Great job, @Eddy Brasseur That's awesome progress. More importantly, you're seeing real-life changes already. Keep following the plan and taking it one day at a time. 👏

Amazing work. @Joy St john Staying consistent while traveling isn't easy. You've made incredible progress, and I love seeing how much healthier you're becoming. Keep it going!

@Jenny Collins , thank you for sharing this — and you're right, this is deeply concerning. Here's what I want our Thriving community to understand: when we talk about the body not being broken, this is exactly what we mean. A 9-year-old's body isn't malfunctioning. It's responding to signals — what it's being fed, how much it moves, the stress environment in the home, sleep patterns. The body is doing precisely what it was designed to do given the inputs it's receiving. And rather than changing the inputs... we're injecting a pharmaceutical into a child whose brain and bones are still forming. As noted, doctors themselves admit they don't know the long-term effects on development. That admission alone should stop us cold. I've said this about the adults I work with, and it applies even more urgently to children: the label-and-pill approach treats the symptom and completely ignores the cause. Always has. The difference here is the stakes are exponentially higher — because we're talking about interfering with a developing system, not a mature one. The root cause of childhood weight gain is the same as it is in adults: hormonal and metabolic signals gone sideways, driven by diet, stress, and environment. Those signals are changeable. They don't require a needle. They require a different approach. This is why what we do in the Fit Over 40 community matters. When we get our own health right — when we understand that the body isn't broken, that it responds to the right signals — we become better models for our kids. That's not a small thing. Keep sharing these, Jenny. This conversation needs to happen. — Dr. Cody