physical), hedonic hunger (emotional), and conditioned hunger (social and environmental).

Pillar 1: Minerals for Physical Hunger

This is the straightforward science.

When I interviewed Dr. James DiNicolantonio, author of The Salt Fix, he said something that stopped me in my tracks: “Most hunger is not a calorie problem—it’s a mineral problem.” He showed me how often “hunger” is actually your body crying out for sodium, potassium, or magnesium. These minerals regulate your hunger hormones—ghrelin and leptin—and when you restore them, your cravings start to quiet almost instantly. You can watch our full conversation here: Dr. James DiNicolantonio on The Salt Fix.

My friend Robb Wolf, creator of LMNT electrolytes, reinforced the same principle in another one of my favorite interviews: Robb Wolf. He reminded me that our ancestors ate diets rich in natural minerals, while modern processed foods have stripped them out. Without minerals, the body sends constant “feed me” signals, even when calories are abundant. In this program, we’ll restore that natural balance—starting with something simple: my Zero Hunger Water®, a mineral-infused drink that you can make at home in seconds.

You’ll learn how to nourish at the cellular level so you finally feel full between meals, steady all day, and relaxed around food. When your body has what it truly needs, the noise of cravings fades into quiet.

Pillar 2: Dopamine for Emotional Hunger

This is where it gets personal—and powerful.

Emotional hunger isn’t about an empty stomach. It’s about an empty reward system. That’s the part of the brain that runs on dopamine, the chemical that fuels motivation, satisfaction, and joy. When dopamine is low, willpower feels impossible. When it’s balanced, discipline feels easy.

One of the greatest influences on my work has been Dr. Anna Lembke, the Stanford psychiatrist and author of Dopamine Nation. Her research helped me understand why so many people, even on perfect diets, still relapse. Modern life overwhelms us with quick dopamine hits—sugar, scrolling, shopping, streaming—until our brains forget how to feel real satisfaction.

Dopamine recovery isn’t about deprivation; it’s about replacement. In this program, we’ll rebuild dopamine naturally—with purpose, progress, and connection. You’ll learn to design your mornings to spark motivation, create micro-wins throughout the day, and wind down in ways that soothe instead of sabotage.

We’ll also talk about my longtime friend and colleague Dr. Jason Fung, whose work on insulin control complements everything we’re doing here. When you lower insulin (through smart carb control and intermittent fasting), your physical hunger stabilizes. Combine that with dopamine structure and your emotional hunger stabilizes, too.

Here’s the part I don’t talk about enough, but it is the truth.

I was raised by my grandmother in a very Catholic, traditional, conservative family. For years, I didn’t understand I was a gay Latin man. I carried shame I didn’t deserve, and I tried to be “perfect” to feel safe. That kind of stress doesn’t just drain your joy, it turns up cravings and food noise.

What changed my life was learning to see my story through a different lens, through God’s eyes, through the universe’s eyes. Not “Why is this happening to me?” but “How might this be happening for me?” Today, with AI, I can teach that perspective shift fast. Inside this club I’ll show you a simple monthly process to take a painful memory, extract the lesson, and turn it into an affirmation anthem, a personal song you can listen to on repeat (we can even use tools like Suno).

I even created a song for my grandmother called “What You Gave,” listen below to the first example — as well as a few others songs. You don’t need talent. You need truth, repetition, and the right soundtrack. And best of all, you will be able to quickly do the same. Click here to learn morel

Together, these two systems, minerals for the body, and dopamine for the mind — you actually live, form the foundation of a truly sustainable transformation.

Pillar 3: Community for Social Hunger

The final pillar is community. Because the best plan will collapse in isolation or with the wrong people. Conditioned hunger is real. It’s the hunger that shows up because of your environment, your routines, your stress, and your people. Who you’re with is who you become.

When you show up, share, and get seen, your brain gets the kind of reward it used to chase through food or distraction. Community gives dopamine meaning. It’s what turns good habits into lasting identity.

Here’s what that looks like:

• Weekly Live Coaching Session: Mondays at 5 p.m. PT on Google Meets, 60 minutes, led by me, Jorge Cruise.

• Community Chat: A private place to connect with other members, share wins, ask questions, and get support when motivation fades.
  

• Reference Library: Zero Hunger Water recipes, dopamine win alternatives that are true win-wins, plus Eight Minute Moves to rebuild lean muscle, and high-protein meals that are delicious and ready in minutes.
  
  

  

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  What This Looks Like in Real Life

• Turn off physical hunger with 12 oz of Zero Hunger Water® upon rising. Continue every 2 hours or when hungry.

• Avoid emotional eating with positive dopamine wins.

• Stop doing midlife alone and join us Mondays live at 5 p.m. Pacific Time (PT).

Result: hunger quiets, afternoons smooth out, evenings stop unraveling. You look and feel like you again.

My Invitation to You

Midlife hunger isn’t willpower. It’s signals. Here’s how we shut it down.

Step 1 Minerals:
Physical/Homeostatic hunger drops fast with Zero Hunger Water.

Each week, we explore the foundation of physical hunger. Learn how sodium, magnesium, and potassium regulate metabolism and hunger signaling. Discover how Zero Hunger Water transforms your energy and fullness. Hear real success stories and track your water intake as we build accountability and momentum together.

Step 2 Dopamine:
Emotional/Hedonic eating calms with a simple rewiring routine (yes, with AI music tools that work).

Transform emotional eating by flipping limiting beliefs into empowering perspectives. Using discussion, AI tools like Suno, and inspiring client anthems, we rewire your dopamine system for motivation, focus, and joy. Explore weekly dopamine wins from cold plunges, prayer, and curated habits that energize your body and mind without sugar or carbs.

Step 3 Community:
Social/Conditioned hunger, cue-driven hunger loses power through four LIVE Google Meets/month (4 hours) with me.

The power of connection drives lasting change. Each session strengthens your network, fosters accountability, and builds friendships. Engage in group chats, meet members by name, and participate in Q&A and introductions to support your growth every week.

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DOWLOAD

On a personal note, this is why I’m pouring my heart into Zero Hunger Water, The Zero Hunger Plan and my Zero Hunger coaching community. I don’t believe constant hunger means you’re “missing” a GLP‑1; I believe it points to deeper mineral deficiencies, emotional wounds (including Adverse Childhood Experiences—take the ACE questionnaire here: https://www.camh.ca/-/media/professionals-images/professionals-ctt-test-move/ace-questionnaire-2018-pdf.pdf, or this version: https://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/ACE-Questionnaire.pdf), and social isolation that drive overeating in midlife.

I’ve lived through my own midlife shocks—from coming out at 39 after decades of sincere confusion to rebuilding my life and identity—so I know how hard it is to untangle old stories around food, body, and belonging.

If you want help using tools like GLP‑1s wisely while you fix the root causes of hunger, I’d love to coach you in my live Zero Hunger Club sessions on Mondays at 5 p.m. Pacific, where founding members are getting an 80% discount and we also offer hardship support for anyone struggling financially.

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People always push back with the same concern: is eating only one or two meals a day really safe? My answer is yes—100 percent. I coach clients to eat inside an eight‑hour window or smaller, leaving roughly sixteen hours for fasting. That’s time‑restricted eating, and it’s safe. Before Zero Hunger Water, and before GLP‑1s, hunger made this hard.

Now you can manage appetite, enjoy the foods you love during your eating window, and lean on this community to see and keep your results.

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A Second Chance at Your Best Life

If you’re in midlife like me, here’s the truth: midlife isn’t the end—it’s the upgrade.

This is your moment to rewrite how you age, how you move, and how you feel.
Meet some of my past clients, including myself…

After 24 years in publishing and coaching—39 books and countless conversations later—I’ve discovered one core principle that drives all success: when you control hunger, you control your life. Not just your weight. Your energy, your focus, your mood, your confidence—everything.

“I have a flat stomach again!”
—Dorinda Medley

I know what it’s like to struggle with weight. In college I weighed 240 pounds; today, at 54, I’m 202 and stronger than ever. When COVID hit, I regained weight and lost focus until an interview with Dr. James DiNicolantonio changed everything. He explained that modern agriculture strips our food of minerals, creating false hunger. Restoring minerals resets appetite fast. I also discovered from Stanford’s Dr. Anna Lembke that low dopamine, often from early stress, drives emotional eating. So I built a new coaching method that restores both: minerals for the body and dopamine wins for the mind.

Each week, you’ll get four coaching sessions with me—one LIVE Monday event and three follow-ups—to help you master hunger, rebuild muscle, and shrink belly fat. My elite clients pay almost $4 k a week for this structure. You’ll get it for $16.95 a week (annual plan), limited to the first 100 members. There’s a 30-day money-back guarantee. Learn more below, or Start Now—spots fill fast, and I’d love to see you Monday live.

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If you’re in midlife and still negotiating with the pantry, here’s the truth I’ve learned writing 39 books: there are two kinds of hunger. Physical hunger is cellular—an electrolyte signal asking for sodium, potassium, and magnesium. When these are low, the brain misfires “eat sugar now,” insulin control wobbles, and willpower gets blamed for what is, in fact, chemistry. The evidence is strong: low sodium intake tracks with higher added sugar consumption; sodium restriction worsens insulin resistance and primes appetite hormones; raising potassium predicts meaningful drops in BMI; magnesium steadies glucose and stimulates CCK, the fullness cue. Restore minerals and the nervous system quiets. That’s why I start clients with Zero Hunger Water: simple, precise, effective.

Emotional hunger is different. It’s the theater of dopamine—our reward currency—shaped by modern, hyper-palatable cues. Stanford psychiatrist Dr. Anna Lembke (author of Dopamine Nation) shows how repeated hits—especially sugar—sensitize the “wanting” circuit, leaving us restless when we’re not nibbling. Her interviews and lectures outline the fix: build friction around instant rewards, pursue effortful pleasures, and give the brain enough “clean wins” to reset the pleasure–pain balance. In practice, that means structuring small victories and connection so food isn’t the only reward on stage.

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Electrolyte and Dopamine Science (ranked 1–9; sodium first, then potassium/magnesium. Dopamine 10)

1. NHANES (n=38,722): lower sodium intake is linked to higher added sugar intake, implying low‑salt diets can drive compensatory sweet cravings. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32762131/#:~:text=was%2043,the%20associated%20high%20sugar%20intake

2. Systematic review of 23 human trials: sodium restriction worsens insulin resistance and raises counter‑regulatory hormones, a metabolic state that increases appetite. https://journalofmetabolichealth.org/index.php/jmh/article/view/78/242

3. Comprehensive review: sodium deficiency powerfully activates salt appetite and rewires reward circuits; repletion normalizes hedonic tone—mechanism for “false hunger.” https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4433288/#:~:text=PMC%20pmc,82%2C%20118

4. Controlled rat study: adding NaCl cut food intake by ~10–25% and reduced body‑fat gain—evidence that sodium status can directly suppress feeding. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1252395/#:~:text=containing%2013%20g%20NaCl/kg,%20or,water%20had%20a

5. Independent institutional repository of the NHANES analysis confirming low sodium ↔ higher sugar intake (secondary source for #1’s finding). https://touroscholar.touro.edu/nymc_fac_pubs/2785/#:~:text=51.2,the%20associated%20high%20sugar%20intake

6. One‑year program in metabolic syndrome: increasing dietary potassium was the strongest predictor of BMI reduction (~45% of variance), supporting potassium’s satiety/weight‑control role. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6627830/#:~:text=regression%20analysis%20revealed%20that%2045,239)%20and

7. Meta‑analysis of 18 RCTs: oral magnesium improves fasting glucose and insulin sensitivity in at‑risk groups—blunting crash‑and‑crave cycles that fuel appetite. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27530471/#:~:text=,sensitivity%20parameters

8. Review: magnesium stimulates cholecystokinin (CCK) release; across studies, it suppresses hunger, lowers intake, and reduces body weight (magnesium glycinate preferred for bioavailability). https://www.mattioli1885journals.com/index.php/progressinnutrition/article/view/9081#:~:text=Aim:%20Magnesium%20has%20many%20important,influence%20of%20cholecystokinin%20on%20hunger/satiety

9. Alternate anchor to #1 (same NHANES cohort) again showing low sodium associates with higher sugar consumption—reaffirming the sodium–sweet craving connection. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32762131/#:~:text=showed%20that%20among%2038%20722,health%20may%20be%20explained%20at

10. Dopamine Nation (overview and author site). https://www.annalembke.com/ ; Amazon listing: https://www.amazon.com/Dopamine-Nation-Finding-Balance-Indulgence/dp/152474672X

If you’re in midlife and tired of watching muscle slip away, here’s your truth: restoring lean muscle takes two things. First, hit your protein target. Second, commit to strength training, even if it’s short.

Let’s talk protein. I coach using the guideline: 1 gram of protein for every pound of your ideal body weight — so if your ideal weight is 206 lb, you aim for 206 g/day; if it’s 130 lb, you aim for 130 g/day. Why? Because your muscle-building machinery needs amino acids all day long. Recent research shows that healthy adults doing resistance training who consumed roughly 1.6 g/kg/day (~0.73 g/lb) achieved greater gains in lean mass and strength than lower intakes (Nunes EA et al., 2022, Systematic review and meta-analysis of protein intake to increase muscle mass and strength in healthy adults, PMC 8978023). I prefer the 1 g/lb rule because it gives us a margin of safety — especially in midlife when the anabolic response is less efficient.

And the best part — my weekly Tossed Together Recipes make it effortless. Each meal is built to hit your protein goal and stay under 100 sugar calories a day. What are sugar calories? Simple: total carbs × 4. Keep that number below 100 and you’ll steady insulin, erase belly fat, and control hunger. I first explained this concept to Steve Harvey on national TV when my best-selling book The 100 debuted. Watch the clip below to see how simple it is — and how you can still enjoy your favorite foods while reshaping your body.

Strength training is the second pillar. The science shows that older adults retain the capacity to build muscle and strength when they lift — and there are efficient models too. For example, “minimal-dose” resistance training (brief, frequent sessions, eccentric moves) improves muscle and function in older populations (Harper SA et al., 2021, Frontiers in Physiology). My practical recommendation: carve out as little as 8 minutes a day — or two or three short 5-minute blocks — of focused strength work: squats, pushes, pulls, hinges. My very first book, 8 Minutes in the Morning, published 24 years ago, was one of Oprah Winfrey’s picks.

If you’d like the full book, click here to get it on Amazon.

And when you become a member, we’ll be discussing 8-Minute Routines and Workouts at Monday night meetings and during office hours.

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References / Substantiations

Nunes EA et al. (2022). “Systematic review and meta-analysis of protein intake to increase muscle mass and strength in healthy adults.” PMC 8978023. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8978023/

Tagawa R et al. (2022). “Synergistic effect of increased total protein intake and resistance training on muscle strength: dose-response analysis.” Sports Medicine – Open. https://sportsmedicine-open.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s40798-022-00508-w

Harper SA et al. (2021). “Potential benefits of a minimal dose eccentric resistance training paradigm for older adults.” Frontiers in Physiology. https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/physiology/articles/10.3389/fphys.2021.790034/full

Fragala MS et al. (2019). “Resistance Training for Older Adults: Position Statement.” NSCA Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. https://journals.lww.com/nsca-jscr/fulltext/2019/08000/resistance_training_for_older_adults__position.1.aspx

Most of my clients lose one to two pounds a week by fasting for 16 hours, eating in an eight-hour window, drinking Zero Hunger Water to turn off physical hunger, and building their meals around high-quality protein. That’s the foundation, and it works beautifully.

But some clients want to accelerate their results. They’re sipping Zero Hunger Water and coffee in the morning, feeling great, and they ask me the same question you may be wondering: Can I lose weight a little faster—safely?

The answer is yes, and it comes from what I call my famous chia-seed cheat meal. You’ve seen me make versions of this on Live with Kelly & Mark, The Wendy Williams Show, Inside Edition, and Hallmark Channel’s Home & Family. This is also a Cruise Control recipe and one of the most effective tools for “cheating the fast” without raising insulin.

Chia seeds are a true superfood. When soaked, they expand and “bloom,” forming a natural gel that fills you up, steadies energy, and keeps insulin extremely low. That’s why this cheat meal doesn’t count metabolically. It lets you eat while your body continues to burn fat.

Some clients enjoy this cheat meal every morning. Others use it to replace one of their high-protein meals during the eight-hour window when they want faster results. If you have more than 30–60 pounds to lose, or you simply want a short-term boost before an event, this is a powerful option.

Here’s the Fruity Chia Seed Cheat Meal using the items in the photo above:

Fruity Tropical Punch Chia Seed Cheat Meal (makes 2–4 servings)

• 1/2 cup Navitas organic chia seeds (Zero Hunger Approved)

• 1 1/2 cups hot water

• 1 can (14 oz) full-fat unsweetened coconut milk

• A few drops SweetLeaf Water Drops – Tropical Punch (Zero Hunger Approved)

Stir the chia seeds and hot water together and let them bloom. Add the coconut milk and SweetLeaf drops to taste. Stir well. Refrigerate at least one hour or overnight until thick and creamy.

This is satisfying, low-insulin, high-fiber, and delicious. You can use it anytime you want to stay in fat-burning mode—morning, afternoon, even twice in the same day if you choose. You’re in control.

And when you join the club, you’ll get a new chia cheat-meal recipe every week—including chocolate, berry, pumpkin spice, and seasonal variations—plus guidance on how to use them with fasting and Zero Hunger Water for the best results.

Watch the Live with Kelly & Mark clip above.

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Today I’m excited to share my Zero Hunger Tracker, the most powerful tool I’ve ever created. It’s designed around the two pillars that run your entire system: minerals and dopamine. When you track these two, hunger quiets, energy stabilizes, and you start to feel good all day.

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Each circle is simple: 12 oz of Zero Hunger Water (minerals), two balanced meals (protein, fats, and smart carbs), and your dopamine builders—sleep, sunlight, prayer, laughter, connection. Fill the circles, and you’ll watch chaos turn to clarity.

Most of my clients eat in an 8-hour window. Many skip breakfast and use Zero Hunger Water instead. Some eat breakfast and lunch and skip dinner. The key is flexibility—choose what fits your life, and log it.

I’ll walk you through it in detail at our Monday 5 p.m. PT meeting, but you can start right now by downloading the free tracker image below. And if you want the full PDF and early access to our digital version, start your 7-day free trial today.

It’s free to try, cancel anytime, and you’ll immediately see why this simple tracker can transform everything.